[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR125.104]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
    CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 125_FAIR HOUSING INITIATIVES PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 125.104  Program administration.

    (a) FHIP is administered by the Assistant Secretary.
    (b) FHIP funding is made available under the following initiatives:
    (1) The Administrative Enforcement Initiative;
    (2) The Education and Outreach Initiative;
    (3) The Private Enforcement Initiative; and
    (4) The Fair Housing Organizations Initiative.
    (c) FHIP funding is made available in accordance with the 
requirements of the authorizing statute (42 U.S.C. 3616 note), the 
regulation in this part, and Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs), 
and is awarded through a grant or other funding instrument.
    (d) Notices of Funding Availability under this program will be 
published

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periodically in the Federal Register. Such notices will announce amounts 
available for award, eligible applicants, and eligible activities, and 
may limit funding to one or more of the Initiatives. Notices of Funding 
Availability will include the specific selection criteria for awards, 
and will indicate the relative weight of each criterion. The selection 
criteria announced in Notices of Funding Availability will be designed 
to permit the Department to target and respond to areas of concern, and 
to promote the purposes of the FHIP in an equitable and cost efficient 
manner.
    (e) All recipients of FHIP funds must conform to reporting and 
record maintenance requirements determined appropriate by the Assistant 
Secretary. Each funding instrument will include provisions under which 
the Department may suspend, terminate or recapture funds if the 
recipient does not conform to these requirements.
    (f) Recipients of FHIP funds may not use such funds for the payment 
of expenses in connection with litigation against the United States.
    (g) All recipients of funds under this program must conduct audits 
in accordance with part 44 or part 45, as appropriate, of this title.