The built environment is responsible for nearly 40% of global emissions — a daunting stat that comes the opportunity for the affordable housing sector to drive solutions that lower the environmental impact while create meaningful benefits for communities. Enterprise Community Loan Fund (ECLF), our community development financial institution (CDFI), leverages Enterprise Green Communities as a standard to help inform lending decisions involving green buildings.

Enterprise Community Loan Fund has spent decades bringing flexible, patient capital to places the market alone can’t always support. In rural communities — where projects tend to be smaller, geographically dispersed, and more complex to finance — that flexibility can determine whether a project moves forward or stalls.