ARTICLE II. PURPOSE
The National Alliance of HUD Tenants, (NAHT), is a nationwide democratically‑run network of tenant organizations concerned with the preservation and improvement of multifamily, privately‑owned, HUD‑assisted housing.
NAHT's goals are to maintain affordable housing, develop tenant empowerment, promote tenant ownership and control over management, improve the quality of life in HUD‑assisted housing in both urban and rural areas and to make HUD accountable to its constituents, HUD tenants.
NAHT's activities include the education of tenants, outreach to HUD tenant groups, organizing unorganized HUD tenant areas end promoting media coverage of HUD tenant issues.
NAHT will represent, collectively bargain for, and negotiate on behalf of, HUD Multifamily Housing tenants with HUD and other parties. NAHT will advocate that tenants have a direct open line of communication with HUD and effectuate proper responses from HUD for tenants.
NAHT is a multicultural, tenant‑controlled organization, open accessible to all members, ethnic groups, economic levels, ages, all abilities, geographic areas and linguistic groups residing in HUD assisted housing.