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Making It Happen: Scaling Accessory Dwelling Units

“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.

Preservation and Production

Policy 

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Climate-Proofing Affordable Housing

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Armed with innovative resilience planning, our partners can withstand the impacts of a changing climate.

Resilience

Environmental, Social, Governance Framework

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Vital Links: How Schools Can Support Housing Assistance for Undocumented and Mixed-Status Families

Children and adults walk down a hallway by a yellow wall painted with multi-colored shapes

Supporting youth and families with their housing-related challenges regardless of immigration status

Fair Housing

Upward Mobility 

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CDFIs and the Capital Markets: Trends in Investment & Impact Measurement

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This white paper, co-authored by Enterprise and LISC, provides a year-end update of rated and unrated CDFI issuance.

Community Development Financial Institution

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Social Return on Investment Report (SROI) 2022

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Our Social Return on Impact report showcases stories of impact and resilience of some of the residents of HopeWorks, a housing and jobs training development in the Pacific Northwest. Read how this uniquely innovative project, supported by impact investments from Enterprise, is helping people who once experienced homelessness regain stability.

Preservation

Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

New Markets Tax Credit

Preservation Equity

Products for Investors

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Southeast Preservation Academy

Enterprise’s Preservation Next Academy is a series of publicly available, no-cost virtual training sessions designed to assist affordable housing developers, practitioners, and advocates with guidance to acquire, rehabilitate and preserve the affordability of homes located in unsubsidized small- to medium-multifamily (SMMF) properties, prevent displacement of residents at risk of eviction, and advocate for preservation minded policies, programs, and resources.

Preservation

Southeast

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ECLF Project Profiles

This resource shares ECLF project profiles and investment information by state.

Community Development Financial Institution

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Preservation Next: Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program (FIHPP) Webinars

Enterprise is collaborating with FIHPP technical assistance (TA) partners –The California Community Land Trust Network, Community Vision, and Genesis LA - to provide a webinar series and individual TA as prospective borrowers gear up for the release of FIHPP funds. Sessions will be accompanied by guidance and template documents that will help mission-driven developers prepare for participation in the program, as well as long-term success as stewards of affordable housing.

Preservation

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The Faith-Based Development Guide

Enterprise's Faith-Based Development Guide is a free, online resource platform to provides houses of worship with information on the development process for affordable homes and community facilities.

Preservation and Production

Faith-Based Development

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Preservation: A Way Forward

Aerial view of Central Park Stapleton building with solar panels installed on the rooftops

“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.

Partner Sustainability and Growth

Preservation and Production

Preservation

Resident Success

Upward Mobility 

Technical Assistance

Community Development Financial Institution

Development, Property Management and Resident Services

Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

Policy 

Preservation Equity

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