Private Enforcement Initiatives

Objective

To support private non-profit fair housing enforcement organizations in the investigation and enforcement of violations of the rights granted under title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 2801); develop, implement, and carry out, related activities and enforcement under the Fair Housing Act or State or local laws that provide substantially equivalent rights and remedies for alleged discriminatory housing practices; objectives include carrying out testing and other investigative activities.

Who Can Apply

• Other

Qualified Fair Housing Enforcement Organizations (QFHO) with at least two years of experience in complaint intake, complaint investigation, testing for fair housing violations, and enforcement related experience and meritorious claims in the three years prior to filing the application for funding; or Fair Housing Enforcement Organizations (FHO) with at least one year of experience in the enforcement-related activities listed above in the two years prior to the filing of the application for funding. If the applicant is neither a QFHO nor FHO with the requisite experience, the organization is ineligible for funding under the Private Enforcement Initiative.

Who Benefits

• Individual/Family
• Anyone/general public
• Consumer
• Homeowner
• State
• Women
• Disabled (e.g. Deaf, Blind, Physically Disabled)
• Mentally Disabled
• Local
• Public nonprofit institution/organization

Any person or group of persons aggrieved by discriminatory housing practices because of race, color, religion, sex disability familial status or national origin. Persons or groups of persons, including landlords or real estate agents, to prevent discriminatory housing practices based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin.

Assistance Types

• Grant

Program Contact

katherine.vasilopoulos@hud.gov
202-402-8701