There’s still time to purchase tickets to this fun and high-energy fund raising event in New York City. Support environmentally sustainable affordable housing at the Enterprise Gotham Society Casino Night, 7 p.m. this Thursday April 17th. Learn more and purchase tickets online.
On April 9, Governor Paterson and the New York State Legislature approved a $121.7 billion budget that includes $485 million for capital investment in affordable, supportive and mental health housing.
The $485 million includes a $200 million increase in funds available for affordable and homeless housing. The budget includes $181.5 million for housing those with mental health and developmental disability needs, $36.5 million for homeless housing, and $267.4 million for production and preservation of affordable homes and apartments.
Applications for the Bart Harvey Enterprise Fellowship are due May 30. This new position is named in honor of Enterprise’s former Chairman and CEO and longtime leader, who dedicated 24 years of service to Enterprise. Learn about the Harvey Fellowships.
Enterprise New York has developed or preserved 11,590 affordable homes since January 2004 by investing $764 million in equity, loans and grants, toward our goal of creating 15,000 affordable homes and investing $1 billion in New York City communities by 2009.
Learn more about the Billion Dollar Promise.
Enterprise joined Community Assisted Tenant Controlled Housing, Inc. (CATCH) and government officials on March 20 for the rededication of Logan Gardens. This Harlem building provides 104 affordable apartments for seniors and the disabled. Enterprise provided $3.3 million in tax credit equity for the project. Read the Logan Gardens press release. (PDF, 75K).
On March 31, Harlem’s first green apartment building for low-income residents, the David & Joyce Dinkins Gardens, was dedicated. The building features 26 studios for youth who have aged out of the foster care system and offers residents a job training program and other social services. Enterprise provided $8.5 million in tax credit equity for the project, as well as a $50,000 Green Communities grant. Enterprise sponsored the involvement of architect Vanburn (Andy) Brooks in the project, through the Frederick P. Rose Architecture Fellowship program.
Read the Dinkins Gardens press release.
Learn more about the Rose Architectural Fellowship and Enterprise's Green Communities initiative.
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