FY 2005 Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) Awards

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Bush Administration Awards $18 Million in Fair Housing Grants To Local Organizations

HUD has awarded $18.04 million in grants through the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP). These grants will fund investigation of housing discrimination complaints and educate the public and the housing industry on the laws against housing discrimination.

Grants were awarded under one of three initiatives:

• Private Enforcement Initiative grants (PEI) - HUD awarded $13.6 million in enforcement grants of up to $275,000 to assist 61 private, tax-exempt fair housing enforcement organizations in the investigation and enforcement of alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act and substantially equivalent State and local fair housing laws. About $3.4 million of this $13.6 million was allocated for 13 groups that received funding for three years, based upon appropriations, that will allow them to implement strategic plans and develop long-term systemic investigations.

• Education and Outreach Initiative grants (EOI) - HUD awarded $3.94 million to groups that inform and educate the public about the rights and obligations under federal, state, and local fair housing laws. These one-year grants of up to $100,000 were awarded to 42 groups. Of the total EOI funding, HUD awarded $400,000 to four groups that focus on educating Asians and Pacific Islanders on their fair housing rights. HUD awarded another $800,000 to nine groups that educate persons with disabilities, their service providers, and the general public on the rights of persons with disabilities and the accessibility portions of the Fair Housing Act. HUD awarded almost $100,000 to one minority-serving institution that will develop curricula for students to pursue careers in fair housing.

• Fair Housing Organizations Initiative grants (FHOI) - HUD awarded $500,000 to one organization to develop a new fair housing organization that will serve rural and immigrant populations in underserved areas or where there currently is no existing fair housing organization.

Central Alabama Fair Housing Center, $219,200.00, PEI

Fair Housing Agency of Alabama, $97,905.00, EOI

Fair Housing Center of Northern Alabama, $220,000.00, PEI

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Arizona

Arizona Fair Housing Center, $219,535.20, PEI

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Arkansas

Arkansas Community Housing Corporation, $100,000.00, EOI

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Aids Legal Referral Panel of San Francisco, $70,222.00, EOI

Asian Pacific American Legal Center of CA, $100,000.00, EOI

Bay Area Legal Aid, $220,000.00, PEI

ByDesign Financial Solutions, $100,000.00, EOI

Cailfornia Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., $220,000.00, PEI

Fair Housing Council of Central California, $220,000.00, PEI

Fair Housing of Marin, $220,000.00, PEI

Greater Napa Fair Housing Center, $99,990.00, EOI

Housing Authority of the City of Fresno, $100,000.00, EOI

Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board, $219,999.20, PEI

La Raza Centro Legal, $100,000.00, EOI

Legal Services of Northern California, Inc., $100,000.00, EOI

Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc., $100,000.00, EOI

Project Sentinel, $214,568.80, PEI

Sentinel Fair Housing, $219,432.00, PEI

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Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc., $220,000.00, PEI

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District of Columbia

American Institute for Social Justice, $100,000.00, EOI

Equal Rights Center, $220,000.00, PEI

Housing Counseling Services, Inc., $100,000.00, EOI

Howard University, $99,997.00, EOI

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Florida

Bay Area Legal Services, Inc., $127,467.89, PEI

Fair Housing Continuum, Inc., $275,000.00, PEI

Gulfcoast Legal Services, Inc., $220,000.00, PEI

Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc., $274,972.67, PEI

Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, $100,000.00, EOI

Legal Services of North Florida, Inc., $100,000.00, EOI

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Georgia

JC Vision and Associates, Inc., $99,990.00, EOI

Metro Fair Housing Services, Inc., $216,894.40, PEI

Savannah-Chatham County Fair Housing Council, $134,859.20, PEI .

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Hawaii

Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, $220,000.00, PEI

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Intermountain Fair Housing Council, $219,399.20, PEI

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Illinois

Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago, $220,000.00, PEI

Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, $219,960.80, PEI

HOPE Fair Housing Center, $274,702.33, PEI

John Marshall Law School, $219,973.60, PEI

Prairie State Legal Services, Inc., $100,000.00, EOI

South Suburban Housing Center, $262,500.00, PEI

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Kentucky

Lexington Fair Housing Council, $205,258.00, PEI

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Louisiana

Advocacy Center, $100,000.00, EOI

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Maine

Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc., $220,000.00, PEI

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Massachusetts

Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston, Inc., $274,166.67, PEI

Housing Discrimination Project, $500,000.00, FHOI

Housing Discrimination Project, Inc, $220,000.00, PEI

Legal Assistant Corp. of Central Massachusetts, $220,000.00, PEI

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Fair Housing Center of Greater Grand Rapids, $218,244.00, PEI

Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit, $112,360.80, PEI

Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan, $199,209.60, PEI

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Minnesota

ACORN Housing, $100,000.00, EOI

Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis, $220,000.00, PEI

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Mississippi

Gulf Coast Fair Housing Center, $220,000.00, PEI

University of Southern Mississippi, $100,000.00, EOI

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Missouri

Metro St. Louis Equal Housing Opportunity Council, $220,000.00, PEI

Missouri Tax Justice Research Project, $100,000.00, EOI

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Montana

City of Billings - Community Development, $92,879.00, EOI

Montana Fair Housing, Inc., $220,000.00, PEI

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Family Housing Advisory Services, Inc., $275,000.00, PEI

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Nevada

Silver State Fair Housing Council, $203,629.00, PEI

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New Jersey

Citizens Action of New Jersey, $100,000.00, EOI

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AAFE Community Development Fund, $100,000.00, EOI

Housing Council in the Monroe County Area, $77,110.00, EOI

Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc., $218,930.40, PEI

Long Island Housing Services, Inc., $220,000.00, PEI

Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, $100,000.00, EOI

New York Agency for Community Affairs, $99,975.00, EOI

South Brooklyn Legal Services, Inc., $220,000.00, PEI

United Spinal Association, $99,643.00, EOI

Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc, $202,048.00, PEI

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North Carolina

Elizabeth City State University, $99,968.00, EOI

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North Dakota

North Dakota Fair Housing Council, $188,538.40, PEI

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Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, $100,000.00, EOI

Fair Housing Contact Service, $220,000.00, PEI

Fair Housing Resource Center, Inc., $220,000.00, PEI

Housing Advocates. Inc., $217,640.00, PEI

Housing Opportunities Made Equal of G. Cincinnati, $219,762.64, PEI

Housing Research & Advocacy Center, $220,000.00, PEI

Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, Inc., $220,000.00, PEI

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Oklahoma

Metro Fair Housing Council of Greater Oklahoma, $217,724.00, PEI

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Oregon

Legal Aid Services of Oregon, $100,000.00, EOI

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Pennsylvania

Fair Housing Council Montgomery County, $270,000.00, PEI

Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia, Inc., $275,000.00, PEI

Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, Inc., $220,000.00, PEI

St. Martin Center, Fair Housing, $99,956.00, EOI

United Neighborhood Center of Lackawanna County, $82,603.00, EOI

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South Carolina

Waccamaw Regional Council of Governments, $98,915.00, EOI

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Tennessee

Tennessee Fair Housing Council, $219,542.40, PEI

West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc., $275,000.00, PEI

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Texas

ACORN Institute, $96,952.58, EOI

Austin Tenants Council, Inc., $219,487.20, PEI

City of San Antonio, $30,135.00, EOI

San Antonio Fair Housing Council, $219,997.60, PEI

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Utah

Disability Law Center, $75,252.80, EOI

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Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, $100,000.00, EOI

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Virginia

Office of Human Affairs, $58,215.00, EOI

Piedmont Housing Alliance, $72,363.00, EOI

Total Action Against Poverty in Roanoke, $87,928.62, EOI

Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy, $100,000.00, EOI

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Washington

Fair Housing Center of South Puget Sound, $275,000.00, PEI

Northwest Fair Housing Alliance, $220,000.00, PEI

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Wisconsin