Fair housing organization initiatives

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity awarded $125,000 to Sonora Environmental Research Institute, Inc. on February 15, 2026, under the Fair Housing Organization Initiatives program (CFDA 14.417).

Sonora Environmental Research Institute, Inc., a woman-owned nonprofit based in Tucson, Arizona, received the award for fair housing enforcement activities. The recipient operates as a prime grant recipient focused on environmental research, community health, and fair housing enforcement in underserved Southwestern communities, with a twenty-nine-year track record of community engagement in the Tucson metropolitan area.

The award runs through February 14, 2027, with performance at the recipient's location in Tucson, Arizona. The Fair Housing Organization Initiatives program supports organizations that develop, implement, or coordinate programs and activities to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices as prohibited by Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, serving regional, local, and national community-based entities and nonprofit fair housing enforcement organizations.