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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Creating an Estimated 40,000 New Homeowners of Color by 2025
Housing insecurity was a part of LaTanya Whitehead’s reality for decades. Since she was 18, she has been on her own, moving from one unstable situation to another. The idea of escaping this insecurity by owning her own home seemed little more than a dream to Whitehead.

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Living Cities Grants $3.2 Million Across Six U.S. Cities to Support Wealth Building Pathways
Living Cities today announced a $3.2 million grant investment across six cities -- Albuquerque, NM, Austin, TX, Memphis, TN, Minneapolis, MN, Saint Paul, MN, and Rochester, NY -- to help close racial gaps in income in wealth.

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Enterprise and Wells Fargo Foundation Announce $20M Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge
The Wells Fargo Foundation is launching a second cycle of the $20 million Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge with Enterprise Community Partners to find housing solutions. Innovators are invited to apply for grants of up to $3 million starting on Jan. 31, 2023.

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Enterprise Community Partners Expands Faith-Based Development Initiative to New York City to Build 1,050 Affordable Homes
Enterprise Community Partners announced it has received nearly $3 million in grants from the Wells Fargo Foundation and Trinity Church Wall Street to help faith-based organizations in New York transform underutilized property into affordable homes.

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National Urban League Partnership With Wells Fargo Aims To Diversify Home Appraisal Industry
Today the National Urban League and Wells Fargo announced a $5 million grant to create the Diverse Appraiser Initiative, a new program that aims to increase diversity and reduce barriers to entry in the home appraisal industry.

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Wells Fargo Foundation Awards $22.5 Million to LISC To Expand Homeownership for BIPOC Families
LISC program offices in Houston, New York and Richmond, Va. each received $7.5 million from the Wells Fargo Foundation to lead local collaboratives designed to address systemic roadblocks to homebuying for underserved individuals and families.

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Wells Fargo Foundation Awards $7.5 Million to LISC NY to Expand Homeownership for Families of Color
THE BRONX, NY – A new effort to help more people of color in New York City become homeowners is launching today with the support of a $7.5 million grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation. The grant was awarded to a new collaborative led by Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) NY, in partnership with the Center for NYC Neighborhoods and Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City (NHSNYC).

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Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Forms Collaborative To Preserve and Create 6,000 Homeowners of Color
In an unprecedented partnership of business, civic, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta amassed a coalition of support to preserve and create 6,000 homeowners of color in Atlanta.

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Wells Fargo Foundation Awards $7.5 Million to LISC Virginia To Expand Homeownership for Families of Color
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, Henrico County Manager John Vithoulkas, local and State elected officials joined LISC Virginia and the RVA WORTH Homeownership Collaborative to announce the launch of a new initiative

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Wells Fargo Foundation Awards New Philadelphia Collaborative $7.5 Million To Boost Homeownership
U.S. Congressman Dwight Evans and members of Philadelphia City Council joined the Urban League of Philadelphia, or ULP, to announce the launch of “Philly 5 by 25,” a new initiative to expand homeownership opportunities for people of color.

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