The Housing & Houselessness Leadership Network builds the skills, resilience, and relationships leaders need to drive transformative solutions to the houselessness crisis in Los Angeles County. This part-time program brings together cross-sector professionals working to address housing and houselessness challenges across the region. Through immersive professional development, you’ll strengthen leadership capacity, explore varied perspectives, and uncover new opportunities for collaboration and innovation. You’ll gain practical tools to navigate the complex, systemic nature of houselessness and a powerful network of regional changemakers committed to creating lasting impact.
This Coro California program is offered in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
The application cycle has closed. Submit an Interest Form to receive recruitment updates.
Program Overview
Program Benefits
Ideal Candidates & Eligibility
Format & Curriculum
Session Cadence
Over seventy hours of immersive professional development from February through June. The program includes a mandatory, overnight off-site, multi-day opening retreat, monthly leadership forums, collaborative group project work between sessions, and peer coaching modules. Explore the program calendar for more information.
Curriculum Themes
Sessions build leadership skills essential for housing and houselessness work including human-centered approaches, coalition building and advocacy strategies, navigating different team perspectives, systems thinking and analysis, inquiry and evaluation methods, stakeholder engagement, and adaptive leadership for managing change.
Learning Approach
Coro’s experiential methods center active practice over passive listening. You’ll engage in case discussions, leadership simulations, peer exchanges, and reflective exercises. Facilitators create space for mindfulness, vulnerability, and authentic connection, fostering psychological safety to promote 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).
Need-Based Stipends
Coro provides need-based stipends to offset expenses related to program participation including travel, childcare, or other accessibility needs. Complete relevant stipend questions in the application to be considered.
Employer Assistance
Organizations benefit when staff develop leadership skills and cross-sector networks. Many participants secure employer support to cover program fees. Use the Program Benefits Guide to frame conversations about this professional development investment.
Application Process & Key Dates
How to Apply
Complete the online application sharing your housing and houselessness experience, leadership goals, and commitment to cross-sector collaboration. 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 Deadlines
Application portal opens: September 2026
Regular decision deadline: November 2026
Selection Timeline
Applications are reviewed following the application deadline and applicants notified within two weeks of the deadline. Program fee payments will be due typically four to six weeks from your decision notification.
