Erica Leak is the Acting Assistant Director of the City of Austin’s Housing Department and heads the Housing Policy division, which focuses on planning and policy initiatives for increasing household affordability in the City of Austin. She was instrumental in the creation of Austin’s first Strategic Housing Blueprint, which sets affordable housing goals, priorities and strategies for the city. Prior to that, Erica worked in the City of Austin’s Planning Department, leading area planning processes and developing multiple density bonus programs in the City of Austin resulting in the creation of income-restricted affordable housing. Erica has a master's degree in architecture from the University of Washington, Seattle, and has over a decade of experience in planning, affordable housing, and public policy. She grew up in Missouri and has lived in Austin for nearly a decade and a half.