As climate change intensifies, severe flood events have become more commonplace across the entire U.S. Extreme flooding disproportionately impacts low-income communities and people of color because they often live in areas that are more prone to flooding, in housing stock not well suited to weather such events, and lack adequate disaster plans as well as the financial means to evacuate and/or temporarily relocate.

Cadence – an affordable community for seniors in Fort Collins, Colorado – is the first-ever development to achieve certification to the Enterprise Green Communities Plus criteria, the most advanced iteration of the national green building standard.

As the first anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act approaches in August, we talk to Enterprise VP of Building Resilient Futures Krista Egger about what this landmark climate law means to the affordable housing sector.

With financing incentives from the state of Louisiana, Les Maisons de Bayou Lafourche and other affordable housing communities are earning dual certification to Enterprise Green Communities and FORTIFIED standards to ensure residents can return to livable homes after a storm and experiene minimal disruption to their lives.

Six months after the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, efforts are underway to ensure that affordable multifamily housing will have pathways to benefit from this historic legislation. Enterprise Community Partners and others in affordable housing continue to work to shape the programs authorized by the IRA through public comment submissions, and through tracking updates and new guidance as it becomes available.

Green building experts delve into key parts of Enterprise's Green Communities Criteria: Integrative Design, Path to Zero Energy, Water, and Healthy Materials.

Highlights of the four provisions in the groundbreaking Inflation Reduction Act that will benefit affordable multifamily housing.