To assist private non-profit fair housing enforcement organizations in the investigation and enforcement of violations of the rights granted under title VIII of the civil rights act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.…

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity awarded $425,000 to Southern California Housing Rights Center on May 1, 2026, under the Private Enforcement Initiatives program (CFDA 14.418) to conduct fair housing enforcement, investigation, and testing activities through April 30, 2027.

The recipient, operating as Housing Rights Center, investigates and enforces violations of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 across sales, rentals, financing, and other housing-related transactions in Los Angeles, California. The organization executes fair housing testing to identify discriminatory practices, conducts complaint intake and investigation, and delivers mediation and conciliation services addressing housing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, and national origin. The intended beneficiaries include persons aggrieved by discriminatory housing practices and persons or groups, including landlords and real estate agents, who benefit from prevention of such practices.

The assistance type is a Project Grant with a performance period of twelve months. Housing Rights Center is a tax-exempt nonprofit civil rights organization that operates exclusively as a prime recipient with limited sub-recipient activity, serving solely the HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity across a fourteen-award footprint spanning eighteen years, with combined obligated dollars totaling $6.6 million across all awards in the source data. The current award represents a recompete opportunity completing April 30, 2027.

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Intended beneficiaries

Any person or group of persons aggrieved by discriminatory housing practices because of race, color, religion, SEX disability familial status or national origin. Persons or groups of persons, including landlords or real estate agents, to prevent discriminatory housing practices based on race, color, religion, SEX, disability, familial status or national origin. Award description source - assistance listing from SAM.GOV

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