City Of Roanoke Redevelopment & Housing Authority

City of Roanoke Redevelopment & Housing Authority is a local government housing authority in Roanoke, Virginia, that operates as a recipient of federal grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), administering public housing capital funds, operating subsidies, family economic self-sufficiency programs, and housing quality initiatives serving low-income families, elderly residents, and persons with disabilities in the Roanoke area. The Authority is a U.S. government entity classified as a local government and housing authority and does not compete for or hold federal contracts; all federal funding arrives through grant awards where the Authority acts as prime recipient.

The Authority's federal footprint is entirely concentrated within HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office, which accounts for 232 of 233 total awards since 2004, with a single radon-intervention project award from HUD's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control. Recent grant activity runs at approximately 11 awards per year, with combined dollars obligated across the entire portfolio reaching $177 million. The Authority receives recurring formula grants under three primary federal programs: the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850), which supports day-to-day operational and maintenance expenses including property management, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security initiatives, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, debt service, and administrative implementation; the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872), which finances capital and management activities including modernization, development, management improvements, and infrastructure work; and the Family Self-Sufficiency Program (CFDA 14.896), which funds FSS Coordinator salaries and fringe benefits to deliver employment and economic mobility services to participating families, with coordinators enrolling families, developing individualized training and services plans, and establishing community partnerships over multi-year participation contracts.

Representative recent awards include a $4.8 million Public Housing Capital Fund formula grant (CFDA 14.872) effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2030, supporting public housing modernization, infrastructure improvements, emergency repairs, and energy efficiency upgrades; a $194,612 Family Self-Sufficiency Program project grant (CFDA 14.896) effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026, funding one FSS Coordinator position; multiple Public Housing Operating Fund awards ranging from $162,528 to $843,569 (CFDA 14.850) obligated January 1, 2025 and 2026, running through December 31, 2031 and 2032, covering operational and maintenance expenses across the housing portfolio; and a radon-intervention project grant from the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control effective May 15, 2023 through May 15, 2027. The Authority's grant awards span from 2004 to the present, with thirteen awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing potential recompete activity in capital-fund and operating-fund renewals. The Authority operates exclusively as a recipient under HUD's formula-grant mechanisms rather than through competitive contracts or IDVs, and all federal funding flows directly to the Authority for administration of its public housing portfolio and economic-mobility programming in Roanoke.