Rachel Siegel

PROFILE

Rachel Siegel guides research and policy for Pew’s housing policy initiative, focusing on manufactured and other lower cost homes. In this role, she conducts original research and analysis on the availability, safety, and affordability of mortgages and on alternative financial arrangements for purchasing homes. Siegel also identifies promising policy solutions to improve access to loans and expand the housing supply. Previously at Pew, Siegel conducted extensive research on financial products to inform policy recommendations and modernize regulations for bank accounts, mobile payments, and prepaid cards. In addition, she represented Pew on the Federal Reserve’s Faster Payments Task Force.

Before coming to Pew, Siegel worked for Santander Bank and Century Bank and interned at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Siegel holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Vermont and a master’s in economics from Boston University.