Fair housing assistance program state and local

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity awarded County of Palm Beach $233,500 on October 1, 2025, under the Fair Housing Assistance Program (CFDA 14.401), a formula grant funding state and local fair housing enforcement agencies to investigate and process housing discrimination complaints, provide training and technical assistance, conduct education and outreach, and develop data and information systems.

County of Palm Beach, operating as Board of Commissions, received the award for fair housing complaint processing and related enforcement activities in West Palm Beach, Florida. The period of performance runs through September 30, 2026. FHAP is a reimbursement program under which funds are obligated at the end of the fiscal year after regional monitors review processed complaints; cooperative agreements authorize fixed-price payments on a schedule established in the award document. The program requires certified state and local fair housing agencies to maintain complaint files for one year after closure and to demonstrate that local fair housing law provides substantive rights, procedures, remedies, and judicial review substantially equivalent to those in the Fair Housing Act. Certification remains valid for up to five years and requires renewal demonstration of continued substantial equivalency.