Increases commitment to over $180 million
for affordable housing and community development for 2024
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBank Chicago) today
announced its preliminary and unaudited financial results for the
second quarter of 2024. As of the second quarter, FHLBank Chicago
increased its commitment to over $180 million for affordable
housing and community development initiatives for 2024.
“We had a strong second quarter in providing our member
financial institutions with reliable liquidity and funding to
support the housing finance and economic development needs of their
customers and communities that is especially critical in a tight
credit market,” said Michael Ericson, president and chief executive
officer of FHLBank Chicago. “We also continue to leverage our
financial strength to support our members reinvesting back in their
communities. By increasing our contributions to our community
investment programs for 2024 this will further expand our
impact.”
Growing Commitment to Housing and Community
Development
FHLBank Chicago has allocated $88 million toward its annual
Affordable Housing Program (AHP), representing a 17% increase over
2023 allocations. AHP grants support affordable housing projects
and developments and provide downpayment and closing cost
assistance to income-eligible borrowers. $19 million was disbursed
to nearly 2,000 homebuyers through the first half of 2024 in
partnership with 180 member financial institutions.
Applications for the Community First® Accelerate Grants for
Small Business opened June 3, making available $19.5 million to
support up to 1,300 small businesses, a significant increase
compared to more than $4 million awarded in 2023.
Additionally, FHLBank Chicago offers Community Development,
Housing and Small Business Advances at below market rates to help
members fund affordable housing and economic development needs in
their communities. The Community Small Business Advance subsidy
increased to $18 million in support of zero percent financing, an
80% increase over 2023 amounts. Nearly $1 billion was funded in
Community Advances through the first half of 2024 to support
housing for more than 4,000 individuals and families, and more than
3,500 jobs.
In further support for investing in communities, FHLBank Chicago
announced a Community Impact Advance three-year pilot program to
provide $50 million in subsidies to discount the rate on advances
up to 200 basis points. The goal is to directly support increased
housing supply, job creation and enhanced community development
activity.
Second Quarter 2024 Financial Highlights
- Net income was $158 million, compared to $167 million for the
second quarter of 2023, driven by decreased volume of advances in
portfolio and an increase in noninterest expense which was
primarily driven by increased contributions to housing and
community development initiatives.
- Total assets increased to $122.8 billion, compared to $118.4
billion at December 31, 2023, with the change primarily
attributable to an increase in our liquidity portfolio.
- Advances outstanding decreased to $60.7 billion, compared to
$65.3 billion at December 31, 2023, primarily attributable to
depository members experiencing less funding needs on their balance
sheets along with reduced loan demand which resulted in
paydowns.
- Mortgage loans held for portfolio through the Mortgage
Partnership Finance® Program increased to $12.4 billion, compared
to $11.4 billion at December 31, 2023, primarily attributable to
new acquisition volume that outpaced paydown activity.
For more financial details, please refer to the Condensed
Statements of Income and Statements of Condition below. The Form
10-Q for the quarter ending June 30, 2024, is expected to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) next month.
Condensed Statements of
Condition
(Dollars in millions)
(Preliminary and Unaudited)
June 30, 2024
December 31, 2023
Change
Cash and due from banks, interest-bearing
deposits, federal funds sold, and securities purchased under
agreements to resell
$
20,032
$
14,472
38
%
Investment debt securities
28,169
26,405
7
%
Advances
60,708
65,306
(7
)%
MPF Loans held in portfolio, net of
allowance for credit losses
12,381
11,410
9
%
Other
1,530
791
93
%
Assets
$
122,820
$
118,384
4
%
Consolidated obligation discount notes
$
42,852
$
28,109
52
%
Consolidated obligation bonds
69,493
80,389
(14
)%
Other
1,971
1,746
13
%
Liabilities
114,316
110,244
4
%
Capital stock
3,206
3,277
(2
)%
Retained earnings
5,173
4,979
4
%
Accumulated other comprehensive income
(loss)
125
(116
)
208
%
Capital
8,504
8,140
4
%
Total liabilities and capital
$
122,820
$
118,384
4
%
Member standby letters of credit -
off-balance sheet
$
16,029
$
12,601
27
%
Condensed Statements of Income
(Dollars in millions)
(Preliminary and Unaudited)
Three months ended June
30,
Six months ended June
30,
2024
2023
Change
2024
2023
Change
Interest income
$
1,758
$
1,903
(8
)%
$
3,533
$
3,485
1
%
Interest expense
(1,522
)
(1,649
)
(8
)%
(3,050
)
(3,009
)
1
%
Net interest income
236
254
(7
)%
483
476
1
%
Reversal of (provision for) credit
losses
(1
)
—
—
%
(1
)
—
—
%
Net interest income after reversal of
(provision for) credit losses
235
254
(7
)%
482
476
1
%
Noninterest income (loss)
17
—
—
%
41
(4
)
1,125
%
Noninterest expense
(76
)
(67
)
13
%
(145
)
(126
)
15
%
Income before assessments
176
187
(6
)%
378
346
9
%
Affordable Housing Program assessment
(18
)
(20
)
(10
)%
(38
)
(36
)
6
%
Net income
$
158
$
167
(5
)%
$
340
$
310
10
%
Average interest-earning assets
$
125,956
$
145,512
(13
)%
$
126,808
$
139,423
(9
)%
Net interest income yield on average
interest-earning assets
0.75
%
0.70
%
0.05
%
0.76
%
0.68
%
0.08
%
About the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
FHLBank Chicago is a regional bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank
System. FHLBanks are government-sponsored enterprises created by
Congress to ensure access to low-cost funding for their member
financial institutions, with a focus on providing solutions that
support the housing and community development needs of members’
customers. FHLBank Chicago is a self-capitalizing cooperative,
owned by its Illinois and Wisconsin members, including commercial
banks, credit unions, insurance companies, savings institutions and
community development financial institutions. To learn more about
FHLBank Chicago, please visit fhlbc.com.
“Community First”, “Mortgage Partnership Finance”, and “MPF” are
registered trademarks of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago.
Forward-Looking Information: This announcement uses
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements are statements other than statements of
historical fact, including statements with respect to beliefs,
plans, objectives, projections, estimates, or predictions. These
statements are based on FHLBank Chicago’s expectations as of the
date hereof. The words “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”,
“preliminary”, “continue”, “remain”, “commit”, and similar
statements and their plural and negative forms are used to identify
some, but not all, of such forward-looking statements. For example,
statements about future dividends and expectations for financial
commitments are forward-looking statements. FHLBank Chicago
cautions that, by their nature, forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to: legislative
and regulatory developments; instability in the credit and debt
markets; economic conditions (including banking industry
developments and liquidity in the financial system); changes in
demand for advances or consolidated obligations; membership
changes; the reliability of projections, assumptions, and models of
future financial performance and condition; FHLBank Chicago’s
ability to execute its business model and pay future dividends;
FHLBank Chicago’s ability to protect the security of information
systems and manage any failures, interruptions, or breaches; and
the risk factors set forth in FHLBank Chicago’s periodic filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which are
available through the SEC’s reporting website. FHLBank Chicago
assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made
herein. In addition, the FHLBank Chicago reserves the right to
change its business plan or plans for any programs for any reason,
including but not limited to, legislative or regulatory changes,
changes in membership or member usage of programs, or changes at
the discretion of the board of directors. Accordingly, FHLBank
Chicago cautions that actual results could differ materially from
those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements or
could impact the extent to which a particular plan, objective,
projection, estimate or prediction is realized. New factors may
emerge, and it is not possible to predict the nature of each new
factor, or assess its potential impact. Given these uncertainties,
undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking
statements.
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Casey Reidy, 312.565.5291 creidy@fhlbc.com