HUD Awards $10 Million to Support Tenant Capacity Building
(Sept. 17, 2024) On Sept. 10th, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $10 million in grants to expand tenant education opportunities and resources for low-income residents of certain HUD-assisted multifamily properties. The funding will support capacity building efforts that enable thousands of tenants who live in HUD’s project-based rental assistance housing to engage more effectively with property managers and owners to help sustain safe, decent, and affordable housing.
According to HUD, the program will help tenants in their efforts to work productively with property management, hold management accountable for property conditions, improve management and oversight of these multifamily properties, and advocate to preserve affordability. Funds awarded to the tenant advocacy organizations are available through HUD’s Tenant Education Outreach (TEO) Program and will enable the AIDS Healthcare Foundation – in partnership with the Massachusetts Alliance of HUD Tenants – to strengthen tenant organizing groups. These organizations will make funds available over the next 2 years to approximately 30 eligible tenant advocacy organizations on a first-come, first-served basis to build the capacity of tenants as active partners in the preservation of affordable rental housing for low-income residents.
LeadingAge affordable housing providers often promote and collaborate with resident councils, and its members welcome support for tenant engagement and capacity building.
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Contact: Annalyse Komoroske Denio, akomoroskedenio@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8866