This HUD grant, the Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI), provides funding to qualified fair housing organizations (QFHOs, FHOs) and nonprofit groups. Its primary aim is to build capacity in fair housing and fair lending enforcement, enabling the establishment of new enforcement organizations and the conduct of activities in underserved, rural, or new immigrant areas, particularly for non-English speakers. The initiative has three components: assisting in establishing new fair housing enforcement organizations, aiding organizations providing assistance to victims of lending discrimination to build their enforcement capacity, and supporting continued development for organizations in areas with high mortgage scam activity, including setting up satellite offices to expand operations.
Opportunity ID: 144594
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FR-5600-N-08B |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Fair Housing Initiatives Program – Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI) |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Community Development Education Housing |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 14.417 — Fair Housing Organization Initiatives |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Feb 16, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 16, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 16, 2012 |
| Archive Date: | Mar 22, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $5,250,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | FHOI eligible applicants are QFHOs and FHOs and other private nonprofit fair housing enforcement organizations and nonprofit groups organizing or building their capacity to provide fair housing enforcement for the purpose of supporting the continued development or implementation of initiatives which enforce the rights granted under Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| Description: | This Initiative provides funding to QFHOs, FHOs, and nonprofit groups organizing to build their capacity in fair housing enforcement, establish new fair housing enforcement organizations and/or provide fair lending enforcement. Under this component, these enforcement organizations will conduct fair housing enforcement activities in underserved areas as defined in Program Definitions of this NOFA, rural areas and/or areas with new immigrants (especially racial and ethnic minorities who are not English speaking or have limited English proficiency. There are three components under this FHOI Initiative: the (1) Establishing New Organizations Component, the (2) Continued Development General Component and the (3) Continued Development Mortgage Rescue Scams Component. 1) Establishing New Organizations Component (ENOC): Under this component HUD provides assistance to a FHIP qualified sponsoring organization that will establish a sponsored organization or to an organization to become a viable fair housing enforcement organization that will conduct fair housing activities in underserved areas (as defined in Section I.B. Program Definitions of this NOFA) ; rural areas and/or areas with new immigrants (especially racial and ethnic minorities who are not English-speaking or have limited English proficiency). If you are sponsoring an organization, the sponsoring organization must submit the application and must certify that the sponsored organization has the ability to become a FHO. The period of performance for the award of funds to assist in establishment of an organization is 12-18 months. Total funding is awarded to the sponsoring organization who will then distribute funding to the sponsored organization, based upon HUDs performance criteria. If performance for the sponsored organization falls below Fair, the sponsoring organization will immediately notify the HUD GTR of the performance shortfalls and suspend all funding payments to the sponsored organization. The HUD GTR will then conduct a monitoring review of both the sponsored and sponsoring organizations to determine if payment should be reinstated or terminated. (2) Lending Discrimination Component (LDC) : This component will assist organizations that provide assistance to victims of fraud and lending abuse (for example, through counseling, loan workouts, etc.) to build their capacity to provide fair lending assistance and bring Fair Housing Act enforcement actions. (3) Continued Development General Component: This component will assist QFHOs, FHOs, other private nonprofit fair housing enforcement organizations and nonprofit groups in building their fair housing capacity in areas with high concentrations of mortgage scam activities. This component will also assist organizations in setting up fair housing satellite offices in other jurisdictions to enlarge their operations. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Application and Instructions download using CFDA Number ONLY. |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
You may contact Myron P. Newry or Paula Stone of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity’s FHIP Division, at 202-402-7095 or 202-402-7054, respectively (these are not toll-free numbers). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may contact the Division by calling (800) 290-1617 (this is a toll-free number).
Email:@hud.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 144594 Full Announcement-1 -> fy2012 fhip nofa final.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | You may contact Myron P. Newry or Paula Stone of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity’s FHIP Division, at 202-402-7095 or 202-402-7054, respectively (these are not toll-free numbers). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may contact the Division by calling (800) 290-1617 (this is a toll-free number). Email: @hud.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.417 | FHOI-8B | FHIP Fair Housing Organizations Initiative | PKG00098031 | Feb 16, 2012 | Mar 16, 2012 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
144594 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
144594 HUD_FaxTransmittal-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
144594 HUD_DisclosureUpdateReport-1.1.pdf
144594 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
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