The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is offering the Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI) grant to empower fair housing efforts. This grant is for Qualified Fair Housing Organizations, existing FHOs, and nonprofit groups to build capacity and establish new fair housing enforcement organizations, particularly in underserved areas. It aims to foster new organizations conducting fair housing activities in rural and immigrant communities. Funding also supports groups combating mortgage rescue scams and lending abuse by providing assistance to victims and building fair lending capacity. Additionally, it aids in the general continued development of fair housing enforcement organizations, strengthening their ability to uphold rights under the Civil Rights Act of 1968.
Opportunity ID: 48728
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FR-5300-N-10B |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Fair Housing Initiatives Programs (FHIP) – Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI) |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | null |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Housing |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 14.417 — Fair Housing Organizaiton Initiatives |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 23, 2009 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 18, 2009 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 18, 2009 |
| Archive Date: | Sep 19, 2009 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $21,100,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | QFHOs, FHOs, 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: | Fair Housing Organization Initiative (FHOI): This Initiative provides funding to QFHOs, FHOs, and nonprofit groups organizing to build their capacity, establish new fair housing enforcement organizations and/or provide fair lending enforcement in underserved areas. There are three components under this Initiative, the Establishing New Organizations Component, the Continued Development General Component and the 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 that will conduct fair housing activities in underserved areas, 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. (2) Continued Development Mortgage Rescue Scams Component (ECD-MS) This component will assist 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 , by providing 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 other fair housing enforcement. (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. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Application Download using CFDA number. |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
You may contact Myron P. Newry or Denise L. Brooks, of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity’s FHIP Support Division, at 202-402-7095 or 202-402-7050, respectively (these are not toll-free numbers). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may contact the Division by calling 1-800-290-1617 (this is a toll-free number).
Email:Myron.P.Newry@hud.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 48728 Full Announcement-1 -> 10 fhip final nofa.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | You may contact Myron P. Newry or Denise L. Brooks, of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity’s FHIP Support Division, at 202-402-7095 or 202-402-7050, respectively (these are not toll-free numbers). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may contact the Division by calling 1-800-290-1617 (this is a toll-free number). Email: Myron.P.Newry@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-10 | FHIP-FAIR HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS INITIATIVE | PKG00013310 | Jul 23, 2009 | Sep 18, 2009 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
48728 SF424-2.0.pdf
48728 HUD_FaxTransmittal-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
48728 HUD_DisclosureUpdateReport-1.1.pdf
48728 HUD_DetailedBudget-1.1.pdf
48728 HUD_CommunityInitiative-1.1.pdf
48728 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
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