Burwell Housing Authority

Burwell Housing Authority, a U.S. local government entity and child organization of the City of Burwell, Nebraska, operates as a federal grant recipient exclusively under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office, receiving formula-based operating and capital fund allocations to manage public housing operations in Burwell.

Burwell Housing Authority is structured as a government entity — a public housing agency — and does not compete for federal contracts or serve as a prime or subcontractor. The organization's entire federal footprint consists of direct HUD formula grants to support day-to-day public housing operations and capital improvements. The authority's parent entity is the City of Burwell, Inc., a municipality in Burwell, Nebraska.

The authority's grant portfolio spans two primary federal programs, both administered through HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office. The Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA not separately itemized in source; part of section 9 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937) provides operating subsidies to cover management, maintenance, anti-crime and anti-drug activities, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, and debt service. The Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872) supplies formula-based grants for capital activities including infrastructure modernization, emergency repairs, energy efficiency improvements, development that adds to or reconfigures public housing units, and management improvements aligned with a five-year action plan. Representative awards include a $171,490 Capital Fund grant effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2030, and an Operating Fund award from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2031. All awards are non-competitive, formula-based allocations calculated annually according to inventory characteristics such as unit counts, building age, and construction costs.

Activity is stable at approximately two awards per year across 2022 through 2026, with 41 total federal awards in the source record since 2006 and a combined dollars obligated of $4.8 million. Two awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The authority operates as a recipient of federal grant funds only; it has no federal contract prime or subcontract role and no presence on federal contract vehicles or BPAs.