Nonprofit Makes Unusual Decision to Turn Down Federal Aid

A New Hampshire nonprofit is making the unusual decision to turn down tens of thousands of dollars in federal aid.

Keith Howard, the executive director of the Liberty House in Manchester, N.H., a transitional house that helps homeless veterans, said he is choosing not to seek a nearly $40,000 grant from HUD (Housing and Urban Development) in 2016.

"We're doing the right thing because it's the right thing," said Howard.

Howard said he recently learned that under an HUD program called "Housing First," transition houses had to make accommodations to allow drug and alcohol use in the facilities.