Bird City Housing Authority

Bird City Housing Authority, doing business as Lebow Manor, is a U.S. local government entity and public housing authority headquartered in Bird City, Kansas that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to manage public housing operations and capital improvements.

The organization operates exclusively as a grant recipient, not a federal contractor; it does not compete for federal contracts. Lebow Manor holds no contract vehicles and carries no federal contract prime or sub awards. Its entire federal footprint consists of formula grants from HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office, administered under two primary programs: the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850), which provides operating subsidies for day-to-day maintenance, management, resident services, energy, insurance, and administrative expenses; and the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872), which funds housing modernization, development, and capital improvements for public housing units. These formula grants are drawn from HUD's $5 billion Public Housing Operating Fund program serving approximately 6,000 housing authorities nationwide and the Public Housing Capital Fund program serving approximately 2,770 PHAs with nearly one million housing units across all 50 states and territories.

Lebow Manor's customer concentration is absolute: all 38 awards in the source data trace to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office, representing 100% of its federal funding relationship. The organization has received two awards per calendar year consistently over the past five years (2022–2026), with combined dollars obligated at $1.4 million across the entire award portfolio. Recent grant recipients include a Public Housing Operating Fund award dated January 1, 2026 with ultimate completion on December 31, 2032; a Public Housing Capital Fund award dated April 1, 2026 completing March 31, 2030; and a Public Housing Capital Fund award dated May 13, 2025 completing May 12, 2029. Four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore require recompete or renewal action. The organization has maintained its public housing authority charter role without federal contract diversification, focusing entirely on HUD grant administration for public housing operations and capital planning across its Kansas property portfolio.