The Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) funds non-profits and other fair housing organizations and currently provides funds to eligible organizations through competitive grants under several initiatives to carry out education and outreach and enforcement activities to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices and to inform individuals of their rights and responsibilities under the Fair Housing Act (FHA).
Donor Name: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/19/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI)-Continued Development Component (CDC)provides funds to eligible non-profit fair housing organizations to build their capacity and effectiveness to conduct enforcement related activities such as but not limited to: investigating housing discrimination allegations based on sexual orientation and gender identity, source of income or religion, or expanding testing experience in mortgage lending and appraisal contexts.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $3,700,000
- Maximum Funding for CDC for the 12-18 month grant period of performance is $260,000. Minimum amount is $100,000.
- Maximum Funding for ENOC for the 36-month grant period of performance is $1,880,000. Minimum amount is $250,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants under the Continued Development Component (CDC) are Qualified Fair Housing Enforcement Organizations (QFHOs), Fair Housing Enforcement Organizations (FHOs), and other private nonprofit organizations seeking to build their capacity to conduct fair housing enforcement activities.
- Eligible applicants for the Establishing New Organizations Component (ENOC) are QFHOs that are sponsoring the creation of a new organization to conduct fair housing enforcement activities in areas of the country which are currently unserved or underserved. As a threshold requirement for FHOI-ENOC, the ENOC-sponsored organization is not eligible for additional funding under PEI until it becomes a QFHO or FHO. However, the ENOC sponsored organization is eligible to apply for additional EOI funding.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
