Request for Proposals: Fair Housing Activities

Scope of Project

The Fair Housing Implementation Council (FHIC) has launched a Request for Proposals for Fair Housing Activities (Monday, April 29^th). We are seeking proposals from any qualified agency, nonprofit or community organization related to the Fair Housing activities identified in its 2020 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI). Applications close on June 10 at 4:30 PM.

For more information, access the program website, online ZoomGrants application and/or email Carmel San Juan or Max Holdhusen.

The FHIC has a total of $100,000 available for activities proposed as a response to this RFP and is looking for applications to respond to these associated strategies. The proposed activities should work to address at least one or both of the following fair housing goals and strategies identified:

• Goal 3: Support homeownership for households of color.

Examples may include, but not limited to:

• • Conduct homebuyer and financial literacy education targeted at communities of color.
  • Conduct credit counseling and improvement programs targeted at communities of color.
  • Provide stewardship programming (e.g., educational training on home maintenance) for low-to-moderate income homeowners.

• Goal 6: Ensure equal access to housing for persons with protected characteristics, lower-income, and homeless.

Examples may include, but not limited to:

• • Provide translation services for federally funded programs across the metropolitan area (e.g., translate city rehab program or rental assistance applications to Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Karen and other represented languages).
  • Hold legal services, eviction prevention and other educational activities across the metropolitan area.
  • Conduct fair housing training for landlords and renters.