Nicholas Lundgren

Nicholas Lundgren is an attorney with over 20 years of experience in affordable housing and economic development law and policy in the government, for-profit, and non-profit sectors. Lundgren is currently the General Counsel of New Destiny Housing Corporation, a non-profit supportive housing developer in New York City. Previously, Lundgren was the General Counsel of the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development, the nation’s largest municipal housing preservation and development agency. In 2012, Lundgren helped to form the State of Connecticut’s Department of Housing and, as Deputy Commissioner, assisted DOH to create and preserve affordable housing and reduce homelessness. Lundgren has been an attorney in private practice and at the NYC Economic Development Corporation and, earlier in his career, was a founder of the Community Development Project at the Legal Aid Society of New York City. Lundgren received his B.A. from Stanford University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.