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Unlocking Housing Choice: Limitations and Opportunities in the Housing Choice Voucher Program

March 27, 2024
By:
Fehintola Abioye

This paper provides an overview of the history, operation, and current debates around the Housing Choice Voucher program, the federal government's largest form of rental assistance.

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Making It Happen: Scaling Accessory Dwelling Units

April 28, 2026 (Originally Published: October 5, 2023)
By:
Ahmad Abu-Khalaf
“Making it Happen” is a series of issue briefs that explore recent successes in scaling affordable housing innovations by addressing regulatory and financing barriers to these innovations. The first in the series, this issue brief lays out recent progress in bringing Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) development to scale.
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The Faith-Based Development Guide

July 25, 2025 (Originally Published: July 13, 2023)
Enterprise developed the Faith-Based Development Guide to provide support to houses of worship interested in taking the next step in the development process – from those just starting their journey to those already well underway in their work.
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Preservation: A Way Forward

June 6, 2023
“Use what you have” sounds simple. But in the affordable housing realm, preservation is an innovative strategy – the most cost-effective, sustainable way to protect and expand access to rental homes and preserve affordability where it exists.
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