Manchester Housing & Redevelopment Authority

Manchester Housing & Redevelopment Authority, a Manchester, New Hampshire-based non-profit public housing agency, operates exclusively as a grant recipient from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, with no federal contract prime or subcontractor presence in its footprint. The organization receives formula and project grants under HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office and smaller allocations from the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, focusing on public housing operations, capital improvements, and resident self-sufficiency programming.

MHRA's grant portfolio is entirely concentrated within HUD; the Public and Indian Housing Office accounts for 198 of 204 total awards (97% of activity by count). The Assistant Secretary for Housing Federal Housing Commissioner holds 3 awards, and the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development holds 2 awards. A single $5 project grant from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration rounds out the customer base. Recent awards emphasize recurring formula grants under the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850), the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872), and the Family Self-Sufficiency Program (CFDA 14.871).

Representative grant work includes a $3.59 million Public Housing Capital Fund formula grant awarded April 1, 2026, running through March 31, 2030, supporting capital modernization, infrastructure improvements, and development of public housing units. MHRA also holds multiple Public Housing Operating Fund allocations totaling more than $2.7 million (across nine separate awards issued January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2032) that fund day-to-day operations, property management, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime initiatives, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, and debt service. Family Self-Sufficiency grants fund coordinator salaries and fringe benefits to support enrollment and employment services for public housing and Housing Choice Voucher residents; recent awards span calendar years 2022 through 2026. A February 17, 2023, Economic Development Initiative project grant from the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development runs through August 31, 2030. MHRA also received a $250 thousand Public Housing Capital Fund emergency safety and security award (June 20, 2024, through June 19, 2026) for addressing crime and drug-related safety needs.

Activity has remained stable at 10–12 awards per year over the past five years, with eleven awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The combined potential value across the entire portfolio is reported at $5, a data-integrity signal indicating that most award values in the source are recorded as obligations rather than future potential values; actual obligated dollars total $124.6 million across 204 awards. MHRA operates exclusively under formula-grant and project-grant authorities with no competitive contracting exposure, making it a pure grant recipient rather than a federal contractor.