Housing Authority Of The City Of Lake Charles

Housing Authority Of The City Of Lake Charles receives federal formula grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office to operate and modernize its public housing portfolio serving low-income residents in Lake Charles, Louisiana, operating as a grant recipient rather than a federal contractor. The organization is a U.S. local government entity and public housing authority with no federal contract prime or subcontractor footprint; all 120 tracked awards are federal grant recipients or grant sub-recipients.

HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office accounts for 111 of 120 awards (93% of tracked volume), split between two flagship formula grant programs: the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850) and the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872). Operating Fund grants sustain day-to-day housing operations, property management, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security activities, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, and administrative program implementation. Recent Operating Fund recipients include $215,557 (effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2032), $466,771 (January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2032), and $285,320 (January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2032) formula allocations. Capital Fund grants support modernization, development, and management improvements to public housing inventory. The Lake Charles Housing Authority received $1.5 million under the Public Housing Capital Fund effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2030, with an earlier $1 million Capital Fund allocation awarded May 6, 2024 (completion May 5, 2028). Secondary grantor agencies include the Federal Emergency Management Agency (8 awards, primarily for temporary facilities and emergency housing reconstruction) and HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (7 awards, including a Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant awarded July 27, 2023 running through September 30, 2032). The Lake Charles Housing Authority also acts as a grant sub-recipient under Homeland Security & Emergency Management for Greenwich Subdivision reconstruction projects and temporary administrative facilities, with eight sub-award activities dated between May 2024 and March 2026.

Award activity has grown modestly—five awards in 2022 to ten in 2026—with 11 awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore facing renewal or recompete. Combined dollars obligated across all 120 awards total $113.5 million, concentrated in HUD's formula grant programs that distribute annual operating and capital allocations to approximately 2,770 public housing agencies serving nearly one million units nationwide. The Lake Charles Housing Authority competes for these awards under standard formula-grant allocation methodologies rather than competitive procurement and does not pursue federal contracts or sit on government-wide acquisition vehicles.