Federal Grant Award Summary

The Minden Housing Authority received a $680,962 formula grant award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office under the Public Housing Capital Fund Program (CFDA 14.872), effective April 1, 2026, with completion scheduled for March 31, 2030. This funding supports capital and management activities for public housing serving low-income residents in Minden, Louisiana, including modernization, infrastructure improvements, emergency repairs, development of public housing units, and financing activities such as debt service payments for standard and mixed-finance developments.

The Capital Fund grant enables the Minden Housing Authority to execute eligible activities specified in its HUD-approved 5-Year Action Plan or emergency work as authorized by HUD. As a formula-based allocation rather than a competitive grant, the award amount was calculated using established formulas reflecting the housing authority's public housing inventory characteristics, including unit counts, building age, and construction costs. The funding supports the authority's ongoing efforts to maintain and enhance the quality of its public housing stock while serving the local low-income population, consistent with the program's operation across approximately 2,770 Public Housing Agencies nationwide managing nearly one million public housing units.