Dover Housing Authority

Dover Housing Authority is a municipal housing authority in Dover, New Hampshire that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, focused on public housing operations, capital improvements, and resident economic self-sufficiency programs. The authority does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; its footprint is entirely grant-funded through HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office programs.

Dover Housing Authority operates primarily as a grant recipient (96% of recent awards) in two core capability areas. The first is public housing operations and maintenance, funded through the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850), which provides ongoing operational subsidies for day-to-day management, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, and administrative expenses. Representative awards include a $145,989 formula grant for the period January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2032, and a $181,378 formula grant for the same period, both under CFDA 14.850. The second capability is public housing capital improvements and modernization, funded through the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872), which supports construction, acquisition, modernization, development, and emergency safety and security improvements. Recent capital fund awards include a $770,793 formula grant effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2030, and a $170,000 emergency-set-aside grant awarded September 18, 2025 for critical safety and security measures, with ultimate completion September 17, 2027.

A supplementary focus is resident economic mobility programming. Dover Housing Authority receives project grants under the Family Self-Sufficiency Program (CFDA 14.896) to fund coordinator salaries and services for families in public housing, Housing Choice Voucher, and project-based rental assistance programs. A representative award is a $101,000 project grant awarded January 1, 2026 with completion December 31, 2026, supporting FSS Coordinator positions to deliver employment planning, training connections, and economic self-sufficiency services. The authority also participates in HUD's Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative, a project grant program launched in June 2025 with performance through May 31, 2028.

Customer concentration is absolute: HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office accounts for 91 of 96 awards (100% coverage of the top-customer block). A secondary and minor grant footprint exists with the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under Title IV, Part B 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21CCLC) programming, awarded as sub-grants through the New Hampshire Department of Education. Four sub-awards in that program span STEAM summer programs and year-round community learning initiatives at Woodman Park Elementary School and Woodman Park School.

Activity has been stable with modest recent growth: five awards annually in 2022 and 2023, four in 2024, and nine in 2025, with four awards in the first quarter of 2026. Nine awards are scheduled for ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete opportunities for the authority's renewal under the formula-grant structure that characterizes HUD's Public Housing Operating Fund and Public Housing Capital Fund programs. Dover Housing Authority has been active in the federal funding landscape since at least 2006, accumulating $42.6 million in obligated dollars across ninety-six awards in the source data.