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About the Role
The Government Affairs Intern will work with colleagues across HDC and HPD, along with other governmental and trade group partners, to help advance the housing policy priorities of HDC and the City of New York. The intern will monitor, analyze, and communicate key legislative and regulatory issues to various stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Assist IGA team in helping advance HDC’s federal priorities
- Track, summarize and analyze relevant federal and state legislation and budgets
- Monitor and provide coverage of hearings hosted by key Congressional committees
- Assist in the production of educational and advocacy materials on HDC/HPD’s top policy priorities
- Attend meetings with local and national trade groups and monitor discussions on HPD and HDC’s top legislative and regulatory priorities
- Attend local partner meetings and events on relevant issues and provide summaries of the discussions
- Research and draft memos on possible new priorities and regulatory proposals
Requirements
- Must be pursuing a graduate-level degree in any field of study
- Superb communication and interpersonal skills
- Professional federal or state legislative or advocacy experience, including internships
- Professional experience working with HUD programs or in real estate finance, including internships, or relevant coursework in federal or state affordable housing policy and programs and/or communications
- Experience working collaboratively across teams and in partnership with different organizations to accomplish shared goals
- Experience tracking, summarizing, and analyzing federal legislation and budgets
- Experience drafting educational materials on complex subject matters
- Familiarity with using federal legislative and regulatory databases, including Congress.gov and Federalregister.gov
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Copilot)
- Include a cover letter with your resume
- Fax resume and cover letter to (212)227-6816
Skills
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Legislative analysis
- Budget analysis
- Advocacy material production
- Meeting attendance and summarization
- Memo drafting
- Federal legislative and regulatory database usage
- Microsoft Office proficiency
Location
- NYC/Financial District
Work Type
- Spring 2027
Experience Level
- Intern
Education Level
- Graduate-level degree
Salary/Compensations
- Graduate $20.00/hour
Benefits
- HDC will fully support an intern’s application for credit or stipend from their school/university
About the Company
- The New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) is a public benefit corporation and the nation’s largest municipal Housing Finance Agency.
- HDC seeks to increase the supply of multi-family housing, stimulate economic growth, and revitalize neighborhoods by financing the creation and preservation of affordable housing for low-, moderate-, and middle-income New Yorkers.
- HDC’s programs support the construction and preservation of multi-family affordable housing in New York City.
Equal Opportunity
- HDC is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
- HDC is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.
- As part of this commitment, HDC will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations.
- If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please complete the reasonable accommodations section on the application or contact Human Resources by emailing jobs@NYCHDC.com.