The Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (CFDA 14.417) program to the Housing Research & Advocacy Center, doing business as the Fair Housing Center For Rights & Research, a non-profit organization based in Cleveland, Ohio.
The grant funding will support the organization's efforts to affirmatively further fair housing by promoting racial desegregation, equity, and justice in housing. Key activities include: referring 12 housing discrimination complaints to HUD or Fair Housing Assistance Program agencies; conducting a fair housing advertising campaign reaching 100,000 radio listeners and 350,000 billboard viewers; creating and circulating 8 fair housing print ads and 8 digital ads addressing issues like source of income discrimination, environmental justice, and discriminatory effects of credit/criminal background/eviction-based denials (reaching 200,000 and 8,000 views respectively); and partnering with local organizations to hold 2 or more training events reaching at least 100 people on topics such as special purpose credit programs. The grant period runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025.