Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
We believe opportunity begins when people have a safe, healthy and affordable place to call home. It grows with access to good schools, jobs, transit and health care.
Renowned developer and urban visionary Jim Rouse and his wife Patty co-founded Enterprise in 1982 with an ambitious vision of ending poverty in the U.S. They knew that realizing their vision would entail giving everyone the opportunity to live in a decent, affordable home. More than three decades later, Enterprise remains the only U.S. housing organization with deep expertise in three areas critical to improving the affordable housing system: impact capital, innovative solutions on the ground and transformative public policy. The story of Enterprise has important roots in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Three members of the Church of the Saviour, Terry Flood, Barbara Moore and Carolyn Banker, wanted to improve the quality of affordable housing in their neighborhood. With no development, financial or construction experience, they made a non-refundable deposit to purchase and transform the dilapidated Ritz and Mozart apartment buildings. Jim found the women’s commitment and determination astonishing. As then-CEO of The Rouse Company, he helped them secure $625,000 to complete the purchase and $125,000 toward repairs. And so, Jubilee Housing, a local community organization, was born in 1973. Its impact inspired Jim and Patty to build an organization to seek out and partner with groups like Jubilee nationwide, helping them tap into resources and learn from each other. To succeed, Jim and Patty knew the organization must function like none other – driven by mission, fueled by business discipline and sustained by philanthropic support. When it came time to name the organization, Jim thought of the spirit that had made our country great in the first place: the spirit of Enterprise.
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