Lonoke County Housing Authority

Lonoke County Housing Authority, doing business as Natural State Housing Group, is a U.S. government entity (county housing authority) and a federal grant recipient operating exclusively as a prime recipient in HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office programs, with no federal contract prime or subcontract work in its footprint.

Natural State Housing Group operates as the administrative entity for public housing in Lonoke County, Arkansas, headquartered in Carlisle. The organization's entire federal revenue stream—$13.6 million combined obligation across 54 awards over the past twenty years—flows from HUD formula and project grants supporting public housing operations, capital improvements, and resident self-sufficiency programming. The authority competes in no set-aside categories; it receives direct formula allocations under three core HUD programs: the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850), the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872), and the Family Self-Sufficiency Program (a project grant under Section 23 of the 1937 Housing Act). All 54 awards in the source footprint are prime grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office—zero sub-awards, zero contracts.

Representative recent awards include a $323,763 Public Housing Capital Fund formula grant effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2030, funding capital and management activities including modernization, development, infrastructure improvements, and financing for the authority's public housing units serving low-income residents. A $198,223 Public Housing Operating Fund formula grant running January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2032 supports day-to-day operational and maintenance expenses, property management, routine and preventative maintenance, security, energy cost management, resident supportive services, insurance, and administrative costs. Family Self-Sufficiency Program project grants, awarded annually for one-year performance periods, fund salary and fringe benefits for FSS coordinators who enroll families in employment and self-sufficiency planning and build partnerships with employers and service providers.

Activity has remained flat at three awards per year over the past five years. Five awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and will therefore face renewal or reallocation cycles. The authority serves exclusively one customer agency (HUD Public and Indian Housing Office) and competes in no open markets or competitive procurement vehicles; all funding is formula-based or statutory allocation to eligible public housing authorities.