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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. N-94-3765; FR-3650-N-04]

 

Announcement of Funding Awards for Fair Housing Initiatives 
Program--Fiscal Year 1994 NOFA for the Affirmative Fair Housing 
Marketing Reinvention Lab Project

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of Funding Awards.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this document 
notifies the public of FY 1994 funding awards made under the Fair 
Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP). The purpose of this document is to 
announce the names and addresses of the award winners and the amount of 
the awards to be used to strengthen the Department's enforcement of the 
Fair Housing Act and to further fair housing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacquelyn J. Shelton, Director, Office 
of Fair Housing Initiatives and Voluntary Programs, Room 5234, 451 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-2000. Telephone number (202) 
708-0800. A telecommunications device (TDD) for hearing and speech 
impaired persons is available at (202) 708-3216. (These are not toll-
free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, 
as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3601-19 (The Fair Housing Act), charges the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development with responsibility to 
accept and investigate complaints alleging discrimination based on 
race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national 
origin in the sale, rental, or financing of most housing. In addition, 
the Fair Housing Act directs the Secretary to coordinate with State and 
local agencies administering fair housing laws and to cooperate with 
and render technical assistance to public or private entities carrying 
out programs to prevent and eliminate discriminatory housing practices.
    Section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, 
42 U.S.C. 3616 note, established the FHIP to strengthen the 
Department's enforcement of the Fair Housing Act and to further fair 
housing. This program assists projects and activities designed to 
enhance compliance with the Fair Housing Act and substantially 
equivalent State and local fair housing laws. Implementing regulations 
are found at 24 CFR Part 125.
    The FHIP has four funding categories: the Administrative 
Enforcement Initiative, the Education and Outreach Initiative, the 
Private Enforcement Initiative, and the Fair Housing Organizations 
Initiative.
    A Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) announcing the availability 
of up to $1.0 million of FY 1993 Fair Housing Initiatives Program 
funding for an Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Reinvention Lab 
Project was published on June 16, 1994 (59 FR 31072). To ensure that 
sufficient time was available for full consideration to be given to 
applications under this NOFA, a notice published on August 9, 1994 (59 
FR 40599) replaced the $1 million of FY 1993 Education and Outreach 
Initiative funds with $1 million in FY 1994 Education and Outreach 
Initiative funds.
    The Department reviewed, evaluated and scored the applications 
received based on the criteria in the NOFA. As a result, HUD has funded 
the application announced below, and in accordance with section 
102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101-235, approved December 15, 1989), the 
Department is publishing details concerning the recipients of funding 
awards, as follows below.

    Dated: November 28, 1994.
Roberta Achtenberg,
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.

                                  FY 94 Fair Housing Initiatives Program Awards                                 
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                                                                                                Amount requested
                                                                                                (amount for only
                                                                             Single or multi-      first year   
    Applicant name and address      Contact name and phone No.     Region      year funding      reflected for  
                                                                                                   multi-year   
                                                                                                   projects)    
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                   Education and Outreach Initiative--Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Lab                    
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Leadership Council for             Aurie A. Pennick,                      5  S                          $942,914
 Metropolitan Open Communities,     President, (312) 341-5678.                                                  
 401 South State Street, Suite                                                                                  
 860, Chicago, Illinois 60605.                                                                                  
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[FR Doc. 94-30231 Filed 12-7-94; 8:45 am]
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