Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis—$206,489.79—Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance's Housing Discrimination Law Project plans to expand its current services to low-income and disabled individuals in the Twin Cities. Complaints will receive intake and referral services and benefit from investigation, testing, negotiation and litigation. The Metropolitan Interfaith Council on Affordable Housing is one of several partners helping CRLC to reach new immigrant communities.

Minneapolis Urban League—$79,240—The Minneapolis Urban League will provide community education on the characteristics of housing discrimination, the impact of housing discrimination and the enforcement of fair housing laws and practices for African Americans and East African refugees living in the Empowerment Zone neighborhoods in Minneapolis.

St. Paul-ACORN Housing Corp.—$80,000—In this project, ACORN Housing Corp. in partnership with ACORN Fair Housing and Minnesota ACORN will increase compliance with the Fair Housing Act through public outreach and education, the investigation of reverse redlining and other illegalities among predatory lenders, and referral of complaints to HUD, the Department of Justice, State and local agencies and/or private attorneys.