Community Highlights
Preserving Affordable Homes with Access Community Action Agency
ACCESS is currently receiving technical assistance from our Rural Communities team to preserve 96 affordable homes in Brooklyn, Connecticut.
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Training
Rural Rental Housing Preservation Convening
June 10, 2026
(Originally Published:
October 29, 2024)
During a two-day academy on August 6-7, 2024 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, our Rural Communities team brought together elected officials, financial experts, housing providers, and state, and federal agencies to explore solutions.
Enterprise in the News
Commentary: While Political Polarization Is Higher Than Ever, Rural Housing is a Sure Bipartisan Bet
In a Daily Yonder op-ed, our Rural Communities and Tribal Nations policy director, Emily Nosse-Leirer, dives into the often overlooked yet vital issue of rural housing preservation.
Training
Colorado Rural Rental Preservation Academy
May 5, 2020
The Colorado Rural Rental Housing Preservation Academy is series of trainings and conversations designed to help rural housing providers acquire and/or preserve USDA Rural Development, HUD, LIHTC, and other affordable rental housing in rural Colorado.
Training
Southeast Rural Rental Preservation Academy
April 20, 2022
Rural housing providers and nonprofits will learn to acquire and/or preserve affordable homes in rural Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi.
Report
Native Homeownership Learning Communities Cohort Impact Report
October 7, 2021
In January 2020, Enterprise Community Partners launched its Native Homeownership Learning Communities Cohort (NHLCC), a twelve-month initiative focused on building the capacity of participating organizations to deliver homeownership programming.
Training
Understanding Rural Preservation
October 6, 2021
The Enterprise Rural and Native American Program team has developed a series of no-cost training and peer-learning sessions designed to help rural housing providers and nonprofits acquire and preserve USDA Rural Development, HUD 811 and 202, Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and other subsidized and affordable housing.
Story
Rural Housing at a Crossroads
More than 100 housing providers, policymakers, public housing officials, and financial experts gathered in Knoxville, Tennessee, to exchange insights and strategies for protecting affordable homes in rural communities.
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2026 Rural Housing Preservation Academy (In-Person)
Enterprise is hosting two days of conversation about rural affordable housing preservation and development in Boise, Idaho, June 9-10.
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2026 Rural Rental Housing Preservation Academy
The 2026 Rural Rental Housing Preservation Academy is designed to help rural housing providers acquire and/or preserve USDA Rural Development (RD), HUD and LIHTC financed housing in their respective communities.