Description
The Fair Housing Initiatives Program - Administrative Enforcement Initiative provides competitive awards to State and local fair housing enforcement agencies to strengthen their administrative capacity. The program aims to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices and develop, implement, or coordinate programs to obtain enforcement of rights granted by the Fair Housing Act. Eligible applicants include State or local governments, their agencies, or other public entities that formulate or carry out programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices. The program has two components: AEI-Technology and Efficiency (AEI-TE) and AEI-Religious Discrimination (AEI-RD). Key activities include capacity building, enforcement, education, and outreach.
• Eligible applicants must submit a separate Statement of Work (SOW) and budget for each consecutive 12-month performance and budget period.
• Applications must support the goals of the NOFO and address housing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, and national origin.
• Awards will be made in the form of grant agreements, with a maximum award of $4,500,000 for AEI-TE and $1,000,000 for AEI-RD.
• The program has a 24-month project period, with a minimum award amount of $1,000,000 for AEI-TE and $250,000 for AEI-RD.
• Applicants must demonstrate how project activities will support HUD goals and identify measurable performance measures/outcomes.