Rawan Elhalaby

Project: Housing Oakland’s Unhoused 

Client: Dellums Institute for Social Justice 

Rawan Elhalaby, MPP '18, graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in political science. Prior to her studies at the Goldman School, she served as a program manager in asset building and microenterprise with the Center for Financial Opportunity at the International Rescue Committee, a refugee resettlement agency and community organization in San Diego. Since receiving her MPP at Berkeley, Rawan joined The Greenlining Institute in Oakland, helping lead programs in economic equity. As a CCDE fellow, Rawan completed a study entitled “Housing Oakland’s Unhoused” for the Dellums Institute for Social Justice in Oakland. On behalf of a Homes For All working group, Rawan helped develop a plan for overcoming systemic barriers impeding new construction for the city’s most vulnerable residents.

For more information, download Rawan’s research summary (with its “Roadmap to Overcoming Barriers to Housing Development").