The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $125,000 Fair Housing Organization Initiatives program (CFDA 14.417) project grant to Housing Opportunities Made Equal Inc., a non-profit fair housing advocacy organization. The grant supports the organization's efforts to enforce fair housing rights, investigate violations, and conduct education and outreach initiatives in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. Key activities include providing fair housing counseling and legal...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through its Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (CFDA 14.417) program, awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to Housing Opportunities Project For Excellence, Inc. (HOPE, Inc.) to provide fair housing education and outreach services across Florida. The grant-funded activities include conducting five fair housing symposiums in targeted areas of the state, such as Tallahassee, Gainesville, Lakeland/Winter Haven, Fort Myers, and Immokalee,...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through its Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (FHOI) program (CFDA 14.417), awarded a $260,000 Project Grant to the Legal Aid Society of San Diego. This grant funding supports the organization's efforts to develop, implement, and coordinate fair housing enforcement programs and activities that provide enforcement of fair housing rights under the Fair Housing Act. The grant enables the Legal Aid Society of San Diego to investigate...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through its Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (FHOI) program (CFDA 14.417), awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to Fair Housing Contact Service, Inc., a non-profit organization in Akron, Ohio. The grant will fund a variety of fair housing education and outreach activities over the one-year period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. Key activities include public awareness campaigns through media such as billboards, bus signage, and a...
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through its Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (CFDA 14.417) program, awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center Inc. (doing business as Fair Housing Action Center) on May 6, 2024. The grant supports the organization's efforts to prevent and eliminate discriminatory housing practices in the New Orleans area. The funding enables the Fair Housing Action Center to develop, implement, and coordinate...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the Fair Housing Organization Initiatives program (CFDA 14.417) to Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc., a nonprofit law firm. The award, effective September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024, will fund the organization's efforts to develop, implement, and coordinate programs that provide enforcement of fair housing rights under the Fair Housing Act. Key activities include investigating housing...
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through its Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (CFDA 14.417) program, awarded a $260,000 Project Grant to the High Plains Fair Housing Center, Inc. in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The grant will fund the organization's activities to continue developing expertise in sales investigations through data analysis, testing, and other investigatory techniques. It will also expand High Plains' enforcement program by training staff on lending...
This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity under the Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (FHOI) program (CFDA #14.417), supports a project to enhance fair housing education and outreach in 72 counties in East Texas. The $124,988.16 grant, awarded on December 2, 2024, will enable the non-profit organization Disability Rights Texas to conduct training, produce educational materials,...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Fair Housing Organization Initiatives program (CFDA 14.417) to Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc., a nonprofit law firm, on September 1, 2023. The funding will support the organization's efforts to develop, implement, and coordinate programs that provide enforcement of fair housing rights and address housing discrimination under the...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through its Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (FHOI) program (CFDA 14.417), awarded a $1,300,000 Project Grant to the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) to develop and implement a national media campaign. The campaign aims to educate consumers and industry about discrimination in real estate transactions, particularly in mortgage lending and home appraisals, with a focus on communities of color and other protected classes under...