Housing Authority Of The City Of Durham

Housing Authority of the City of Durham (doing business as Durham Housing Authority) is a local government entity and municipal housing authority that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient, exclusively from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for public housing operations, capital improvements, and resident economic mobility programs serving approximately 1,200 public housing units in Durham, North Carolina.

Durham Housing Authority's federal footprint is entirely grant-based with no federal contracting relationships. The entity operates 100 percent as a prime recipient with no sub-recipient pass-through arrangements. Its customer concentration is absolute: the Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office funds 346 awards (97 percent of the portfolio), while the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds 12 awards for a combined three percent. Total obligated dollars across all awards reach $289.2 million, with award activity averaging 15 to 17 grants annually over the past five years.

The Authority's grant portfolio is dominated by formula-grant programs. The Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850) anchors most recent activity, providing recurring annual operating subsidies for day-to-day operational and maintenance expenses, management and operations, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security activities, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, debt service, and administrative program implementation. Recent operating-fund grants include a $2.78 million obligated for August 2026 through December 2030, a $1.14 million obligated for January 2026 through December 2032, and multiple tranches ranging from $147,000 to $1.62 million, all running through 2032 or beyond. The Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872) funds public housing modernization, development, and infrastructure improvements; a $3.98 million capital-fund award on April 1, 2026, runs through March 31, 2030. The Family Self-Sufficiency Program (CFDA 14.896) funds coordinator salaries and fringe benefits for employment and economic mobility services; a $160,000 project grant awarded January 1, 2026, required the Authority to hire or retain one full-time FSS coordinator and serve at least 25 participating families through December 31, 2026. Supplemental grants include a Public Housing Capital Fund award for at-risk asset improvements (awarded December 23, 2024), a Public Housing Capital Fund emergency and disaster set-aside for safety and security (awarded June 20, 2024), a Lead-Based Paint Capital Fund Program grant (awarded September 8, 2023), a Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative award (awarded June 1, 2022, and renewed June 1, 2025), and a Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants award for community revitalization (awarded September 16, 2022, running through September 30, 2029). The Authority also receives Continuum of Care Program funding from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development for homelessness prevention.

Twenty awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete or renewal activity. The Authority's grant portfolio exhibits consistent year-over-year activity spanning more than two decades, with the earliest award dated July 1, 2005, indicating a stable, long-term federal funding relationship anchored to formula-grant mechanisms rather than competitive solicitation.