Senior Associate of Housing and Land Use Policy

About the Role: Streamlining the production and ensuring the long-term sustainability of affordable housing are key policy priorities for SCANPH’s advocacy work and will be for the foreseeable future. The desired outcome is more expedient development and financing processes, along with enhanced resilience for aging portfolios so that SCANPH members can more quickly deploy funding to develop and preserve affordable and supportive housing. SCANPH seeks a Senior Associate of Housing and Land Use Policy to research and propose policy recommendations, as well as build power to advance these efforts. The Senior Associate of Housing and Land Use Policy will report to the Policy Director, and the position is full-time.

Responsibilities:
● Affordable Housing Production Streamlining and Preservation Policy:
o Focus research on streamlining opportunities in local governments that SCANPH can
deliver to local elected officials and decision-makers with the intended goal of advancing
policies that will expedite the development of affordable housing production.
o Develop and implement strategic plans for advancing policy solutions that
comprehensively and effectively streamline affordable housing production locally;
o Explore and recommend strategies to preserve the physical and financial health of aging
affordable housing portfolios, addressing issues such as deferred maintenance, capital
improvements, and long-term financial viability;
o Identify key offices, departments, and decision makers within government as well as
potential partners throughout the broad affordable housing community to help with
streamlining and preservation efforts so such measures can be successfully deployed
and implemented.

● Planning and Land Use Policy:
o Facilitate SCANPH’s comments on behalf of our affordable housing developer members
for legislative, regulatory, and land use policy;
o Monitor and analyze local, state, and federal policy impacting affordable housing;
o Advocate for the passage of state bills that SCANPH co-sponsors or supports;
o Write and submit support/oppose letters for bills on which SCANPH takes an official
position.
● Organizing and Mobilization:
o Work directly with SCANPH members to be able to clearly state their needs for specific
policy changes;
o Facilitate meetings with SCANPH members and other partners to gather feedback and
brainstorm policy solutions;
o Support the Policy Team in facilitating SCANPH’s monthly Policy Committee meetings;
o Participate in legislative visits (in-district visits with legislators, council members, and
supervisors) and support with meeting preparation;
o Represent SCANPH in coalition meetings with other non-profits;
o Assist the Policy Team in carrying out coalition work with other non-profits to advance
SCANPH’s mission.
● Empirical Research, Reports, and Special Projects:
o Support the Policy Team on research topics that support SCANPH’s policy work;
o Be proactive in developing research topics that will advance the work of SCANPH and its
members;
o Dedicate time to deep research and investigation on projects that may take months or
longer to complete, providing the groundwork for long-term policy change;
o On an ad-hoc basis, take ownership of short to medium term projects that come up in
response to needs brought to us by our members