News Release
Oct25
Undesign the Redline Exhibit Opens in New Orleans
The interactive exhibit uses powerful narratives of people and communities, maps and other documentation to trace the enormous role that race and housing policy played in determining where people were allowed to live and its continuing legacy.
Enterprise in the News
Oct18
The former Sacred Heart church on St. Bernard Avenue has been renovated and converted into 53 apartments, with 44 designated as affordable and supported by housing tax credits.
News Release
Aug03
Grant Applications for Harvey Recovery Reopen, First Awards Announced
Thanks to generous gifts from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and The Meadows Foundation, nonprofits providing critical home repairs and other housing assistance to Texas families affected by Harvey have another chance to apply for grants to support their work.
Blog Post
Jul10
Rebuilding Homes and Futures – Together
The 2018 hurricane season has begun, and there is no time to waste: affordable housing across the nation is at risk from extreme weather events and natural hazards.
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Blog Post
Jun12
Profiles in Recovery and Rebuilding: Centro Campesino Farmworker Center, Inc.
In 2017 Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria wrought destruction across communities from the Gulf Coast to Puerto Rico, disrupting lives and destroying homes. As part of our recovery and rebuilding work, Enterprise created the Enterprise Hurricane Community Recovery Fund to support short-term relief and longer-term efforts in the most heavily damaged areas.
Enterprise in the News
Jun07
In the Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits, Enterprise's Chimeka Gladney talks about financing the redevelopment of New Orleans' Bohn Motor building, a historic car dealership that survived a fire and a hurricane and will soon be a behavioral health care center.
Enterprise in the News
May29
Enterprise's Marion McFadden comments in Politico's look at how and why, nine months after Harvey, middle-class Houston has recovered but low-income neighborhoods are in disarray.
Enterprise in the News
May04
In the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Gulf Coast VP Michelle Whetten calls on New Orleans Mayor Cantrell and the City Council to take the steps that will fulfill voters' priority for more affordable housing.
News Release
Apr30
New Grant Program to Accelerate Housing Recovery after Harvey
Nonprofits providing critical home repairs and other housing assistance to low-income Texas families affected by Hurricane Harvey can apply for grants from a new program launching this week.
Blog Post
Mar27
Building Resilience in New Orleans Through Community-Led Public, Private, Nonprofit Partnerships
Street flooding is a common occurrence, but it never occurred to me that during this afternoon thunderstorm on August 5, 2017, so many would be left underwater.
News Release
Feb26
Four Designers Selected for Rose Architectural Fellowship
Four emerging architectural designers have been selected for Enterprise Rose Architectural fellowships, an award-winning program pairing them with community developers to help create affordable homes and vibrant neighborhoods.
Enterprise in the News
Feb23
Enterprise's Laurie Schoeman comments in a Houston Chronicle story about three flood-prone apartment complexes the city of Houston has blocked from rebuilding after being damaged by Hurricane Harvey.
Blog Post
Feb21
Spurring Change in the Gulf Coast Through State & Local Policy
John Sullivan shares more about his role and the advocacy efforts taking place in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Enterprise in the News
Feb09
Three Baton Rouge nonprofits are getting grants to help their efforts to get more affordable housing built in Louisiana's capital city — a need exacerbated by the flood of 2016.
News Release
Feb08
Grants Strengthen Organizations to Support Quality, Affordable Homes
Enterprise has awarded more than $500,000 to 15 Louisiana and Mississippi nonprofits.
News Release
Jan24
Low-Cost, Rapid-Response Financing Now Available for Disaster Recovery
Enterprise Community Loan Fund, Mercy Loan Fund and NeighborWorks Capital have partnered to offer $15 million in rapid-response loans for community organizations to accelerate recovery from last year’s hurricanes and fires.
Enterprise in the News
Dec09
Enterprise's Michelle Whetten writes in The Advocate that Louisiana and communities across the country cannot afford to lose the resources necessary to create and preserve affordable homes and to strengthen local economies.
Blog Post
Dec05
Support Your Favorite Program Team in the Enterprise Holiday Challenge
This year's Holiday Challenge on CrowdRise is going strong, with more than $3,000 raised so...
News Release
Nov06
Grant Funding Strengthens Nonprofit Partnerships in Mississippi
A grant from Enterprise Community Partners provides opportunity for Renaissance Community Loan Fund to partner with Hancock Resource Center on veterans’ programs.
Enterprise in the News
Oct23
NBC News looks at whether Hurricane Harvey will deepen Houston’s economic divide, including comments from Enterprise Gulf Coast VP Michelle Whetten.