Previous Summer Housing & Community Development Fellows

Leena will help Economic Security Project Illinois' efforts to increase uptake of safety-net programs, particularly those related to housing.

Ian will help the Boston Mayor's Office of Housing assess the impacts of supply-side housing strategies that aim to help lower-income homeowners redevelop their properties without spurring displacement. 

Louise will work at the Detroit Justice Center on initiatives focused on tenant rights and defenses against eviction. 

Artemis will support Newton (MA) Economic Development Department's efforts to aid small businesses and promote vibrant commercial districts.

Kim helped the Inner City Law Center's efforts to create more affordable housing and strengthen tenant protections in Los Angeles. 

Palmer was a policy fellow in the Boston Mayor's Office of Housing where she researched policies to expand the supply of middle-market housing.

Ellery helped the City of Boston's Planning Department identify and map information held by city departments whose actions affect the pace and nature of the neighborhood change.

Anna helped the Los Angeles Regional Reentry Partnership analyze how proposed federal, state, and local policies might affect people returning from incarceration who are seeking housing, employment, and healthcare. 

Nora conducted research for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (HLC). She helped develop a new statewide housing plan and supported efforts to create a data management strategy for HLC.

Danno worked in the office of Washington DC's Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. He helped with efforts to spur more private development in downtown Washington DC.

Aditya researched mortgage lending deserts for the Consumer Federation of America.

Benjamin researched proposed federal housing policies and tracking state and local housing initiatives and issues for the Office of US Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA). 

Ollie worked in the Office of Hawaii Governor Josh Green on the development of a new long-term housing strategy for the state. 

Sravya worked at Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath) in Boston on state legislation and budget measures that would increase access to affordable housing.

Christine worked at the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California on an effort to make the right to housing part of California’s state constitution.

Hawaii Governor's Initiative on Homelessness

NeighborWorks America (Puerto Rico)

Colorado Department of Local Affairs' Division of Housing

Community Action Agency of Somerville

Chicago Mayor's Office of Economic and Neighborhood Development

Boston Mayor's Office of Housing, Division of Neighborhood Development

Benjamin worked in the San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development on the creation of three cultural districts in the city: the Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District in the South of Market district, the Compton Transgender District in the Tenderloin, and the Castro Leather LGBTQ Cultural District in the Castro Cultural District.

Samantha interned at the Pine Street Inn in Boston where she organized a mayoral candidate forum focused on homelessness, helped with voter registration and outreach, created a dedicated revenue stream for homelessness services, and designed a needs assessment survey for Pine Street’s staff and clients.

William interned with the Miami-Dade County Department of Public Housing and Community Development, working on large mixed-use developments that include affordable housing units.

Joseph was a fellow at Interfaith Works, where he helped to plan the expansion of an existing service center for people who are poor or experiencing homelessness and helped develop a new advocacy agenda focused on equitable economic recovery in the county.

Geraud did research for the City of Boston’s Housing Innovation Lab on strategies to aid the city’s older homeowners. 

Jerren worked on developing GenUnity, a civic leadership startup for youth in Boston.  

Grady helped the Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance evaluate the state’s Rental Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT) program.

Sam worked with the COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project at The Community Firm, a Denver-based nonprofit.  

Sietse worked with the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) to help evaluate and expand the Expanding Choice in Housing Opportunities (ECHO) pilot program, which provides technical assistance and information to individuals who receive rental housing vouchers-from BHA.

Samuel worked at the Basics Learning Network (BLN), a Cambridge-based nonprofit focused on early childhood education, primarily on an initiative to improve early education at family-based daycare centers in Massachusetts. 

Diana helped Enterprise Community Partners’ Opportunity Zone Fund make investments in inclusive housing developments located in federal Opportunity Zones. 

Chichi Anyoku worked with the Real Estate Transaction Services division of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, assisting with managing, evaluating, and executing real estate development projects and transactions.

Sophie Dover worked with Chrysalis, nonprofit in Los Angeles dedicated to creating pathways to self-sufficiency for homeless and low-income individuals, to provide strategic support on community engagement as well as on political and media strategy.

Reine Rambert worked with Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, an independent public interest law and policy center in Chicago, on advancing innovative solutions to quality of life issues in the region.

Erick Diaz worked at the Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation (MHIC) on financial modeling and sensitivity analyses of funding plans for affordable housing projects.

Iueh Soh worked at the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics in Boston on projects related to community development and housing in the Chinatown neighborhood.

Camilla Taufic conducted research for Andoma, part of the French housing authority in Paris, on programs that can better support refugees.

Daniel Black worked on the EveryHome Initiative, a community revitalization effort in Providence, Rhode Island, aimed at bringing blighted and abandoned properties back into use.

Peter Drivas interned with the Office of NYC Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen. Deputy Mayor Glen's team is tasked with overseeing City policymaking and operations on areas ranging from affordability, to the built environment, to small business services and workforce development. The majority of his work focused on facets of the de Blasio administration's historic commitment to affordable housing. Peter produced memos and slide decks on topics including employer assisted housing, modular construction, neighborhood rezonings, and ferry service.

Kyle Ofori worked with the Fitz Forward Revitalization team in Detroit as a liaison between the Fitzgerald community and a real estate development team leading a neighborhood revitalization project in the city. As part of his work with Century Forward, Kyle took part in a wide range of activities. The company was small which allowed the employees to share the responsibility for all aspects of the jobs, from managing properties to preparing a major project with the City of Detroit. During the fellowship, he did everything from delivering keys to a contractor to writing an article for Vice Impact. He watched and participated in discussions on a huge range of topics: financial literacy, renter displacement, public-private partnerships, and the Wonder Woman movie.

Grady is helping the Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance evaluate the state’s Rental Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT) program.