Fair housing initiatives program private enforcement initiative

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Opportunity number
OFH-2600-DC-021C
Agency
Applications due
Award size
$500,000 to $1,500,000

Opportunity facts

Assistance listings
Funding instrument
Grant
Category
  • Law, Justice and Legal Services
Eligible applicants
  • Other
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About this opportunity

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The Department of Housing and Urban Development is soliciting applications for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program Private Enforcement Initiative to fund private nonprofit organizations conducting fair housing testing, investigation, and enforcement activities, with applications due November 2, 2026. Eligible applicants must be private, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations functioning as either a Qualified Fair Housing Enforcement Organization (QFHO) with at least two years of fair housing enforcement experience, or a Fair Housing Enforcement Organization (FHO) with at least one year of such experience. All applicants must demonstrate completed activity in complaint intake, complaint investigation, testing for fair housing violations, and enforcement of meritorious claims. Co-applicants and consortia members are ineligible. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorships cannot compete.

Approximately $13.5 million in total funding is available across two components: PEI-General with a maximum award of $1 million over 24 months (approximately 12 expected awards), and PEI-State and Local Housing Discrimination Component with a maximum award of $1.5 million over 24 months (approximately 1 expected award). Grant funding may not exceed 50 percent of an applicant's annual operating budget. The 24-month performance period runs July 1, 2027, through June 30, 2029. Applicants must address all Fair Housing Act protected characteristics and demonstrate broad-based, full-service projects. Applicants must submit separate Statements of Work and budgets for each 12-month performance period and include $7,500 annually for HUD-approved training.

Merit review evaluates four rating factors: organizational capacity and experience, need and distress in the service area, soundness of approach, and results and evaluation capabilities. The Assistance Listing number is 14.418.

Synopsis

Congress amended the Fair Housing Act in 1988 to establish the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) to provide funding to entities to work alongside HUD to "prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices" 42 USC §3616a (a). Congress determined in 1987, and has affirmed each year since then through appropriations, that HUD can only achieve its fair housing mission and obligations through supporting a network of organizations helping to educate the public and enforce fair housing rights. Initially a demonstration program, Congress made FHIP permanent in 1992 through the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992. The program was expanded in 1992 to address building capacity in unserved areas, establish a national media campaign, and fund a National Fair Housing Month.FHIP provides funds to eligible organizations through competitive grants under four initiatives: the Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI), the Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI), the Administrative Enforcement Initiative (AEI), and the Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI).This NOFO funds the PEI to provide grants to a nationwide network of eligible private, non-profit fair housing enforcement organizations to conduct testing and investigate violations of and enforce the Fair Housing Act, and State or local laws with equivalent rights and remedies.

Eligibility

To receive an award under this NOFO your organization must be organized as a private, tax-exempt, nonprofit, charitable 501(c) (3) organization currently engaged in complaint intake, complaint investigation, testing for fair housing violations, and enforcement of meritorious claims; and either a: Qualified Fair Housing Enforcement Organization (QFHO) with at least two years of experience in all of the following fair housing enforcement related activities in the three years prior to filing the application hereunder: complaint intake, complaint investigation, testing for fair housing violations, and enforcement of meritorious claims experience; or a Fair Housing Enforcement Organization (FHO) with at least one year of experience in all of the following fair housing enforcement related activities: complaint intake, complaint investigation, testing for fair housing violations, and enforcement of meritorious claims experience. See 42 U.S.C. §3616a (b) and (h). You must complete Appendix B, Certification for PEI Applicants, to certify QFHO or FHO status. If your organization does not currently qualify as a QFHO or FHO (see 24 CFR §§ 125.103 and 125.401), you may be eligible to apply under the FHIP Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI), or Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI) NOFOs. Please see each NOFO for specific eligibility requirements. If an applicant applies for both a PEI and FHOI Continuing Development Component grant and receives an award for both, HUD will rescind funding for the FHOI award if the activities for both awards are exactly alike or substantially similar. Co-applicants or members of a consortium are not eligible applicants under this NOFO. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.

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Foa_Content_of_OFH-2600-DC-021C.pdf PDF
Foa_Content_of_FR-6900-N-21-C.pdf PDF
PKG00293563.zip ZIP file

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