HUD No. 16-150 Elena Gaona (202) 708-0685 |
For Release Friday September 30, 2016 |
HUD AWARDS $38 MILLION TO FIGHT DISCRIMINATION
Grants will support more than 150 fair housing organizations nationwide
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is awarding $38 million under its Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) to confront discriminatory housing practices. HUD's grants will support some 155 national and local fair housing organizations working to confront violations of the nation's landmark Fair Housing Act (see grantee list below and read individual summaries of the work of these organizations).
This year, HUD provided competitive funding under three notices to organizations that support a wide range of fair housing enforcement, education and outreach activities. These grants allow the groups to provide fair housing enforcement through testing in the rental and sales markets, to file fair housing complaints to HUD, and to conduct investigations. Finally, the education and outreach activities these organizations conduct also help to educate the public, housing providers and local governments about their rights and responsibilities under the Fair Housing Act.
"Every person should have a fair chance to live in a community of opportunity, free from discrimination," said HUD Secretary Julián Castro. "HUD remains deeply committed to fighting housing discrimination so folks have an equal shot at achieving the American Dream.Working closely with our fair housing partners on the ground, the investments we make today are a strong step forward to put an end to housing discrimination."
FHIP grants are provided under three categories:
- Private Enforcement Initiative grants (PEI) - These awards help nonprofit fair housing enforcement organizations carry out investigations and other enforcement activities to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices. This year's PEI funds awarded a total of $30,350,000. Of this amount, $29,375,000 was awarded to fiscal year 2014, 2015 and 2016 Multi-Year awardees, while the remaining funding was reserved for fiscal year 2016 Lending Component awardees.
- Education and Outreach Initiative grants (EOI) - HUD awards these grants to groups that educate the public and housing providers about their rights and responsibilities under federal law or state and local fair housing laws that are substantially equivalent to the Fair Housing Act. The EOI funding totaled $7,450,000 for these activities.
- Fair Housing Organizations Initiative grants (FHOI) - HUD awards these grants to help build the capacity and effectiveness of non-profit fair housing organizations to continue and enhance enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. $500,000 was awarded in this category.
Any person who believes he or she has been discriminated in housing may file a complaint by contacting HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at (800) 669-9777 (voice) or (800) 927-9275 (TTY). Housing discrimination complaints may also be filed by going to www.hud.gov/fairhousing, or by downloading HUD's free housing discrimination mobile application, whichcan be accessed through Apple and Android devices.
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2016 FHIP AWARD WINNERS
State | Recipient |
Grant Type |
Amount |
Alabama | Central Alabama Fair Housing Center |
EOI |
$124,979 |
Central Alabama Fair Housing Center |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Fair Housing Center of Northern Alabama |
PEI |
$202,816 |
|
Mobile Fair Housing Center, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Alaska | Alaska Legal Services Corporation |
EOI |
$125,000 |
Alaska Legal Services Corporation |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Arizona | Arizona Fair Housing Center |
PEI |
$300,000 |
Southwest Fair Housing Council |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Southwest Fair Housing Council |
EOI |
$124,231 |
|
California | Bay Area Legal Aid |
PEI |
$300,000 |
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Fair Housing Council of Central California |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Fair Housing of Marin |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Greater Napa Valley Fair Housing Center |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Inland Mediation Board |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Orange County Fair Housing Council, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Orange County Fair Housing Council, Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Project Sentinel Inc |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Project Sentinel, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Southern California Housing Rights Center |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Colorado | Denver Metro Fair Housing Center |
EOI |
$125,000 |
Denver Metro Fair Housing Center |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Connecticut | Connecticut Fair Housing Center Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Delaware | Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
District of Columbia | Equal Rights Center |
EOI |
$125,000 |
Equal Rights Center |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Housing Counseling Services |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
National Community Reinvestment Coalition Inc. |
EOI |
$124,999 |
|
National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
National Fair Housing Alliance |
PEI |
$324,999 |
|
National Fair Housing Alliance |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
National Fair Housing Alliance |
EOI |
$1,249,997 |
|
Florida | Bay Area Legal Services, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Fair Housing Center of the Greater Palm Beaches, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Fair Housing Continuum, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc. |
PEI |
$424,979 |
|
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Georgia | Metro Fair Housing Services, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
Hawaii | Legal Aid Society of Hawaii |
PEI |
$350,000 |
Idaho | Intermountain Fair Housing Council, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
Intermountain Fair Housing Council, Inc. |
EOI |
$119,890 |
|
Illinois | Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago |
PEI |
$300,000 |
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Hope Fair Housing Center |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
John Marshall Law School |
EOI |
$124,973 |
|
John Marshall Law School |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Open Communities |
EOI |
$95,111 |
|
Open Communities |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
South Suburban Housing Center |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
South Suburban Housing Center |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Indiana | Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Inc. |
EOI |
$87,513 |
Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Kentucky | Lexington Fair Housing Council, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
Louisiana | Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Maine | Pine Tree Legal Assistance |
PEI |
$300,000 |
Maryland | Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
Massachusetts | Community Legal Aid, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
HAP, Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
SouthCoast Fair Housing, Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
SouthCoast Fair Housing, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Suffolk University |
EOI |
$123,778 |
|
Suffolk University |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Michigan | Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit |
PEI |
$300,000 |
Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Fair Housing Center of West Michigan |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Fair Housing Center of West Michigan |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Fair Housing Center Southeastern Michigan |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Minnesota | Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance |
PEI |
$325,000 |
Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Mississippi | Housing Education and Economic Development, Inc. |
PEI |
$233,538 |
Mississippi Center for Justice |
FHOI |
$86,473 |
|
Mississippi Center for Justice |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Missouri |
Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council |
PEI |
$300,000 |
Missouri Commission on Human Rights |
EOI |
$124,989 |
|
Montana | Montana Fair Housing, Inc. |
PEI |
$205,838 |
Nebraska | Family Housing Advisory Services, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
Nevada | Silver State Fair Housing Council |
PEI |
$300,000 |
New Hampshire | New Hampshire Legal Assistance |
PEI |
$300,000 |
New Jersey | Citizen Action of New Jersey |
EOI |
$125,000 |
Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
New York |
Brooklyn Legal Services (formerly South Brooklyn Legal Services) |
PEI |
$300,000 |
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
CNY Fair Housing, Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
CNY Fair Housing, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Fair Housing Justice Center, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Long Island Housing Services, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc. |
PEI |
$325,000 |
|
Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
North Carolina | Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
North Dakota | High Plains Fair Housing Center |
FHOI |
$163,718 |
Ohio | Central Ohio Fair Housing Association, Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
Fair Housing Contact Service, Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Fair Housing Contact Services, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Fair Housing Opportunities of NW Ohio, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Fair Housing Opportunities, Inc. dba Fair Housing Center |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Fair Housing Resource Center, Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Fair Housing Resource Center, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Housing Research & Advocacy Center |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Ohio State Legal Services Association |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Oklahoma | Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
Metropolitan Fair Housing Council of Oklahoma, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Oregon | Fair Housing Council of Oregon |
EOI |
$125,000 |
Fair Housing Council of Oregon |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Pennsylvania | Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Fair Housing Rights Center in Southeastern Pennsylvania |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Reinvestment Fund |
FHOI |
$249,809 |
|
Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Puerto Rico | Corporación de Desarrollo Económico de Ceiba |
EOI |
$87,177 |
South Carolina | Greenville County Human Relations Commission |
EOI |
$122,090 |
Tennessee | Tennessee Fair Housing Council, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Texas | Austin Tenants' Council |
PEI |
$300,000 |
City of Garland |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Greater Houston Fair Housing Center, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
San Antonio Fair Housing Council, Inc. |
PEI |
$375,000 |
|
Utah | Disability Law Center |
PEI |
$282,830 |
Vermont | Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Inc. |
EOI |
$124,999 |
Vermont Legal Aid, Inc. |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Virginia | Hampton Roads Community Action Program |
EOI |
$65,272 |
Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc. |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Washington | Fair Housing Center of Washington |
EOI |
$125,000 |
Fair Housing Center of Washington |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
Northwest Fair Housing Alliance |
EOI |
$125,000 |
|
Northwest Fair Housing Alliance |
PEI |
$300,000 |
|
West Virginia | Northern West Virginia Center for Independent Living |
PEI |
$300,000 |
Wisconsin | Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council |
PEI |
$300,000 |
Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council |
EOI |
$249,938 |
|
Total |
$38,299,935 |