Now Accepting Applications for the Housing Development Training Institute

Thanks to a grant from CIT Bank, we are now accepting applications for the California Statewide Affordable Housing Development Training Institute Fundamentals (HDTI). Approximately 40-45 participants will be selected by Los Angeles, the Bay Area, and San Diego LISC offices to participate in this yearlong comprehensive training in affordable housing development within a community development context.

Since 1988, the California Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) offices have sponsored HDTI. Over 410 people representing 100 community development organizations throughout California are graduates. LISC launched HDTI in response to an unmet educational need for a comprehensive program to develop the skills of the staff of community development corporations (CDCs).

The goals of the LISC training program are:

• Increase the development capacity of community-based nonprofit development organizations by providing practical, comprehensive, and intensive skill training in affordable housing development and community development strategies and techniques.
• Increase the supply of affordable housing through the program's emphasis on production as part of the learning process. During the duration of the training program, each participant is expected to work on an actual housing development, applying the lessons learned during the workshop and creating a real-life context for the training.
• Foster a network of project management professionals who serve as a resource to each other, share information and provide peer support throughout their careers.

The course covers topics such as:

• Development Process/Feasibility
• Phases of Funds
• Building Design Case
• Financing Resources
• Rental Operating Budgets
• Site Pricing/Valuation
• And so much more…

Training will be held at the Kellogg West Conference Center & Hotel in Pomona, CA November 12^th through the 16^th.

For the Program Description and Application, please click here. All applications are due by 5:00 p.m. on August 15, 2018.