; and (ii) housing conditions lead to good health, security, and adequate protection from the economic fears relating to old age, disability, sickness, accident, and unemployment; and (C) to protect, maintain, preserve, and expand public housing as a sustainable safety net for all people; (2) that it is the responsibility of the Federal Government, in conjunction with public housing agencies, to incentivize, promote, and protect the independent, collaborative, and collective actions of public housing residents and other private citizens to develop housing in a manner that strengthens entire neighborhoods; and (3) that the Federal Government should act and create new public housing where there is a serious need that the free market cannot address or is not addressing responsibly and support the staffing needed to maintain and sustain the quality of this public housing. . 6. Green new deal public housing grants (a) Establishment of grant programs (1) Grants for public housing community workforce development (A) In general The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall establish a grant program that provides amounts to eligible entities to facilitate workforce development projects and high-income employment transition at public housing. (B) Preference In awarding grants under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give preference to applications submitted by— (i) eligible entities described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 3(1); (ii) eligible entities that have formed partnerships with an existing registered apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, internship, vocal rehabilitation agency, labor-management partnership, or other partnerships with labor organizations; (iii) eligible entities that demonstrate a capacity to facilitate a workforce development program that leads to— (I) the development of career and related skills, including general educational development support and financial and economic empowerment education; (II) direct entry to registered apprenticeship programs