Since its inception, Enterprise has helped craft innovative policy solutions to support affordable housing and community development. We work on federal public policy as well as state and local public policy. Enterprise supports innovative and effective policies through testimony and public comment.
Enterprise Commends House Leadership for Protecting the $4 Billion Emergency Funding in the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008.
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Actor, director and Enterprise Trustee Edward Norton testified on Capitol Hill on May 14. |
Actor, director and Enterprise Community Partners Trustee Edward Norton testified on May 14 on Capitol Hill, urging lawmakers to put opportunities for low-income people at the forefront of the nation's response to the climate-change crisis.
Norton pointed to Enterprise’s successful Green Communities® initiative, the largest effort to create green affordable homes in the country, with more than $570 million invested to support 250 developments with more than 11,000 green affordable homes complete or underway.
Congress should take a leadership role in making green and affordable one and the same. He outlined Enterprise’s 10-point plan for federal policy-makers, captured in its recently published white paper, "Bringing Home the Benefits of Energy Efficiency to Low-Income Households."
The hearing, which was covered in The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle, was titled "Building Green, Saving Green: Constructing Sustainable and Energy Efficient Buildings." It focused on how efficient buildings and better building policies can reduce energy costs and cut global warming pollution. Other witnesses included San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom; Kent Peterson, president, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE); and Michelle Moore, senior vice president of policy and marketing development, U.S. Green Building Council. News release. (PDF, 26K) Read Norton's testimony. (PDF, 66K) Watch the video.
Enterprise is recognized and relied on by both political parties as a national leader in:
- Affordable housing
- Economic development
- Community reinvestment
- Smart growth
Federal and state governments play an important role in the revitalization of distressed communities. Policymakers must continue to provide sufficient, flexible resources to community development organizations so that private-sector dollars can be leveraged for revitalization efforts. Policymakers also need to continue to develop policies that promote and encourage investment in our distressed communities.
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