Housing & Redevelopment Authority Of Wadena Minnesota

The Housing & Redevelopment Authority Of Wadena Minnesota (Wadena Housing & Redevelopment Authority Division) is a U.S. local government entity operating as a public housing authority, serving as a prime recipient of federal housing and community development grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office.

Wadena Housing & Redevelopment Authority is a municipal housing authority based in Wadena, Minnesota, with a singular federal customer focus: 100% of its 39 awards across the past several years have come from HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office. The authority operates entirely as a prime grant recipient with no subcontract or sub-recipient role, focusing exclusively on public housing capital improvements, operational subsidies, and workforce development programming for low-income residents in the Wadena area.

The authority's grant portfolio centers on formula allocations under three primary HUD programs. The Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872) supplies modernization, development, and infrastructure funding; recent awards include $130,711 (awarded April 1, 2026, completing March 31, 2030), an earlier $1.1+ million award (awarded May 13, 2025, completing May 12, 2029), and a $1+ million allocation (awarded May 6, 2024, completing May 5, 2028). The Public Housing Operating Fund provides day-to-day operational subsidies for maintenance, management, security, and resident services; current awards run through December 31, 2032 and 2031. Beyond formula grants, the authority has held project-specific awards under HUD's Family Self-Sufficiency Program (January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024), which funds FSS coordinator positions to support resident employment and self-sufficiency pathways, and the JOBS-PLUS Pilot Initiative (June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026), a workforce development pilot.

Activity has been consistent but modest, averaging two to three awards annually over the past five years, with combined obligated dollars totaling $3.9 million across all 39 historical awards. Two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and may trigger recompete activity. As a local government housing authority, Wadena does not compete under SBA set-asides and operates within HUD's formula-grant allocation framework, which distributes capital and operating funds to approximately 2,770 public housing agencies nationwide serving nearly one million units.