Eva Phillips

Senior Analyst

Eva helps clients navigate complex housing and urban development challenges through data-driven and community-centered solutions.

As a Senior Analyst in HR&A’s New York office, Eva specializes in housing policy, data analytics, and program evaluation. She advises public, private, and nonprofit clients on strategies to expand housing affordability, promote economic mobility, and foster equitable economic development—helping to build more just and resilient cities.

Eva has worked on a wide range of issues, including eviction prevention and emergency rental assistance, anti-displacement, workforce development, and strategies to accelerate housing production. She brings deep experience in quantitative and qualitative research, integrating rigorous analysis with stakeholder engagement to craft tailored policy solutions.

Before joining HR&A, Eva was a Senior Data Analyst at Enterprise Community Partners, where she helped design and evaluate housing and economic mobility programs nationwide. She has also held research and planning roles at the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, the City of Oakland Department of Transportation, and the UC Berkeley Urban Displacement Project.

Eva holds a Master of Urban Planning from New York University, where she was a Bloomberg Public Service Fellow, and a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Data Analytics with a minor in Geographic Information Systems from the University of California, Berkeley.

Memeber, American Planning Association