WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 26, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded $38.3 million to 95 fair housing organizations and other non-profit agencies in 38 states and the District of Columbia in an effort to reduce housing discrimination (see attached list of grantees). Read a complete project-by-project summary of the programs awarded grants today.
Funded through HUD’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP), these grants will help enforce the Fair Housing Act through investigation and testing of alleged discriminatory practices. In addition, the funds will educate housing providers, local governments and potential victims of housing discrimination about their rights and responsibilities under the Fair Housing Act.
“Ending housing discrimination requires that we support the law of the land and protect the housing rights of individuals and families who would be denied those rights,” stated HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. “Ensuring and promoting Fair Housing practices lies at the core of HUD’s mission and these grants enable community groups all over the nation to help families who are denied equal access to housing.”
“Everyone should have access to the neighborhoods and homes for which they financially qualify,” added Bryan Greene, HUD Acting Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. “These grants make it possible for non-profits to assist people in their communities pursue their fair housing rights and educate housing providers and others about their responsibilities under the Fair Housing Act.”
The categories of grants awarded today are:
- Private Enforcement Initiative grants (PEI)– HUD awarded $24.7 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 $3.8 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 $9.8 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 |
CITY |
AMOUNT |
| Alabama |
Central Alabama Fair Housing Center |
Montgomery |
$324,000 |
| Mobile Fair Housing Center, Inc. | Mobile |
$319,795 |
|
| Arizona | Southwest Fair Housing Council | Tucson |
$103,871 |
| Southwest Fair Housing Council | Tucson |
$311,245 |
|
| California | Bay Area Legal Aid | Oakland |
$325,000 |
| California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. | San Francisco |
$325,000 |
|
| Fair Housing Council Of Central California | Fresno |
$259,034 |
|
| Fair Housing Council Of Riverside County, Inc. | Riverside |
$284,894 |
|
| Fair Housing Of Marin | San Rafael |
$124,999 |
|
| Fair Housing Of Marin | San Rafael |
$324,998 |
|
| Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc. | Bakersfield |
$312,708 |
|
| Greater Napa Fair Housing Center | Napa |
$309,000 |
|
| Inland Mediation Board | Rancho Cucamonga |
$325,000 |
|
| Inland Mediation Board | Rancho Cucamonga |
$325,000 |
|
| Legal Aid Society Of San Diego, Inc. | San Diego |
$323,490 |
|
| Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc. | Los Angeles |
$121,000 |
|
| Orange County Fair Housing Council | Santa Ana |
$224,680 |
|
| Southern California Housing Rights Center | Los Angeles |
$324,980 |
|
| Connecticut | Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc. | Hartford |
$301,781 |
| Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc. | Hartford |
$325,000 |
|
| District of Columbia | Equal Rights Center | Washington |
$125,000 |
| Equal Rights Center | Washington |
$325,000 |
|
| National Fair Housing Alliance | Washington |
$1,499,995 |
|
| National Fair Housing Alliance | Washington |
$324,943 |
|
| National Fair Housing Alliance | Washington |
$325,000 |
|
| Delaware | Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. | Wilmington |
$311,807 |
| Florida | Bay Area Legal Services, Inc. | Tampa |
$292,920 |
| Community Legal Services Of Mid-Florida, Inc. | Daytona Beach |
$325,000 |
|
| Community Legal Services Of Mid-Florida, Inc. | Daytona Beach |
$325,000 |
|
| Fair Housing Center Of The Greater Palm Beaches, Inc. | Lantana |
$321,723 |
|
| Fair Housing Continuum, Inc. | Melbourne |
$320,667 |
|
| Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc. | Jacksonville |
$124,862 |
|
| Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc. | Jacksonville |
$324,986 |
|
| Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc. | Jacksonville |
$324,902 |
|
| Legal Aid Society Of Palm Beach County, Inc. | West Palm Beach |
$325,000 |
|
| Legal Aid Society Of Palm Beach County, Inc. | West Palm Beach |
$313,246 |
|
| Georgia | Metro Fair Housing Services, Inc. | East Point |
$325,000 |
| 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 |
|
| Hope Fair Housing Center | West Chicago |
$124,991 |
|
| Hope Fair Housing Center | West Chicago |
$99,998 |
|
| Hope Fair Housing Center | West Chicago |
$324,962 |
|
| Hope Fair Housing Center | West Chicago |
$324,020 |
|
| John Marshall Law School | Chicago |
$99,865 |
|
| John Marshall Law School | Chicago |
$324,966 |
|
| John Marshall Law School | Chicago |
$279,951 |
|
| Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. | Rockford |
$325,000 |
|
| South Suburban Housing Center | Homewood |
$224,400 |
|
| South Suburban Housing Center | Homewood |
$324,775 |
|
| Indiana | Fair Housing Center Of Central Indiana, Inc. | Indianapolis |
$324,709 |
| Kentucky | Lexington Fair Housing Council, Inc. | Lexington |
$296,996 |
| Louisiana | Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center | New Orleans |
$125,000 |
| Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center | New Orleans |
$325,000 |
|
| Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center | New Orleans |
$325,000 |
|
| Massachusetts | Community Legal Aid, Inc. | Worcester |
$204,800 |
| Community Legal Aid, Inc. | Worcester |
$320,214 |
|
| Fair Housing Center Of Greater Boston | Boston |
$99,999 |
|
| Fair Housing Center Of Greater Boston | Boston |
$138,830 |
|
| Fair Housing Center Of Greater Boston | Boston |
$325,000 |
|
| Housing Discrimination Project Inc | Holyoke |
$325,000 |
|
| Suffolk University | Boston |
$100,000 |
|
| Suffolk University | Boston |
$175,000 |
|
| Maryland | Baltimore Metropolitan Council, Inc. | Baltimore |
$125,000 |
| Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. | Baltimore |
$324,411 |
|
| Maine | Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc. | Portland |
$325,000 |
| Michigan | Fair Housing Center Of Metropolitan Detroit | Detroit |
$299,525 |
| Fair Housing Center Of Southeastern Michigan | Ann Arbor |
$275,765 |
|
| Fair Housing Center Of West Michigan | Grand Rapids |
$325,000 |
|
| Legal Services Of Eastern Michigan | Flint |
$266,448 |
|
| Minnesota | Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance | Minneapolis |
$325,000 |
| Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance | Minneapolis |
$325,000 |
|
| Missouri | Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing & Opportunity Council | St. Louis |
$324,996 |
| Mississippi | Mississippi Center For Justice | Jackson |
$125,000 |
| Montana | Montana Fair Housing, Inc. | Butte |
$167,900 |
| North Carolina | Legal Aid Of North Carolina, Inc. | Raleigh |
$325,000 |
| Nebraska | Family Housing Advisory Services, Inc. | Omaha |
$325,000 |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshire Legal Assistance | Concord |
$271,061 |
| New Jersey | Citizen Action Of New Jersey | Newark |
$125,000 |
| Fair Housing Council Of Northern New Jersey | Hackensack |
$302,486 |
|
| Nevada | Silver State Fair Housing Council | Reno |
$325,000 |
| New York | Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A | Brooklyn |
$325,000 |
| Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc. | Dunkirk |
$112,233 |
|
| Fair Housing Council Of Central New York, Inc. | Syracuse |
$322,025 |
|
| Fair Housing Justice Center, Inc. | New York |
$322,078 |
|
| Fair Housing Justice Center, Inc. | New York |
$324,999 |
|
| Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc. | Buffalo |
$308,167 |
|
| Legal Assistance Of Western NY, Inc. | Rochester |
$298,000 |
|
| Legal Services Nyc | Staten Island |
$325,000 |
|
| Legal Services Nyc Staten Island | Staten Island |
$325,000 |
|
| Long Island Housing Services Inc. | Bohemia |
$325,000 |
|
| Long Island Housing Services, Inc. | Bohemia |
$325,000 |
|
| LSNY Bronx Corp. D/B/A Legal Services NYC – Bronx | Bronx |
$325,000 |
|
| South Brooklyn Legal Services, Inc. | Brooklyn |
$325,000 |
|
| South Brooklyn Legal Services, Inc. | Brooklyn |
$325,000 |
|
| Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc. | White Plains |
$325,000 |
|
| Ohio | Fair Housing Contact Service, Inc. | Akron |
$118,739 |
| Fair Housing Contact Services, Inc. | Akron |
$325,000 |
|
| Fair Housing Opportunities Inc. Dba Fair Housing Center | Toledo |
$325,000 |
|
| Fair Housing Opportunities Inc. Dba Fair Housing Center | Toledo |
$325,000 |
|
| Fair Housing Resource Center, Inc. | Painesville |
$325,000 |
|
| Housing Opportunities Made Equal Of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. | Cincinnati |
$324,530 |
|
| Housing Research & Advocacy Center | Cleveland |
$325,000 |
|
| Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, Inc. | Dayton |
$325,000 |
|
| Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, Inc. | Dayton |
$325,000 |
|
| Oklahoma | Metropolitan Fair Housing Council Of Oklahoma, Inc. | Oklahoma City |
$324,479 |
| Oregon | Fair Housing Council Of Oregon | Portland |
$125,000 |
| Fair Housing Council Of Oregon | Portland |
$325,000 |
|
| Pennsylvania | Fair Housing Council Of Suburban Philadelphia, Inc. | Fort Washington |
$124,849 |
| Fair Housing Council Of Suburban Philadelphia, Inc. | Fort Washington |
$324,877 |
|
| Fair Housing Partnership Of Greater Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
$325,000 |
|
| Fair Housing Rights Center In Southeastern Pennsylvania | Glenside |
$324,000 |
|
| Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc. | Washington |
$125,000 |
|
| Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc. | Washington |
$325,000 |
|
| Tennessee | Tennessee Fair Housing Council Inc. | Nashville |
$325,000 |
| Tennessee State University | Nashville |
$99,939 |
|
| West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc. | Jackson |
$975,000 |
|
| West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc. | Jackson |
$325,000 |
|
| Texas | Austin Tenants Council Inc | Austin |
$324,741 |
| Greater Houston Fair Housing Center, Inc. | Houston |
$325,000 |
|
| North Texas Fair Housing Center | Dallas |
$309,890 |
|
| San Antonio Fair Housing Council, Inc. | San Antonio |
$325,000 |
|
| Utah | Disability Law Center | Salt Lake City |
$234,296 |
| Virginia | Piedmont Housing Alliance | Charlottesville |
$66,234 |
| Vermont | Vermont Legal Aid, Inc. | Burlington |
$324,987 |
| Washington | Fair Housing Center Of Washington | Tacoma |
$325,000 |
| Northwest Fair Housing Alliance | Spokane |
$324,999 |
|
| Wisconsin | Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council | Milwaukee |
$273,673 |
| Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, Inc. | Milwaukee |
$322,629 |
|
| West Virginia | Northern West Virginia Center For Independent Living | Morgantown |
$240,401 |
|
TOTAL |
$38,326,995 |
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FHEO and its partners in the Fair Housing Assistance Program investigate more than 9,300 housing discrimination complaints annually. People who believe they are the victims of housing discrimination should contact HUD at 1-800-669-9777 (voice), or (800) 927-9275 (TTY).
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