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Fair Housing Assistance Program

Program Information

Popular name

(FHAP)

Program Number

14.401

Program objective

Provide assistance to State and local fair housing enforcement agencies for complaint processing, training, technical assistance, education and outreach, data and information systems and other activities that will further fair housing within the agency's jurisdiction. The intent of the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) is to build a coordinated intergovernmental enforcement of fair housing laws and provide incentives for States and localities to assume a greater share of responsibility for administering fair housing laws.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    No data available. State and local agencies participating in the FHAP investigated and attempted/reached resolution in approximately 6,976 complaints of discrimination cognizable under the federal Fair Housing Act.

  2. 2017

    No data available.

  3. 2018

    Fiscal Year 2018: Fiscal Year 2018: State and local agencies participating in the FHA investigated approximately 6,234 complaints of discrimination cognizable under the federal Fair Housing Act.

  4. 2019

    State and local agencies participating in the FHAP investigated approximately 6,125 complaints of discrimination cognizable under the federal Fair Housing Act.

  5. 2023

    Reimbursed both interim and certified substantially equivalent state and local agencies in their fair housing enforcement efforts

  6. 2024

    Assist states and localities carry out provisions of state and local laws that are substantially equivalent to the federal Fair Housing Act.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

24 CFR Part 115 - Certification and Funding of State and local Fair Housing Enforcement Agencies.

  1. The Fair Housing Act 42 U.S.C. 3600 et seq.

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Anyone/general public
  • Individual/Family

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