A major commitment from AT&T will bolster the ConnectHome initiative’s drive to close the digital divide for low-income families through a low-cost broadband program.
Access from AT&T, a public-private effort, will help connect families living in public housing projects to low-cost Internet service.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and local elected officials were on hand Sept. 7 to formally announce AT&T becoming a national stakeholder at Estrada Courts, the public housing project in Boyle Heights.