Fair housing assistance program state and local

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity awarded a Cooperative Agreement to Human Rights Rhode Island Commission For on October 1, 2025, under the Fair Housing Assistance Program (CFDA 14.401) for $224,509.40, obligated through September 30, 2026.

The award funds administrative costs to support basic operations of the Fair Housing Assistance Program participating agency in Providence, Rhode Island, including expenses related to the lifecycle of complaint processing. Administrative cost funds support the agency's administration and strengthen its ability to administrate and manage fair housing investigations and enforcement. HUD may require that some or all administrative cost funding be directed to activities designed to create, modify, or improve local, regional, or national information systems concerning fair housing matters, including the purchase of state-of-the-art computer systems and obtaining and maintaining Internet access.

Human Rights Rhode Island Commission For, a subsidiary of the State of Rhode Island, serves as the state's primary fair housing enforcement agency. The cooperative agreement is executed under 24 CFR 115.304(c), the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, and the terms of the cooperative agreement. The recipient will provide HUD with a statement of intended use for the administrative cost funds; HUD will later measure specific deliverables through the Performance Assessment Report. Because each FHAP participating agency has different administrative needs, the administrative cost fund does not indicate the expectation of specific measurable outputs.