Christi Smith

Director, Programs

Christi Smith is the director of Rocky Mountain programs at Enterprise Community Partners. In this role, she leads the team's work in Colorado and oversees the Wells Fargo Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge, a $40 million initiative supporting the development and scalability of new innovations and approaches to address the nation's affordable housing crisis.  

Prior to joining Enterprise, Christi was vice president of strategy and communications for Urban Land Conservancy (ULC), a Denver-based nonprofit real estate organization. In her nine years with ULC, she was a leader in strengthening the internal and external operations as well as the management and creation of ULC impact investments and creative financing strategies. Christi was responsible for ensuring the growth of ULC aligned with the mission and strategic framework, as well as oversight for all special projects, fundraising and communication efforts.  

Christi holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and serves on the board of Radian and on the advisory board for CHFA's Colorado Growth and Revitalization Fund.

Contact Christi
Office Location

Denver
1700 Broadway
Denver, CO 80290

Blog
Montview Manor in Denver, Colorado

Four Ways to Preserve Affordability While Increasing Colorado’s Home Supply

Across the country and in Colorado, we simply cannot build our way out of the affordable housing crisis. Preserving our supply of currently affordable homes is an essential strategy to one day ensure everyone can stably afford a home in their own community. In addition to building new homes, we must also preserve the affordability of currently affordable rental homes through recapitalization, acquisition, rehabilitation, and adaptive reuse.
Preservation and Production
Preservation and Eviction Prevention
Rocky Mountain
Blog
Colorado's Preservation Next Academy

Promoting Housing Stability Through Preservation in Colorado

The U.S. is grappling with a severe shortage of affordable housing and the state of Colorado is no exception. While we must continue constructing new homes, it’s clear we will not be able to build our way out of this housing crisis. In July, Enterprise Community Partners hosted an in-person convening drawing affordable housing partners from across Colorado as part of Enterprise’s Preservation Next program.
Preservation and Production
Preservation Equity
Rocky Mountain