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.

Treasury and HUD’s Housing Finance Reform Plans Contain Few Surprises (or Critical Details)

Roughly 11 years after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were put into conservatorship, and almost six months after the president issued his Memorandum on Housing Finance Reform, the United States Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have put out their respective housing reform plans.

Enterprise Strongly Opposes Proposed Revision to Final Disparate Impact Rule

On August 16, HUD released a proposed rule that would revise the 2013 disparate impact rule, which sets the standard for determining when a practice with a discriminatory effect violates the Fair Housing Act.