Arcadia Housing Authority

Arcadia Housing Authority, a U.S. local government entity and public housing authority headquartered in Arcadia, Florida, receives federal formula grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office, with minimal subrecipient activity. The authority does not hold federal contracts or serve as a prime or sub contractor; its federal engagement is exclusively grant-based.

Arcadia Housing Authority's federal footprint is entirely concentrated in two HUD programs. The Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA unspecified) provides ongoing operational subsidies for day-to-day management, maintenance, anti-crime and anti-drug activities, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, and debt service across the authority's public housing inventory, with awards carrying multi-year terms running through 2031 and 2032. The Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872) supplies capital for modernization, development, infrastructure improvements, energy efficiency upgrades, and emergency repairs to public housing units, with recent awards carrying performance periods through 2028 and 2030. A representative capital grant awarded April 1, 2026 carries $377,382 in funding through March 31, 2030 for public housing modernization and infrastructure activities.

The authority's customer concentration is singular: 59 of 64 total awards (97% coverage) come from HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office, the remaining 3 awards coming from Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards routed through the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management as prime grantee. Recent sub-award activity includes housing-related disaster recovery work — retention pond construction and residential unit improvements across ten separate road locations in Arcadia — awarded through FEMA sub grants under state administration on dates including August 8, 2023 and February 11, 2025.

Activity has remained modest and relatively flat across the past five years, averaging 3.8 awards per year from 2022 through 2026, with only three awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Combined dollars obligated across all 64 awards total $21.7 million, reflecting the modest scale of a single-city housing authority. Arcadia Housing Authority operates as a recipient of formula allocations under the broader Public Housing program serving approximately 2,770 PHAs nationwide managing nearly one million public housing units; the authority's awards are non-competitive, entitlement-based distributions determined by HUD's allocation methodology rather than competitive procurements.