About Housing Diversity Corporation

Our Evolution

Housing Diversity Corporation began with a simple insight: affordable housing production is constrained not by market forces, but by the limitations of traditional financing tools.

Today, HDC leverages innovative financing structures and municipal partnerships to create essential housing that spans the affordability spectrum from 0-120% AMI. Our approach complements traditional affordable housing by creating a parallel pathway that produces more units, faster, with minimal public subsidy.

From permanent supportive housing through our LAHSA partnership to naturally occurring affordable housing for essential workers, we’re creating communities that foster economic diversity and social cohesion.

Essential Housing Defined

Essential Housing addresses the critical “missing middle” gap in America’s housing system:

  • Essential to Residents: Providing quality homes near jobs, transit, and opportunities
  • Essential to Communities: Maintaining economic diversity and neighborhood vibrancy
  • Essential to Employers: Supporting workforce recruitment and retention
  • Essential to Municipalities: Meeting housing mandates with minimal public resources

Our Essential Housing approach serves households earning 0-120% of Area Median Income—a spectrum that traditional affordable and market-rate housing often miss. This includes teachers, healthcare workers, first responders, service employees, and many others who keep our communities functioning.

Location Strategy: Access to Opportunity

We strategically locate developments where residents can access opportunity:

  • Transit hubs with direct connections to employment centers
  • Fresh food markets and healthy eating options
  • Healthcare facilities and wellness resources
  • Educational institutions from K-12 to higher education
  • Parks, libraries, and community spaces

With an average Walk Score of 94 across our portfolio, HDC developments exemplify sustainable urban living where daily necessities are just a short walk away.

Corporate Values

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Stewards

Continually raising the bar in service to
our stakeholders

Continuous Learners

Uncovering structural advantages and unusual opportunities

Collaborative

Supporting each other to create a whole that is greater than its parts

Humanistic

Focusing on the well-being of the people we serve

Adaptable

Using every resource available to create successful outcomes