Summary of Federal Grant Award

The Bucks County Housing Authority received a $1,627,000 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 through March 31, 2030. This award provides capital and management funding to support modernization, development, and infrastructure improvements to the Authority's public housing inventory serving low-income residents throughout Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The funding may be applied to eligible activities including construction and acquisition of additional housing units, significant reconfiguration of existing units, emergency repairs, energy efficiency upgrades, and financing activities such as debt service payments.

As a Public Housing Agency administering approximately 2,770 agencies nationwide managing nearly one million public housing units, the Bucks County Housing Authority receives its allocation through HUD's formula-based methodology, which considers characteristics such as unit counts, building age, and construction costs rather than through competitive application. Capital Fund grants must be obligated within the specified timeframe and expended by March 31, 2030, with all activities documented in the Authority's approved 5-Year Action Plan or approved by HUD for emergency work or natural disaster recovery. The Authority is required to maintain accurate public housing inventory data in HUD's Information Management System and comply with applicable federal audit and administrative requirements under 2 CFR Part 200.