This project will affirmatively further fair housing and reduce discrimination against protected classes in the greater philadelphia and lehigh valley regions, pennsylvania by developing and…

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Award ID
FEOI230047
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$125,000

Award facts

Assistance listing
14.417 Fair Housing Organization Initiatives
Completion date
Place of performance
Media, PA 19063, USA

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Description

Activities
Activities to be performed: hecp will: 1. Conduct 8 training workshops, webinars, or outreach events for consumers on rights of renters in pennsylvania, including federal, state, and local fair housing protections and remedies available to individuals who have experienced discrimination. 2. Conduct 10 outreach meetings for case worker staff of agencies serving the protected classes, health care providers, local government staff, and/or constituent services staff of elected officials on rights of renters in pennsylvania, including federal, state, and local fair housing protections and remedies available to their clients or constituents who have experienced discrimination. 3. Develop and distribute print materials: 3,500 fact sheets on race and religion discrimination for consumers in english, spanish, simplified chinese, and arabic. 4. Develop and disseminate a fair housing advertising campaign, educating consumers on how to recognize discrimination in various housing-related transactions, and directing them to hecp for enforcement services. 5. Develop and publish a series of 12 articles on fair housing rights in a variety of housing transactions. Articles will give consumers detailed and specific information on how housing discrimination manifests in various housing and housing-related financial transactions, how to recognize discrimination in a variety of scenarios, and how to recognize and report discrimination when they encounter IT. 6. Update and maintain interactive online versions of hecp's "know your rights as a renter in PA" manual on rights of renters in pennsylvania, including federal, state, and local fair housing protections, remedies available to individuals who have experienced discrimination, how to recognize and report discrimination, and how to request assistance with reasonable accommodation/modification requests and "know your responsibilities as a landlord or property manager in PA" comprehensive compliance manual for landlords and property managers on obligations under the fair housing act including HUD guidance, and best practices to ensure equal housing opportunities for members of protected classes
Expected outcomes
The expected outcomes of these activities include: increased audience specific knowledge among consumers of their fair housing rights and how to recognize and report discrimination; access to fair housing information for consumers with limited english proficiency; increased knowledge of case worker staff of agencies page 100 of 143 fair housing council of suburban philadelphia DBA housing equality center of pennsylvania FY 2023 fhip-EOI-G proposal project abstract - page 3 serving the protected classes, health care providers, local government staff, constituent services staff of elected officials and/or other partners on fair housing rights in pennsylvania, including federal, state, and local fair housing protections and remedies available to their clients or constituents who have experienced discrimination; and increased knowledge among rental housing providers of their fair housing compliance obligations
Intended beneficiaries
Intended beneficiaries: hecp will serve members of all protected classes under the fair housing act with no income restrictions

Quick answers

Who received award FEOI230047?

FEOI230047 was awarded to Fair Housing Council Of Suburban Philadelphia, Inc. by Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (Department of Housing and Urban Development) on September 1, 2024.

How much is award FEOI230047 worth?

$125,000 has been obligated on FEOI230047.

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