The City of Santa Fe

In the early 1990s, as Santa Fe became a popular tourist destination and attracted retirees and vacation homeowners, the influx of wealthy homebuyers pushed housing prices well beyond the reach of many local citizens. Recognizing that the region faced an imminent affordability crisis, city officials developed a comprehensive approach to supporting affordable housing that relies on an innovative mix of funding, advocacy, and regulation. It provides funding to local, nonprofit housing providers, acts as a pass-through for other government funds, implements an inclusionary zoning law and other regulatory incentives. The City continues to work closely with private, public and nonprofit partners to develop new homes, rehabilitate existing homes, and provide homebuyer programs and housing support services. 

Enterprise Green Communities

Green Communities was established by Enterprise Community Partners as the first national green building program developed for affordable housing. Through the use of groundbreaking criteria known as the Green Communities Criteria, developers, investors, builders and residents are encouraged to use environmentally sustainable materials, reduce negative environmental impacts and increase energy efficiency. The Green Communities model is intended to provide a comprehensive package of environmental resources to developers and policymakers that can be adapted to local conditions, combined with other private and public resources, and used to achieve change in local markets across the country. Other priorities include: the use of designs and materials that safeguard the health of residents and the choice of locations that provide easy access to services and public transportation. The program also offers grants, loans, tax-credit equity, training and technical assistance.

Enterprise Community Partners New Mexico Office

Over the past 14 years, Enterprise New Mexico has invested nearly $50 million in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and southern New Mexico. As a result of the leadership, investment, financial and technical support provided by Enterprise to more than a dozen community-based organizations, more than 1,600 affordable homes were developed during this time. Enterprise worked closely with the city governments of Santa Fe and Albuquerque, helping to create the Tierra Contenta Corporation in Santa Fe and the Sawmill Community Land Trust in Albuquerque. By providing funds to nonprofits for new construction and rehabilitation, over 100 homes in the colonias of southern New Mexico were created, helping to improve living and housing conditions in the area.  Currently, Enterprise New Mexico continues to partner with local and state governmental entities and provide support to coalitions of private and public partners, working to focus attention and resources on affordable housing.

The Garfield Foundation

The Garfield Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation, whose mission is to support a more equitable, economically prosperous and environmentally sustainable global society. Grantmaking priorities focus on community revitalization and the environment. The Community Revitalization program explores opportunities to strengthen commercial development in economically distressed urban neighborhoods. In addition, the Foundation has a small subsidiary fund supporting innovative youth development initiatives. Environmental grantmaking priorities include sustainable consumption and production, biodiversity conservation, animal welfare and toxic metal pollutant source reduction.

The Frederick P. Rose Architectural Fellowship

The Frederick P. Rose Architectural Fellowship was established in 1999 by Enterprise Community Partners. The Fellowship creates partnerships between emerging architects and community-based organizations to direct the skills and passions of the architects in the service of low and moderate-income communities. The Fellowship is designed to promote the value of quality design and green building in affordable housing and encourages architects to become lifelong leaders in public service and community development. The Fellowship honors the late Frederick P. Rose, the prominent developer and philanthropist, who believed strongly in the value of good design and the spirit of public service.