Enterprise’s Preservation Next Academy is a series of publicly available, no-cost virtual training sessions designed to assist affordable housing developers, practitioners, and advocates with guidance to acquire, rehabilitate and preserve the affordability of homes located in unsubsidized small- to medium-multifamily (SMMF) properties, prevent displacement of residents at risk of eviction, and advocate for preservation minded policies, programs, and resources.

Enterprise is collaborating with FIHPP technical assistance (TA) partners –The California Community Land Trust Network, Community Vision, and Genesis LA - to provide a webinar series and individual TA as prospective borrowers gear up for the release of FIHPP funds. Sessions will be accompanied by guidance and template documents that will help mission-driven developers prepare for participation in the program, as well as long-term success as stewards of affordable housing.

“Use what you have” sounds simple. But in the affordable housing realm, preservation is an innovative strategy – the most cost-effective, sustainable way to protect and expand access to rental homes and preserve affordability where it exists.

Enterprise is excited to share the Native Housing Developer’s Guide, a resource to assist in developing multifamily housing for your tribal community. 

The Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program, created by New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) leveraging the federal Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program, was introduced to help renovate many public housing developments in dire need of restorations without placing the cost of such improvements solely on NYCHA.

Lessons learned from recent efforts in three Bay Area jurisdictions to distill best practices for designing and implementing local acquisition-rehab preservation programs. It includes case studies that illustrate the impacts acquisition-rehab efforts have had on communities, profiles of recent financing initiatives aimed at supporting this work, and an analysis of development costs for a sample of properties recently acquired by nonprofit stewards.

This white paper examines the challenges and opportunities to preserving permanent supportive housing (PSH) in Los Angeles County as well as provide public policy recommendations to ensure that this housing serves as an integral step in the region’s long-term goal of ending homelessness.

Preserving the Affordability of Unsubsidized Small- to Medium-Scale Multifamily Housing in Southern California