Congress annually appropriates funds for the capital fund, including the emergency and non-presidentially declared natural disaster set-aside

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office awarded the Jamestown Housing Authority $288,650 on September 26, 2025, under the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872), a formula grant providing funds for capital and management activities including modernization and development of public housing.

The Jamestown Housing Authority, doing business as Housing For The Elderly And Handicapped, receives formula-based allocations calculated according to HUD's established formulas reflecting public housing inventory characteristics, unit counts, building age, and construction costs. The award funds capital work on the Authority's units and facilities serving low-income residents, with particular focus on elderly and disabled populations. The grant obligates $288,650 for the period September 26, 2025, through September 25, 2027, with place of performance in Jamestown, Rhode Island. Capital Fund grants finance public housing modernization, infrastructure repairs, energy efficiency upgrades, management improvements, and related capital activities. No application is required; funding is allocated directly based on formula inputs maintained by the PHA in HUD's Information Management System and Public Housing Information Center. The Authority must certify the accuracy of its inventory data annually and maintain budgets and cumulative cost records for HUD review and independent audit under 2 CFR 200.

Activities

The definitions of "emergency" and "non-presidentially declared natural disaster" are used in determining eligibility for emergency and non-presidentially declared natural disaster grants: • emergency: an unforeseen or unpreventable event or occurrence that poses an immediate threat to the health and safety of the residents (including fire safety) that must be corrected within one year of funding. Examples of emergencies are boiler failure, water intrusion causing mold growth, sewer line failure, and severe electrical problems. A PHA must be able to demonstrate that IT has properly maintained structures and equipment. • non-presidentially declared natural disaster: an extraordinary event, such as an earthquake, flood, or hurricane, affecting a public housing property owned and managed by a PHA, but excluding areas covered by a presidentially-declared emergencies and major disasters under the robert T. Stafford disaster relief and emergency assistance act, as those areas are eligible for funding from the federal management agency (FEMA). Capital fund disaster funding can only be used for activities and costs associated with the repair or replacement of a public housing project only if the public housing project was damaged because of an emergency or non-presidentially declared natural disaster. Activities to be performed are to provide emergency safety measures for public housing residents that can include relocation and the cost to provide temporary housing to public housing residents until public housing units can be repaired and can be covered by the emergency and non-presidentially declared natural disaster grant (such as hotel, moving van rental, temporary storage, boxes.). Activities to be performed are contained within the grantee's approved grant application. Examples of typical emergency situations can include but not limited to elevator failures in elderly buildings, water pipe burst and flooding situations, sewage backup and intrusions, seismic activity damage, tree root intrusion, failed HVAC system, and boiler loss during cold weather.

Expected outcomes

The expected outcomes for public housing emergency/disaster capital funds are the immediate safety measures for public housing residents and the remediation of the specific approved emergency/disaster project. The measurable outcome of this grant is that HUD will be able to track the amount of dollars spent on emergency and disaster eligible activities based on the approved grant application.

Intended beneficiaries

The intended beneficiaries for public housing emergency/disaster capital funds are low-income public housing residents.

Subrecipient activities

The recipient does not intend to subaward funds.