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HUD AWARDS $38 MILLION TO FIGHT DISCRIMINATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – (RealEstateRama) — 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).

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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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HUD’s mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all.
More information about HUD and its programs is available on the Internet
at
 www.hud.gov and http://espanol.hud.gov.

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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

Elena Gaona
(202) 708-0685