NLIHC welcomes Meredith Abel as a summer research intern. A city council member in Temple Terrace, Florida, and a graduate student in the master’s program in public administration at the University of South Florida, she is eager to learn about practical ways local governments can apply housing research to better meet the needs of the lowest-income renters. As an NLIHC intern, she will assist with various research projects, including updating the local rental assistance database and assisting with research reports.