Housing Authority Of The City Of Paola KS

Housing Authority Of The City Of Paola KS, doing business as Paola Housing Authority, is a U.S. local government entity and public housing authority based in Paola, Kansas that receives federal formula grant funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office as a prime recipient — not as a federal contractor or vendor. The organization operates exclusively under HUD's public housing programs and does not hold or compete for federal contracts.

Paola Housing Authority's federal grant footprint consists entirely of two recurring HUD formula grant programs. The first is the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872), which supports capital and management activities including public housing modernization, infrastructure improvements, energy efficiency upgrades, emergency repairs, and development initiatives within the authority's HUD-approved five-year action plan. The most recent Capital Fund award, dated May 13, 2025 with completion scheduled for May 12, 2029, carries $189,689 in funding; prior Capital Fund awards date to May 2024, February 2023, and May 2022. The second program is the Public Housing Operating Fund, which provides operating subsidies for day-to-day operational expenses, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security activities, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, debt service, and administrative costs. Operating Fund awards span January 2022 through January 2026, with the most recent award running through December 2031.

Paola Housing Authority has received thirty-six awards across twenty years of documented federal grant activity, all from HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office, with consistent annual grant issuance of two awards per year over the past five years. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total five million dollars. The organization is entirely dependent on HUD formula grants — it holds no prime contracts, IDIQs, GWACs, or parent vehicles, and has not engaged as a subcontractor to any federal prime contractor. Two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, triggering HUD's standard reallocation and recomputation of formula grant amounts. The authority's role in the federal system is as a direct recipient and administrator of public housing capital and operating funds for low-income residents in Paola, not as a service vendor or contractor competing in the federal marketplace.