To help end housing discrimination, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded an additional $15 million to support dozens of fair housing organizations working to confront Fair Housing Act (FHA) violations.
HUD’s grants are provided through the department’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) to help people who believe they have been victims of housing discrimination and to educate the public and housing providers on fair housing laws. HUD previously awarded $23 million to fair housing groups.
“Even though the Fair Housing Act became the law of the land 51 years ago, housing discrimination continues to this day,” HUD Secretary Ben Carson said in a news release. “HUD will continue to confront housing discrimination in all its forms and advance our mission of safe, affordable housing free from discrimination.”
HUD’s FHIP grants support a wide range of fair housing enforcement, education and outreach activities. These grants allow the groups to provide fair housing enforcement through testing in the rental and sales markets, to file fair housing complaints to HUD and to conduct investigations.
FHIP grants are provided under three categories:
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