Enterprise's Danielle Hammann and Matthew Singh discuss the origins of the Equitable Upward Mobility Fund and how they hope it will ultimately improve lives and communities.

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.

This new affordable housing will be financed, in part, through a $53.3 million equity investment by Enterprise and Fannie Mae under the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program.

The Kelsey Ayer Station represents a landmark for both accessible housing and its financing. We spoke to Micaela Connery, co-founder and CEO of The Kelsey, about the origins of the project, garnering community support, and her hopes for similar types of communities to exist “everywhere.”