Fairmont Housing Auth

Fairmont Housing And Redevelopment Authority Of Fairmont, a non-profit public housing agency headquartered in Fairmont, Minnesota, receives federal operating and capital grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office to manage and modernize public housing units serving low-income residents in the Fairmont area. The organization operates exclusively as a grant recipient (100% of recent awards are prime grants) and serves a single customer agency — HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office — across two primary federal grant programs.

Fairmont Housing Authority's federal funding stack centers on two HUD formula-grant programs under CFDA 14.850 (Public Housing Operating Fund) and CFDA 14.872 (Public Housing Capital Fund). Operating Fund grants provide subsidies for day-to-day operational and maintenance expenses, including property management, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security activities, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, debt service, and administrative program implementation. Capital Fund grants support public housing modernization, development, and management improvements consistent with 24 CFR Part 905 — eligible activities include infrastructure improvements, emergency repairs, energy efficiency upgrades, facility maintenance, and development activities that add to or reconfigure the public housing inventory. Recent Capital Fund awards include a $277,510 formula grant (April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2030) and a prior award dated May 6, 2024 (completion May 5, 2028). Operating Fund awards include a $110,909 formula grant (January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2032) and recurring annual allocations dating back to 2022.

Activity is stable and recurring. Fairmont Housing Authority has received 56 federal awards since 2006, with three awards per year over the past five years (2022–2026), generating $8.5 million in combined obligations. Six awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will cycle through HUD's recompete and reallocation process. The organization does not hold prime federal contracts or sit on government-wide IDIQs, GWACs, or agency BPAs — all activity is formula-grant funding from a single federal agency aligned with the authority's statutory role as a designated public housing agency serving approximately 1.5 million public housing residents nationwide under the Housing Act of 1937.