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Featured Blog Post

November 8, 2018

2018 Midterms: Election Recap and Advocacy Outlook

Enterprise offers an insight on the legislative outlook and advocacy strategy in the lame duck session and the 116th Congress, including the current frontrunners for leadership positions on key appropriations and tax committees in both chambers.

Policy Blog

Budget Policy

LIHTC Policy

State & Local Policy

Tax Policy

Housing Finance

NMTC

Posted by:

Liz Osborn

Featured Blog Post

November 8, 2018

2018 Midterms: A Referendum on Washington? Not so fast

In the chaotic lead-up to November 6, there has been a lot of rhetoric casting Congressional midterm elections as a referendum on federal policy. But on Wednesday, voters made dozens of decisions about what happens outside of Washington, DC.

Policy Blog

State & Local Policy

Posted by:

Flora Arabo

Featured Blog Post

October 9, 2018

The Many Definitions of Gentrification – And Why They Matter

A new Enterprise report, Gentrification: Framing Our Perceptions, examines the issues around defining and measuring gentrification.

Policy Blog

Policy Research

Posted by:

Rachel Bogardus Drew

Enterprise Shares Priorities for a Modernized Community Reinvestment Act

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) at the end of August soliciting public feedback on regulatory changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Enterprise’s aim for modernized CRA regulations is to ensure a consistent, transparent system that properly gives banks credit for sound community development work.

Enterprise Releases Q3 2018 Update to our Interactive Owning and Renting Report

Enterprise has released a new report that examines how tenure rates by age, race/ethnicity, and income differ from the national trend over time, resulting in uneven distributions of owners and renters.