The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) received a $260,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (CFDA 14.417) program. The grant's purpose is to expand NFHA's capacity to assist qualified fair housing organizations (QFHOs) in identifying and investigating appraisal bias, conduct systemic appraisal investigations in the Memphis, TN metropolitan area, and build a digital platform to monitor and identify...
The Fair Housing Justice Center, Inc. (FHJC) was awarded a $125,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (CFDA 14.417) program. The grant will fund the "Eliminating Race and National Origin Discrimination Project," which aims to combat housing discrimination and promote fair housing access for people of color, immigrants, and other protected groups in the New York City region. Key activities include...
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (FHOI) program (CFDA 14.417) to Housing Counseling Services, Inc. (HCS), a non-profit organization. The grant will assist HCS in developing, implementing, and coordinating fair housing enforcement activities to provide enforcement of fair housing rights under the Fair Housing Act. Specifically, the funding will support HCS's efforts to strengthen existing and...
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 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...
This $260,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (CFDA 14.417) program will fund the Fair Housing Justice Center, Inc. (FHJC) to provide comprehensive fair housing testing and enforcement services focused on pre-application mortgage lending practices in the New York City region. The FHJC will conduct 35 fair housing tests across its service area to investigate potential discrimination by housing...
This $100,000 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (CFDA 14.417) program, will fund a comprehensive set of fair housing enforcement, education, and outreach activities by the Housing Research & Advocacy Center, doing business as the Fair Housing Center For Rights & Research, a non-profit organization based in Cleveland, Ohio. The key services to be delivered include: referring...
The Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (CFDA 14.417) program to Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc. The grant funding will support virtual and in-person fair housing education and outreach activities, the distribution of printed materials, production and distribution of fair housing podcasts and public service announcements, and...
This Project Grant award, valued at $125,000, was provided 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 (CFDA 14.417) program. The grant will fund a range of fair housing education, outreach, and enforcement activities by the non-profit organization CNY Fair Housing Inc., doing business as the Fair Housing Council, to address issues of racial and ethnic segregation,...
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 Citizen Action Of New Jersey. The award, dated Sep 1, 2023, will fund the organization's fair housing education and enforcement activities through Aug 31, 2024. Key activities include investigating housing discrimination complaints, conducting fair housing testing and compliance audits, providing counseling and legal assistance to...
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through its Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (CFDA 14.417) program, awarded a $1,300,000 Project Grant to the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) to conduct a national media campaign. The campaign aims to educate consumers and industry about discrimination in real estate-related transactions, particularly in mortgage lending and home appraisals, with a focus on people and communities of color. Key deliverables include producing new print, TV, and radio public service announcements (PSAs) in multiple languages, creating podcast episodes, implementing a digital and social media campaign, and placing out-of-home advertisements. NFHA has sub-awarded a portion of the grant to The Causeway Agency LLC to assist in the creation of the multimedia campaign components. The project period runs from September 2, 2024, to September 2, 2025.