Policy & Advocacy

The Enterprise Public Policy team works to safeguard, expand, analyze and improve programs that support housing affordability and neighborhoods of opportunity. Stay up-to-date on the latest policy news:

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Federal Policy

We work with Congress, the Administration, candidates for public office, community development organizations and other partners and stakeholders to safeguard, expand and improve affordable housing and community development programs for the benefit of people of modest means.

State & Local Policy

Our team works in state houses and city halls across the country to increase local resources for affordable housing, use existing resources more effectively and ensure that America’s rental housing stock is sustainable for the long-term.

Policy Development & Research

Our Development & Research team conducts applied research and analysis on a range of issues.

Advocacy

Enterprise works in coalitions with a broad range of organizations to bring more voices into affordable housing advocacy.

Testimony & Public Comment

We provide statements, testimony and public comment on public policies affecting affordable housing and community development to the U.S. Congress and the Executive Branch.

Report on Overcoming Barriers to Bringing Off-Site Construction to Scale

The Enterprise Policy Development & Research (PD&R) team released its new report on Overcoming Barriers to Bringing Off-Site Construction to Scale at Enterprise’s 10th annual Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute (AHDLI) in Cleveland, Ohio.

Enterprise Community Partners Senior Director of Public Policy Sarah Brundage Testifies Before the IRS on Opportunity Zones

On July 9, Sarah Brundage, Senior Director, Public Policy, testified before the IRS on behalf of Enterprise on the second tranche of proposed guidance for Investing in Qualified Opportunity Funds.

Enterprise and National Partners Applaud Bipartisan Legislation to Prevent Premature Loss of Housing Credit Properties

Today legislators introduced a bipartisan bill, The Save Affordable Housing Act of 2019, that would make a crucial correction to the Qualified Contract (QC) provision in Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code and save thousands of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) properties from prematurely converting to market rate.