Race, Equity, and Inclusion

REI Programs:

⇒ Housing Development Internship Program

⇒ Recruiting Diversity Taskforce

⇒ REI Learning Cohort

REI Resources:

⇒ HDC’s Racial Equity Toolkit

⇒ Promising Practice Profiles

⇒ Recommended Readings

Housing Development Internship

Our Housing Development Internship Program aims to support the next generation of diverse affordable housing professionals. The affordable housing sector is a vibrant community of committed leaders and passionate professionals all committed to the HDC’s vision. This internship aims to expose driven and curious students looking to be a part of a mission-driven working community.

Now Accepting Applications!

We strongly encourage applications from students entering their last year of under-graduate or last year of graduate school, who are studying urban planning, design, development, and/or related subject matter. Students with bilingual/bicultural backgrounds are also encouraged to apply.

Interns are individuals/students who identify as a person of color, are currently enrolled in college or university (preferably entering their final year of school in Fall 2020), and who will commit to 9 months of part-time internship/work in addition to their academic program.

The Intern Applications must be submitted by 11:59 pm August 8 (application deadline extended). Reach out to Loren with any questions.

Internship Application Form

Host Agency Application Form

Host Agency Applications are due by 11:59 pm July 9. Reach out to Loren with any questions.

→ Meet our 2020-2021 interns!

Recruiting Diversity Taskforce

HDC’s Recruiting Diversity Task Force is charged with providing recommendations and making the connections necessary to ensure racial equity is a cornerstone of the organization’s vision. Within the broader goal of racial equity, the task force in its current state is focused on recruiting a diverse workforce in the affordable housing sector and ingraining the principles of racial equity into HDC’s member organizations to increase POC retention and mobility throughout the sector.

Responsibilities of RDTF

Host Trainings – Read our program recap from the People’s Institute’s Undoing Racism Workshop!
Host Race-Based Caucuses – Register for our November BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) Caucus.
Oversight for the Housing Development Internship

REI Learning Cohort

HDC developed the Racial Equity Learning Cohort, along with our Racial Equity Toolkit, to help member organizations be intentional in their work, as well as to ground organizations in foundational information on racial equity.

We have three goals in this endeavor:

Support HDC members in completing the Racial Equity Toolkit, particularly the Organizational Assessment and Workplan.
Support a cohort of 4-5 HDC members to participate in a learning community of peers.
Work together to build organizational capacity, identify opportunities to leverage resources, and share best practices.

Racial Equity Toolkit

This toolkit is designed so that it can be customized to fit the needs and characteristics of your organization. This tool is meant to provide context for why racial equity work is important by providing a backdrop for our efforts. Feel free to use this to educate your fellow staff and management to help achieve a common, baseline understanding in your organization.

The layout of the document follows the format of the 4 principles behind this project:

Education on racial equity
Identification of racial equity issues in organizations
Creation of a plan for change
Implementation of the tools

The individual tools are designed to fit these principles accordingly.

Racial Equity Toolkit (downloadable PDF)

Additional Tools:

HDC Member Promising Practices Profiles

Member organizations that have made great strides in implementing racial equity work can create a profile of a practice that has been successful within their organization. The goal is to help share knowledge and experience with others to build stronger, more sustainable affiliates, which will help to create stronger communities. If you would like to share a promising practice for racial equity with us, please fill out a Racial Equity Promising Practices Capture Form.

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