Enterprise has the largest affordable housing policy team in the United States, advocating on a nonpartisan basis at the federal, state and local levels, and collaborating with two national coalitions in support of essential federal programs.
Our President and CEO Priscilla Almodovar and Solutions President Jacqueline Waggoner recently hosted a virtual event titled ”Innovative Partnerships for Affordable Housing: Working Together to Respond, Stabilize and Recover."
We know that where someone lives impacts every aspect of their — from health, to employment, to the ability to make ends meet and, hopefully, move themselves and their families up the economic ladder. This is acutely true among Native Americans, whose housing opportunities have been systemically limited.
More than half of the renters surveyed (54 percent) said they have delayed medical care specifically because they couldn’t afford it. The survey found the need for affordable homes that are healthy and connected to opportunity especially critical for survey severely cost-burdened survey respondents, who spend more than 50 percent of their monthly income on rent.
Enterprise Community Partners Inc. (Enterprise) and the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) announced today that they are developing a multi-pronged collaboration to create and implement a shared vision for affordable homes that improve residents’ health and well-being.
What’s new in the 2020 Enterprise Green Communities criteria is an explicit path to zero energy with a path of action: reducing energy use, considering renewables and electrification and moving to zero energy.