Civil rights leader Shirley Sherrod and her late husband Charles devoted their lives to advancing voting rights, solidarity, and wealth building through land ownership. But for a new generation of housing leaders like Devin Culbertson of Grounded Solutions Network, a Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge winner, their story is much more than a history lesson. It’s an urgent call to action.

In his closing remarks at the Housing First Partners Conference in Atlanta, which drew nearly 1,300 leaders, practitioners, and policy makers from 49 states and seven countries, Enterprise CEO & President Shaun Donovan discussed the conditions that resulted in record levels of homelessness across the country and the need to invest in proven solutions like Housing First. 

Enterprise Rural Communities Senior Director Robin Wolff testified on April 16 before a U.S. Senate subcommittee on the Challenges in Preserving the U.S. Housing Stock.

Enterprise released the study, Investing in Communities Along the Purple Line: 2024 Capital Needs Analysis outlining the capital, complementary policies, and capacity needed to meet the 17,000 affordable home goal for the Purple Line corridor.