Sessions
Arrears Crisis: Protecting Tenants and Affordable Housing Buildings
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Thu
Brendan McLaughlin is the Deputy Commissioner for Policy and Strategy, an office that cuts across traditional areas of responsibility within HPD’s organizational structure to support and strengthen the work of the agency’s various divisions holistically, in close collaboration with the Commissioner’s Office. Brendan oversees the divisions of Strategic Operations and Analytics, Housing Policy, Credit and Valuation, and Sustainability.
Brendan joined HPD as a Senior Underwriter in 2015, and subsequently served as Executive Director of Credit & Special Underwriting in the Office of Development. Brendan served as the Chair of HPD’s Credit Committee and represents the agency on the New York City Acquisition Loan Fund and Down Payment Assistance Credit Committees. Previously, Brendan served as a Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and prior to that was an Assistant Vice President of Investor Relations at Citigroup. He started his career as an Equity Research Analyst at Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup. Brendan received his undergraduate degree in Finance from James Madison University and holds a M.Sc. in Real Estate Development from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP). Brendan currently serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at the Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service at New York University.