Nathan Cummings

Nathan Cummings

Nathan Cummings joins the Shriver Center on Poverty Law as a Liman Fellow. His project focuses on improving living conditions in federally-subsidized private housing. Much of the country’s subsidized housing has fallen into disrepair. Meanwhile, affordable units are disappearing, as more landlords want to offer rentals at market rates.

Nathan will help tenants organize unions to advocate for better living conditions and increased protections. Additionally, he’ll develop mass enforcement strategies against serially-negligent owners and property managers.

Nathan recently clerked for the chief judge of the Northern District of Illinois. He found his passion for housing justice in college as a volunteer for Y2Y, a student-run youth shelter. Staffing overnights, he saw how systems fail young people.

Nathan received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University. He attended Yale Law School, where he served as a Forum editor for the Yale Law Journal. A life-long runner, Nathan finds community as a member of a local running club in Chicago.