Closed · FR-6400-N-21B · CFDA 14.417 · Discretionary

Fair Housing Initiative Program - Fair Housing Organization Initiative

Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Housing and Urban Development, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$100K-$250K
Award range
Closed
Status
May 11, 2020
Close date
3
Expected awards

The verdict

Fair Housing Initiative Program - Fair Housing Organization Initiative is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Housing and Urban Development that offered $100,000 -- $250,000 across 3 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 627 other opportunities from Department of Housing and Urban Development.

$100K-$250K
award range
Closed
application status
3
expected awards
14.417
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Fair Housing Initiative Program is closed (last close May 11, 2020). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Department of Housing and Urban Development still indexes 627 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed May 11, 2020

Posted Apr 8 Closes May 11

Est. Total Funding

$750,000

Expected Awards

3

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) provides funding to fair housing organizations and other non-profits that assist individuals who believe that they have been victims of housing discrimination. Currently FHIP provides funds to eligible organizations through competitive grants under three initiatives to carry out enforcement activities to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices and inform individuals of their rights and responsibilities under the Fair Housing Act. The Initiatives are: the Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI), Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI) and the Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI).This Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI) NOFA makes available $500,000 under the Continued Development Component (CDC). The CDC component provides funds to non-profit fair housing organizations to build their capacity and effectiveness to conduct enforcement related activities. Eligible funding activities include but are not limited to:(1) adding an enforcement staff or conducting enforcement-related activities); and (2) expanding testing expertise and experience. This NOFA will receive applications for FHOI only. Please see the specific PEI and EOI NOFAs for the additional FHIP funding opportunities. The following is a general description of FHOI:a. Fair Housing Organization Initiative (FHOI) - (1) Continued Development General Component (CDGC) - $500,000HUD will award grants/cooperative agreements under each FHOI component based on eligibility:Applicants may apply for funding under each FHIP NOFA and under multiple Initiatives/Components as long as the applicant meets the specific eligibility requirements for each (see eligibility listing in Section III.A.1). A separate application must be submitted for each Initiative/Component applied.

Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for Fair Housing Initiative Program (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Others (see official listing text)). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Housing · Opportunity Zones (HO;OZ). Only 15 other Department of Housing and Urban Development listings share this exact eligibility-code string (2% of 628).

Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Myron Newry Myron.P.Newry@hud.gov

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What to do next

Fair Housing Initiative Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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