The Boulder Housing Coalition (BHC) is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Community Housing Development Organization, founded in 1995. The BHC is dedicated to creating permanently affordable, community enhancing, cooperative housing for the people of Colorado’s Front Range. We founded and continue to support four self-governing low-income co-ops in Boulder with a total of around 65 residents. In December 2024 we closed on our fifth co-op, a 19-bedroom historic mansion on Capitol Hill in Denver. We envision a cooperative housing federation that contains a variety of co-ops including permanently affordable rental coo-ops, limited equity co-ops, equity co-ops and co-housing. We value diversity and anti-oppression, ecological sustainability, community, and, of course, cooperation. We're aiming to have the biggest positive impact possible on our residents as well as the wider community in Colorado. You can learn much more about our mission and values at www.bhccoops.org
The duties involved in running our organization are incredibly varied. We're happy to work with you to match your individual interests with our organizational needs. This year, the primary duties will be focused on supporting the development of our newest co-op, The People's Mansion. Duties will involve weekly 3-hour staff meetings, attending monthly Board of Director and committee meetings and staying in regular communication with the three staff members. Duties could include, but are not limited to: Helping us plan an inter-co-op party in the spring and an annual fundraiser for the fall and various other events and trainings; building the original labor & food systems for The People's Mansion, building morale and helping to positively shape The People's Mansion emergent culture, organizing house documents; putting together training videos for new/prospective housemates; community outreach and building relationships with the local co-ops outside our organization; alumni relations and building an alumni donor network; helping us identify relevant grants; general operations and administrative support; membership, marketing, and advertising; income qualification and meeting with city officials;
Three hours of weekly staff support and training - ranging in topics based on intern's need and organizations needs, in-depth insight into the intricacies of running four low-income cooperative houses and starting a fifth, may include:
income qualification training, abiding by fair housing, inclusive marketing, labor systems, consensus decision making, event planning, non-profit development, community engagement, meeting with city officials, political outreach, restorative conversations, nonviolent communication, meeting facilitation, NASCO trainings, "Right Use of Power" Training in diversity and privilege,
Non-profit development and operations; leadership; communication; restorative conflict resolution; networking; organization skills; cooperative governance;