Fair housing assistance program state and local

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity awarded the City of Phoenix Housing Department $173,460 under the Fair Housing Assistance Program (CFDA 14.401) on October 1, 2025, for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.

The award funds fair housing enforcement activities, including discrimination complaint investigation, processing, and community education. 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 within the agency. Cooperative agreements under this program are non-competitive and provide funding for complaint processing, administrative costs, and training for contributing agencies.

Place of performance is Phoenix, Arizona. The City of Phoenix Housing Department operates as a certified fair housing enforcement agency with a Memorandum of Understanding with HUD, and receives the award as a prime recipient with no sub-recipients or pass-through arrangements. The Department's fair housing enforcement work complements its broader portfolio as a Public Housing Agency, which includes public housing operations, capital improvements, and family economic mobility programs serving the Phoenix metropolitan area.