Eric Gottlieb

Eric Gottlieb is a senior studying history, applied math, and Egyptology. Over the course of the year, he will be analyzing Rhode Island’s 9% Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. The LIHTC program is the nation’s most important federal funding source dedicated to the production of low-income rental housing. States receive a limited number of LIHTCs each year, which eventually fund the development of affordable housing. Eric’s project will examine how Rhode Island has been spending its LIHTCs during the past decade, and whether those allocations have effectively addressed the state’s growing housing affordability crisis. He plans to compare Rhode Island’s LIHTC allocation process to Massachusetts’s and Connecticut’s. The project will culminate in a fifteen-page white paper, which he intends to submit to RIHousing during the 2026 Qualified Allocation Plan review period (July to August 2025). After graduation, Eric plans to become a public interest lawyer.