FY 2023 Notice of Funding Availability
FY23 Fair Housing Initiative Program - Fair Housing Organizations Initiative

Purpose

The Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) funds non-profits and other fair housing organizations and currently provides funding to eligible organizations through competitive grants under several Initiatives to carry out education and outreach and enforcement activities to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices and to inform individuals of their rights and responsibilities under the Fair Housing Act (FHA).

The Initiatives are the Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI), the Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI) and the Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI). In addition, consistent with FY2023 HUD appropriations directives, FHEO is publishing a separate NOFO for EOI Test Coordinator Training.

This FHOI NOFO makes available $1,820,000 under the Continued Development Component (CDC) and $1,880,000 under the Establishing New Organizations Component (ENOC).

The CDC provides funds to eligible non-profit fair housing organizations to build their capacity and effectiveness to conduct enforcement related activities eligible for funding such as but not limited to: investigating housing discrimination allegations based on sexual orientation and gender identity, source of income or religious bias, or expanding testing experience in mortgage lending discrimination or appraisal bias.

The ENOC provides funds to Qualified Fair Housing Enforcement Organizations (QFHOs) ("sponsoring organizations") to establish new, separate organizations ("sponsored organizations") to engage in fair housing work, particularly in areas of the country which are currently unserved or underserved by fair housing enforcement organizations. Eligible activities under the ENOC are those that establish a single organization to become a viable regional/local fair housing enforcement organization that will conduct testing and other fair housing enforcement-related activities.

This NOFO will receive applications for the FHOI NOFO only. Please see the FY2023 PEI and EOI NOFOs for additional FHIP funding opportunities.

Funding of approximately $3,700,000 is available through this NOFO. HUD expects to make approximately 8 awards from the funds available under this NOFO.

Program Office: Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

Funding Opportunity Title: Fair Housing Initiative Program - Fair Housing Organizations Initiative

Funding Opportunity Number: FR-6700-N-21-B

Assistance Listing Number: 14.417

OMB Approval Number: 2529-0033

Opening Date: September 29, 2023

Deadline Date: November 30, 2023

Program NOFO

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