Nwfha will provide fair housing (FH)… (FPEI230125) – Project Grant to Northwest Fair Housing Alliance

Activities: Nwfha will conduct 2,700 intake interviews to screen and evaluate for FH issues and HUD jurisdiction; counsel 300 individuals with FH housing allegations; assist with 300 mediations; request 90 reasonable accommodations and modifications (RAS/RMS); refer all jurisdictional complaints to HUD; continue advocacy for pending complaints referred to HUD under concluded fhip grants; review and refine testing methodology and tester training materials for testing; recruit, train, and retrain potential and experienced testers; conduct 180 audit and complaint-based tests based on any protected class, 15 design and construction tests, and 6 systemic housing investigations; provide an informative website; create, translate (spanish, ukrainian, & marshallese), print, & distribute a fact sheet about nwfha's advocacy services; draft & publish print psas about FH in publications serving indigenous, immigrant, latinx/hispanic, and bipoc people & communities; conduct 12 FH trainings for housing industry and local govt. Staff; participate in 12 outreach activities to distribute FH information to protected classes and orgs. Serving protected classes; and participate in annual exec. DIR. FH summits and enforcement summits for fhip qfho's in region 10.
Expected outcomes: Expected outcomes: 2700 people will receive info. Or referrals. 300 of these will receive counseling for FH allegations, including assistance with 90 RA/RM requests, and 300 mediations (to assist with communications and obtaining RA verifications). Sixty-seven (75%) of RA/RM requests will be granted. All jurisdictional complaints will be referred to HUD for enforcement. 9 new testers will be recruited and trained, and 15 experienced testers retrained. 18 tests for housing discrimination (10%) will show discrimination. Three design and construction site audits will reveal FHA violations, and 3 complaints will be referred to HUD. Six systemic housing investigations will identify pervasive or institutional policies or practices that are barriers to housing opportunities for protected classes. The website nwfairhouse.ORG will be updated with 15 content items and have 36,000 unique pageviews. A fact sheet about nwfha's advocacy services will be developed, translated to spanish, ukrainian, & marshallese, printed, and distributed (4,000 printed & 4000 emails). Four print psas about FH will be developed and published in pubs. Serving indigenous, immigrant, latinx/hispanic, and bipoc people and communities. 360 housing industry & local govt. Staff and 120 protected class members will receive FH training and 90% of post training evaluations will show increased FH knowledge.
Intended beneficiaries: Intended beneficiaries: all protected classes, with focus on populations with identified FH needs in our region most impacted by housing discrimination or underserved in our region, including rural tribal communities, latinx/hispanic towns with high LEP populations, immigrant/refugee communities, historical bipoc neighborhoods, and people with disabilities.

Action	Obligated	Date
Amendment	$425,000	Aug 26, 2026
Amendment Private enforcement initiatives	$425,000	Apr 7, 2025
Original award	$425,000	Jun 13, 2024

Nwfha will provide fair housing (FH) enforcement, education, and outreach activities to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices and to inform individuals of their rights and…

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