Dakotas’ only fair housing group furloughs part of staff due to funding gap

By: Jack Dura

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: September 9, 2026

Words: 570

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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The only fair housing organization in the Dakotas has furloughed some of its staff due to the delay of a crucial federal grant.

The Grand Forks-based High Plains Fair Housing Center has been awaiting the $425,000 Fair Housing Initiatives Program grant since May. Executive Director Michelle Rydz said she and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development were getting ready to sign the grant last week, when “for some reason they stopped,” …

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