Adaptive Land Lab

Claire Lee is a Master of Regional Planning student interested in housing policy, financing, and development. She received her bachelor's degree in Urban Studies at UC Berkeley, where she was first exposed to the strains of the housing market through Imago Dei Clinic, a student-run outreach organization for the unhoused. Shortly after, she worked to promote homeowner education on local housing programs, specifically Accessory Dwelling Units and California Senate Bill 9 units at the City of Piedmont, California. Prior to starting her master's program, she researched housing legislation across California, Colorado, and Texas, and assisted in a variety of projects, from corridor site analyses to real estate market assessments at Economic & Planning, Systems, a land-use consulting firm in Oakland, California.