Harvard intern summarizes five‑part housing work for Iowa City

Aug 5, 2026

Harvard undergraduate intern Adele Rylot told the City Council she worked on five projects during a Bloomberg‑funded city fellowship, including a Housing Authority rebrand, a staff referral map, street‑outreach data collection, lived‑experience incorporation and a regional website update.

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Adele Rylot, a Harvard undergraduate serving as an intern under the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, summarized five housing‑and‑homelessness projects to the Iowa City Council during its work session. She told the council she focused on clarifying the Housing Authority’s jurisdiction and visual identity, building an ArcGIS referral map for staff, supporting Shelter House’s street‑outreach data collection, researching lived‑experience advisory models, and updating the Johnson County homeless‑coordinating‑board website.

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