Host a FEAHD Fellow to diversify your CDC and the real estate development field

 

The Fellowship for Equitable Affordable Housing Development (FEAHD) supports young people interested in creating an impact.

Host a Fellow

Host organizations pay their Fellows competitive salaries and benefits, and assign them to one or more active projects.

With the support of the program director, Fellows benefit from a wide range of skills that will enable them to build a career in affordable housing and community development.

Hosts share learnings with each other, and promote the fellowship to peer organizations across the country.

Why this Fellowship?

Community development corporations work extensively in communities of color, yet employ few people of color in leadership and real estate development positions. With the support of NeighborWorks America, OppCo and local non-profit community developers are working to change that.

Our unique Fellowship program encourages young people to enter careers in affordable housing real estate development, providing opportunity to members of our communities and diversifying the field.

Cohorts of up to 12 Fellows complete 24-month paid fellowships working as Real Estate Project Managers at host CDCs in Massachusetts.

All Fellows benefit from foundational career training, peer-learning, and mentorship. Our goal is that two-thirds of program graduates will remain employed in the community development sector.

Characteristics of Great
CDC Hosts

Successful CDC hosts are those who:

  • Have a demonstrated commitment to equity;  

  • Have a real estate team with interest and capacity to host, direct, and guide a Project Manager Fellow;

  • Have a pipeline of real estate projects over the next two years that would offer interesting and meaningful work experience;

  • Have a work culture that is aligned with the work preferences of the current talent pool;

  • Have a history of supporting employee professional development; and

  • Have the human and financial resources to commit to welcoming a Fellow throughout the two year fellowship term.

Characteristics of Great
FEAHD Fellows

Successful FEAHD Fellowship candidates are those who:

  • Have either four years of relevant work experience OR a college degree;

  • Have backgrounds that are historically underrepresented in the real estate development field;

  • Have lived experience that aligns with the communities served by Massachusetts CDCs;

  • Demonstrated interest in real estate development, community development, or housing; and

  • Desire to work with communities of color, low-income communities, or disinvested communities.