Enterprise is pleased to announce $540,000 in grants to 11 Colorado affordable housing organizations through the HUD Section 4 Capacity Building program.
Nearly 80% of formerly incarcerated people and their families report being denied housing due to a criminal conviction. That’s according to a 2015 study led by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Forward Together, and Research Action Design, which also found that formerly incarcerated people are 10 to 13 times more likely to experience homelessness than those who have not been incarcerated.