The center is requesting funding to promote racial desegregation… (FEOI230057) – Project Grant to Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc.

The center is requesting funding to promote racial desegregation, equity, and justice in housing, and to address barriers to housing choice that exist for people protected under the fair housing act

Ended Project Grant Awarded Jun 27, 2024

Award facts

Assistance listing

14.417 Fair Housing Organization Initiatives

Completion date

Jan 30, 2026

Place of performance

Hartford, CT 06106, USA

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Description

As the agency reported it.

Activities: Activities to be performed - the center will undertake 27 activities, as outlined in appendix a, to promote racial desegregation, equity, and justice in housing, and to address barriers to housing choice that exist for people protected under the fair housing act. Activities will include: 1. Strategic goal 1: support underserved communities • develop and distribute outreach materials informing tenants in underserved communities, including the north hartford promise zone, of conditions standards and remedies for addressing substandard conditions in subsidized housing in english and spanish. • develop training materials and host workshops for tenants in underserved communities, including the north hartford promise zone, addressing unsafe housing conditions and housing discrimination. • conduct outreach and speaking engagements informing tenants of their fair housing rights. 2. Strategic goal 1A: advance housing justice • provide support to tenants organizing with their neighbors to improve their housing conditions or address discrimination in underserved communities, including the north hartford promise zone. • maintain and ensure accessibility of the center's searchable database to identify property owners with poor conditions and link property owners using llcs. • assist households with children in underserved communities by informing them of their right to safe, lead-free housing. • refer any households experiencing asthma related environmental harms in underserved communities to connecticut children's medical center's (CCMC) healthy home initiative. • develop and distribute outreach materials about tenant fair housing rights and right to safe, sanitary housing and other legal protections for health providers in english and spanish. 3. Strategic goal 1B: reduce homelessness • develop training materials and host workshops/speaking engagements informing tenants of their right to make conditions complaints to code enforcement in their towns/cities to preserve access to safe and healthy housing and prevent displacement and avoid homelessness.
Expected outcomes: Expected outcomes: 1. Strategic goal 1: support underserved communities • develop and distribute at least 250 pieces of outreach material in english and spanish informing tenants in underserved communities, including the north hartford promise zone, of conditions standards and remedies for addressing substandard conditions in subsidized housing. • education is provided to at least 75 households in underserved communities, including the north hartford promise zone, addressing unsafe housing conditions and housing discrimination. • inform at least 75 households of their fair housing rights through outreach and speaking engagements. 2. Strategic goal 1A: advance housing justice • support at least 75 households organizing with their neighbors to improve their housing conditions or address discrimination in underserved communities, including the north hartford promise zone. • at least 75 households access the center's searchable database to identify property owners with poor conditions and link property owners using llcs stay up to date. • provide information to at least 15 households with children in underserved communities, including the north hartford promise zone, with information about their right to safe lead-free housing. • households experiencing asthma related environmental harms in underserved communities, including the north hartford promise zone, are referred to connecticut children's medical center's (CCMC) healthy home initiative. • develop and distribute at least 100 pieces of outreach material in english and spanish to health providers addressing tenant fair housing rights and right to safe, sanitary housing and other legal protections. 3. Strategic goal 1B: reduce homelessness • inform at least 75 households of their right to make conditions complaints to code enforcement in their towns/cities to preserve access to safe and healthy housing and prevent displacement and avoid homelessness. D.
Intended beneficiaries: Intended beneficiaries of this project include but are not limited to protected classes under federal and connecticut fair housing law.

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Who received award FEOI230057?

FEOI230057 was awarded to Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc. by Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (Department of Housing and Urban Development) on June 27, 2024.

How much is award FEOI230057 worth?

$100,000 has been obligated on FEOI230057.

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