Grants to support and promote fair housing nationwide
To help end housing discrimination, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded an additional $15 million to support dozens of fair housing organizations working to confront violations of the nation’s landmark Fair Housing Act (see grant chart below).
HUD’s grants are provided through the Department’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) to help people who believe they have been victims of housing discrimination and to educate the public and housing providers on fair housing laws. In addition to the new grants announced today, HUD awarded $23 million to existing fair housing organizations last winter.
“Even though the Fair Housing Act became the law of the land 51 years ago, housing discrimination continues to this day,” said HUD Secretary Ben Carson. “HUD will continue to confront housing discrimination in all its forms and advance our mission of safe, affordable housing free from discrimination.”
HUD’s FHIP grants 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. Additionally, 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Persons who believe they have experienced discrimination 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).
2018 FHIP AWARD WINNERS
| State | Recipient | Grant Type | Amount |
| Alaska | Alaska Legal Services Corporation | EOI | $125,000 |
| Alabama | Central Alabama Fair Housing Center | PEI | $300,000 |
| Central Alabama Fair Housing Center | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Mobile Fair Housing Center | PEI | $300,000 | |
| Arkansas | Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc. | PEI | $281,396 |
| Southwest Fair Housing Council | PEI | $300,000 | |
| Southwest Fair Housing Council | EOI | $125,000 | |
| California | California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. | PEI | $300,000 |
| California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. | EOI | $125,000 | |
| CSA San Diego County | PEI | $300,000 | |
| Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. | PEI | $300,000 | |
| Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc. (GBLA) | PEI | $300,000 | |
| Greater Napa Valley Fair Housing Center | PEI | $300,000 | |
| Housing and Economic Rights Advocates | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board | EOI | $125,000 | |
| 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 | |
| Colorado | Denver Metro Fair Housing Center | PEI | $297,651.81 |
| Denver Metro Fair Housing Center | EOI | $124,505 | |
| Connecticut | Connecticut Fair Housing Center | PEI | $300,000 |
| Connecticut Fair Housing Center | EOI | $125,000 | |
| District of Columbia | Equal Rights Center | EOI | $125,000 |
| Housing Counseling Services | EOI | $125,000 | |
| National Community Reinvestment Coalition | FHOI | $250,000 | |
| National Fair Housing Alliance | EOI | $999,995 | |
| Delaware | Pathways To Success, Inc | EOI | $ 125,000 |
| Florida | Bay Area Legal Services, Inc. | PEI | $300,000 |
| Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Fair Housing Center of the Greater Palm Beaches, Inc. | PEI | $300,000 | |
| Georgia | JCVision and Associates, Inc. | FHOI | $250,000 |
| Metro Fair Housing Services, Inc. | PEI | $300,000 | |
| Idaho | Intermountain Fair Housing Council, Inc | EOI | $124,903 |
| Intermountain Fair Housing Council, Inc. | PEI | $299,917.66 | |
| Illinois | H.O.P.E. Inc D/B/A HOPE Fair Housing Center | EOI | $124,980 |
| Latin United Community Housing Association | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Rogers Park Community Council dba Northside Community Res. | PEI | $ 300,000 | |
| South Suburban Housing Center | EOI | $125,000 | |
| The John Marshall Law School | PEI | $299,660.66 | |
| The John Marshall Law School | EOI | $124,989 | |
| Indiana | Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Inc. | EOI | $125,000 |
| Louisiana | Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, Inc. | EOI | $125,000 |
| Massachusetts | SouthCoast Fair Housing, Inc. | EOI | $125,000 |
| Maryland | City of Baltimore, Office of Civil Rights & Wage Enforcement | EOI | $101,464 |
| Michigan | Fair Housing Center of West Michigan | EOI | $125,000 |
| Fair Housing Center Southeastern Michigan | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Legal Services of Eastern Michigan | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Missouri | Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council | EOI | $125,000 |
| Mississippi | Community Students Learning Center | EOI | $125,000 |
| North Carolina | Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc. | EOI | $125,000 |
| Telamon Corporation | EOI | $99,159 | |
| North Dakota | High Plains Fair Housing Center | EOI | $125,000 |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshire Legal Assistance | PEI | $300,000 |
| New Jersey | Citizen Action of New Jersey | EOI | $125,000 |
| New York | Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc. | EOI | $125,000 |
| CNY Fair Housing, Inc. | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Fair Housing Justice Center, Inc. | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc. | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc. | PEI | $300,000 | |
| Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc. | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Ohio | Fair Housing Contact Service, Inc. | EOI | $125,000 |
| Fair Housing Opportunities, Inc. dba Fair Housing Center | PEI | $300,000 | |
| Fair Housing Opportunities, Inc. dba Fair Housing Center | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Fair Housing Resource Center, Inc. | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Housing Research & Advocacy Center | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, Inc. | PEI | $300,000 | |
| Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, Inc. | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Oregon | Fair Housing Council of Oregon | EOI | $125,000 |
| Pennsylvania | Lancaster Housing Opportunity Partnership | EOI | $125,000 |
| Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia, Inc. | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh | PEI | $300,000 | |
| Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc. | EOI | $125,000 | |
| Tennessee | Tennessee Fair Housing Council | PEI | $ 300,000 |
| Washington | Northwest Fair Housing Alliance | EOI | $125,000 |
| Wisconsin | Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council | EOI | $250,000 |
| TOTAL | $15,128,621 | ||