Enterprise Community Partners Enterprise helps build affordable housing for low-income Americans by providing financing and expertise to community
and housing developers. Every 80 minutes, someone moves
into
a house we helped create. Enterprise Community Partners
is a national nonprofit that provides loans, grants and information resources. Our for-profit subsidiary, Enterprise Community Investment, offers tax credit financing and asset management services.Pictured at left: The courtyard at Broadway Crossing, Seattle,
a Green Communities project.
Photo by: Stefanie Felix.
Affordable Housing Works!
Affordable housing builds strong communities, attracts jobs and gives people the opportunity to live in the communities where they work. Watch new public service announcements from New York State and see why Mo Vaughn, Tiki Barber and actor, director, producer and Enterprise Trustee Edward Norton believe affordable housing works.
Noteworthy
Bush Signs Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 On July 30, President George W. Bush signed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 into law. The legislation includes nearly $4 billion in one-time, emergency neighborhood stabilization funding. The bill will create housing trust and capital magnet funds. The legislation also includes a set of important provisions modernizing the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, which is the nation’s largest affordable rental housing production program.
Read the statement from the Enterprise Community Partners on the legislation.(PDF, 26K)
Inaugural Bart Harvey Enterprise Fellow Named
Enterprise has selected UCLA School of Law graduate My Trinh(PDF, 1.7MB) as the first recipient of the Bart Harvey Enterprise Fellowship. Named in honor of Enterprise’s former chairman and CEO, the two-year fellowship exposes rising professionals to the spirit and mission of Enterprise’s affordable housing and community development work. Trinh brings an extraordinary commitment to public service. A former legal aid volunteer, Trinh helped set up law clinics to protect the rights of low-income tenants, immigrant communities and disadvantaged workers. Read more.
