The Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) ARP Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI) NOFO invites applications from eligible EOI organizations seeking support for fair housing activities that are connected to or adversely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic
Donor Name: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/11/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (hereinafter referred to as ARP) recognizes that fair housing enforcement and education and outreach services are essential components of protecting persons from housing discrimination in the United States.
This NOFO will provide funding to such eligible organizations to address fair housing education and outreach activities, and the costs of delivering or adapting these services relating to the coronavirus pandemic. In keeping with Congress’s intent in enacting the ARP, applicants may propose new fair housing education and outreach projects relating to discrimination arising in connection with the pandemic or focus on sustaining core fair housing education activities.
Through this funding opportunity, HUD will award grants to eligible organizations to help them continue to advance their mission during the interruption of their operation and recovery efforts resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. As of February 2023, approximately $16.014 million in ARP FHIP funding has been awarded, ensuring that much needed relief was received by victims of housing discrimination within months of enactment of the ARP; the current ARP NOFO provides additional funding for eligible organizations to continue fair housing activities connected to or adversely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Department encourages projects that reflect on the organization’s quest for a more just, inclusive, and sustainable society. The Department especially welcomes education and outreach activities which help ensure that victims of housing discrimination who have been hit the hardest relating to the coronavirus pandemic are provided with the resources and support they need to emerge from the pandemic stronger.
Through this ARP NOFO HUD aims to assist communities and regions impacted by the coronavirus pandemic by supporting fair housing enforcement and education and outreach services that are an essential component of protecting persons from housing discrimination, especially among underserved communities. The pandemic has caused, and continues to cause, fair housing inequities in U.S. communities and regions in devastating and unprecedented ways.
Goals and Objectives
- Strategic Goal 1: Support Underserved Communities Fortify support for underserved communities and support equitable community development for all people.
- 1A: Advance Housing Justice Fortify support for vulnerable populations, underserved communities, and Fair Housing enforcement.
- 1B: Reduce Homelessness Strengthen Federal, State, Tribal, and community implementation of the Housing First approach to reducing the prevalence of homelessness, with the ultimate goal of ending homelessness.
- 1C: Invest in the Success of Communities Promote equitable community development that generates wealth-building for underserved communities, particularly for communities of color.
- 4C: Integrate Health and Housing Advance policies that recognize housing’s role as essential to health.
Eligible Activities
Create a multi-faceted media campaign to address the fair housing effects of COVID-19 in relation to areas where underserved populations reside: including underserved communities: populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic communities, that have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, and civic life, including Black, Latino, Indigenous, Native American, Asian, Pacific Islander, and other, persons of color; members of religious groups; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons; persons with disabilities; persons who live in rural areas; and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality; as well as persons with limited English proficiency and other groups of federally protected class members experiencing housing discrimination; and populations impacted by discriminatory evictions that have been hit the hardest during or relating to the coronavirus pandemic; and provide the resources and support required. The objective is to create and disseminate fair housing education and outreach information in COVID-19 affected areas and areas with pandemic related high eviction activity, and to inform the public of their rights pertaining to housing including how to file a housing discrimination complaint. See Section I. A. for other examples of eligible activities.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,385,353
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- Award Floor: $25,000
Period of Performance
- Estimated Project Start Date: 07/25/2023
- Estimated Project End Date: 07/24/2024
Eligible Applicants
Eligible applicants under this NOFO include Qualified Fair Housing Enforcement Organizations (QFHOs) and Fair Housing Enforcement Organizations (FHOs), public or private not-for-profit organizations or institutions, and other public or private entities that are formulating or carrying out programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices; agencies of State or local governments; and agencies that participate in the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP). All applicants are required to complete, ARP EOI Eligibility Certification and submit it as a part of their application. Organizations that received ARP FHIP grants through prior funding opportunities may apply under this current NOFO.HUD will not evaluate applications from ineligible applicants. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
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