Albany Housing Authority

Albany Housing Authority, a U.S. local government entity and public housing authority headquartered in Albany, New York, acts as a federal grant recipient delivering public housing operations, capital improvements, and employment services to low-income residents under formula and project grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office (CFDA 14.850, 14.872, 14.896). The authority does not hold federal contracts as a prime or subcontractor; its footprint is entirely grant-recipient work.

The recipient's mission centers on managing public housing stock and resident services. Recent representative grant work includes a $4.11 million Public Housing Capital Fund formula grant awarded April 1, 2026 (completion March 31, 2030) funding capital and management activities including public housing modernization, infrastructure improvements, energy efficiency upgrades, and construction or acquisition of additional public housing units per the authority's HUD-approved five-year action plan. A $340,000 Family Self-Sufficiency Program project grant (CFDA 14.896) effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026 funds FSS Program Coordinator salaries and fringe to deliver employment and economic mobility services to low-income families in public housing and Housing Choice Voucher properties. Multiple Public Housing Operating Fund formula grants (CFDA 14.850) awarded January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2032 provide operating subsidies for property management, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security initiatives, energy cost management, resident supportive services, insurance, and administrative expenses across the authority's portfolio.

Customer concentration is singular. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office accounts for 294 awards (78% of the total 378 awards in the source data), with HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funding 82 awards (22%), and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service supplying 2 awards via sub-grant relationships with the New York State Education Department (CNP Block Consolidated awards, most recent October 1, 2024). Combined dollars obligated across all federal sources total $212.6 million. Awards per year have remained steady at 14–18 grants annually over the past five years. Twenty-one awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing potential recompete or renewal activity in that window.

The authority's sub-award footprint is minimal: two sub-grants from the New York State Education Department for Consolidated Nutrition Program block funding. The recipient operates almost entirely as a direct grant recipient rather than as a subcontractor to other organizations. Federal grant compliance requirements include submission of annual capital fund certifications to HUD's Information Management System, maintenance of accurate inventory documentation per 24 CFR Part 905, and adherence to Uniform Administrative Requirements under 2 CFR 200.