Ali Mooney

Biography: Ali is an affordable housing professional with over 10 years of experience in housing and community development. Currently, Ali is a Senior Consultant at Guidehouse working on Housing and Community Development, Disaster Recovery, and State and Local Government consulting. Prior to joining Guidehouse, she managed the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) for the City of Philadelphia. Philadelphia’s rental assistance programs received national attention for their success in effectively and efficiently deploying federal funds and were praised by US Department of Treasury and featured on CNN and the front page of The New York Times. In addition to ERAP, Ali managed a pilot Universal Basic Income study, a $40 million low-income home repair loan program and four other affordable housing programs. Ali has a Masters Degree in Urban Planning with a concentration in Housing and Community Development. She is passionate about housing policy and is adept at creating and implementing innovative solutions to complex affordable housing problems. She is a member of the Urban Land Institute’s National Housing Exchange, Women in Housing and Finance, and was named Innovator of the Week by the Bloomberg Cities Network for her work on the Philadelphia ERAP program. Ali also has experience working in housing and community development in New York, NY and Milwaukee, WI.