| HUD No. 20-045 HUD Public Affairs (202) 708-0685 |
FOR RELEASE Wednesday March 25, 2020 |
HUD AWARDS $40 MILLION TO FIGHT HOUSING DISCRIMINATION
Grants to support and promote fair housing nationwide
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded $40 million to fair housing organizations across the nation working to confront violations of the nation's landmark Fair Housing Act and help end housing discrimination. (see grant chart below). Read a complete summary of the grants being awarded today.
The grants are being awarded through the Department's Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) to help people who believe they have been victims of housing discrimination and to educate the public and housing providers on the nation's fair housing laws.
More than $1 million of the funding announced today is being awarded to grantees located in Opportunity Zones. Created under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Opportunity Zones aim to stimulate long-term investments in low-income communities.
"HUD is committed to supporting efforts to rid discrimination from our society," said HUD Secretary Ben Carson." The grants we are awarding today will enable our fair housing partner organizations to combat unlawful policies and behavior and foster practices that ensure everyone has access to safe, affordable housing, free from discrimination."
HUD's FHIP grants support a wide range of fair housing enforcement, and education and outreach activities. The grants will allow the groups to provide fair housing enforcement through testing in the rental and sales markets, file fair housing complaints with HUD, and conduct investigations. Additionally, the education and outreach activities these organizations will conduct will help to educate the public, housing providers, and local governments about their rights and responsibilities under the Fair Housing Act.
The FHIP grants issued today are provided under HUD's Education and Outreach (EOI), Fair Housing Organization (FHOI) and Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI) grant categories.
- Private Enforcement Initiative grants - These awards help nonprofit fair housing enforcement organizations carry out investigations and other enforcement activities to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices.
- Education and Outreach Initiative grants - HUD awards these grants to groups that educate the public and housing providers about their rights and responsibilities under federal law or state and local fair housing laws that are substantially equivalent to the Fair Housing Act.
- Fair Housing Organizations Initiative grants - HUD awards these grants to help build the capacity and effectiveness of non-profit fair housing organizations to continue and enhance enforcement of the Fair Housing Act.
The grants help Qualified Fair Housing Enforcement Organizations, Fair Housing Enforcement Organizations, public and private non-profit organizations or institutions, and other public or private entities whose enforcement and education and outreach activities help to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices.
HUD is also awarding $1.5 million in Partnership Funds to HUD Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) agencies. FHAP organizations are state and local government agencies that enforce local fair housing laws that are substantially equivalent to the Fair Housing Act.
Persons who believe they have experienced discrimination may file a complaint by contacting HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at (800) 669-9777 (voice) or (800) 927-9275 (TTY).
Fair Housing Initiatives 2019 Grant Awards
| State | Recipient | Amount |
| AK | Alaska Legal Services Corporation* | $300,000 |
| Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc. | $125,000 | |
| AL | Central Alabama Fair Housing Center | $300,000 |
| Central Alabama Fair Housing Center* | $125,000 | |
| Fair Housing Center of Northern Alabama | $300,000 | |
| Mobile Fair Housing Center | $300,000 | |
| Mobile Fair Housing Center, Inc. | $124,150 | |
| AR | Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc. | $281,396 |
| AZ | Southwest Fair Housing Council | $300,000 |
| Southwest Fair Housing Council | $125,000 | |
| CA | Bay Area Legal Aid* | $300,000 |
| California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. | $300,000 | |
| California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. | $125,000 | |
| CSA San Diego County | $300,000 | |
| CSA San Diego County | $101,586 | |
| Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California* | $125,000 | |
| Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California* | $300,000 | |
| Fair Housing Council of Central California | $300,000 | |
| Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. | $300,000 | |
| Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. | $125,000 | |
| Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc. (GBLA) | $300,000 | |
| Greater Napa Valley Fair Housing Center | $300,000 | |
| Inland Mediation Board* | $300,000 | |
| Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc. | $203,500 | |
| Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc. | $125,000 | |
| Orange County Fair Housing Council, Inc. | $300,000 | |
| Orange County Fair Housing Council, Inc.* | $125,000 | |
| Project Sentinel Inc | $300,000 | |
| Southern California Housing Rights Center | $300,000 | |
| CO | Denver Metro Fair Housing Center | $297,651 |
| CT | Connecticut Fair Housing Center | $300,000 |
| Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc | $125,000 | |
| Open Communities Alliance* | $125,000 | |
| Open Communities Alliance* | $250,000 | |
| DC | Equal Rights Center | $300,000 |
| Equal Rights Center | $125,000 | |
| National Community Reinvestment Coalition | $300,000 | |
| National Fair Housing Alliance | $300,000 | |
| National Fair Housing Alliance | $250,000 | |
| DE | Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. | $300,000 |
| FL | Bay Area Legal Services, Inc. | $300,000 |
| Center for Community and Economic Development | $125,000 | |
| Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc. | $300,000 | |
| Fair Housing Center of the Greater Palm Beaches, Inc. | $300,000 | |
| Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence (HOPE) , Inc.* | $125,000 | |
| Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, Inc. | $300,000 | |
| Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc. | $299,980 | |
| Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc. | $125,000 | |
| Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. | $300,000 | |
| Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. | $125,000 | |
| GA | Metro Fair Housing Services, Inc. | $300,000 |
| Veterans Center, Inc. | $125,000 | |
| HI | Legal Aid Society of Hawaii | $300,000 |
| ID | Idaho Housing & Finance Association* | $123,750 |
| Idaho Legal Aid Services* | $114,944 | |
| Intermountain Fair Housing Council, Inc | $299,917 | |
| IL | Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago* | $300,000 |
| Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law* | $279,831 | |
| H.O.P.E. Inc d/b/a HOPE Fair Housing Center | $300,000 | |
| H.O.P.E. Inc d/b/a HOPE Fair Housing Center* | $125,000 | |
| HCP of Illinois, Inc.* | $125,000 | |
| John Marshall Law School | $299,660 | |
| Legal Aid Chicago | $300,000 | |
| Open Communities | $295,510 | |
| Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. | $300,000 | |
| Rogers Park Community Council dba Northside Community Res. | $300,000 | |
| South Suburban Housing Center | $300,000 | |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $122,182 | |
| IN | Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Inc. | $300,000 |
| Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Inc. | $125,000 | |
| KY | Lexington Fair Housing Council, Inc. | $300,000 |
| LA | Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center, Inc. | $125,000 |
| MA | Community Legal Aid, Inc. | $300,000 |
| Massachusetts Fair Housing Center, Inc.* | $300,000 | |
| SouthCoast Fair Housing, Inc.* | $300,000 | |
| SouthCoast Fair Housing, Inc.* | $125,000 | |
| Suffolk University | $299,989 | |
| Suffolk University* | $125,000 | |
| Way Finders, Inc.* | $122,760 | |
| MD | Baltimore City Office of Equity and Civil Rights | $125,000 |
| ME | Pine Tree Legal Assistance Inc. | $300,000 |
| MI | Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit | $300,000 |
| Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan | $300,000 | |
| Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan* | $300,000 | |
| Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan | $123,605 | |
| Fair Housing Center of West Michigan | $300,000 | |
| Fair Housing Center of West Michigan* | $125,000 | |
| Legal Services of Eastern Michigan | $300,000 | |
| Legal Services of Eastern Michigan* | $125,000 | |
| MN | Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance | $300,000 |
| MO | Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council* | $125,000 |
| Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council | $300,000 | |
| MS | Housing Education and Economic Development, Inc. | $125,000 |
| Housing Education and Economic Development, Inc. | $300,000 | |
| Mississippi Center for Justice | $300,000 | |
| Mississippi Center for Justice | $125,000 | |
| MT | Montana Fair Housing, Inc. | $300,000 |
| NC | Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc. | $300,000 |
| Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc. | $125,000 | |
| Telamon Corporation | $125,000 | |
| ND | High Plains Fair Housing Center | 205,000 |
| High Plains Fair Housing Center | $125,000 | |
| NE | City of Lincoln Nebraska* | $125,000 |
| Family Housing Advisory Services, Incorporated | 300,000 | |
| NH | New Hampshire Legal Assistance | 300,000 |
| NJ | Citizen Action of New Jersey | $125,000 |
| Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey | $300,000 | |
| Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey* | $125,000 | |
| New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund, Inc.* | $300,000 | |
| NV | Silver State Fair Housing Council | 300,000 |
| Silver State Fair Housing Council* | $124,502 | |
| NY | Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A | $125,000 |
| Brooklyn Legal Services, Inc.* | $300,000 | |
| Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc.* | $125,000 | |
| CNY Fair Housing, Inc.* | $125,000 | |
| CNY Fair Housing, Inc., | 300,000 | |
| Fair Housing Justice Center, Inc. | 300,000 | |
| Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc. | 300,000 | |
| Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc.* | $125,000 | |
| Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc.* | $110,500 | |
| Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc.* | $300,000 | |
| Long Island Housing Services, Inc.* | $300,000 | |
| Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc. | 300,000 | |
| Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc.* | $125,000 | |
| OH | Fair Housing Contact Service, Inc. | 300,000 |
| Fair Housing Contact Service, Inc.* | $125,000 | |
| Fair Housing Opportunities of Northwest Ohio, Inc.* | $125,000 | |
| Fair Housing Opportunities, Inc. dba Fair Housing Center | $300,000 | |
| Fair Housing Resource Center, Inc. | $300,000 | |
| Fair Housing Resource Center, Inc.* | $125,000 | |
| Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Greater Cincinnati* | $125,000 | |
| Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Greater Cincinnati* | $300,000 | |
| Housing Research & Advocacy Center* | $125,000 | |
| Housing Research & Advocacy Center* | $300,000 | |
| Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, Inc. | $300,000 | |
| Ohio State Legal Services Association* | $300,000 | |
| OK | Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc.* | $300,000 |
| Metropolitan Fair Housing Council of Oklahoma, Inc | $300,000 | |
| Metropolitan Fair Housing Council of Oklahoma, Inc. | $125,000 | |
| OR | Fair Housing Council of Oregon* | $125,000 |
| Fair Housing Council of Oregon* | $300,000 | |
| PA | Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia, Inc. | $300,000 |
| Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia, Inc.* | $125,000 | |
| Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh | $300,000 | |
| Fair Housing Rights Center in Southeastern Pennsylvania | $300,000 | |
| Lancaster Housing Opportunity Partnership | $124,383 | |
| Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc. | $300,000 | |
| Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc.* | $125,000 | |
| PR | Solo Por Hoy, Inc.* | $125,000 |
| SC | Greenville County Human Relations Commission | $120,753 |
| TN | Tennessee Fair Housing Council | $300,000 |
| West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc. | $300,000 | |
| West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc. | $125,000 | |
| TX | Austin Tenants Council | $300,000 |
| Greater Houston Fair Housing Center, Inc.* | $300,000 | |
| North Texas Fair Housing Center | $300,000 | |
| San Antonio Fair Housing Council, Inc. | $300,000 | |
| Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs | $124,866.79 | |
| UT | Disability Law Center | $299,580 |
| VA | Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc. | $300,000 |
| Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc. | $125,000 | |
| VT | Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Inc. | $125,000 |
| Vermont Legal Aid, Inc. | $300,000 | |
| Vermont Legal Aid, Inc.* | $125,000 | |
| WA | Fair Housing Center of Washington | $300,000 |
| Fair Housing Center of Washington* | $125,000 | |
| Northwest Fair Housing Alliance | $300,000 | |
| Northwest Fair Housing Alliance* | $125,000 | |
| WI | Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council* | 300,000 |
| Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council* | $125,000 | |
| TOTAL | $38,700,000 |
*Located in Opportunity Zone.