The Bay Area needs leaders who can navigate complexity and drive cross-sector housing solutions. The Affordable Housing Leadership Network trains housing professionals working to address the region’s housing crisis, bringing together developers, advocates, policymakers, and service providers. You’ll learn and practice vital leadership tools, deepen your understanding of housing systems, and join a remarkable network working to accelerate Bay Area housing solutions.
This Coro California program is offered in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Program Overview
Program Benefits
Ideal Candidates & Eligibility
Format & Curriculum
Session Cadence
Seventy hours of immersive professional development from January through April. The program includes a two-day opening retreat, monthly full-day leadership forums, collaborative group project work between sessions, and peer coaching modules. Explore the program calendar for more information.
Curriculum Focus
Leadership sessions center on Coro’s six core practices applied to housing contexts. You’ll explore self-awareness in high-stakes environments, practice critical thinking about systemic challenges, refine communication with varied stakeholders, advance holistic decision-making, strengthen collaboration skills, and expand your influence within organizations and systems.
Learning Approach
Experiential methods center active practice over passive listening. You’ll engage in case discussions, group projects, leadership simulations, peer exchanges, and reflective exercises. Facilitators create space for mindfulness, vulnerability, and authentic connection, fostering psychological safety for adaptive collaboration and innovation.
Program Philosophy
Coro’s approach emphasizes three core principles: active leadership practice as lifelong learning, relating productively across differences in identities and perspectives, and embracing curiosity and vulnerability as foundations for authentic leadership and meaningful change.
Cost & Financial Support
Program Fee
The program fee is $375 (subsidized from $9,750 by our generous sponsors).
Employer Support
Organizations benefit significantly when their staff participate in a Coro program. We encourage you to discuss this opportunity with your supervisor and secure organizational support for your full participation before applying. The Program Benefits Guide can serve as a helpful reference when having conversations with your employer about financial support.
Application Process & Key Dates
How to Apply
Complete the online application sharing your housing experience, leadership goals, and organizational commitment. Review the Application Guide for detailed instructions and tips for crafting strong responses. Applications are reviewed holistically with priority for varied perspectives across housing sectors, organizational types, geographic locations, and lived experiences.
Application Deadline
Application portal opens: September 2026
Regular decision deadline: November 2026
Selection Timeline
Applications are reviewed following the application deadline, and applicants are notified within two weeks of the deadline. Program fee payments will be due typically four to six weeks from your decision notification.
