Cumberland Housing Authority

Cumberland Housing Authority, doing business as Lakeview Apartments, is a U.S. local government entity and public housing authority based in Cumberland, Wisconsin that receives federal grant funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office to operate and modernize public housing units. The entity operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient (100% of awards are prime grants); it does not pursue federal contracts or sit on contract vehicles.

Cumberland Housing Authority's federal grant footprint centers entirely on two HUD formula grant programs: the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850) and the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.851). The Operating Fund provides annual subsidies to cover day-to-day operational expenses, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security activities, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, and debt service on public housing units. The Capital Fund provides multi-year grants to support public housing modernization, development, management improvements, and emergency repairs. Recent awards include a Public Housing Operating Fund grant dated January 1, 2026 with an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2032; a Public Housing Capital Fund grant dated April 1, 2026 completing March 31, 2030; a Public Housing Capital Fund grant dated May 13, 2025 completing May 12, 2029; and a Public Housing Operating Fund grant dated January 1, 2025 completing December 31, 2031. The authority also received a Public Housing Capital Fund grant dated May 6, 2024 completing May 5, 2028.

The authority has received 43 federal grants since 2006 with combined dollars obligated of $1.3 million across all awards. Award volume has remained sparse and irregular—five awards in 2022, two in 2023, five in 2024, two in 2025, and two in 2026—reflecting the formula-grant structure of HUD's public housing programs, which distribute funding annually or multi-annually on a fixed schedule rather than through competitive procurement. All customer activity flows through a single federal agency: the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office. Two awards are scheduled to reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.

As a public housing authority, Cumberland Housing Authority does not engage in federal contracting, does not subcontract to private vendors, and does not operate under set-aside categories or contract vehicles. The entity is a direct recipient of formula grants from HUD and uses those funds to administer its own public housing portfolio rather than to procure goods or services from external vendors. This positioning makes Cumberland Housing Authority a grantor-recipient relationship rather than a vendor-customer relationship in the federal marketplace.