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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Energy

Wells Fargo, Elevate Team Up To Boost Access To Clean, Affordable Energy and Jobs
As climate change accelerates, underserved communities and people of color are increasingly vulnerable to higher energy burdens, unhealthy air quality, and extreme weather.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

San Diego Housing Commission Receives $7.5 Million Wells Fargo Grant to Increase Homeownership for People of Color
An expanded effort to help more people of color in the San Diego region become homeowners is launching today with the support of a $7.5 million grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Alliance of Milwaukee Organizations Announces $7.5 Million Grant From Wells Fargo Foundation to Boost Homeownership for Families of Color
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and County Executive David Crowley joined 19 public, nonprofit and civic organizations, led by the Community Development Alliance (CDA), to announce the launch of a new initiative to help advance racial equity by funding quality, affordable homes for Milwaukee families.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Foundation Awards $7.5 Million to LISC Houston to Expand Homeownership for Families of Color
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and local elected officials joined LISC Houston and the Harris County Homeownership Collaborative, or HCHC, to announce the launch of a new initiative

Innovation & Technology

Housing Lab Welcomes Six New Ventures to Third Annual Cohort, Prioritizing Housing Equity and Sustainability
The Housing Lab, a program of the nonprofit Terner Housing Innovation Labs, today announced its third cohort of housing entrepreneurs focused on making homes and communities more affordable, accessible, and sustainable.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Enterprise Community Partners to Help Baltimore Houses of Worship Build 600 Affordable Homes
Today, with city officials and faith leaders present, Enterprise Community Partners (Enterprise) announced an expansion of its Faith-Based Development Initiative(FBDI) in Baltimore.

Diversity & Inclusion

Wells Fargo Foundation Aims To Grow Diverse Housing Developers With $40 Million Donation
The roughly $175 billion U.S. housing development market is known for high barriers to entry — and today, real estate developers of color make up less than five percent of the industry.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Rebuilding Together and Wells Fargo Join to Address Urgent Housing Challenges Nationwide Through Critical Home Renovation and Repairs
The Wells Fargo Foundation has awarded $1.3 million in grants to Rebuilding Together to provide critical home repairs to nearly 100 homes in 45 communities across the U.S.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo and Habitat for Humanity To Build 350 Affordable Homes in the U.S.
As homeownership remains out of reach for too many families, Wells Fargo today announced an effort to support new home construction, renovation, and repair of more than 350 affordable homes across the U.S. with Habitat for Humanity International.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Invests $3.5M to Convert Schools, Hospitals, Office Buildings into Affordable Homes
To increase the supply and affordability of homes in the U.S., Housing Partnership Network (HPN) today announced $3.5 million in grants to help transform empty hotels, schools, hospitals, and commercial buildings into affordable apartments

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