[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: 24CFR125.401]

[Page 706]
 
                 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. 125.401  Private Enforcement Initiative.

    (a) The Private Enforcement Initiative provides funding on a single-
year or multi-year basis, to investigate violations and obtain 
enforcement of the rights granted under the Fair Housing Act or State or 
local laws that provide rights and remedies for discriminatory housing 
practices that are substantially equivalent to the rights and remedies 
provided in the Fair Housing Act. Multi-year funding may be contingent 
upon annual performance reviews and annual appropriations.
    (b) Organizations that are eligible to receive assistance under the 
Private Enforcement Initiative are:
    (1) Qualified fair housing enforcement organizations.
    (2) Fair housing enforcement organizations with at least 1 year of 
experience in complaint intake, complaint investigation, testing for 
fair housing violations and enforcement of meritorious claims. For the 
purpose of meeting this 1 year qualification period, it is not necessary 
that the activities were conducted simultaneously, as long as each 
activity was conducted for 1 year. It is also not necessary for the 
activities to have been conducted for a continuous year. An organization 
may aggregate its experience in each activity over the 2-year period 
preceding its application to meet this 1 year qualification period 
requirement.