Federal Grant Award Summary

The Wytheville Redevelopment & Housing Authority received a $781,532 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 (CFDA 14.872), effective April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2030. This award supports capital and management activities essential to maintaining and improving public housing infrastructure serving low-income residents in Wytheville, Virginia.

The funding enables the Authority to conduct modernization, development, emergency repairs, energy efficiency upgrades, and management improvements to its public housing inventory. Eligible activities under this award include construction and acquisition of additional public housing units, rehabilitation of existing units, financing activities including debt service payments, and customary financing costs for standard and mixed-finance developments. As a formula-based allocation program, the Public Housing Capital Fund distributes annual grants to approximately 2,770 Public Housing Agencies nationwide managing nearly one million units. The Authority must obligate and expend funds in accordance with its approved five-year action plan and HUD regulations (24 CFR Part 905), maintain accurate inventory records in HUD's Information Management System, and comply with federal audit requirements under 2 CFR 200.