Claudia Bledsoe
Community Development Specialist
Claudia Bledsoe is the Community Development Specialist in HIP’s Prince George’s County office.
She joined HIP in August 2024. In her role with the Housing Development team, Claudia promotes and helps manage client outreach and loan processing for the Housing Rehabilitation Assistance Program (HRAP), which eradicates code and health violations for low-income homeowners in Prince George’s County by providing loans up to $60,000 to make energy-efficient upgrades and safety repairs. Claudia also assists with the acquisition, renovation/new construction, and sales of HIP’s single-family home program, HIP Homes.
Prior to joining HIP, Claudia worked for the Bowery Mission Emergency Shelter in New York City, and most recently completed the AmeriCorps service program as a Project Manager for Rebuilding Together at its national headquarters in Washington, DC. In this role, she developed courses on community revitalization, volunteer management, and safe and healthy housing. Claudia earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Princeton University.
In her free time, Claudia loves to sing, especially worship at church, enjoys hiking and watching all kinds of sports with her husband.
To contact Claudia, call 240-388-9629, or send an email. She is located in our Hyattsville office.