Housing Authority Of The City Of Reno

Housing Authority Of The City Of Reno, doing business as Reno Housing Authority, is a U.S. local government entity and public housing authority that receives federal grant funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development as a prime recipient to operate and maintain public housing, fund capital improvements, and deliver resident self-sufficiency services in Reno, Nevada.

Reno Housing Authority operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient (99% of awards are prime grants), with no federal contract vehicle participation. The entity is structured as a municipal housing authority under Nevada law, headquartered in Reno at 1525 E 9th Street, and serves as administrator of public housing stock and related HUD programs in the Reno metropolitan area. All federal funding flows through HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office, with a single outlier award from the Federal Communications Commission for affordable connectivity outreach. The authority maintains web-based real-time portfolio platforms tracking funding levels, occupancy rates, and families served across its housing inventory.

HUD formula grants dominate the award footprint. The largest and most recurring funding source is the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850), which supplies day-to-day operational expenses for public housing management, maintenance, anti-crime and security activities, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, debt service, and administrative costs under Section 9 of the Housing Act of 1937. Recent Operating Fund awards include $1,313,472 effective August 3, 2026, through December 31, 2030; $141,551 for the period January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2032; and $212,609 and $137,375 under separate formula allocations running through December 31, 2032. The authority also receives Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872) awards for modernization, development, management improvements, and emergency repairs — a $2,173,932 grant awarded April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2030, and a prior award of $2.2 million for May 2024 through May 2028. Family Self-Sufficiency Program (CFDA 14.896) project grants fund FSS Coordinator salaries and fringe benefits to implement employment and self-sufficiency services for public housing and housing choice voucher residents; recent awards total $166,338 (January 1 through December 31, 2026) and prior grants of similar scale. The Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program (Federal Communications Commission) represented a single $166 thousand award in August 2023 for household broadband awareness and enrollment support.

Customer concentration is absolute: HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office accounts for 175 of 178 prime awards (99% coverage). The Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development placed 2 awards (Affordable Connectivity focus), and the Federal Communications Commission provided 1 award. Dollar obligated across all 179 awards (prime and sub combined) totals $81.2 million over a twenty-year span, reflecting the formula-grant character of PHA funding; awards are annual or multi-year allocations calculated by HUD methodology rather than competitive procurements. The authority has served 3 distinct federal agencies in recent cycles.

Activity has remained flat across the last five years — between 10 and 11 awards per calendar year — consistent with HUD's annual appropriations and formula-allocation cycle. Twelve awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, representing routine grant renewals and close-outs within the standard HUD Operating and Capital Fund cycle. The authority holds no parent contract vehicles, IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs; all federal work flows through direct formula-grant channels to HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office. The single sub-award in the 179-item portfolio is a grant sub-award, underscoring that Reno Housing Authority operates as a public housing administrator for HUD rather than as a contractor or vendor in federal supply or service markets.