Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (Enterprise) is launching a comprehensive 12-month course to provide an overview of housing development and finance topics to 15 CLT volunteers, board members, and staff across New York State with the goal of equipping them to meaningfully participate in housing development and operations. When equipped with the tools to understand development processes, analysis of joint venture opportunities, and housing operations, CLTs will be better positioned to steward permanently affordable, resident-controlled housing.
Program Information
There are over 25 Community Land Trusts (CLTs) across New York in operation or at various stages of development. CLTs play a significant role in preserving affordable housing, resisting displacement and gentrification, and building community wealth. While CLTs can originate through government sponsorship or as subsidiaries of community development corporations, the majority emerge from a community organizing background, rather than a development background, and establish themselves as independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
Few CLTs have staff with deep expertise in navigating affordable housing development and operations. Many operate with limited or no full-time staff. In response to these system gaps, Enterprise is developing a comprehensive 12-month course to provide an overview of housing development and finance topics to 15 CLT volunteers, board members, and staff across New York State with the goal of equipping them to meaningfully participate in housing development and operations. When equipped with the tools to understand development processes, analysis of joint venture opportunities, and housing operations, CLTs will be better positioned to steward permanently affordable, resident-controlled housing.
*Volunteers are unpaid individuals that contribute significantly to day-to-day programmatic work and are not board members*
Important Application Dates
- Application Opens: Monday, July 24, 2023, at 8 AM Eastern.
- Informational Webinar: Tuesday, August 1, 2023, 10 AM – 11 AM Eastern.
- Application Closes: Thursday, August 31, 2023, at 11:59 PM Eastern.
- Acceptance Notifications: Early September, 2023
How to Apply
Step 1: Review the Application
Step 2: Applicants may apply via SlideRoom. To start an application, please use: https://enterprise.slideroom.com/#/permalink/program/73577
IMPORTANT: SlideRoom will automatically save the Applicant's work. That means that even if the Applicant loses internet connection or has computer problems, the work will still be saved. Applicants can also log in and out as many times as they need to complete their application. However, once an Applicant submits their proposal, they cannot go back to make any edits. Applications received outside of SlideRoom or after the deadline will not be accepted.
Application Deadline: Thursday, August 31, 2023, at 11:59 pm Eastern.
For any questions, please contact Brianna McClure.