Community Highlights
Enterprise Awards $1.5 Million in Grants to Rural and Tribal Communities
Enterprise has awarded $1.5 million in grants to 32 groups in rural and tribal communities from Dover, Delaware to Anahola, Hawaii.
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Community Highlights
Tangi Tackles Housing Affordability in Rural Louisiana
In Tangipahoa, St. Helena, and Livingston parishes, a local nonprofit is pursuing all housing opportunities to ensure everyone has a quality, affordable place to call home.
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Urging Congress to Support Native Housing and ‘Sunrise Thinking’
The federal government must support funding to end the shortage of Native housing, Tonya Plummer, Enterprise’s director for Native American housing programs, testified at a Congressional oversight hearing.
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Updating Laws to Protect Rural Renters
Paying off a mortgage should be a cause for celebration, but for many owners of affordable rural rental housing funded with USDA mortgages it’s something to dread. That’s because a 74-year-old law dictates that Section 521 Rental Assistance be tied to an outdated requirement that a property must also have a Section 515 or 514 mortgage.
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Enterprise Community Partners Names Shaun Donovan as Chief Executive Officer and President
Enterprise announced that former cabinet official and national housing leader Shaun Donovan will serve as its next chief executive officer and president, effective September 1.
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Welcoming Shaun Donovan
Enterprise Board Chair Rick Lazio and Vice Chair Phyllis Caldwell announce that former HUD secretary and national housing leader Shaun Donovan as the next CEO and president, starting September 1.
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Honoring Our Black Rural Leaders
The lasting impacts of segregation and redlining continue to play a significant role in limiting access to decent, safe, and affordable residential housing and homeownership in Black communities.
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Enterprise launches RFP for Communications Strategy and Implementation Partner
Enterprise (with its collaborator, Local Initiatives Support Coalition) is managing the development of a book of original essays that will focus on the alignment of climate change and community development.
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Urging Senators to Support Native Housing
Tonya Plummer, Director of Native American Housing Programs at Enterprise, asked senators to do more to support rural and tribal housing programs.
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Unlocking Housing Choice: Limitations and Opportunities in the Housing Choice Voucher Program
March 27, 2024
This paper provides an overview of the history, operation, and current debates around the Housing Choice Voucher program, the federal government's largest form of rental assistance.