Housing Authority Of The County Of Lake, IL

Housing Authority Of The County Of Lake, IL (operating as Lake County Housing Authority Division) is a county-level public housing authority headquartered in Grayslake, Illinois that receives federal grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office to fund public housing operations, capital modernization, and family self-sufficiency programming across Lake County.

The authority operates exclusively as a grant recipient, holding no federal contracts and no seats on federal contract vehicles. Its federal footprint consists almost entirely of HUD formula and project grants flowing from the Public and Indian Housing Office (124 of 140 awards, 99% of the award count). The authority's grant portfolio centers on three core federal programs: the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA not specified in source), which funds day-to-day operational expenses including management, maintenance, anti-crime activities, energy costs, and resident supportive services; the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872), which supports housing modernization, development, rehabilitation, and infrastructure improvements aligned with the authority's five-year action plans; and the Family Self-Sufficiency Program (CFDA 14.896), which funds coordinator salaries and fringe benefits for employment and economic mobility services delivered to families in public housing, Housing Choice Voucher programs, and project-based rental assistance properties. Representative current awards include a $1,702,644 formula grant under the Public Housing Capital Fund running through March 31, 2030, a $256,290 project grant under the Family Self-Sufficiency Program for coordinator positions serving the calendar year ended December 31, 2026, and multiple Public Housing Operating Fund allocations extending through 2031 and 2032. The authority also holds smaller project grants from the HUD Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control for radon interventions in multifamily housing (awarded September 1, 2023, completing September 1, 2026), a Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative grant from the Public and Indian Housing Office (awarded June 1, 2023, completing May 31, 2026), and an Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant from the Federal Communications Commission for broadband enrollment awareness (awarded June 20, 2023).

Activity remains steady at 6 to 9 awards annually over the past five years. Twelve awards with ultimate completion dates falling within the next twenty-four months face renewal or recompete. The authority also acts as a sub-recipient on three housing counseling grants flowing through Housing Action Illinois (sub-awards dated January 24, 2025, June 14, 2024, and December 21, 2021). Combined dollars obligated across all federal sources total $67.1 million across 140 awards since 2006. The authority has no meaningful federal contracting footprint and competes in no set-aside categories; its role is limited to administration and operation of federally funded public housing and supportive services under HUD formula and project grant programs.