Low Rent Housing Agency

Low Rent Housing Agency, doing business as Southview Village, is a U.S. local government housing authority based in Essex, Iowa, that receives federal formula grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office to operate and modernize public housing units. The organization operates as a prime recipient of HUD grants only; it does not hold federal contracts or serve as a subcontractor.

Southview Village's federal footprint consists entirely of HUD formula grants under two primary programs: the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850) and the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.851). The Operating Fund provides subsidies for day-to-day operational expenses, management, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security activities, energy costs, and resident supportive services. The Capital Fund supports public housing modernization, development, management improvements, and construction or acquisition activities that add to or reconfigure the housing authority's inventory. Recent awards include a Public Housing Capital Fund formula grant (award date May 13, 2025, ultimate completion March 31, 2029), a Public Housing Operating Fund grant (award date January 1, 2026, ultimate completion December 31, 2031), and a prior Capital Fund grant (award date May 6, 2024, ultimate completion May 5, 2028). Over the past five years (2022–2026), Southview Village has received two awards annually in this grant cycle pattern, with combined dollars obligated totaling $713 thousand across all thirty-six awards in the source data spanning back to 2006.

All thirty-six awards are prime grants to Southview Village; the organization has no subcontractor or sub-recipient relationships in the federal footprint. Customer concentration is absolute—the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office is the sole federal customer, accounting for 100% of awards. Four awards reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating recurring recompete activity aligned to HUD's annual formula grant cycles. As a government entity, Southview Village does not compete under SBA set-asides and does not place work through federal contract vehicles or GWACs.