Fair housing assistance program state and local

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity awarded the Pinellas County Office of Human Rights a formula grant of $187,700 on October 1, 2025, under the Fair Housing Assistance Program (CFDA 14.401). The award funds fair housing education, outreach, complaint investigation, and compliance activities throughout the Pinellas County region. The period of performance runs through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Belleair, Florida. The Fair Housing Assistance Program provides assistance to state and local fair housing enforcement agencies for complaint processing, training, technical assistance, education and outreach, data and information systems, and other activities that further fair housing enforcement. The Pinellas County Office of Human Rights, a county-level government entity division, conducts fair housing enforcement activities, investigates housing discrimination complaints, and implements fair housing education and outreach initiatives to advance civil rights protections for residents throughout Pinellas County. The office holds HUD certification as substantially equivalent under the Fair Housing Act and operates under a Memorandum of Understanding with HUD to process housing discrimination complaints. The award is structured as a reimbursement program, with funds obligated after regional monitors review processed complaints for the period of performance.