Ellsworth Housing Authority

Ellsworth Housing Authority, a local government entity headquartered in Bar Harbor, Maine, receives federal formula grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office to fund public housing capital improvements, operating expenses, and resident services. The Authority is a grant recipient, not a contractor; it does not compete for federal contracts and holds no prime contract vehicles.

Ellsworth Housing Authority operates as a public housing agency serving its local jurisdiction and receives all federal funding through HUD's standardized grant programs for public housing authorities. The Authority's entire grant footprint—44 awards across recent years—comes from HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office, with no secondary customer agencies. The award portfolio comprises formula grants under the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872), which funds capital and management activities including modernization, infrastructure improvements, energy efficiency upgrades, and emergency repairs to public housing inventory; the Public Housing Operating Fund, which covers day-to-day operational expenses, routine and preventative maintenance, security activities, energy costs, resident supportive services, and insurance; and a project grant under the Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative, a HUD employment and economic development program for public housing residents. Recent capital fund awards include a $159,791 formula grant awarded April 1, 2026 (ultimate completion March 31, 2030), a formula grant awarded May 13, 2025 (ultimate completion May 12, 2029), and a formula grant awarded May 6, 2024 (ultimate completion May 5, 2028). Operating fund awards run multi-year cycles; the most recent operating fund grant was awarded January 1, 2026 (ultimate completion December 31, 2032). The Authority also received a Public Housing Capital Fund Emergency and Disaster Safety and Security grant on June 20, 2024, addressing one-time safety and security capital needs.

Activity is modest and stable. The Authority received two awards in 2022, three in 2023, three in 2024, two in 2025, and two in 2026, with combined dollars obligated across all 44 awards totaling $4.8 million. Two awards have ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months, reflecting the standard multi-year cycle of HUD public housing grants. The Authority does not function as a prime contractor, does not sit on federal contract vehicles, and does not subcontract; it is a direct HUD grant recipient administering public housing operations and capital improvements for its local portfolio.