As CEO of Build UP, David Hardin is helping scale an award-winning innovation that bridges a quality education with workforce development and a path to homeownership.
With affordable housing on the national radar like never before, we must seize this moment to find solutions to a crisis that is damaging and dividing communities across the country. This was the message from Shaun Donovan, Enterprise’s new chief executive officer and president, speaking at the National Building Museum’s Future Cities: Housing Affordability Summit.
In opening remarks to kick off the pitch competition for the Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge, Enterprise's David Bowers called on finalists – and everyone working in the housing and community development sector – to "celebrate the wins, kick the dirt on the losses, then buckle up and keep at it."
Bernadette Butler is the director of the Homecoming Project, which pairs people leaving prison with homeowners who have a room to spare. We spoke with Butler recently about her first six months on the job and her vision for the project's future growth.
Enterprise Community Partners and the Wells Fargo Foundation announced the winners of the 2023 Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge, a $20 million nationwide competition to find and seed innovative housing solutions. The six winning organizations will each receive $2 million to $3 million in grants to scale new strategies aimed at making homes more accessible and affordable.
The Post-Standard explores Hydronic Shell Technologies’ innovative, demonstration project in Syracuse, New York, which is one of six winners of the 2023 Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge.
Fast Company looks at the pre-fab panels designed by 2023 Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge winner Hydronic Shell Technologies that have built-in insulation, heating, cooling, and ventilation and can be installed without displacing tenants.
Fast Company magazine includes a construction innovation from Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge winner Hydronic Shell Technologies among 10 solutions that “makes us optimistic that it’s still possible to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.”