Our Sustainable and Connected Communities team has gathered expert advice and online tools to develop a series of guides that help affordable housing providers prepare for future emergencies.

In a discussion that ranged from Washington State concerns to federal policy issues, Enterprise CEO Shaun Donovan joined State Representative Nicole Macri and Michael Brown of Seattle-based Civic Commons at the Housing Washington Conference.

There’s growing bipartisan momentum around one of the nation’s most pressing issues: the affordable housing crisis.

Housing trust funds — flexible, government-established sources of public funding dedicated to supporting affordable housing — offer a powerful tool with support across the political spectrum to enhance affordable housing opportunities for those most in need.

On September 10, the House Ways and Means Committee released legislative text of infrastructure and community development tax provisions, which includes historic investments in all of Enterprise’s key affordable housing and community development tax priorities.

We believe that a successful strategy to preserve MHCs – and support the residents who live there – must present both systems-changing capital, advocacy and policy solutions.

Deadly disasters disproportionately affect underserved communities and people of color, reflecting decades of disinvestment and the climate impacts faced when compared to wealthier and non-redlined areas.