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Fair Housing Initiatives Program - Education and Outreach Initiative
The Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) funds fair housing organizations and other non-profits 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).
The Initiatives are the Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI), the Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI) and the Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI).
In addition, consistent with HUD appropriations directives, FHEO is publishing a separate NOFO under the EOI for Test Coordinator Training.This EOI NOFO makes available approximately $9,466,347 to develop, implement, carry out, and coordinate education and outreach programs designed to inform members of the public about their rights and obligations under the provisions of the FHA.
Under this EOI NOFO, activities are divided into five categories:EOI National – National Media Campaign ComponentThe national fair housing media campaign will focus on advancing racial equity and access to housing opportunities, especially in underserved communities.
The campaign will include addressing barriers that may arise when people exercise their fair housing rights to expand housing choice.
The campaign will also focus on educating the public about the forms of inequities based on race and national origin that can occur in real estate related transactions, including in the residential lending and appraisal markets.
The campaign must provide for meaningful language access for persons of Limited English Proficiency and alternative forms of communication for individuals with disabilities.
The campaign will provide information on how to file a housing discrimination complaint through HUD.EOI - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity ComponentThis NOFO includes funding for fair housing organizations to create materials and/or update and disseminate existing materials to reflect the clarification that after the U. S. Supreme Court’s Bostock decision (Bostock v.
Clayton Cty., 140 S.
Ct.
1731 (2020)), the FHA bars discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
EOI - Advancing Racial [formerly Striving for Housing] Equity ComponentThis component will fund local and community-based education and outreach projects to promote racial desegregation, equity and justice in housing, and to address barriers that may arise when people protected under the FHA exercise their fair housing rights to expand their housing choice, consistent with the purpose of the FHA.
These barriers include but are not limited to opposition to the creation and/or location of affordable housing, neighbor harassment based on race, and obstruction of persons who are seeking to enforce their fair housing rights.
EOI - Targeted Fair Housing ComponentThis component targets organizations that demonstrate a need in their geographic area to work directly with populations of persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) to ensure they are aware of and understand their rights under the FHA.
Funding may also be used for targeted education and outreach activities including fair housing services to underserved communities and underserved populations.EOI - General ComponentThis component provides funding for general fair housing education and outreach activities to inform people of their rights and responsibilities under the FHA.
The Department encourages proposals which target antisemitic and Islamophobic discrimination among other forms of housing discrimination.
The Initiatives are the Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI), the Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI) and the Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI).
In addition, consistent with HUD appropriations directives, FHEO is publishing a separate NOFO under the EOI for Test Coordinator Training.This EOI NOFO makes available approximately $9,466,347 to develop, implement, carry out, and coordinate education and outreach programs designed to inform members of the public about their rights and obligations under the provisions of the FHA.
Under this EOI NOFO, activities are divided into five categories:EOI National – National Media Campaign ComponentThe national fair housing media campaign will focus on advancing racial equity and access to housing opportunities, especially in underserved communities.
The campaign will include addressing barriers that may arise when people exercise their fair housing rights to expand housing choice.
The campaign will also focus on educating the public about the forms of inequities based on race and national origin that can occur in real estate related transactions, including in the residential lending and appraisal markets.
The campaign must provide for meaningful language access for persons of Limited English Proficiency and alternative forms of communication for individuals with disabilities.
The campaign will provide information on how to file a housing discrimination complaint through HUD.EOI - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity ComponentThis NOFO includes funding for fair housing organizations to create materials and/or update and disseminate existing materials to reflect the clarification that after the U. S. Supreme Court’s Bostock decision (Bostock v.
Clayton Cty., 140 S.
Ct.
1731 (2020)), the FHA bars discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
EOI - Advancing Racial [formerly Striving for Housing] Equity ComponentThis component will fund local and community-based education and outreach projects to promote racial desegregation, equity and justice in housing, and to address barriers that may arise when people protected under the FHA exercise their fair housing rights to expand their housing choice, consistent with the purpose of the FHA.
These barriers include but are not limited to opposition to the creation and/or location of affordable housing, neighbor harassment based on race, and obstruction of persons who are seeking to enforce their fair housing rights.
EOI - Targeted Fair Housing ComponentThis component targets organizations that demonstrate a need in their geographic area to work directly with populations of persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) to ensure they are aware of and understand their rights under the FHA.
Funding may also be used for targeted education and outreach activities including fair housing services to underserved communities and underserved populations.EOI - General ComponentThis component provides funding for general fair housing education and outreach activities to inform people of their rights and responsibilities under the FHA.
The Department encourages proposals which target antisemitic and Islamophobic discrimination among other forms of housing discrimination.
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Estimated Funding: $9,466,347
Office: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Estimated Funding: $9,466,347
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
https://hud.gov/fairhousing
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Eligible applicants may be Qualified Fair Housing Enforcement Organizations (QFHOs) and Fair Housing Enforcement Organizations (FHOs), public or private not-for-profit organizations or institutions, and other public or private entities that are formulating or carrying out programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices; agencies of State or local governments; and agencies that participate in the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP). All applicants are required to complete Appendix B, EOI Eligibility Certification and submit as a part of their application.HUD will not evaluate applications from ineligible applicants. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://hud.gov/fairhousing
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
Stephanie.W.Thomas@hud.gov
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2023-09-29
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2024-10-30
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