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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.

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Affordable Housing: A Guide for Advisors and Investors

March 16, 2026

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A primer on affordable housing — and how investors, funders, and advisors can play a meaningful role in expanding supply.

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Solving Puzzles, Building Homes

Claire Parisa spends her days solving affordable housing financing puzzles. On a typical day, Parisa — an originator for Enterprise's Housing Credit Investments team — might be carpooling to a developer meeting, teaching a UC Berkeley graduate class, and reading books to her 18-month-old son.

March 30, 2026

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2026 Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge – Grant Applications due May 15

Round 1 of the 2026 Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge is open. Made possible by Wells Fargo and managed by Enterprise, the innovation competition offers five $2 million grants for proven, ready-to-scale solutions.

April 1, 2026

Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge

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Enterprise in the News

Affordable housing standard evolves from sustainability to resilience

Updated Enterprise Green Communities Criteria focus on extreme heat, wildfire, flooding and power outages, treating climate risk as a core housing responsibility.

Green Communities

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Bishop Prentis Johnson in Tacoma, Washington

Faith-Built Shelter, Homes, Community

To take on real estate development for the first time, two Tacoma, Washington churches have tapped into the Enterprise Faith-Based Development InitiativeSM , in which Enterprise provides training, tools, and technical assistance to support the development of affordable homes on church property.

April 17, 2026

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From Concept to Practice: Celebrating 20 Years of Enterprise Green Communities

Celebrating two decades of Enterprise Green Communities, housing leaders gathered online and in Washington, D.C., to reflect on the next chapter for healthy, resilient, and energy-efficient affordable homes amid a moment of unprecedented bipartisan support for housing affordability.

April 20, 2026

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