Greater Gadsden Housing Authority

Greater Gadsden Housing Authority, a U.S. local government entity and public housing authority based in Gadsden, Alabama, receives formula grant funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office to operate and maintain public housing stock serving low-income residents. The authority operates exclusively as a grant recipient, not as a federal contractor, and serves a single customer agency — HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office — across all 151 awards in the past two decades.

The authority's grant portfolio splits between two HUD programs: the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850), which funds day-to-day operational and maintenance expenses including property management, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security initiatives, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, debt service, and administrative implementation; and the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872), which funds capital projects including public housing modernization, development, infrastructure improvements, emergency repairs, and energy efficiency upgrades. Recent operating fund grants include awards of $195,316, $501,606, $527,339, $246,073, $366,782, and $267,702, all running through December 2032 or 2031 and effective January 1, 2026 or 2025. A $3.324 million capital fund grant effective April 1, 2026, funds capital and management activities through March 31, 2030. A prior capital fund award of approximately $1 million ran through May 12, 2029 (awarded May 13, 2025). The authority remains one of approximately 2,770 public housing agencies served by HUD's Capital Fund program nationwide.

Activity has remained flat across the past five years — seven awards per year from 2022 through 2026 — with $112.2 million in combined dollars obligated across all 151 awards over the past two decades. Seven awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will require recompete or renewal through HUD's formula allocation process. The authority maintains a named subsidiary, Landmark Ventures, Inc., registered as a non-profit organization. As a public housing authority, Greater Gadsden does not compete for or hold federal contracts; its relationship with the federal government is structured entirely through direct HUD grant funding under established public housing programs, with funding calculated and allocated by HUD using agency-prescribed methodologies and the authority's approved five-year action plan.