Commercial Real Estate
It’s Time to Address Racial Inequity in Affordable Housing
Cecile Chalifour, head of community development real estate in the West region for JPMorgan Chase, and Jacqueline Waggoner, vice president Enterprise Community Partners discuss the need for equitable affordable housing.
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed glaring inequities in the U.S., and housing inequity is chief among them.
In their Q&A with Affordable Housing Finance, Cecile Chalifour, head of community development real estate in the West region for JPMorgan Chase, and Jacqueline Waggoner, vice president and Southern California market leader for Enterprise Community Partners, discuss several topics, including:
- How the pandemic has increased the need for affordable housing
- Why race-neutral housing strategies have fallen short
- What JPMorgan Chase and Enterprise Community Partners are doing to combat affordable housing inequity
