Community Services and Housing Support

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Services and Housing Support office administers federal contracts and grants supporting community housing programs and related services. As a sub-office within HUD, it transacts through both the contracting and grant mechanisms to fund housing support delivery across the domestic portfolio.

Contract activity at the office has been minimal in recent years. The portfolio contains 46 total federal contract awards spanning from 2005 through April 2018, with 3 awards in 2014, 1 in 2015, 6 in 2016, 1 in 2017, and 1 in 2018. Combined potential value across all contract awards is $141.9 million, with $93.7 million obligated to date. Among the 34 distinct prime contractors awarded, no single vendor dominates the portfolio; the award distribution is highly fragmented. The contracting strategy is heavily weighted toward 8(a) Sole Source awards, which account for 46 percent of the 46 awards. No set-aside contracts comprise 41 percent of awards, while Total Small Business, Competitive 8(a), and Woman-Owned Small Business awards each account for single-digit shares of the portfolio. The office has not issued recent contract solicitations; no contract opportunities are recorded against the agency in the current cycle.

Grant activity peaked early in the program cycle. The office has awarded 125 grants since 2011, with 91 awards in 2011, 31 in 2012, 1 in 2014, and 2 in 2015. Combined federal dollars obligated across all grant awards total $192.8 million. All 125 grants are structured as Cooperative Agreements, indicating direct partnership and collaborative relationships with each recipient. The recipient base spans 125 distinct entities with no concentration among top awardees; each recipient appears once in the portfolio, reflecting a highly dispersed grant strategy. The most recent grant award closed in June 2015, indicating no active grant competitions or funding cycles against the office currently. No grant opportunities are recorded in the current cycle.

The office's contracting and grant activity has been dormant for the last eight and eleven years respectively. Entities tracking or pursuing work at HUD should monitor broader departmental solicitations and funding announcements; current business development focus should target other active HUD offices or sub-agencies with current procurement and grant cycles.