Building Affordable Housing Across Arizona
Housing, Told by the People Building It
These are stories from the nonprofit partners building affordable housing across Arizona, told through the developers, donors, and residents making each community possible. Each one shows what it takes to turn an idea into a place someone can call home, and the role ACF's donors play in getting that work started.
Give Now
Unlike traditional charitable funds, this revolving loan fund provides zero and low-interest loans to nonprofit, tribal and municipal housing developers for affordable housing projects, for which financing is not typically available.
Accelerating Affordable Housing
Arizona Has the Will to Solve Its Housing Crisis. Here Is How We Get There.
ACF's housing expert shares how the foundation is closing Arizona's affordable housing gap through early, flexible capital, cross-sector partnerships, and creative financing solutions for nonprofit, tribal and municipal housing developers.
Know the Numbers: ACF's 2026 Arizona Housing Report
ACF's 2026 Arizona Housing Report covers housing supply and affordability, the workforce wage gap, and evictions and homelessness with the data ACF's team uses to guide strategic investment.
Where Community Comes Home: Investing in Housing for Arizona's Older Adults
At an AllThrive 365 community in Arizona, affordable housing does far more than keep a roof overhead. It's where neighbors look out for one another, older adults age with dignity, and a partnership with ACF donors is helping more Arizonans find a place to call home.
Where Community Comes Together: A Home, a Clinic, and a Job Under One Roof
On a Tempe lot that sat empty for twenty years, Copa Health has built La Victoria Commons, affordable homes where housing, health care, and employment come together under one roof. With early funding from ACF donors, it's proof that an affordable community can also be a place to belong.
Where Neighbors Become Family: A Reawakening in Downtown Tucson
At La Frontera's West Point II in downtown Tucson, affordable housing is giving older Arizonans far more than four walls. It's a reawakening, a safe home, new neighbors, and a community that looks out for one another, made possible by ACF donors.
See Our Impact in Action
Download our most recent annual reports, highlighting stories of impact from all corners of our state.
Hear from the experts
Tackling Arizona's Housing Crisis
The pre-development funds have been a wonderful way to bridge the period before cash begins to flow and allow us to pursue projects we might not otherwise be able to start.
Dan Ranieri
President & CEO - La Frontera Arizona
Hear from the experts
Tackling Arizona's Housing Crisis
Success looks like residents finding community and having what they need to live with dignity, peace, safety and independence.
Tami Bohannon
President & CEO - AllThrive 365
Hear from the experts
Tackling Arizona's Housing Crisis
Arizona Community Foundation contributed a lot of the predevelopment dollars up front that get these projects rolling off the ground.
Joe Keeper
Chief Financial Officer - Copa Health