Housing affordability

We drive solutions to enable people to open doors to a safe and affordable place to call home, the foundation for wellness, dignity, and economic opportunity. These efforts align with advancing racial equity to create a future where everyone in the U.S. can have a quality place to live. 

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A Path to Independence: Shirley Sherrod on Racial Justice and the Value of Land
"Our goal was to try to acquire land so that we would never lose it. And that's why we chose the community land trust model so that we would all own it together. No one person could mortgage anything so that we could lose it."

Diversity & Inclusion

Helping Real Estate Diverse Developers Create Affordable Housing
A diversity of real estate developers is essential for strengthening the housing development ecosystem as a whole and expanding the supply of homes that are affordable.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Joins Forces With ICON To Support Initiative 99 Global Architecture Competition To Design Homes for $99,000
Wells Fargo is joining forces with ICON to support Initiative 99 global architecture competition to design 3D-printed affordable homes for $99,000 or less.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Wells Fargo Volunteers Join Forces To Build 27 Homes in Charlotte With Habitat for Humanity
May and her three children will soon be moving into their new home at The Meadows at Plato Price in Charlotte, North Carolina. May is receiving a “right-sized mortgage” from Habitat for Humanity to purchase her first home.

Environment

The Bronx Development at the Intersection of Sustainability and Affordable Housing
Completed in 2019, Cooper Gardens is a $156 million, 450,000-square-foot, multi-building, mixed-use project at the intersection of housing affordability and sustainability.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Inside an Innovative Response to California’s Homelessness Crisis
After losing housing and then living in temporary housing, Karrie found her home in Hollywood because of California’s Project Homekey program.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Awards Nearly $11 Million in Grants Through Invest Native Initiative
The Wells Fargo Foundation today announced nearly $11 million in grants to 28 organizations across six states as part of its Invest Native program, a $20 million philanthropic initiative aimed at helping Native communities build economic stability and independence.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Rebuilding Together Announces $1.4 Million Grant From Wells Fargo to Repair Homes in Distressed Neighborhoods
The Wells Fargo Foundation has awarded $1.4 million in grants to Rebuilding Together to support essential home repairs and safety modifications for up to 90 homes in 49 communities across the U.S. for veterans, older adults and other neighbors in need.

Innovation & Technology

Beneficial Electrification League Demonstrates Combining Efficiency and Electrification Can Make Single-Family Home Retrofits Affordable in California
For California households participating in the project, combining weatherization and electrification dramatically reduced overall energy consumption. A cost analysis shows one family’s monthly energy bill was cut in half.

Research, Reports & Publications

Beneficial Electrification League Demonstrates Combining Efficiency and Electrification Can Make Single-Family Home Retrofits Affordable
Our research shows combining weatherization and high-efficiency appliances can overcome economic barriers to whole home retrofits when combined with rebates, such as those expected to be available as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.

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