FAIR HOUSING INITIATIVES PROGRAM PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE
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The Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP), established by Congress in 1988 and made permanent in 1992, is designed to support organizations working with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to prevent and eliminate discriminatory housing practices. This program provides competitive grants through four key initiatives, including the Fair Housing Organizations Initiative, Private Enforcement Initiative, Administrative Enforcement Initiative, and Education and Outreach Initiative. The objective is to strengthen fair housing enforcement and education nationwide by funding entities that educate the public and uphold fair housing rights. The current funding opportunity focuses on the Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI), which grants eligible private, non-profit fair housing enforcement organizations resources to conduct testing, investigate violations, and enforce the Fair Housing Act as well as state or local laws with comparable protections. This initiative helps create a broad network capable of addressing discriminatory housing practices across the country. The Department of Housing and Urban Development administers this program, and interested parties can contact Katherine Vasilopoulos, Director of FHIP, for additional information.
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Congress amended the Fair Housing Act in 1988 to establish the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) to provide funding to entities to work alongside HUD to "prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices" 42 USC §3616a (a). Congress determined in 1987, and has affirmed each year since then through appropriations, that HUD can only achieve its fair housing mission and obligations through supporting a network of organizations helping to educate the public and enforce fair housing rights. Initially a demonstration program, Congress made FHIP permanent in 1992 through the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992. The program was expanded in 1992 to address building capacity in unserved areas, establish a national media campaign, and fund a National Fair Housing Month.
FHIP provides funds to eligible organizations through competitive grants under four initiatives: the Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI), the Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI), the Administrative Enforcement Initiative (AEI), and the Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI).
This NOFO funds the PEI to provide grants to a nationwide network of eligible private, non-profit fair housing enforcement organizations to conduct testing and investigate violations of and enforce the Fair Housing Act, and State or local laws with equivalent rights and remedies.