For applicants
This paid two-year Fellowship will give you the skills and experience to advance in the field of affordable housing development.
The next application cycle will occur in the spring of 2025 with a Fellowship start date of September 2025.
For host CDCs
With the support of the Fellowship Director, Fellows benefit from a wide range of skill building that will enable them to build a career in community development.
Applications will open in the fall of 2024 to host a Fellow beginning in September 2025.
OppCo is an equal opportunity organization that recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes without regard to race, religion, age, gender or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
We’ve developed a new two-year fellowship program to bring more diversity into the field of affordable housing development.
With the support of key allies, Urban Edge, The Neighborhood Developers, and OppCo have developed a new fellowship opportunity. Fellows benefit from practical on-the-job work experience, skills training, a mentor, and peer support. We’ll prepare fellows for rewarding careers that produce and provide affordable homes, commercial spaces, and stronger communities.
The first cohort—all women of color—began their two-year fellowships in September 2023. The next cohort will begin in the fall of 2025, with recruitment of Fellows starting in the spring of 2025. Interested candidates can contact Melinda Vega, Affordable Housing Fellowship Director, here.
Contact Fellowship Director Melinda Vega for more information.
“I have worked at various CDCs and as a community activist. I wish a program like this was available to me earlier in my career. I’m excited to tell you about the Fellowship, and to share how to host a Fellow at your CDC.” — Melinda Vega
Our inaugural cohort of Fellows are making a difference!
What is affordable housing?
Affordable housing is generally defined as housing in which the occupant is paying no more than 30 percent of gross income for housing costs, including utilities.
Community Development Corporations create and preserve affordable, safe, healthy housing so that all of our neighbors have a place to call home. The first cohort of Fellows are helping to manage 17 affordable housing projects.
