NLIHC is pleased to welcome Isabel Weir as the coalition’s 2021 summer research intern. Isabel is a senior at the University of Pittsburgh majoring in Mathematics-Economics and minoring in German. She previously interned at Action Housing, a non-profit affordable housing developer in Pittsburgh, PA, where she researched sustainability certifications and energy rating systems in affordable housing and helped with voting outreach for tenants, among other things. Isabel is pleased to explore her passion for research and socially just housing policy over the next 12 weeks as part of NLIHC’s research team.
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