PART II: HUD's Major Non-Competitive Programs
Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (PHDEP)

The Public Housing Drug Elimination Program grants are designed to reduce or eliminate drugs and drug-related crime in public housing neighborhoods. The program provides grants, based on a formula, to public housing agencies to plan and implement a variety of activities to combat crime and drugs. Such activities include: employing Housing Authority security personnel; developing programs to reduce/eliminate the use of drugs including programs for prevention, intervention and treatment; reimbursing local police for additional security services; making physical improvements to enhance security; employing of personnel and equipment for HUD authorized housing authority police departments; employing investigators; funding community policing and voluntary tenant patrols; and funding resident organizations to develop and implement security and drug-abuse prevention programs. For FY2000, approximately $242.7 million is available to 835 eligible public housing agencies.