This year, the Oregon State Legislature wrapped up a successful session for affordable housing, and the lawmakers invested big in children.

Staff and faculty at educational institutions are among the scores of people in the Puget Sound region that are struggling to make ends meet on their current salaries, which have not kept up with the rapid rise in housing costs. But Lake Washington Institute of Technology has a plan.

On Saturday, August 10, Mercy Housing Northwest celebrated the grand opening of Mercy Magnuson Place, an affordable housing and early learning development that has been in the making for 20 years.

Many rural residents experience difficulties in attaining a high-quality education. Enterprise’s partners are helping rural communities respond to these challenges.

Furthering our Home and Hope goals beyond Washington, Enterprise is having conversations to bring together affordable housing providers and early learning providers, along with government and philanthropic organizations, in Oregon.

Rethinking the way we develop early childhood learning centers requires creative partnerships and new flexible funding sources.

In high-pressure real estate markets such as Seattle and King County, early learning facilities are often squeezed out, not only exacerbating the crisis, but also causing disruption to what should be a stabilizing presence in the lives of families and for our neighborhoods.

How can early learning centers and housing be combined into a single project? Financing can be complicated and daunting, but Enterprise experts offer guidance to both the affordable housing and early learning sectors as they expand their ability to develop these multi-use buildings to benefit their communities.