Fair housing assistance program state and local

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity awarded a Cooperative Agreement of $301,400 to the Public Service Commission Arkansas (APSC) on October 1, 2025, under the Fair Housing Assistance Program (CFDA 14.401). The award funds complaint processing, training, technical assistance, education and outreach initiatives, and improvements to data and information systems to strengthen fair housing enforcement within Arkansas. The period of performance runs through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Little Rock, Arkansas. APSC directly executes the work with no documented sub-recipients. The Fair Housing Assistance Program funds state and local government agencies certified by HUD to investigate and enforce claims of housing discrimination under laws substantially equivalent to the Fair Housing Act. Cooperative agreements under this program are executed for one year and provide fixed-price funding with payments according to a schedule set in the agreement; funds are obligated at the end of the fiscal year after regional monitors review processed complaints for the performance period.