HUD AWARDS NEARLY $2.6 MILLION TO EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS TO FIGHT HOUSING DISCRIMINATION IN ILLINOIS
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is awarding nearly $2.6 million under HUD’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) to eight organizations in Illinois to fight housing discrimination. See chart below for a listing of grant recipients and read summaries here of the activities these organizations will conduct with the grants.
The funding provided through the competitive grants will help to support a range of fair housing enforcement efforts, including fair housing testing, as well as activities that help educate the public, housing providers and local governments about their rights and responsibilities under the Fair Housing Act.
“Combating housing discrimination requires the aggressive enforcement of the nation’s fair housing laws, but HUD can’t do it alone,” said HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Gustavo Velasquez. “The funding we are announcing today will enable organizations committed to justice and equality to support our efforts to ensure that everyone has equal access to available housing opportunities.”
“Leveling the playing field and ending housing discrimination are at the core of our mission at HUD,” said HUD Midwest Regional Administrator Antonio R. Riley. “This local funding will help support community-based organizations that are on the front lines in the fight for equity in our nation’s housing market.”
The categories of grant awards are:
- Private Enforcement Initiative grants (PEI) – These awards help non-profit fair housing enforcement organizations carry out investigations and other enforcement activities to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices.
- Education and Outreach Initiative grants (EOI) – HUD awards these grants to groups that educate the public and housing providers about their rights and responsibilities under federal law or state and local fair housing laws that are substantially equivalent to the Fair Housing Act.
- Fair Housing Organizations Initiative grants (FHOI) – HUD awards these grants to help build the capacity and effectiveness of non-profit fair housing organizations to continue and enhance enforcement of the Fair Housing Act..
The 2015 FHIP Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) established the following six new components:
Under Fair Housing Organizations Initiative grants:
- Special Emphasis Component – This grant will strengthen the enforcement activities and capacity building efforts of organizations and help them pursue cases that investigate systemic patterns of discrimination.
- National/Regional Testing Component – This grant will enable organizations to develop and support a national/regional testing program to identify discrimination in rental and sales transactions.
Under Education and Outreach Initiative grants:
- National Programs Component – Sex Discrimination – This grant will enable organizations to conduct education and outreach projects that counter sex discrimination in housing, including domestic violence, sexual harassment, gender stereotyping or discrimination based on gender identity.
- National Programs Component – Sex/Familial Status Discrimination – This grant will enable organizations to conduct education and outreach projects that focus on one or more forms of sex or familial status discrimination.
- National Programs Component – National Origin Discrimination – This grant will enable organizations to address one or more forms of national origin discrimination in rental, sales, or lending.
- National Programs Component – Disability Discrimination – This grant will enable organizations, using the results of recent discrimination studies, to conduct education and outreach activities that address discrimination based on disability, particularly discrimination experienced by individuals with mobility impairments, hearing impairments, and cognitive or mental disabilities.
Persons who believe they have experienced discrimination may file a complaint by contacting HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at (800) 669-9777 (voice) or (800) 927-9275 (TTY). Housing discrimination complaints may also be filed by going to www.hud.gov/fairhousing, or by downloading HUD’s free housing discrimination mobile application, which can be accessed through Apple devices, such as the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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FY 2015 Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) Grant Awards |
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State |
Recipient |
City |
Amount |
Alabama | Central Alabama Fair Housing Center | Montgomery |
$279,171 |
Mobile Fair Housing Center, Inc. | Mobile |
$279,467 |
|
Alaska | Alaska Legal Services Corporation | Anchorage |
$325,000 |
Arizona | Arizona Fair Housing Center | Phoenix |
$320,430 |
Southwest Fair Housing Council | Tucson |
$280,000 |
|
Southwest Fair Housing Council | Tucson |
$499,890 |
|
California | Bay Area Legal Aid | Oakland |
$325,000 |
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. | Oakland |
$280,000 |
|
CSA San Diego County | El Cajon |
$288,673 |
|
Fair Housing Council of Central California | Fresno |
$319,892 |
|
Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. | Riverside |
$270,895 |
|
Fair Housing of Marin | San Rafael |
$324,998 |
|
Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc. (GBLA) | Bakersfield |
$266,015 |
|
Greater Napa Valley Fair Housing Center | Napa |
$279,467 |
|
Inland Mediation Board | Ontario |
$325,000 |
|
Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc. | San Diego |
$323,491 |
|
Orange County Fair Housing Council, Inc. | Santa Ana |
$280,000 |
|
Project Sentinel Inc. | Santa Clara |
$325,000 |
|
Southern California Housing Rights Center | Los Angeles |
$325,000 |
|
Southern California Housing Rights Center | Los Angeles |
$467,747 |
|
Colorado | Denver Metro Fair Housing Center | Denver |
$279,784 |
Connecticut | Connecticut Fair Housing Center | Hartford |
$350,000 |
Connecticut Fair Housing Center | Hartford |
$280,000 |
|
Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc. | Hartford |
$500,000 |
|
Delaware | Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. | Wilmington |
$322,449 |
District of Columbia | Equal Rights Center, Inc. | Washington |
$325,000 |
National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Inc. | Washington |
$324,365 |
|
National Fair Housing Alliance | Washington |
$324,867 |
|
National Fair Housing Alliance | Washington |
$999,988 |
|
Florida | Bay Area Legal Services, Inc. | Tampa |
$325,000 |
Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc. | Daytona Beach |
$325,000 |
|
Fair Housing Center of the Greater Palm Beaches, Inc. | Lantana |
$277,896 |
|
Fair Housing Continuum, Inc. | Melbourne |
$325,000 |
|
Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, Inc. | Miami |
$325,000 |
|
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc. | Jacksonville |
$424,979 |
|
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. | West Palm Beach |
$325,000 |
|
Georgia | JCVision and Associates, Inc. | Hinesville |
$163,383 |
Metro Fair Housing Services, Inc. | Atlanta |
$280,000 |
|
Savannah-Chatham County Fair Housing Council, Inc. | Savannah |
$248,063 |
|
Hawaii | Legal Aid Society of Hawaii | Honolulu |
$350,000 |
Idaho | Intermountain Fair Housing Council, Inc. | Boise |
$258,755 |
Illinois | Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago |
$325,000 |
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | Chicago |
$325,000 |
|
HOPE Fair Housing Center | West Chicago |
$325,000 |
|
HOPE Fair Housing Center | West Chicago |
$348,839 |
|
John Marshall Law School | Chicago |
$279,980 |
|
Open Communities | Winnetka |
$316,389 |
|
Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. | Rockford |
$325,000 |
|
South Suburban Housing Center | Homewood |
$325,000 |
|
Indiana | Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Inc. | Indianapolis |
$325,000 |
Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Inc. | Indianapolis |
$174,005 |
|
Kentucky | Lexington Fair Housing Council, Inc. | Lexington |
$324,673 |
Louisiana | Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center Inc. | New Orleans |
$500,000 |
Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center Inc. | New Orleans |
$305,670 |
|
Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, Inc. | New Orleans |
$325,000 |
|
Maine | Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc. | Portland |
$325,000 |
Maryland | Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. | Baltimore |
$325,000 |
Massachusetts | Community Legal Aid, Inc. | Worcester |
$324,214 |
Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston | Boston |
$324,673 |
|
Housing Discrimination Project Inc. | Holyoke |
$325,000 |
|
Suffolk University | Boston |
$324,998 |
|
Michigan | Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit | Detroit |
$310,270 |
Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan | Kalamazoo |
$325,000 |
|
Fair Housing Center of West Michigan | Grand Rapids |
$325,000 |
|
Fair Housing Center Southeastern Michigan | Ann Arbor |
$324,944 |
|
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan | Flint |
$322,047 |
|
Minnesota | Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance | Minneapolis |
$325,000 |
Missouri | Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing & Opportunity Council | St. Louis |
$324,996 |
Montana | Montana Fair Housing, Inc. | Butte |
$205,838 |
Nebraska | Family Housing Advisory Services, Inc. | Omaha |
$325,000 |
Nevada | Silver State Fair Housing Council | Reno |
$325,000 |
New Hampshire | New Hampshire Legal Assistance | Concord |
$266,766 |
New Jersey | Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey | Hackensack |
$302,487 |
New York | Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A | Brooklyn |
$350,000 |
CNY Fair Housing, Inc. | Syracuse |
$325,000 |
|
Fair Housing Justice Center | New York |
$324,737 |
|
Fair Housing Justice Center, Inc. | New York |
$349,999 |
|
Housing Opportunities Made Equal Inc. | Buffalo |
$325,000 |
|
Legal Assistance of Western NY | Rochester |
$298,000 |
|
Long Island Housing Services, Inc. | Bohemia |
$325,000 |
|
MFY Legal Services, Inc. | New York |
$325,000 |
|
Queens Legal Services Corporation | Jamaica |
$325,000 |
|
South Brooklyn Legal Services | Brooklyn |
$325,000 |
|
Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc. | White Plains |
$280,000 |
|
North Carolina | Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc. | Raleigh |
$325,000 |
North Dakota | High Plains Fair Housing Center | Grand Forks |
$149,881 |
Ohio | Fair Housing Contact Service, Inc. | Akron |
$325,000 |
Fair Housing Resource Center, Inc. | Painesville |
$325,000 |
|
Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Greater Cincinnati | Cincinnati |
$324,530 |
|
Fair Housing Opportunities of Northwest Ohio | Toledo |
$280,000 |
|
Housing Research and Advocacy Center | Cleveland |
$325,000 |
|
Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, Inc. | Dayton |
$325,000 |
|
Oklahoma | Metropolitan Fair Housing of Oklahoma, Inc. | Oklahoma City |
$324,479 |
Oregon | Fair Housing Council of Oregon | Portland |
$325,000 |
Legal Aid Services of Oregon | Portland |
$325,000 |
|
Pennsylvania | Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia, Inc. | Fort Washington |
$325,000 |
Fair Housing Rights Center in Southeastern Pennsylvania | Philadelphia |
$325,000 |
|
Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc | Washington |
$325,000 |
|
Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc. | Washington |
$100,000 |
|
South Carolina | Center for Community and Economic Development, Inc. DBA CCEDU | North Charleston |
$100,000 |
South Carolina Fair Housing Center, Inc. | Columbia |
$280,000 |
|
Tennessee | Tennessee Fair Housing Council, Inc. | Nashville |
$270,895 |
West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc. | Jackson |
$325,000 |
|
Texas | Austin Tenants Council, Inc. | Austin |
$324,742 |
Greater Houston Fair Housing Center, Inc. | Houston |
$325,000 |
|
National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders | San Antonio |
$500,000 |
|
North Texas Fair Housing Center | Dallas |
$325,000 |
|
San Antonio Fair Housing Council, Inc. | San Antonio |
$375,000 |
|
Utah | Disability Law Center | Salt Lake City |
$234,297 |
Vermont | Vermont Legal Aid, Inc. | Burlington |
$325,000 |
Virginia | Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc. | Richmond |
$325,000 |
Washington | Fair Housing Center of Washington | Tacoma |
$325,000 |
Northwest Fair Housing Alliance | Spokane |
$325,000 |
|
Northwest Fair Housing Alliance | Spokane |
$500,000 |
|
Northwest Fair Housing Alliance | Spokane |
$500,000 |
|
West Virginia | Northern West Virginia Center For Independent Living | Morgantown |
$324,956 |
Wisconsin | Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council | Milwaukee |
$325,000 |
Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council | Milwaukee |
$499,939 |
|
TOTAL: |
$38,366,909 |