Profiles
ECLF Project Profiles YE 2025
March 10, 2026
This resource shares ECLF project profiles and investment information by state.
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Fact Sheet
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs): An Overview
March 16, 2026
An accessible overview of what CDFIs are, how they work, and why they’ve become essential partners in expanding affordable housing and strengthening local economies.
Fact Sheet
Affordable Housing: A Guide for Advisors and Investors
March 16, 2026
A primer on affordable housing — and how investors, funders, and advisors can play a meaningful role in expanding supply.
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An Expert-Led Guide to the CDFI Landscape: 5 Trends to Know
Community Development Financial Institutions have emerged as the “ultimate impact investment,” able to effectively tackle some of our most pressing challenges: the affordable housing crisis; the climate emergency; and persistent racial health, wealth, and opportunity gaps. That’s according to CDFIs and the Capital Markets: Trends in Investment & Impact Measurement, the third white paper in a series from Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and the first in collaboration with Enterprise Community Partners.
News
S&P Upgrades Enterprise Community Loan Fund to “AA-” Credit Rating
Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings (S&P) has upgraded its issuer credit rating for the Enterprise Community Loan Fund (ECLF)—the community development financial institution (CDFI) of Enterprise—and its long-term rating on ECLF’s series 2018 taxable sustainability bonds from “A+” to “AA-.”
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Fostering Better Health Through Housing
Housing instability and low-quality homes contribute to a variety of mental and physical health problems. To address the health implications of housing scarcity, health care provider Kaiser Permanente and Enterprise Community Loan Fund – Enterprise Community Partner’s community development financial institution (CDFI) – launched the $100 million RxHome Fund in 2018. The goal? To create and preserve safe, affordable multifamily rental homes for low-income residents across Kaiser Permanente’s service area.
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Celebrating a Second Chance
Nearly 80% of formerly incarcerated people and their families report being denied housing due to a criminal conviction. That’s according to a 2015 study led by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Forward Together, and Research Action Design, which also found that formerly incarcerated people are 10 to 13 times more likely to experience homelessness than those who have not been incarcerated.
Community Highlights
Second Chance Center Breaks Ground on 128 New Homes in Denver to Support Reentry
Second Chance Center, a Colorado-based nonprofit dedicated to helping formerly incarcerated people transition back into society, celebrated a major milestone with the groundbreaking of its latest property, Residences on Acoma.
Community Highlights
Enterprise Community Loan Fund Expands Senior Housing Options to Meet Urgent Need
These eight properties show the full scope of affordable senior housing developments supported by Enterprise Community Loan Fund.
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What’s Next for Manufactured Housing?
Even as inflation cools, housing costs for most Americans remain at unsustainable levels. Historically, manufactured homes have been a critical part of the affordable housing landscape, serving low- and moderate-income Americans and in communities where other affordable homes are often unavailable.