[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38363-38364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18309]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity
[Docket Nos. FR-3622-N-07 and FR-3878-N-03]


Announcement of Funding Awards Fair Housing Initiatives Program 
FY 1994

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: Maxine Cunningham, Director, Office of 
Fair Housing Initiatives and Voluntary Programs, Room 5234, 451 Seventh 
Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 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.
    In the FY 1995 FHIP Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) published 
in the Federal Register on April 11, 1995 (60 FR 18444), the Department 
announced the availability of up to $1,457,446 for funding of FY 1994 
awards. This Notice announces the 

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award of these FY 1995 funds to eight recipients who had applied under 
the FY 1994 FHIP NOFA (59 FR 25532) to continue their FY 1993-funded 
projects. Because at the time the FY 1994 awards were made, these 
recipients were still administering their FY 1993 activities and would 
not be able to use FY 1994 funds for some time, the Department 
determined to award the FY 1994 funds to qualifying applicants who 
could sooner begin the implementation of their projects. The qualifying 
FY 1993 continuation projects under the FY 1994 NOFA were held over to 
be awarded out of FY 1995 funds in the amounts here announced.
    The Department reviewed, evaluated and scored the applications 
received based on the criteria in the FY 1994 FHIP NOFA. As a result, 
HUD has funded the applications 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: July 12, 1995.
Elizabeth K. Julian,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Initiatives, Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity.

                       FY94 FAIR HOUSING INITIATIVES PROGRAM AWARDS MADE WITH FY 95 FUNDS                       
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                                           Contact name and phone               Single or multi-      Amount    
      Applicant name and address                   number              Region     year funding       requested  
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                          Education and Outreach Initiative--National Program Component                         
                                                                                                                
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Fair Housing Council, 835 West          Galen Martin, Executive              4  S                       $130,251
 Jefferson Street, Louisville,           Director, (502) 583-3247.                                              
 Kentucky 40201.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
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                     Fair Housing Organization Initiative--Continuing Development Component                     
                                                                                                                
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Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights     Ozell Hudson, Jr.,                   1  S                        194,415
 Under Law of the Boston Bar             Executive Director, (617)                                              
 Association, 294 Washington Street,     482-1145.                                                              
 Boston, Massachusetts 02103.                                                                                   
Fair Housing Partnership of Greater     Donna C. Chernoff,                   3  S                        137,859
 Pittsburgh, Inc., Bishop Boyle          Executive Director, (412)                                              
 Center, 120 E. Ninth Avenue,            462-5405.                                                              
 Homestead, Pennsylvania 15120.                                                                                 
Fair Housing Council, 835 West          Galen Martin, Executive              4  S                        164,838
 Jefferson Street, Room 108,             Director, (502) 583-3247.                                              
 Louisville, Kentucky 40201.                                                                                    
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil    Roslyn C. Lieb, Executive            5  S                        176,310
 Rights Under Law, 185 North Wabash      Director, (312) 630-9744.                                              
 Avenue, Suite 2110, Chicago, Illinois                                                                          
 60601.                                                                                                         
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                               Private Enforcement Initiative--One Year Component                               
                                                                                                                
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Connecticut Housing Coalition, Inc.,    Jeffrey Freiser, Executive           1  S                        353,328
 30 Jordan Lane Wethersfield,            Director, (203) 563-2943.                                              
 Connecticut 06109.                                                                                             
The Legal Aid Society, 15 Park Row-     Archibald R. Murray,                 2  S                        105,445
 22nd Floor, New York, New York 10038.   Executive Director, (212)                                              
                                         577-3313.                                                              
Tenants' Action Group, 21 South 12th    Elizabeth G. Hersh,                  3  S                        195,000
 Street, 12th Floor, Philadelphia,       Executive Director, (215)                                              
 Pennsylvania 19107.                     525-0700.                                                              
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[FR Doc. 95-18309 Filed 7-25-95; 8:45 am]
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