1. To promote decent, safe and affordable housing for persons of low and moderate income in the United States of America and California territories; 2. To advance and promote meaningful communications and relationships with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the United States Congress as a unified group of professional housing directors with regard to public housing policy; 3. To advance and promote communications with federal, state and local agencies and officials, resident groups, housing development groups, housing advocacy groups, businesses, and other agencies and organizations to carry out policies and