Rachel Wilson

Rachel brings a blend of experience in investigative journalism and land use/development policy to the GPPR team. Her policy interests are focused on the intersection of market-based incentives and public policy, particularly as it relates to housing and urban development. An Oakland CA native, Rachel graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2018 and has spent the last few years working at an LA-based boutique public policy and communications firm focused on regional issues.

Racialized Risk Assessment: Explaining the American Homeownership Gap 

Historical associations of Blackness with risk and Whiteness with stability along with broader forms of implicit biases continue to reinforce racial disparities in credit and housing, impacting rates of homeownership among Americans.   Homeownership: the core of the American dream, a proven tool for upward mobility and deeply entrenched in the national psyche. Yet, almost […]