Public Housing – Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office operates CFDA 14.852, the Public Housing Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program, which funds modifications and improvements to public housing and Indian housing properties, with the most recent grant award dated April 21, 2010.

The program is no longer active. Award activity ceased over 16 years ago, with the last grant issued in 2010. Historical funding concentrated in 2001 and 2002, when the program issued 31 and 17 awards respectively; activity dropped sharply thereafter to single awards in 2003, 2004, and 2010. Across the program's recorded lifetime, 84 Project Grants totaling $2 million in federal dollars were obligated, all funded exclusively by HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office.

Recent awards funded property modifications designated as "MOD IND CURRENT" (Indian housing modifications, current operations) and "MOD PH CURRENT" (public housing modifications, current operations), with individual award magnitudes ranging from under $500 to approximately $237 thousand. Representative awards include Project Grant NV99B00691096 for $237,251 (October 2000), Project Grant TX21P23091396 for $115,954 (October 2000), and Project Grant KY36P07590296 for $77,288 (October 2000). Award descriptions reference modifications to current operations and recaptured/reuse inventory across geographically distributed public housing authorities and tribal housing entities in states including Texas, California, Arizona, Washington, and others.

No recent grant opportunities are currently open. The program has issued no solicitations since its last award in 2010 and shows no indication of reactivation.