Housing Authority

The Housing Authority, doing business as The Housing Authority, is a U.S. local government entity and child agency of the City of Copperas Cove, Texas, operating as a public housing authority under HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office. The Housing Authority receives federal grant funding exclusively — it does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles — and acts as a direct recipient of formula grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for public housing capital improvements and operational subsidies.

The Housing Authority's entire federal footprint consists of awards from a single customer agency: the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office (100% of 41 awards across the source data). Recent grants include a $270,823 Public Housing Capital Fund award obligated April 1, 2026, with completion scheduled March 31, 2030, supporting modernization of existing units, infrastructure improvements, emergency repairs, energy efficiency upgrades, and development activities that expand or reconfigure the agency's low-income housing stock; a $186,523 Public Housing Operating Fund grant effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2032, providing day-to-day operational and maintenance expenses, property management, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security initiatives, energy cost management, and resident supportive services; and an earlier Public Housing Capital Fund award dated May 6, 2024, with completion May 5, 2028. The Housing Authority's portfolio includes overlapping multi-year awards under both CFDA 14.872 (Public Housing Capital Fund) and CFDA 14.850 (Public Housing Operating Fund), with awards active through 2032.

Activity remains steady at roughly two awards annually over the past five years (2022 through 2026), with four awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $9.3 million. The Housing Authority operates as a formula-grant recipient under section 9 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 and is not eligible to compete for competitive federal contracts; its awards are distributed without competitive application to approximately 2,770 public housing agencies nationwide serving nearly one million units across all fifty states and territories. The Housing Authority's portfolio serves approximately 44 percent elderly residents and 35 percent families with children across its public housing inventory in Copperas Cove, Texas.