Latino Economic Development Center (Wheaton,MD)

The Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC) equips Latinos and other underserved communities with the skills and financial tools to create a better future for their families and communities. Participants in our programs learn how to build their long-term financial security by buying and staying in their homes, taking control of decisions affecting their apartment buildings, and starting or expanding their small businesses. The entire DC-MD-VA region and Puerto Rico is stronger when all families have the power to achieve financial independence and join with their neighbors to improve their communities.

Our Affordable Housing Preservation/Tenant Organizing Program focuses on ensuring DC tenants are aware of their rights as tenants and have the necessary leadership skills to organize to preserve their housing as affordable and improve their housing conditions, appropriately negotiate the purchase of their buildings, and have influence over housing policy decisions in the District.