Housing Authority Of The City Of Quitman

Housing Authority Of The City Of Quitman, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Quitman, Georgia, is a federal grant recipient operating as a housing authority under the U.S. Housing Act of 1937. The entity receives formula grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office (its sole customer) to fund public housing operations, maintenance, capital improvements, and modernization activities serving low-income residents.

Housing Authority Of The City Of Quitman operates exclusively as a prime grant recipient with no federal contract work or subcontractor engagements in its recent footprint. The organization has received 43 federal grants totaling $17.5 million in combined dollars obligated since 2006, with all awards flowing from HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office. Recent grant activity includes two annual formula grants under the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850) — one awarded January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2031, and a second awarded January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2032 valued at $366,513 — and two capital grants under the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872), including a $615,671 award effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2030, and an earlier award dated May 13, 2025 through May 12, 2029. Operating funds support day-to-day property management, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security initiatives, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, debt service, and administrative program implementation. Capital funds finance public housing modernization, development, infrastructure improvements, emergency repairs, and energy efficiency upgrades within the authority's portfolio, subject to an approved 5-Year Action Plan or HUD-approved emergency work.

Award volume has remained steady at two per year through 2025, with four awards recorded in the first four months of 2026. Two awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Housing Authority Of The City Of Quitman's federal engagement is formulaic and non-competitive; it participates in HUD's nationwide $5 billion Public Housing Operating Fund program serving approximately 6,000 housing authorities and 1.59 million public housing residents, and the Public Housing Capital Fund program serving approximately 2,770 public housing agencies managing nearly one million units across all fifty states and territories.