Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation Inc.

Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation Inc., doing business as Sheen Housing, is a New York-based nonprofit organization that delivers housing repair, rehabilitation, and accessibility modification services to low-income rural populations as a prime federal grant recipient. Sheen Housing operates exclusively in the federal grant space with no contract prime work, and acts as both a prime recipient (77% of recent awards) and sub-recipient of federal housing grants.

Sheen Housing's capability portfolio centers on housing preservation, repair, and rehabilitation for rural and elderly populations. Recent prime grant work includes a $146,000 Rural Housing Preservation Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service (CFDA 10.433) awarded August 29, 2026 for housing repair and rehabilitation in rural New York, with performance extending through October 29, 2027; a $146,000 Rural Housing Preservation Grant awarded October 17, 2025 for similar rural housing assistance; and a cooperative agreement from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control awarded April 15, 2025 under the Older Adult Home Modification Program (OAHMP), focused on low-cost, high-impact home modifications—including grab bar installation, ramps, lever-handled fixtures, and adaptive equipment—delivered by licensed occupational therapists to enable elderly residents to age in place. An earlier $236,500 Rural Housing Preservation Grant from USDA awarded October 29, 2023 supported repairs and rehabilitation for very low- and low-income rural homeowners, rental properties, and housing cooperatives across New York.

Customer concentration sits with housing and rural development agencies. The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service dominates the award count, representing the majority of the 30 total awards, followed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Housing Federal Housing Commissioner and the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control. The four named customer agencies account for 83% of recent awards. In its sub-recipient capacity, Sheen Housing has received housing rehabilitation and housing counseling reimbursement sub-awards, including amended awards from the New York State Housing Finance Agency for housing counseling and homeowner rehabilitation work dated March 2026, March 2025, and October 2023.

Award activity has remained relatively stable over the past five years, with two awards each in 2022, 2023, and 2024, rising to four awards in both 2025 and 2026. Two awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting modest recompete exposure. Cumulative federal dollars obligated across the entire award portfolio total $8.8 million, reflecting Sheen Housing's sustained but modest scale in federal housing grant work, concentrated in rural housing preservation and aging-in-place home modification programs.