Ability Housing Inc.

Ability Housing Inc., a Jacksonville, Florida–based tax-exempt nonprofit community development corporation, operates as a prime recipient of federal housing and homelessness-prevention grants, with nearly all work funded through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) and related HUD initiatives. Ability Housing maintains a subsidiary, Ability Oakland II LLC, also structured as a nonprofit limited liability company.

Ability Housing's customer concentration is narrowly focused on HUD. The top two funding agencies account for 72% of recent award volume: the HUD Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (33 awards) and the HUD Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (1 award). Across the full footprint, the organization serves two distinct customer agencies, both HUD sub-offices, with no diversification to other federal departments. This concentration is structural rather than tactical—Ability Housing's mission centers on permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and intensive case management services for chronically homeless individuals and families with behavioral health diagnoses, aligning squarely with the Continuum of Care Program's mandate.

Recent prime grant work includes a $1.919 million Continuum of Care award from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (December 1, 2025, through November 30, 2026) supporting permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, and the HousingLink program; a $728,810 Continuum of Care award (January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026) for permanent housing and supportive services in Jacksonville; and a $1.501 million Continuum of Care award (December 1, 2024, through November 30, 2025) funding rapid rehousing and case management. Ability Housing also received a $1.389 million Continuum of Care award from HUD with a December 1, 2023, to November 30, 2024 performance period. In October 2023, HUD's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund awarded Ability Housing a Capital Magnet Fund grant supporting acquisition, development, and rehabilitation of affordable rental housing and homeownership opportunities for low-, very-low-, and extremely-low-income populations. In December 2022, the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded Ability Housing a long-duration Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants award with completion through August 31, 2030.

As a sub-recipient, Ability Housing receives pass-through awards from other HUD grantees to deliver case management, wraparound services, permanent supportive housing through HousingLink, Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) rapid rehousing, and employment training programs (including the RISE program targeting previously homeless unemployed and underemployed adults). Sub-recipient awards from January 2024 through January 2026 support operations of eight properties providing 474 units of quality affordable housing in Duval County, case management for up to 160 formerly homeless individuals, permanent supportive housing for up to 150 chronically homeless individuals with disabilities, rental subsidies for up to 21 chronically homeless families through ESG RUSH funding, and salary support for real estate development and construction management staff building the Village at Lake Forest expansion.

Activity totaled 47 awards (34 prime, 13 sub-recipient) with $24 million combined dollars obligated. Award volume has modulated in recent years—three awards in 2022, six in 2023, seven in 2024, six in 2025, and two in 2026—with only two awards facing ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting a favorable recompete posture. Place of performance is Jacksonville and surrounding Duval County, Florida.