bio
Jess Blanch
Programs, Associate Director
Displaying 1531 - 1540 of 1604
bio
Timothy Block
Sr. Director, Programs
Story
Layers of Meaning: Connecting Culture, Justice, and History in Seattle
Hirabayashi Place, a mixed-use property in Seattle's Chinatown International District, features art to connect the building to the history and culture of its surrounding neighborhood. Leslie Morishita is real estate development director for InterIm CDA, the nonprofit affordable housing and community development organization credited with the development.
bio
Susannah Patton
Editorial, Director - Communications
Story
L.A. Story: A Look Inside America’s Epicenter for Homelessness
On her first day in office, new Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced a state of emergency on homelessness and days later launched “Inside Safe” to move people from tent encampments to housing. Jimar Wilson, Enterprise’s vice president and market leader for Southern California, finds this swift action and renewed investment encouraging. Still, he recognizes there are no quick or easy fixes to his hometown’s affordable housing and homelessness crisis.
News
New Policy Brief: Recommendations for Communities Facing Climate Migration
Enterprise Community Partners (Enterprise) today released a policy brief providing recommendations to policymakers at every level of government to prepare communities for an influx of migrants as climate change forces millions of Americans in disaster-prone areas to leave their homes.
Story
Eight Ways Receiving Communities Can Prepare for Climate Migration
In the coming years, several communities across the US are likely to find themselves on the receiving end of domestic migrations from places impacted by climate-induced disasters. In a new policy brief, Enterprise outlines how those communities can prepare.
2020 Winner
Center for NYC Neighborhoods
See How it Works
"Second Look is an innovative, automated underwriting system," says Natasha Pallan, CFO at Center for NYC Neighborhoods. "It can assist banks in reducing the cost and speeding the process of underwriting loans to families in the low- to middle-income bracket."
2020 Winner
cdcb | come dream. come build.
See How it Works
A key aspect of MiCASiTA (which has evolved to become DreamBuild) is a financing component – education and a loan product – that allows families to grow their homes as their finances improve and to build equity through homeownership.
“Most people want a home for their kids – a beautiful home that they’re proud of,” says cdcb Director of Homeownership Linda Marín. “If a client is not financially able to get their dream home, we can start with something smaller and work toward getting to the dream.
2020 Winner
Gulf Coast Housing Partnership
See How it Works
Gulf Coast Housing Partnership’s Health + Housing innovation creates new financing options for health insurers to invest in affordable homes with embedded health services. The approach is being piloted at two flagship developments: H3C in New Orleans, Louisiana, and The Pearl, in Jackson, Mississippi.