NLIHC is pleased to welcome Xavier Arriaga as a policy analyst. Xavier will work with the policy team to identify, analyze, and advocate federal policy on housing and immigration, Native American housing, rural housing, fair housing, and COVID-19 as it relates to Tribal housing, immigration, and regulatory language.
Xavier recently completed a nine-month position as a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Public Policy Fellow with the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee for Transportation and Housing and Urban Development. In this role, Xavier supported professional staff with passage of the 2020 appropriations bill and supplemental appropriations related to disaster relief for Puerto Rico and the COVID-19 pandemic. Xavier has previously worked in his hometown of Hartford, CT on the development of the Swift Factory, an economic and community development project spearheaded by the nonprofit organization Community Solutions. He also conducted state level data analysis on racial disparities in child and family welfare with the State of Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families. Xavier is a graduate of the University of Connecticut, where he earned a Bachelor of Economics. Please join us in welcoming Xavier to the NLIHC team!