| HUD No. 12-080 Shantae Goodloe (202) 708-0685 |
For Release Wednesday May 9, 2012 |
HUD AWARDS MORE THAN $40 MILLION IN GRANTS TO COMBAT HOUSING DISCRIMINATION
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded nearly $41.18 million to 99 fair housing organizations and other non-profit agencies in 35 states and the District of Columbia to assist people who believe they have been victims of housing discrimination (see attached list of grantees). Read a complete project-by-project summary of the programs awarded grants today.
The competitive grants announced today are funded through HUD's Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP). They will be used to enforce the Fair Housing Act through investigation and testing of alleged discriminatory practices, and to educate housing providers, local governments and potential victims of housing discrimination about their rights and responsibilities under the Fair Housing Act. HUD had over $70 million in requests for FHIP, but funded only $41 million.
"It is our continued commitment to ensure that every person has equal access to housing," said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. "These grants are a cost-effective investment. Cases bolstered by FHIP-funded investigations are more likely to uncover discrimination when it has occurred than cases without such support."
HUD's Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity John Trasviña added, "We are pleased to provide the only federal grant support to private fair housing enforcement and education. Our partners are essential to ending housing discrimination."
The categories of grants awarded today are:
- Private Enforcement Initiative grants (PEI) - HUD awarded $30 million to help local non-profit fair housing organizations carry out testing and enforcement activities to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices.
- Education and Outreach Initiative grants (EOI) - HUD awarded $5.9 million to groups that educate the public and housing providers about their rights and responsibilities under federal, state, and local fair housing laws.
- Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI) - HUD awarded $5.25 million to help build the capacity and effectiveness of non-profit fair housing organizations, particularly organizations that focus on the rights and needs of underserved groups, such as rural and immigrant populations.
HUD is awarding FHIP grants to the following agencies:
| State | Organization Name | City | Amount |
| Alabama | Mobile Fair Housing Center, Inc | Mobile | $319,795 |
| Mobile Fair Housing Center, Inc | Mobile | $125,000 |
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| Central Alabama Fair Housing Center | Montgomery | $324,000 |
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| Arizona | Arizona Fair Housing Center | Phoenix | $317,651 |
| Southwest Fair Housing Council | Tucson | $312,695 |
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| Southwest Fair Housing Council | Tucson | $311,245 |
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| Southwest Fair Housing Council | Tucson | $122,989 |
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| California | Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc. (GBLA) | Bakersfield | $312,846 |
| Fair Housing Council of Central California | Fresno | $259,034 |
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| Southern California Housing Rights Center | Los Angeles | $324,980 |
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| Greater Napa Fair Housing Center | Napa | $309,000 |
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| Bay Area Legal Aid | Oakland | $325,000 |
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| Housing and Economic Rights Advocates (HERA) | Oakland | $168,261 |
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| Inland Mediation Board | Rancho Cucamonga | $325,000 |
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| Inland Mediation Board | Rancho Cucamonga | $325,000 |
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| Inland Mediation Board | Rancho Cucamonga | $125,000 |
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| Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. | Riverside | $284,894 |
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| Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. | Riverside | $125,000 |
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| California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. | San Francisco | $325,000 |
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| California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. | San Francisco | $325,000 |
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| Fair Housing of Marin | San Rafael | $277,452 |
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| Fair Housing of Marin | San Rafael | $324,997 |
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| Orange County Fair Housing Council, Inc. | Santa Ana | $198,833 |
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| Connecticut | Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc. | Hartford | $325,000 |
| Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc. | Hartford | $125,000 |
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| Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc. | Hartford | $125,000 |
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| Delaware | Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. | Wilmington | $307,500 |
| District of Columbia | Equal Rights Center | Washington | $325,000 |
| Housing Counseling Services | Washington | $125,000 |
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| Housing Counseling Services | Washington | $125,000 |
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| Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | Washington | $324,323 |
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| National Community Reinvestment Coalition | Washington | $1,249,885.84 |
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| National Fair Housing Alliance | Washington | $324,999 |
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| National Fair Housing Alliance | Washington | $325,000 |
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| National Fair Housing Alliance | Washington | $1,499,912 |
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| Florida | Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc. | Daytona Beach | $325,000 |
| Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc. | Daytona Beach | $325,000 |
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| Mid-Florida Housing Partnership, Inc. | Daytona Beach | $125,000 |
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| Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc. | Jacksonville | $324,966 |
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| Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc. | Jacksonville | $324,902 |
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| Fair Housing Center of the Greater Palm Beaches, Inc. | Lantana | $321,723 |
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| Fair Housing Continuum, Inc. | Melbourne | $320,667 |
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| Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, Inc. | Miami | $325,000 |
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| Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, Inc. | Miami | $125,000 |
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| Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, Inc. | Miami Gardens | $325,000 |
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| Bay Area Legal Services, Inc. | Tampa | $292,920 |
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| Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. | West Palm Beach | $325,000 |
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| Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. | West Palm Beach | $313,246 |
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| Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. | West Palm Beach | $125,000 |
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| Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. | West Palm Beach | $125,000 |
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| Georgia | Metro Fair Housing Services, Inc. | East Point | $325,000 |
| Savannah-Chatham County Fair Housing Council, Inc. | Savannah | $177,375 |
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| Hawaii | Legal Aid Society of Hawaii | Honolulu | $325,000 |
| Idaho | Intermountain Fair Housing Council, Inc. | Boise | $324,630 |
| Illinois | Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago | $325,000 |
| Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. | Chicago | $325,000 |
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| John Marshall Law School | Chicago | $279,951 |
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| John Marshall Law School | Chicago | $99,787 |
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| John Marshall Law School | Chicago | $97,133 |
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| South Suburban Housing Center | Homewood | $303,000 |
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| South Suburban Housing Center | Homewood | $324,775 |
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| HOPE Fair Housing Center | Wheaton | $324,020 |
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| HOPE Fair Housing Center | Wheaton | $124,834 |
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| Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs | Winnetka | $235,687 |
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| Kentucky | Lexington Fair Housing Council, Inc. | Lexington | $296,996 |
| Louisiana | Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center | New Orleans | $325,000 |
| Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center | New Orleans | $325,000 |
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| Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center | New Orleans | $125,000 |
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| Maine | Pine Tree Legal Assistance | Portland | $325,000 |
| Maryland | Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. | Baltimore | $324,411 |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore | Baltimore | $100,000 |
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| Massachusetts | Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston | Boston | $325,000 |
| Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston | Boston | $124,999.72 |
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| Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston | Boston | $99,999.97 |
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| Housing Discrimination Project | Holyoke | $325,000 |
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| Community Legal Aid, Inc. | Worcester | $183,500 |
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| Michigan | Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan | Ann Arbor | $275,765 |
| Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit | Detroit | $299,525 |
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| Legal Services of Eastern Michigan | Flint | $266,448 |
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| Fair Housing Center of West Michigan | Grand Rapids | $325,000 |
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| Fair Housing Center of West Michigan | Grand Rapids | $46,904.28 |
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| Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan | Kalamazoo | $302,766 |
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| Minnesota | Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis | Minneapolis | $325,000 |
| Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis | Minneapolis | $325,000 |
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| Minneapolis Urban League (MUL) | Minneapolis | $29,988.91 |
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| Mississippi | Fair Housing Center for the Gulf Coast Region of Mississippi | Waveland | $325,000 |
| Missouri | Metropolitan St.Louis EHOC | Saint Louis | $272,614 |
| Montana | Montana Fair Housing, Inc. | Butte | $167,900 |
| Nebraska | Family Housing Advisory Services, Inc. | Omaha | $325,000 |
| Nevada | Silver State Fair Housing Council | Reno | $325,000 |
| New Jersey | Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey | Hackensack | $325,000 |
| New York | LSNY-BRONX Corporation dba Legal Services NYC-Bronx | Bronx | $325,000 |
| Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. A | Brooklyn | $325,000 |
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| South Brooklyn Legal Services, Inc. | Brooklyn | $325,000 |
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| South Brooklyn Legal Services, Inc. | Brooklyn | $325,000 |
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| Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc. | Buffalo | $308,167 |
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| Fair Housing Justice Center, Inc. | NEW YORK | $325,000 |
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| FAIR HOUSING JUSTICE CENTER, INC. | NEW YORK | $124,000 |
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| FAIR HOUSING JUSTICE CENTER, INC. | NEW YORK | $324,995 |
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| MFY Legal Services, Inc. | New York | $325,000 |
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| Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project | New York | $125,000 |
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| Legal Assistance of Western NY, Inc. | Rochester | $277,000 |
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| Legal Services NYC Staten Island | Staten Island | $325,000 |
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| Fair Housing Council of Central New York, Inc. | Syracuse | $322,025 |
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| Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc. | White Plains | $212,066 |
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| Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc. | White Plains | $158,705 |
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| Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc. | White Plains | $125,000 |
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| Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc. | White Plains | $125,000 |
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| Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc. | White Plains | $125,000 |
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| North Carolina | Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc. | Raleigh | $325,000 |
| Ohio | Fair Housing Contact Services, Inc. | Akron | $325,000 |
| Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. | Cincinnati | $324,359 |
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| Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. | Cincinnati | $124,889.14 |
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| Housing Research & Advocacy Center | Cleveland | $325,000 |
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| Miami Valley Fair Housing Center | Dayton | $325,000 |
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| Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, Inc. | Dayton | $325,000 |
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| Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, Inc. | Dayton | $125,000 |
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| Fair Housing Resource Center, Inc. | Painesville | $325,000 |
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| Fair Housing Resource Center, Inc. | Painesville | $125,000 |
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| Fair Housing Opportunities, Inc. dba Fair Housing Center | Toledo | $325,000 |
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| Fair Housing Opportunities, Inc. dba Fair Housing Center | Toledo | $325,000 |
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| Fair Housing Opportunities, Inc. dba Fair Housing Center | Toledo | $125,000 |
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| Oklahoma | Metropolitan Fair Housing Council of Oklahoma, Inc. | Oklahoma City | $324,808 |
| Oregon | Fair Housing Council of Oregon | Portland | $325,000 |
| Fair Housing Council of Oregon | Portland | $125,000 |
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| Fair Housing Council of Oregon | Portland | $325,000 |
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| Fair Housing Council of Oregon | Portland | $325,000 |
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| Pennsylvania | St. Martin Center, Inc. | Erie | $325,000 |
| St. Martin Center, Inc. | Erie | $125,000 |
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| Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia | Fort Washington | $324,877 |
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| Fair Housing Rights Center in Southeastern PA | Glenside | $324,000 |
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| Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | $325,000 |
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| United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania | Scranton | $96,904 |
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| Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc. | Washington | $325,000 |
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| Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc. | Washington | $125,000 |
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| Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc. | Washington | $125,000 |
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| Tennessee | West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc. | Jackson | $325,000 |
| Tennessee Fair Housing Council Inc. | Nashville | $325,000 |
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| Texas | Austin Tenants Council Inc. | Austin | $324,723 |
| North Texas Fair Housing Center | Dallas | $261,589 |
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| Greater Houston Fair Housing Center, Inc | Houston | $325,000 |
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| San Antonio Fair Housing Council, inc. | San Antonio | $325,000 |
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| Vermont | Vermont Legal Aid, Inc. | Burlington | $324,987 |
| Virginia | Piedmont Housing Alliance | Charlottesville | $62,757 |
| Washington | Northwest Fair Housing Alliance | Spokane | $325,000 |
| Northwest Fair Housing Alliance | Spokane | $124,999.95 |
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| Fair Housing Center of Washington | Tacoma | $325,000 |
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| West Virginia | Northern West Virginia Center For Independent Living | Morgantown | $143,571.43 |
| Wisconsin | Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council | Milwaukee | $311,322 |
| Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council | Milwaukee | $322,629 |
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| Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council | Milwaukee | $124,814 |
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TOTAL |
$41,179,907 |
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