Elly Kugler

Senior Counsel

Office of General Counsel, HUD

Elly Kugler is Senior Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) at HUD, where they provide legal support to the agency’s equity initiatives and to HUD’s mission as a whole. Prior to arriving at HUD, Elly worked on antitrust, employment, and housing issues in the House of Representatives, taught law students about legislative and policy lawyering as a clinical teaching fellow at Georgetown Law, acted as federal policy director at the worker-driven National Domestic Workers Alliance, and represented veterans experiencing homelessness and tenants in eviction proceedings and in slum housing conditions at Inner City Law Center. Throughout their career, Elly has worked to ensure that LGBTQ communities are actively and affirmatively recognized, heard, and included.