Susannah Patton
Editorial, Director - Communications
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Building Together with Brilliant Expectations: 2025 Impact and Momentum
August 27, 2026
From transformative investments in communities nationwide to advocacy that helped secure the most significant housing legislation this century, 2025 was a landmark year for Enterprise Community Partners. Our Impact Report highlights how, together with our partners, we achieved major milestones, advanced innovative solutions, and set the stage for our next strategic chapter.
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Policy to Impact: How This Century's Biggest Housing Bill Came to Be
How the long game culminated in landmark housing legislation.
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A Home for Veterans
A former military facility in Yakima, Washington — declared surplus in 2014 — is now Chuck Austin Place: 41 affordable homes serving veterans who have experienced homelessness along with on-site health clinics and behavioral health services.
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Faith-Built Shelter, Homes, Community
To take on real estate development for the first time, two Tacoma, Washington churches have tapped into the Enterprise Faith-Based Development InitiativeSM , in which Enterprise provides training, tools, and technical assistance to support the development of affordable homes on church property.
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Solving Puzzles, Building Homes
Claire Parisa spends her days solving affordable housing financing puzzles. On a typical day, Parisa — an originator for Enterprise's Housing Credit Investments team — might be carpooling to a developer meeting, teaching a UC Berkeley graduate class, and reading books to her 18-month-old son.
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Building Homes and Futures in Rural Alaska
A homeownership innovation in Southeast Alaska is helping young people build their lives in the tribal communities where they were raised—staying close to family, connected to cultural traditions, and helping local economies thrive.
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Protecting the Nation’s Investment in Affordable Homes
Ayrianne Parks, Enterprise’s senior director for policy advocacy and co-author of a new report on the insurance crisis, says that escalating premiums, and efforts to restore balance and stability in the insurance market represent a moment of opportunity for the affordable, multifamily housing sector.
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Three Ways Supportive Housing is Benefiting Communities
Three nonprofit leaders, with unique geographic and demographic perspectives, agree on the urgent need to reinforce funding for supportive housing programs. And while their approaches vary, they also agree that supportive housing helps individuals remain housed, saves money, and ultimately bolsters the whole community.
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Building Something New: Tackling the Housing Crisis at the State and Local Level
In a discussion that ranged from Washington State concerns to federal policy issues, Enterprise CEO Shaun Donovan joined State Representative Nicole Macri and Michael Brown of Seattle-based Civic Commons at the Housing Washington Conference.
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A Lifetime of Building Community in New Orleans
Emelda Paul calls herself a lifetime resident of the Lafitte public housing development. Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, the story of Lafitte and the arc of Paul’s life have continued to intersect to this day.