Applications are now open for the 2025-2026 season of NLIHC’s Generation Housing Justice national fellowship program. This is the second season of this program, which helps to cultivate the next generation of housing justice leaders by equipping young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 with the knowledge, skills, and networks needed to drive housing policy change at the federal level. People directly impacted by housing instability or homelessness are encouraged to apply.
About the Fellowship
The fellowship will last seven months, from approximately November 1, 2025, to May 28, 2026, and will focus on educating and mobilizing communities around affordable housing policy solutions at the federal level. Fellows will complete a virtual, self-guided course over seven months, covering the basics of federal policymaking, the factors driving the housing affordability crisis for low-income people, policy solutions to the affordable housing crisis, advocacy and community organizing skill-building, and creating narrative changes that will lead to housing justice.
Preferred Qualifications
- Will be between 18 and 24 years of age by November 1, 2025.
- Is a current postsecondary student, a recent graduate of a postsecondary program, or an early-career young professional with an interest in housing justice and public policy.
- Has experienced or is currently experiencing housing insecurity.
- Is committed to advancing racial and social justice and has an interest in doing so through housing policy work.
- Wants to make change through collective action and has a passion for building and empowering communities to be civically engaged.
- Is a current active individual member of NLIHC or actively engaged with an NLIHC member organization. (Becoming a member individually and/or having an organization you are affiliated with become a member will be a requirement if selected for the fellowship.)
Fellows will be required to attend monthly meetings and to complete a final project by the end of the fellowship. Chosen participants will be invited to attend NLIHC’s Annual Policy Forum and Capitol Hill Day in Washington, DC, March 10-13, 2026. All fellows will receive a stipend upon successful completion of the program and its requirements.
The application process will close on Thursday, September 18, at 5:00 pm ET. Selected applicants will be informed of our decision and confirmed by Tuesday, October 14. Please share this opportunity and encourage any eligible young adult leaders in your networks to apply.
For questions, please contact Thaddaeus Elliott at [email protected].