The public housing capital fund program (CFP) was created by an amendment to the 1937 act by the quality housing and work responsibility act (qhwra) in 1998 (adding section 9(d) to the 1937 act…

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office awarded $17.085 million to Housing Authority of Birmingham District on April 1, 2026, under the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872), a formula grant supporting capital and management activities in public housing.

The recipient will conduct public housing modernization, development, and infrastructure improvements in Birmingham, Alabama through March 31, 2030. The Capital Fund finances activities including housing unit development, acquisition, significant reconfiguration of existing units, and related construction costs, along with management improvements and financing activities such as debt service and customary financing costs in standard and mixed-finance public housing developments. Eligible activities are specified in an approved 5-year action plan or approved by HUD for emergency work or work necessitated by non-presidentially declared natural disasters.

Housing Authority of Birmingham District operates as a public housing agency with two named subsidiaries—Housing Authority City of Florala and Housing Authority of The City of Foley, Alabama—and serves nearly one million units nationwide across approximately 2,770 public housing agencies in all 50 states and territories. The recipient maintains accurate public housing inventory information in HUD's Information Management System (IMS)/Public Housing Information Center (PIC) system and submits annual IMS/PIC Capital Fund certification to HUD. The authority must maintain budgets and cumulative cost records for HUD and independent auditor review under 2 CFR 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards.

Activities

The phas receive federal funds from the U.S. Department of housing and urban development (HUD) to administer the public housing fund. Public housing capital funds may only be used for activities that are described as eligible activities in 24 CFR 905.200 and are either specified in an approved 5-year action plan or approved by HUD for emergency work or work needed because of a non-presidentially declared natural disaster. Public housing development, modernization, and financing are the major activities to be performed. Development is activities and related costs that add to (or significantly reconfigure) public housing units in a PHA's inventory, including construction and acquisition of additional public housing units, with or without rehabilitation, and any-and-all undertakings necessary for planning, design, financing, land acquisition, demolition, construction, or equipment of public housing units, and related buildings, facilities, and/or appurtenances (i.e., non-dwelling facilities/spaces). Development also includes any mixed-finance modernization, all relevant modernization uses (other than management improvements), financing uses, and development of non-dwelling space where such space is needed to administer, and is of direct benefit to a public housing project (i.e. housing developed, acquired, or assisted by a PHA under the 1937 act, and the improvement of any such housing), including the residents. Financing debt and financing costs (e.g., origination fees, interest) incurred by a PHA for development or modernization of public housing projects, including mixed-finance development, the capital fund financing program (cffp), and any other use authorized under section 30 of the 1937 act. Modernization includes all eligible activities except for development and financing. Physical work is a major activity and is work that is done on the physical structures, site, and grounds of a public housing property or structure. Major physical activities include demolition, reconfiguration, emergency activities, energy efficiency, non-routine maintenance, planned code compliance, and vacancy reduction. The measurable outcome of this grant is that HUD will be able to track the amount of dollars spent on improvements to the structures, units, common areas, utilities, and other eligible activities.

Expected outcomes

The expected outcomes for public housing capital funds of approximately $3.2 billion will be put into the development, modernization, and financing of nearly 1 million public housing units across all 50 states and territories. The public housing units are updated to be decent, safe, sanitary and to comply with federal housing standards. Phas can also use a portion of the capital funding for management improvements or operating activities including safety and security costs.

Intended beneficiaries

The intended beneficiaries for public housing capital funds are the low-income public housing residents.

Subrecipient activities

The recipient does not intend to subaward funds.