Elizabeth Lassar Author

Alexander Polikoff is Co-Director, Public Housing and Senior Staff Counsel for BPI, and has served as lead counsel in the landmark Gautreaux public housing litigation for more than 40 years. He is author of Housing the Poor: The Case for Heroism (1977), Waiting for Gautreaux: A Story of Segregation, Housing, and the Black Ghetto (2006), and The Path Still Open: A Greater Chance for Peace Than Ever Before (2009).

Elizabeth Lassar, J.D. (Northwestern University School of Law), serves as a policy analyst for BPI, a Chicago law and policy center, with a focus on projects and policies that expand meaningful housing choice for low-income families and people of color.