THE HOUSING EDUCATION AND OUTRERACH INITIATIVE:

A CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN FAIR HOUSING LAW AND INVESTIGATIONS

Principal Investigator: Haydar Kurban

Co-PI: Rodney Green

Howard University Center for Urban Progress (CUP) has received a grant from Fair Housing Initiatives Programs of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop a new fair housing curriculum for the Fair Housing Initiative Program (FHIP). This new curriculum will be implemented by the National Fair Housing Training Academy (NFHTA) located on the campus of Howard University.

Currently, (Spring 2007), about eight students from Howard University are actively involved in fair housing related activities. The following table shows the names of the interns and the organizations at which they had been placed.

Name of Intern Organization

Torrence Simon National Fair Housing Alliance

Larc Pickett The Equal Rights Center

Abidemi Sanu National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)

Bunmi Adefisayo National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)

Edward Atulia-Afari National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)

Ryan Hussey The Housing Counseling Services, Inc

Makada Henry-Nickie Howard University Center for Urban Progress- Intern Coordinator

Lanray Docemo Center for Urban Progress- Assisting in FHIP curriculum

For information about Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP), visit http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/partners/FHAP/index.cfm

For information about Fair Housing Initiative Program (FHIP), visit

http://www.hud.gov/progdesc/fhip.cfm

For information about housing discrimination law and practices, visit

http://www.fairhousinglaw.org/

http://www.huduser.org/publications/hsgfin/hds_phase1.html

For information about home ownership advocacy, visit

Home Free USA http://www.homefreeusa.org

For information about fair housing related legal issues, visit

Fair Housing Clinic (John Marshall Law School), Chicago IL http://www.jmls.edu/fairhousingcenter/fairhousingclinic.shtml