The Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office awarded Rapides Parish Housing Authority $538,046 under the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872) on April 1, 2026.
The award funds capital and management activities for public housing, including modernization, development, and management improvements to the Authority's housing inventory serving low-income residents in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Eligible activities are those described in 24 CFR 905.200 and either specified in an approved five-year action plan or approved by HUD for emergency or disaster-related work. Development activities add to or significantly reconfigure public housing units and include construction and acquisition costs.
The period of performance runs from April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2030, with place of performance in Boyce, Louisiana. Rapides Parish Housing Authority, a not-for-profit public housing agency, receives this formula grant directly without identified sub-recipients. The funding is assistance type Formula Grant, allocated under the Capital Fund formula based on characteristics of the public housing inventory maintained in HUD's Information Management System / Public Housing Information Center.