South Metro Housing Options, the housing authority for the City of Littleton, Colorado, is embarking on its third new development in as many years, thanks in part to the Denver Regional Transit-Oriented Development Fund.

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.