The NLIHC Organizing Fellowship is an intensive, nine-session program that trains staff at NLIHC member organizations in the fundamentals of community organizing. Each session will last for three hours over Zoom. The fellowship will provide budding organizers with the tools to launch or strengthen new and ongoing organizing campaigns that build tenant power to improve material conditions for tenants with the lowest incomes. The fellowship will subsequently create a growing alumni network of trained organizers who will forward NLIHC’s mission for state and local organizing with a long-term vision of building national tenant power.

Twenty-five fellows will be chosen for the Fall 2026 cohort, which will run from September to December. In order to be eligible to participate, applicants must be on staff at or affiliated with an organization that is a dues-paying member of NLIHC.

Application deadline is Friday, July 3 at 5pm ET. Fellows will be selected and notified by Monday, August 3.

If you have any questions, or if you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, please contact Billy Cerullo at wcerullo@nlihc.org.
FOUNDATIONAL INFORMATION

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* 1. Applicant Name

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* 2. What is the name of your organization?

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* 3. Have you confirmed that your organization is a dues-paying NLIHC member?

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* 4. Organization Mailing Address

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* 6. This fellowship is designed to equip fellows with actionable skills to begin or strengthen their organizing. Please describe how leadership at your organiziation plans to invest in and provide capacity for your prospective organizing work?

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* 7. What is the name of your organization's executive director (or equivalent role)?

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* 8. What is your executive director's e-mail? (If you are selected, we plan to reach out to both you and your ED)

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* 9. Do you consent to us reaching out to your executive director, if selected?

APPLICATION QUESTIONS

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* 10. Why is affordable housing and improving material conditions for tenants with the lowest incomes important to you? How does this value show up in your work? (300 words max)

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* 11. What general ideas do you have to implement the organizing practices you will learn through this fellowship? (300 words max)

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* 12. Please describe any campaigns you have worked on or plan to work on to improve material conditions for tenants with the lowest incomes. (200 words max)

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* 13. Do you have any prior organizing experience? If so, please describe the experience. (300 words max) Note: Prior experience is a plus but not a requirement.

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* 14. NLIHC is committed to advancing racially and socially equitable public policy that makes a safe, affordable, and accessible home a reality for all. What does social and racial justice mean to you? How do they intersect with housing justice? How does this value show up in your work? (300 words max)

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* 15. How have you engaged with NLIHC before? Please check all that apply

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* 16. Please describe any accommodations that would make this program more accessible to you. (100 words max)

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* 17. To make the most of this fellowship, it is imperative that you attend each session (with the understanding that emergencies arise, you might be out sick, etc.). Please confirm that you can attend each virtual session below.

DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS

All demographic questions are optional. Your responses help us ensure this fellowship reflects diverse identities and perspectives, including those impacted by affordable housing issues. All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of legally protected characteristic.

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* 18. Which race/ethnicity best describes you? (Please choose only one.)

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* 19. Do you identify as a person with a disability or other chronic condition?

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* 20. What is your gender identity?

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* 21. What is your sexual orientation?

NLIHC is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for the fellowship without regard to citizenship, gender identity or expression, immigration status, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.
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