NLIHC is pleased to welcome Sarah Gallagher as the NLIHC ERASE (End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions) senior project director. Sarah will work with NLIHC staff and with state and local partners to ensure that the emergency rental assistance reaches the lowest-income and most marginalized renters it is intended to help. 
Sarah comes to NLIHC with more than 25 years of experience advancing innovative, equitable housing and social service policy and programs at the local, state, and national level. Most recently, Sarah was the CSH eastern region managing director overseeing CSH training, lending, technical assistance, and systems change work throughout Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
Prior to serving as managing director, Sarah was the CSH director of strategic initiatives, developing, evaluating, and scaling cross-sector supportive housing models like the CSH Social Innovation Initiative and the Frequent Users Services Engagement Program (FUSE), as well as launching the national Keeping Families Together One Roof Campaign.
Before joining CSH, Sarah served as the first executive director of Journey Home, the local planning body for the Capitol Region Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. She was also executive director for discharge planning at the New York City Department of Correction, where she oversaw the discharge planning programs on Rikers Island and worked with City agencies to overcome barriers people face when leaving jail, and a housing case manager in Boston. Sarah holds a master’s degree in urban policy and management from the New School and a B.A. in sociology from the University of Connecticut.
Please join us in welcoming Sarah to the NLIHC team!