Department of Housing and Urban Development – Fair Housing Organizations Grant

The Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) provides funding to fair housing organizations and other non-profits that assist individuals who believe that they have been victims of housing discrimination. Currently FHIP provides funds to eligible organizations through competitive grants under three initiatives to carry out enforcement activities to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices and inform individuals of their rights and responsibilities under the Fair Housing Act. The Initiatives are: the Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI), Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI) and the Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI).This Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI) NOFA makes available $500,000 under the Continued Development Component (CDC). The CDC component provides funds to non-profit fair housing organizations to build their capacity and effectiveness to conduct enforcement related activities. Eligible funding activities include but are not limited to:(1) adding an enforcement staff or conducting enforcement-related activities); and (2) expanding testing expertise and experience. This NOFA will receive applications for FHOI only. Please see the specific PEI and EOI NOFAs for the additional FHIP funding opportunities. The following is a general description of FHOI:a. Fair Housing Organization Initiative (FHOI) – (1) Continued Development General Component (CDGC) – $500,000HUD will award grants/cooperative agreements under each FHOI component based on eligibility:Applicants may apply for funding under each FHIP NOFA and under multiple Initiatives/Components as long as the applicant meets the specific eligibility requirements for each (see eligibility listing in Section III.A.1). A separate application must be submitted for each Initiative/Component applied.

Eligible activities are those that build the capacity of an organization to become a viable fair housing enforcement organization (QFHO or FHO) and/or expand the services of an existing QFHO or FHO. Examples of eligible activities may include but are not limited to: (1) adding an enforcement staff and enforcement-related activities (e.g., to an existing fair housing education organization); (2) expanding testing expertise and experience. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.

This Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI) NOFA makes available $500,000 under the Continued Development Component (CDC). The CDC component provides funds to non-profit fair housing organizations to build their capacity and effectiveness to conduct enforcement related activities. Eligible funding activities include but are not limited to:

(1) adding an enforcement staff or conducting enforcement-related activities); and (2) expanding testing expertise and experience. This NOFA will receive applications for FHOI only. Please see the specific PEI and EOI NOFAs for the additional FHIP funding opportunities.

The following is a general description of FHOI:

a. Fair Housing Organization Initiative (FHOI) –

(1) Continued Development General Component (CDGC) – $500,000

HUD will award grants/cooperative agreements under each FHOI component based on eligibility:Applicants may apply for funding under each FHIP NOFA and under multiple Initiatives/Components as long as the applicant meets the specific eligibility requirements for each (see eligibility listing in Section III.A.1). A separate application must be submitted for each Initiative/Component applied.