Ayrianne Parks

Sr. Director, Policy Advocacy

Ayrianne Parks is the senior director of policy advocacy at Enterprise, where she oversees the organization’s tax policy team. In addition to leading Enterprise’s policy advocacy on the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, New Markets Tax Credit, Neighborhood Homes Investment Act and Opportunity Zones, she manages membership and legislative advocacy coordination for the ACTION Campaign, a grassroots coalition of 2,400 organizations co-chaired by Enterprise and the National Council of State Housing Agencies.
 
Prior to joining Enterprise, Ayrianne served as the director of policy and public affairs at Rapoza Associates, a public interest lobbying firm specializing in community and economic development. A skilled legislative and communications expert, she previously advocated for labor rights and workforce development for migrant and seasonal farmworkers at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, served as a public affairs manager at the Curley Company, and coordinated women’s specialty media for the 2008 Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, in addition to internships on Capitol Hill and with the Sierra Club’s legislative office. Ayrianne holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and Spanish from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. 

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202.403.8001
Office Location

Washington, D.C.
10 G Street NE
Washington, DC 20002

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Key Legislation to Strengthen Affordable Housing Reintroduced

Senators and Representatives reintroduce the bipartisan Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act, legislation that would strengthen and expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) program. The Housing Credit is responsible for nearly all of the affordable housing built or preserved across the country, and so the need for this legislation is more important than ever.
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President’s FY22 “Skinny” Budget Offers Substantial Increases

On April 9, President Biden released his blueprint for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 budget. The request is the first installment of the President’s budget plan. The $1.52 trillion budget request, a 16 percent increase in non-defense discretionary funding, is aimed at addressing inequality, disease and climate change, and it includes significant investments in Enterprise policy priorities.