HUD Archives: News Releases

Fair Housing Initiatives Program Awards
Description of Projects by State
[Two National Program Grants are Italicized]

ALABAMA Montgomery Central Alabama Fair Housing Center was selected to receive $300,000 to combine the resources of two fair housing centers to provide targeted education and outreach in a 15-county region in central and north Alabama.

Mobile Mobile Fair Housing Center, Inc. was selected to receive $299,784 to increase Southern Alabama's awareness about their rights under Federal and State fair housing laws. The Center will address the needs of the underserved population as well as educate housing providers on their obligations under the law.

ALASKA Anchorage Alaska State Commission for Human Rights - selected to receive $59,246 to prepare fair housing materials for new immigrants (Hispanics and Filipinos) in various languages and travel to remote areas to provide education on housing discrimination. They will also coordinate efforts with the other service providers in the state.

ARIZONA Phoenix Arizona Center for Disability Law - selected to receive $150,000 to inform persons with disabilities, their family members, service providers and members of the general public of their fair housing rights and how to enforce their rights through HUD.

Tucson Southern Arizona Housing Center - selected to receive $585,795 to coordinate fair housing enforcement for the entire State of Arizona, with emphasis on the needs of Hispanic immigrants, urban Native Americans and persons with disabilities.

Window Rock DNA-People's Legal Services, Inc. - selected to receive $29,285 to provide legal training to local legal services offices on identifying violations of the Fair Housing Act and refer violations to HUD.

ARKANSAS Arkadelphia Arkansas Fair Housing Council - selected to receive $298,578 to promote open and fair housing opportunities for all citizens of Arkansas.

CALIFORNIA Fresno Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Centra1 Valley, Inc. - selected to receive $150,000 to add three additional homeownership counselors so that needed education and outreach services on homeownership and fair housing matters will be provided to minority refugees.

Los Angeles Fair Housing Institute - selected to receive $295,076 to bring the Latino population of Los Angeles County into the fair housing mainstream.

Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc. - selected to receive $77,000 to provide education, outreach and coordination of fair housing advocacy efforts in Los Angeles County. The project materials will address fair housing and disability rights furthering fair housing enforcement.

Napa Napa County Rental Information and Mediation, Inc. - selected to receive $84,861 to educate the target community (immigrant farm laborers), and conduct follow-up intake sessions. In addition, the grantee will hold bilingual conferences during Fair Housing Month, and distribute bilingual materials.

Sacramento Legal Services of Northern California - selected to receive $131,613 to establish a fair housing information line and hire a full-time attorney and paralegal. Fair housing materials will be updated and the attorney will train various community groups in 23 counties.

San Bernardino Neighborhood Housing Services of the Inland Empire, Inc. - selected to receive $100,000 to offer home buyers education classes and individualized counseling for first time home buyers. The program will be expanded to include fair housing training that teaches home buyers their rights.

San Rafael Fair Housing of Marin - selected to receive $298,172 to conduct disability and immigrant activities leading to HUD enforcement proposals in Marin and Sonoma Counties.

COLORADO Denver Colorado Coalition for the Homeless - selected to receive $145,917 to conduct workshops throughout Colorado, particularly rural areas, on fair housing issues. The focus of the grant is to respond to community opposition and regulatory barriers.

HOUSING FOR ALL, The Metro Denver Fair Housing Center - selected to receive $299,810 to strengthen and expand enforcement activities combating housing discrimination.

CONNECTICUT Hartford Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc. - selected to receive $300,000 to build a strong statewide fair housing enforcement presence which provides effective efficient services and referrals to HUD.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Fair Housing Council of Greater Washington - selected to receive $300,000 for testing, complaint referral, investigation, enforcement, regional and local fair housing planning, and education and outreach.

National Community Reinvestment Coalition - selected to receive a $225,000 National Best Practices Award to replicate, nationally, education and outreach practices that have been successful in identifying and investigating discriminatory lending practices.

National Fair Housing Alliance - selected to receive $100,000 to develop a new full service agency in Boston to provide education on how to recognize and report housing discrimination.

FLORIDA Gainesville Three Rivers Legal Services - selected to receive $185,265 to establish a regional outreach and education project on Fair Housing rights and responsibilities.

Jacksonville Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc. - selected to receive $299,987 to make Jacksonville a better place to live, generate greater housing opportunities, preserve housing and eliminate discriminatory practices.

Miami Housing Opportunities Project For Excellence, Inc. - selected to receive $300,000 to expand fair housing enforcement activities which include investigation and preparation of housing discrimination complaints.

GEORGIA Savannah City of Savannah, Georgia - selected to receive $139,093 to perform education and outreach activities and make a concerted effort to diversify the city board by adding members of the target group to the board.

ILLINOIS Chicago Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago - selected to receive $125,000 to conduct training on fair housing laws and the Americans with Disabilities Act as they relate to persons with disabilities in the public and private sectors.

Chicago Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights - selected to receive $286,053 to continue its work of receiving, documenting and investigating individual complaints of discrimination.

Wheaton Hope Fair Housing Center - selected to receive $300,000 to continue the enforcement activities that won them a 1999 HUD Best Practice nomination.

Winnetka Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs - selected to receive $300,000 to conduct outreach and education targeted at victims of discrimination. This is a partnership grant with Latinos United and Comprehensive Advocacy.

IOWA Des Moines Iowa Civil Rights Commission - selected to receive $69,279 to increase the awareness of individuals with disabilities, advocacy groups and organizations regarding multifamily housing accessibility requirements. This project will use a web-site.

KANSAS Hays Link, Inc. - selected to receive $149,436 to provide statewide capacity building training, fair housing outreach forums and technical assistance concerning the fair housing rights of persons with disabilities.

MARYLAND Columbia Lambri Espoir - selected to receive a $225,000 National Best Practices Award to identify current practices that help the disabled community understand better the rights and responsibilities under the Fair Housing Act and to disseminate those practices for replication throughout the country.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston National Fair Housing Alliance- See listing under District of Columbia for work involving Boston.

Holyoke Housing Discrimination Project, Inc. - selected to receive $298,472 to continue fighting the discriminatory housing practices that have resulted in many area residents being denied the housing of their choice.

MINNESOTA Minneapolis Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis - selected to receive $300,000 to provide housing discrimination complaint intake, screening and referral services.

St. Paul Minnesota Fair Housing Center - selected to receive $299,522 to provide comprehensive fair housing seminars, including 4 separate workshops, to community organizations, landlords, Realtors, builders and the general public.

MISSISSIPPI Jackson Housing Education & Economic Development - selected to receive $183,813 to develop/distribute HUD materials and to work with other civil rights organizations/agencies to conduct workshops and install "800" telephone lines for complaint intake and questions from the public on fair housing issues.

MISSOURI Kansas City Legal Aid of Western Missouri - selected to receive $98,006 to provide a broad range of fair housing services to persons in the Kansas City metropolitan area with an emphasis on the needs of the immigrant population and persons with disabilities.

St. Louis Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing Opportunity Council - selected to receive $299,999 to conduct 215 matched paired tests based on complaints and agency-based audits of sales, rental accessibility, lending and insurance practices.

MONTANA Missoula Montana Fair Housing, Inc. - selected to receive $350,000 to establish a full service fair housing organization in the state of Wyoming.

NEVADA Las Vegas Nevada Fair Housing Center, Inc. - selected to receive $195,056 to increase full service broad-based fair housing activities within Southern Nevada.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Manchester New Hampshire Legal Assistance - selected to receive $299,971 by improving the organization's accessibility and increasing the number of complaints by victims of housing discrimination placing emphasis on mortgage lending discrimination.

NEW JERSEY South Orange Community Health Law Project - selected to receive $300,000 for persons with disabilities to be free from discriminatory housing practices, assure that new and recently built dwellings are free from architectural barriers and comply with the FHA accessibility guidelines.

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque Legal Aid Society of Albuquerque - selected to receive $200,000 to continue its enforcement project to develop services to address the needs of immigrants and victims of domestic violence.

Protection and Advocacy System, Inc. - selected to receive $270,470 to provide a full range of fair housing enforcement activities to persons with disabilities.

NEW YORK Buffalo Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc. - selected to receive $299,000 to increase compliance with federal, state and municipal fair housing laws by conducting outreach to new immigrant populations and persons with disabilities.

Flushing Asian Americans for Equality Fair Housing Center, Inc. - selected to receive $200,000 to assist the Asian American community in exercising their fair housing/lending rights by eliminating discriminatory barriers to quality, affordable housing.

New York City Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, Inc. - selected to receive $286,270 to continue education and outreach services in partnership with neighborhood-based groups in areas with concentrations of new immigrants and protected classes in the Brooklyn, New York area.

Rochester Housing Council in the Monroe County Area, Inc. - selected to receive $130,000 to conduct workshops on housing opportunity in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and other languages.

Monroe Co. Legal Assistance Corp. - selected to receive $382,070 to reduce illegal discrimination in housing transactions and prevent future fair housing discrimination in Monroe County.

Syracuse Fair Housing Council of Central New York, Inc. - selected to receive $293,441 to conduct enforcement, testing and investigations of illegal housing discrimination.

Home Headquarters, Inc. - selected to receive $88,745 to provide fair housing education in Onondaga County, NY.

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina - selected to receive $299,911 to provide a statewide fair housing education program, with emphasis on removing discriminatory mortgage/lending barriers.

OHIO Cleveland Heights Metropolitan Strategy Group Education Fund, Inc. - selected to receive $600,000 to reduce housing discrimination in the rental and sales markets and to target lending discrimination.

PENNSYLVANIA Swarthmore Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia, Inc. - selected to receive $300,000 to conduct 170 tests, including tests of 6 sub-prime lenders and to obtain concrete remedies for victims of housing discrimination.

Pittsburgh Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, Inc. - selected to receive $300,000 to expand complaint referrals and systemic testing, provide legal assistance to victims of housing discrimination, develop outreach programs and to update their web site.

SOUTH CAROLINA Anderson City of Anderson, South Carolina - selected to receive $140,502 to expand fair housing outreach activities to educate underserved populations in the city and county of Anderson.

TENNESSEE Jackson West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc. - selected to receive $300,000 to continue enforcement activities which determine compliance with accessibility requirements.

West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc. - selected to receive $350,000 to continue enforcement activities audits, testing, investigative activities by means of a target project which will determine compliance with accessibility requirements.

TEXAS Austin Austin Tenants' Council, Inc. - selected to receive $299,943 to continue to provide enforcement activities through TV and print ads, intake and referral of complaints and systemic testing of disability charges.

Fort Worth Fort Worth Human Relations Commission - selected to receive $241,292 to conduct an 18 month outreach and education program for homeless and the disabled community.

UTAH Logan Utah State University was selected to receive $34,166 to provide fair housing education and outreach activities to targeted communities, thereby raising the public's awareness of their rights and obligations under the Fair Housing Act.

WASHINGTON Spokane Coalition of Responsible Disabled - selected to receive $150,000 to provide a comprehensive education and outreach program which targets persons with disabilities.

WISCONSIN Milwaukee County Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, Inc. - selected to receive $598,260 to work together with Northeast Wisconsin Fair Housing to eliminate discriminatory housing practices.

WYOMING (See description of Montana grant)

Content Archived: January 20, 2009