Housing Policy

Christian Britschgi | 9.11.2024 3:00 PM

The Biden administration has given a multi-million-dollar grant intended to "empower tenants" to a nonprofit that's been repeatedly accused of operating dilapidated, dangerous housing complexes in Los Angeles.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) says its $10 million Tenant Education and Outreach (TEO) grant will enable tenants in HUD-subsidized housing "to more effectively engage with property managers and owners to help sustain safe, decent, and affordable housing."

On Thursday, HUD announced that $10 million will be jointly awarded to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and the Massachusetts Alliance of HUD Tenants.

Over the next two years, these two groups will distribute this money to 30 tenant advocacy organizations to help them in their own efforts to "work productively with property management, hold management accountable for property conditions,........

© Reason.com