A growing issue within the national housing industry, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $17.6 million in grants to groups fighting housing discrimination. A total of 106 groups received these grants that are funded under HUD’s Fair Housing Initiative Program. These groups are divided between public and private fair housing groups as well as state and local agencies that are located throughout the country. The purpose of these grants are to assist these groups investigate allegations of housing discrimination, promote housing discrimination law education to the housing industry as well as the public, and to promote fair housing in general.

The Fair Housing Act covers the sale, rental, financing, and advertising of practically all housing in the nation and the law prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of: race, color, religion, sex, disability, family status, and national origin. The $17.6 million awarded by HUD will be used to fund three initiatives. The Private Enforcement Initiative will use approximately $11.8 million of the HUD funding to assist private, tax-exempt fair housing enforcement organizations investigate alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act and similar state or local fair housing laws. $3.7 million of the HUD funding will be used on the Education and Outreach Initiative that is designed to inform and educate the public about their rights under federal, state, and local fair housing laws. Approximately, $2.1 million of the HUD funding will be used for the Fair Housing Organizations Initiative that is designed to serve rural and immigrant populations in areas where there are either no existing fair housing organizations or where there are underserved fair housing organizations.

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