2023 Winner
Grounded Solutions Network
Grounded Solutions Network’s innovation is designed to benefit families who have historically been barred from homeownership.
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Room to Spare: Finding Homes for the Formerly Incarcerated
Bernadette Butler is the director of the Homecoming Project, which pairs people leaving prison with homeowners who have a room to spare. We spoke with Butler recently about her first six months on the job and her vision for the project's future growth.
2023 Winner
Hydronic Shell Technologies
Across the country, older multifamily buildings are expensive to operate and maintain. Owners spend huge resources repairing failing facades and outdated heating systems — and residents pay the price in higher utility bills, poor ventilation, and unsafe indoor temperatures year-round.
Hydronic Shell Technologies’ Thinking Outside the Box innovation adds an energy-efficient electric HVAC system within a new insulated outer shell.
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Enterprise and Church of God in Christ CEDC Announce Collaboration to Build 18,000 Affordable Homes
Enterprise and Church of God in Christ Community Economical Development Corporation (COGIC CEDC) announced a new collaboration to train 200 COGIC congregations in faith-based community development.
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Enterprise and Wells Fargo Foundation Announce Winners of $20 Million Housing Innovation Challenge
Enterprise Community Partners and the Wells Fargo Foundation announced the winners of the 2023 Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge, a $20 million nationwide competition to find and seed innovative housing solutions. The six winning organizations will each receive $2 million to $3 million in grants to scale new strategies aimed at making homes more accessible and affordable.
Community Highlights
Partner Profile: St. Vincent de Paul Georgia Provides Help and Hope to Neighbors in Need
Enterprise spoke with St. Vincent de Paul Georgia Executive Director Mike Mies to dig deeper into their work. Most recently, the organization participated in Enterprise’s Faith-Based Development Initiative in the Southeast, receiving training, technical assistance, and funding to support affordable housing development.
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Equipping 11 Houses of Worship for Faith-Based Development in Atlanta and South Florida
Representatives from eleven houses of worship gathered in Miami and virtually in November for the launch of Enterprise's second Faith-Based Development Initiative cohort in the Southeast.
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‘Transformational’ building invention to debut at Syracuse high-rise
The Post-Standard explores Hydronic Shell Technologies’ innovative, demonstration project in Syracuse, New York, which is one of six winners of the 2023 Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge.
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These sleek panels slide onto apartment buildings to make them more energy efficient
Fast Company looks at the pre-fab panels designed by 2023 Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge winner Hydronic Shell Technologies that have built-in insulation, heating, cooling, and ventilation and can be installed without displacing tenants.
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Elevating Affordable Housing on the Path to Decarbonization
While the world watches and calls for swift and immediate action to address climate change, environmental justice proponents warn that not all policies are created equal, and that some may serve to exacerbate existing inequities, including by race and ethnicity. While many homeowners can invest in efficiency upgrades, electric technologies, and renewable energy generation, renters—particularly low-income and BIPOC renters—rarely have the same options. A careful approach to decarbonization must be considered to avoid exacerbating the nation’s affordable housing crisis.