Erath Housing Authority

Erath Housing Authority, a local government entity headquartered in Erath, Louisiana, receives formula grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office to operate and maintain public housing facilities serving low-income residents. The entity is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and functions exclusively as a grant recipient under two HUD federal grant programs; it holds no federal contracts and does not serve as a subcontractor.

Erath Housing Authority's grant portfolio consists entirely of awards from HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office under two primary programs: the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.871), which funds day-to-day operational expenses, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security activities, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, and debt service; and the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872), which funds modernization, development, management improvements, and infrastructure upgrades to the public housing inventory. Representative awards include a Public Housing Operating Fund grant awarded January 1, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2031; a Public Housing Capital Fund grant for $179,562 awarded April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2030; and a Public Housing Capital Fund grant awarded May 6, 2024, with completion scheduled for May 5, 2028. All grants operate as formula allocations under Section 9 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as amended, with funds allocated according to established formulas reflecting the authority's public housing inventory characteristics rather than through competitive application.

Customer concentration is absolute — all 39 awards derive from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, representing 100% of recent federal activity. Erath Housing Authority operates as a prime grant recipient across a 20-year award history dating to 2006, with recent activity paced at two awards per year from 2022 through 2025 and four awards in 2026. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $4.8 million. Two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing the near-term grant-closeout timeline for the authority. Erath Housing Authority remains operationally focused on its core mission as a local public housing provider and does not actively pursue federal contracting or subcontracting roles.