New York Green Communities

Enterprise has created 4,000 green affordable homes in New York since 2004 and is working to green all affordable housing across the state. We will accomplish this goal by expanding the availability of financial and technical resources, promoting a policy environment that encourages green building, and strengthening capacity for sustainable construction and operation within New York’s affordable housing community.

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Enterprise’s Green Commitment in New York
Enterprise is leading the effort to make green and affordable one and the same. Our Green Communities initiative is an integral part of Enterprise’s affordable housing development and preservation efforts in New York City and across New York State. We work with local and state governments and other key stakeholders to develop innovative policies and programs to facilitate green affordable housing on a large scale. We also provide grants, financing, technical assistance and training to our community-based housing development partners to help them build and rehabilitate healthy, energy efficient and environmentally responsible affordable homes.

Today, green retrofitting and rehabilitation of existing affordable housing is particularly important to improve living conditions for residents, reduce the impact on the environment, and ensure the long-term financial stability of New York’s critical affordable homes. Nearly 80% of New York City’s greenhouse gas emissions are caused by the operation of buildings, and 40% of building emissions are caused by residential housing. Poor New York City children are three times more likely to be hospitalized for asthma than their wealthier counterparts. Meanwhile, New York’s affordable housing developers face flat rental incomes, while operating expenses from energy, water and sewer costs continue to rise. Green building is a critical strategy for addressing these economic, health, and environmental issues.

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Resources for New York Affordable Housing Developers
Enterprise offers a variety of programs to provide financial support and technical assistance to green affordable housing projects.

Press Information
For media inquiries, contact:
John Keaten
Group Gordon Strategic Communications
12 East 44th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10017
212.784.5701

Edward Norton’s $9 Billion Housing Project, Ellen McGirt, Fast Company
Building Green Houses for the Poor, Bryan Walsh, TIME
Enterprise and Partners Break Ground on 83-Unit Housing Development for Low-Income Seniors in Bronx on Site of Former Convent (Press Release PDF, 54K, July, 2, 2008)
HCCI's David & Joyce Dinkins Gardens Opens with Housing for Youth Aging out of Foster Care (Press Release PDF, 60K, March, 31, 2008; Case Study PDF, 183K)
Enterprise and Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation Unveil 63-Unit Green Development in the Bronx with Green Roof and Solar Panels (Press Release PDF, 61K, Oct. 15, 2007)
Green Communities National Press Releases
View more Green Communities project profiles nationwide.

New York Green Communities Partners

Government Partners:
New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
New York City Council
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal

Corporate and Foundation Partners
Bernard F. & Alva B. Gimbel Foundation, Inc.
BTMU Foundation, Inc.
Citi Foundation
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
Mizuho USA Foundation, Inc.
New York Community Trust
Rhodebeck Charitable Trust
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Surdna Foundation
Underwood Foundation
William Randolph Hearst Foundation

View a list of national Green Communities partners.

Bomee Jung
Program Director, Green Communities
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc
One Whitehall Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10004
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