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| Winners of the 2007 MetLife Foundation Awards. Photo: Harry Connolly |
1st place: Community Housing Partnership, San Francisco, California
2nd place: Deborah’s Place, Chicago, Illinois
3rd place: Plymouth Housing Group, Seattle, Washington
1st place: Intercommunity Mercy Housing, Seattle, Washington
2nd place: Alamo Area Mutual Housing Association, San Antonio, Texas
3rd place: Sheldon Oaks Central, Hartford, Connecticut
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In partnership with the MetLife Foundation, Enterprise offers the MetLife Foundation Awards for Excellence in Affordable Housing. The awards program recognizes 501(c)(3) community-based or regional nonprofit organizations and Tribes or Tribally Designated Housing Entities that excel in property and asset management or provide housing to people with special needs.
- A grant of $40,000 for first-place winners; $30,000 for second-place and $20,000 for third place, in each category
- Free registration to the annual Enterprise Conference
- A commemorative plaque presented at the conference
- A press release, issued locally and nationally, announcing your accomplishments
- A profile of the winning project on the Enterprise Resource Database™ on Enterprise’s website
- An announcement on the Enterprise website with a link to the organization’s profile and website
The goals of the program are to:
- Showcase models of excellence in the design and management of affordable housing and the operation of supportive housing for special needs populations.
- Increase the understanding of how to achieve success in providing supportive housing for special needs populations.
- Increase the understanding of the role of the owner, asset manager, property manager and tenants in developing, maintaining and operating housing.
- Provide an unrestricted financial award for agencies that exhibit excellence in asset and/or property management and the provision of special needs housing.
- Disseminate model supportive housing and property management programs.
Established in 1996 by MetLife, MetLife Foundation supports health, education, civic and cultural programs throughout the United States. An emphasis of the Foundation’s current giving is promoting development and quality management of affordable housing, including housing with supportive social services.
The mission of Enterprise is to see that all low-income people in the United States have the opportunity for fit and affordable housing, and to move up and out of poverty into the mainstream of American life.
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