Priorities & Impact

Our Priorities in the Mid-Atlantic

• Preserving affordable housing for low and moderate income families in the Mid-Atlantic region
  • Provide financing to preserve affordable housing units and prevent involuntary resident displacement
  • D.C. Preservation Loan Fund provides access to critical acquisition and predevelopment capital
  • Working with local partners to preserve affordable housing near rail stations through the Green Preservation of Affordable Transit-Oriented Housing (GreenPATH) Initiative

• Supporting the production of new affordable housing and community facilities
  • Working with houses of worship to develop their underutilized real estate assets into homes and community spaces through the Faith-Based Development Initiative

• Committing to making affordable housing in the D.C. area healthier, more energy efficient and better for the environment through Enterprise Green Communities
  • Green Row Home Challenge in Baltimore focuses on the most cost-effective ways to incorporate environmentally sustainable materials in the rehab of homes to safeguard the health of low-income residents and increase energy efficiency
  • Working as a member of the Baltimore Metropolitan Council planning consortium to prepare a regional plan for sustainable development to link the area’s housing, transportation and workforce development to reduce regional disparities. This work is funded with a Sustainable Communities grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  • Helping Baltimore schools learn about and connect to best conservation practices and resources, in partnership with Baltimore City Office of Sustainability, the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education, the Parks and People Foundation and the United States Green Building Council

• Advancing work that strengthens the educational environment and academic support for schools and families to enhance children’s opportunities for success
  • Supporting Jubilee Baltimore’s HUD Choice Neighborhoods planning initiative. Enterprise’s work will include developing an educational intervention plan to support students at Eutaw-Marshburn Elementary and Booker T. Washington Middle Schools.
  • Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) is a family literacy program in Baltimore City that helps parents prepare their three-, four- and five-year-old children to arrive at school ready to learn.

Our Impact in the Mid-Atlantic

• Invested more than $1,665 million in grants, loans and equity to create or preserve more than 32,000 homes
• Invested more than $365 million in loans and equity to build or preserve about 4,400 Enterprise Green Communities homes
• Created more than 3.2 million square feet of commercial and community space
• Introduced a cutting-edge education initiative in Baltimore City that resulted in significant gains in standardized tests, a summer learning institute, community resource centers, a girls’ mentoring program and a school-readiness program for pre-K children and their parents
• Led the Maryland Re-Entry Partnership (REP) initiative for formerly incarcerated individuals returning to Baltimore’s neighborhoods from 2001-2006 program for pre-K children and their parents resource centers, a girls’ mentoring program and a school-readiness program for pre-K children and their parents
• Enterprise and GreenSPACE teamed up to form the D.C. Green Communities initiative. Together, we helped to pass the D.C. Green Building Act of 2006 – one of the most advanced green building laws in the country.

• Produced 327 homes
• 1,110 more homes are in the pipeline
• Worked with more than 40 faith-based partners and community organizations
• Provided more than $180,000 in grants, $1.5 million in loans and $13.8 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credits