Susannah Patton

As Enterprise’s Ohio market leader for nearly three years, Ayonna Blue Donald oversees coalitions and partnerships aimed at repairing homes in Cleveland, addressing homelessness, and creating housing and economic opportunity for Ohioans across the state.

Older adults are regaining "their voice and power" with support from Enterprise’s Thome Aging Well program, funded by the Edward N. and Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation, Bank of America trustee.

A Q & A with David Bowers to learn more about his own story, the origin of FBDI, and how he weaves his background as an ordained minister into his work to create affordable homes and access to opportunity.

Civil rights leader Shirley Sherrod and her late husband Charles devoted their lives to advancing voting rights, solidarity, and wealth building through land ownership. But for a new generation of housing leaders like Devin Culbertson of Grounded Solutions Network, a Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge winner, their story is much more than a history lesson. It’s an urgent call to action.

Enterprise has reached the milestone of creating or preserving one million homes since 1982. We didn’t reach this significant moment alone – we have been able to create and preserve homes in every corner of the country in collaboration with thousands of partners, staff, and supporters.

Homeward Central Harlem, which opened its doors in late 2023, is the nonprofit Homeward NYC’s third supportive housing development tailored to LGBTQ+ young adults between the ages of 18 and 25. The compact and modern nine-story building, sandwiched between two larger apartment buildings on a quiet street, includes 50 studio apartments as well as common gathering spaces with brightly colored furniture and accent walls. Staff provide services ranging from mental health counseling to job search training. Homeward Central Harlem also offers something less tangible: A place to recover, breathe, and chart a fresh start.

March promises to be a crucial month for affordable housing. That’s when housing advocates anticipate the Senate may vote on a bill that could usher in the largest investment in affordable homes in decades. On January 31, the House passed a tax package containing two key Housing Credit provisions by an overwhelming 357-70 vote. The bill, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 (H.R. 7024) contained two key provisions that would bolster the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit), which is responsible for financing nearly all affordable housing development in the United States.

Gulf Coast Housing Partnership – a 2020 winner of the Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge led by Enterprise and Wells Fargo – celebrates the opening of its first Health + Housing pilot development, H3C.

As Enterprise’s vice president and market leader for New York, Baaba Halm says she never forgets the people she advocated for each day in her first job at Covenant House, even as she now focuses on broad policy changes that aim to create more affordable homes for millions of New Yorkers.

Bernadette Butler is the director of the Homecoming Project, which pairs people leaving prison with homeowners who have a room to spare. We spoke with Butler recently about her first six months on the job and her vision for the project's future growth.