Reps. Bass and Roybal-Allard welcome HUD Secretary Castro to South Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES – December 03, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — As part of their ongoing work to increase affordable housing, address the needs of the homeless, create jobs and invest in the Los Angeles economy, Reps. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) and Karen Bass (D-Calif.) welcomed Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julian Castro this week to South Los Angeles.

Bass, Roybal-Allard and Castro spent the afternoon meeting with some of the area’s elected leaders, advocates, and recipients of housing programs to discuss federal programs that are helping to address housing needs in the area. Leaders saw for themselves some of the housing in South Los Angeles that receives HUD investment, and met face-to-face with individuals who are benefiting from HUD’s investment in the area

One of the young people who met with Secretary Castro and Reps. Bass and Roybal-Allard was Jesse Sauceda, who aged out of foster care at age 18 and became homeless. While still living without a home, he decided to pursue his high school diploma and joined a YouthBuild program with Coalition for Responsible Community Development.