County Of Morgan

County Of Morgan, doing business as Morgan Metropolitan Housing Authority, is a public housing authority operating as a child entity of Morgan County Commissioners in McConnelsville, Ohio, and acts as a federal grant recipient exclusively with the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office. The entity administers HUD formula grants for public housing operations, capital improvements, and family self-sufficiency programming across Morgan County, Ohio.

Morgan Metropolitan Housing Authority's federal footprint centers entirely on HUD Public and Indian Housing Office grants. The authority holds prime recipient status on sixty-three awards spanning three primary programs: the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850), providing day-to-day operational and maintenance subsidies for public housing units; the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872), funding modernization, development, and capital improvements to public housing inventory; and the Family Self-Sufficiency Program (CFDA 14.877), funding coordinator salaries and fringe to support resident employment and self-sufficiency initiatives. Representative awards include $229,908 from the Public Housing Operating Fund awarded January 1, 2026, with performance through December 31, 2032; $188,018 from the Public Housing Capital Fund awarded April 1, 2026, running through March 31, 2030; and an unnamed FSS grant awarded January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026. All prime awards are formula grants calculated by HUD according to statutory formulas based on the authority's public housing inventory characteristics rather than through competitive application. Beyond prime grants, the authority acts as a sub-recipient on ten awards routed through other local entities, including Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), HUD HOME grants, and Federal Transit Administration Section 5311 Mobility Management funding.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development accounts for 86% of the authority's recent federal award count (59 of 69 total awards). Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $10.9 million. Activity has fluctuated across the past five years—four awards in 2022, ten in 2023, five in 2024, three in 2025, and four in 2026 year-to-date—reflecting HUD's annual funding cycles and the authority's rolling renewal schedule. Four awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and thus face renewal or recompete in that window.