Some private nonprofits that investigate housing discrimination cases related to the Fair Housing Act may soon lose their federal grants, according to a report by the Associated Press.

The report said the Trump administration has begun terminating grants disbursed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to organizations that take complaints about, investigate and litigate housing discrimination cases related to the federal anti-discrimination law passed in 1968. Currently, 163 active grants are going to private nonprofits doing such work, and about half of those could be canceled, the National Fair Housing Alliance predicted.

The grants are typically worth $425,000 annually, the AP report said.

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