Deadly disasters disproportionately affect underserved communities and people of color, reflecting decades of disinvestment and the climate impacts faced when compared to wealthier and non-redlined areas.

In a four-part eviction-prevention webinar series, Enterprise and our partners focus on the short and long-term impacts on families’ housing and economic stability, and on the housing stock and economic viability of the “mom-and-pop” owners who make up most of this nation’s property owners.

The International Panel on Climate Change sent a wake-up call to the world with its new report calling on the international community to immediately reduce carbon emissions in order to slow the planet from warming and sea levels from rising.

Despite extensive financial and regulatory constraints on affordable housing development, some projects are still able to yield extraordinary results, but how? Enterprise has interrogated this question over the past ten years of the Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute (AHDLI), observing and listening to the 129 developers and 94 designers convened to workshop diverse national projects.

In this post, the author unpacks the racial inequities built into another tax provision that unfairly benefits white owners: the mortgage interest deduction (MID). Through an examination of its origins, uses, and value relative to costs, the following discussion shows how this seemingly race-neutral tax deduction actually exacerbates racial wealth and homeownership gaps.