New Orleans Community Development Fund (NOCDF) is a start-up housing loan fund that was created in conjunction with a number of local partners including Hibernia Bank, the New Orleans office of Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the City of New Orleans, Fannie Mae, and a number of other local community development organizations. NOCDF will provide a mix of predevelopment, acquisition, construction, and other gap financing to community development corporations throughout the City of New Orleans that are engaged in the development and/or rehabilitation of affordable housing. Such financing is expected to help catalyze additional private investment in many of the City"s poorer communities.