Housing Authority Of Berea

Housing Authority Of Berea, doing business as Clay Fee Homes, is a U.S. local government entity — a public housing authority headquartered in Berea, Kentucky — that receives federal operating and capital grants as a recipient (100% of awards) from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office. The authority does not hold federal contracts or serve as a subcontractor; it operates as a formula-grant recipient under HUD programs that support public housing operations, modernization, and infrastructure.

The Housing Authority of Berea's federal footprint centers on two recurring HUD grant programs, both administered by the Public and Indian Housing Office. The Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850) provides operating subsidies for day-to-day maintenance, management, resident services, security, energy, and insurance costs across the authority's public housing portfolio. Recent operating-fund awards include grants awarded January 1, 2024 (completion December 31, 2028), January 1, 2025 (completion December 31, 2031), and August 3, 2026 (completion December 31, 2030). The Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872) funds capital activities including modernization, development, rehabilitation, and emergency repairs to maintain safe and sanitary conditions. Recent capital-fund awards include a $163,048 grant awarded April 1, 2026 (completion March 31, 2030), grants awarded May 6, 2024 (completion May 5, 2028), May 13, 2025 (completion May 12, 2029), and February 17, 2023 (completion February 16, 2027). Both programs operate as formula entitlements; the authority submits annual certifications and maintains HUD's Information Management System and Public Housing Information Center data to support allocation calculations.

Activity has remained modest but steady — two awards per year in 2022 and 2023, climbing to four in 2024 and two in 2025, with three awards issued in 2026. Combined obligated dollars across all 39 awards total $4.3 million. Two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting a near-term grant-renewal cycle. The authority has served a single customer agency — HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office — across the entire award portfolio, which spans from 2006 to the present. As a government entity, the Housing Authority of Berea does not compete under SBA set-asides and is not available for prime contractor teaming on federal contracts.