Chase Engelhardt

Senior Analyst

Chase provides research and analytical support to projects related to housing policy, planning, residential markets, and financial analysis for housing development.

Prior to joining HR&A, Chase managed the financial strategy, entitlement and construction of affordable housing projects being developed across Southern California. He has also served as a Policy Analyst and Organizer at Climate Resolve, where he fused data and narrative tools in collaboration with communities to shape outcomes in housing affordability, transportation, and climate resilience in Los Angeles. Serving on the steering committee for Our Future Los Angeles, Chase aided in shaping and passing SB 679, which created the LA County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (LACHASA), as well as Measure ULA. Chase highly values community-led advocacy and has experience with political strategy and base-building working with unhoused communities in Los Angeles, neighborhood associations in informal settlements in Peru, and across various urban policy issue areas in Santiago, Chile. Chase wrote his graduate capstone on alternative financing and policies that would enable non-LIHTC affordable housing development in California, and takes a deep interest in international and other case studies for housing policy.

In his spare time, Chase likes to surf and make music. He has a bachelor’s of International Politics from UC Santa Cruz, and a Master’s of Urban and Regional Planning from UCLA.