Center Housing Authority

Center Housing Authority, doing business as Southwood Apartments, is a non-profit, tax-exempt public housing authority based in Center, Texas that receives federal formula grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to operate and maintain public housing serving low-income residents. The organization acts exclusively as a grant recipient (100% of recent awards) and has no federal contract footprint or subcontracting relationships.

Center Housing Authority's federal funding derives entirely from HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office through two recurring formula grant programs. The organization receives annual allocations under the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.873), which supports day-to-day operational expenses, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security activities, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, and administrative program implementation. The authority also receives capital grants under the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872), which fund public housing modernization, infrastructure improvements, emergency repairs, and development activities. Recent awards include a $180,344 Public Housing Capital Fund grant obligated on April 1, 2026 with completion on March 31, 2030, and a Public Housing Operating Fund award running from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2032. All grant funds must be deployed for eligible activities specified in the authority's HUD-approved 5-year action plan or for emergency work as approved by HUD, in compliance with 24 CFR Part 905 and the Uniform Administrative Requirements under 2 CFR 200.

Customer concentration is absolute: 100% of the authority's federal awards come from a single agency—HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office—through forty awards spanning 2006 to the present. The combined dollars obligated across all awards total $4 million, reflecting the formula-driven nature of public housing grants scaled to the authority's inventory size and resident population. Four awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing standard recompete cycles under the annual and multi-year grant renewal schedule. The authority operates Southwood Apartments as its public housing portfolio in Center, Texas, serving low-income residents as part of HUD's national network of approximately 2,770 public housing agencies managing nearly one million units nationwide.