{"id":2031851,"date":"2023-09-14T14:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T18:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obnoxious-charity-that-occupied-mccarthys-office-heavily-bankrolled-by-taxpayers\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T14:07:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T18:07:31","slug":"obnoxious-charity-that-occupied-mccarthys-office-heavily-bankrolled-by-taxpayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obnoxious-charity-that-occupied-mccarthys-office-heavily-bankrolled-by-taxpayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxpayer funds heavily supported &#8216;Obnoxious&#8217; charity occupying McCarthy&#8217;s office."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobnoxious-charity-that-occupied-mccarthys-office-heavily-bankrolled-by-taxpayers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2031851&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Left-Wing Nonprofit\u2063 Group&#8217;s Activists Arrested for Occupying House Speaker&#8217;s Office<\/h2>\n<p>A left-wing nonprofit group, known for its unorthodox protest methods, recently made headlines when its activists were arrested for occupying House\u2063 Speaker Kevin\u200d McCarthy&#8217;s office. The group, called Housing \u200cWorks, was demanding the reauthorization of an HIV\/AIDS program.<\/p>\n<p>Housing Works,\u2064 along with \u200canother\u2062 HIV\/AIDS advocacy organization called Health GAP, stormed McCarthy&#8217;s office on\u200c Capitol Hill, urging Congress to extend the President&#8217;s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for five more years. PEPFAR is a program that provides \u200dfederal funds for research, prevention, and treatment of HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s surprising is that Housing Works, despite its controversial tactics, has been receiving millions of dollars each\u2063 year in government grants. According to tax forms reviewed by the Washington Examiner, the charity has received over $100 million \u2062in grants between \u200bfiscal 2011 and 2022.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It is unlawful\u2063 for taxpayer funds to\u2062 subsidize political activism,&#8221; says\u2062 Pete \u2062McGinnis, spokesman for the Functional Government Initiative ethics \u200cgroup. &#8220;The American taxpayers deserve to know if our\u2062 tax dollars are being used to \u200csupport partisan protests that require law enforcement intervention.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Concerns have been raised by \u2063watchdog groups about taxpayer-backed payouts to Housing Works. In fiscal 2022 alone, the charity disclosed receiving\u200d $32.2 million, \u200dwith $29.6 million of that coming from\u2062 government grants.<\/p>\n<p>Housing Works \u2063declined to comment further on the incident but referred to a joint press release\u200b with Health GAP.\u2062 In\u2063 the press release, Housing Works \u2062CEO Charles King, who was among those arrested, criticized Republicans who oppose PEPFAR,\u2063 calling it &#8220;criminal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Affiliation with the U.S. \u200dGovernment<\/h3>\n<p>Housing Works, founded in 1990, has a mission to\u200b improve \u200bthe health and\u200d quality of life of individuals engaged in behaviors that put them at risk for HIV\/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. However, its radical \u200cadvocacy and repeated protests \u200cin favor of abortion access and healthcare for \u200dillegal immigrants have raised concerns about its affiliation with\u2064 the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Andrzejewski,\u2062 CEO of the federal spending watchdog Open the Books, \u2064believes that Housing Works should not engage \u2063in radical advocacy that leads to\u200c congressional arrests, considering \u2062its heavy reliance on government funding. He describes \u200cit as &#8220;counterproductive&#8221; and a\u2063 waste of\u200c taxpayer resources.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy surrounding Housing Works, it continues to receive substantial\u2062 funding from various government departments. In fiscal 2022, the charity received $11 million from\u2062 the Department of Health and Human Services, $605,000 from \u200cthe Department of Homeland Security, and $7.3 million from the Department of Housing \u200dand\u200b Urban Development.<\/p>\n<p>As the debate \u2063over PEPFAR continues, Housing Works and Health GAP are pushing\u2064 for its reauthorization, emphasizing\u2063 the importance\u2063 of\u2064 the program in combating HIV\/AIDS globally.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">here<\/a> to read more from the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left-wing nonprofit group, Health GAP, receives millions in government grants annually. Activists from Health GAP and Housing Works were arrested for occupying House Speaker Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s office, demanding HIV\/AIDS program reauthorization. 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