HUD's
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity is not alone in its fight to ensure
that everyone, regardless of their race, national origin, religion, sex, familial
status, or disability, has access to the housing of their choice. There are a
number of public and private not-for-profit agencies dedicated to creating racially
and economically integrated communities, including groups participating in HUD's
Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and HUD's Fair Housing Assistance Program
(FHAP). Fair
Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP)The
Fair Housing Initiatives Program provides funding to public and private organizations
that develop programs that are designed to prevent or eliminate discriminatory
housing practices. Fair
Housing Assistance Program (FHAP)
The Fair Housing Assistance
Program strengthens nationwide fair housing efforts by helping individual
State and local governments administer laws of their own that are consistent with
the Federal Fair Housing Act. |