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Design your financing activities to enable long-term sustainability

Engage with potential lending partners early, and make a clear business case for their involvement

Help contractors understand the program’s financing options and benefits, so they can communicate to homeowners

Hire staff with financing skills and knowledge

Invest in information and communications technology

Leverage financial sector marketing channels

Make sure there are enough customers in your target market to meet your goals and attract partners

Measure and evaluate performance at key points in the process

Promote existing loan products when possible before developing new ones

Provide adequate time for data system development and testing

Set realistic expectations for launching and scaling up your program

Streamline the financing process with easy loan applications and quick approvals

Tap into secondary market investors to provide lending capital

When partnering with lenders through a request for proposal (RFP), establish a clear process and remain flexible