Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority

Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority, a tax-exempt corporate entity based in Norfolk, Virginia, operates as a federal grant recipient under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, administering public housing capital, operating, and community development programs serving low-income families, elderly residents, and persons with disabilities across the Norfolk metropolitan area. The authority is not a federal contractor (does not hold prime contract vehicles or perform subcontract work on federal procurements) and instead receives federal grants as a prime recipient for housing operations, modernization, and economic mobility initiatives.

NRHA's federal grant portfolio centers on three core HUD programs administered through the Public and Indian Housing Office. The Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850) dominates the award portfolio by volume—formula grants obligated across calendar years 2022 through 2032 provide operating subsidies for day-to-day management, maintenance, security, energy costs, resident services, and administrative program implementation. Recent operating fund grants include $2.68 million obligated January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2032; $747,866 obligated for the same period; and multiple smaller allocations ($939,454, $343,713, $160,606, $157,212, and $129,408) across the same performance window. The Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872) supports housing modernization, development, management improvements, and emergency repairs, with a $10.72 million formula grant effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2030, and a prior $250,000 award (September 18, 2023–September 17, 2025). The Family Self-Sufficiency Program (CFDA 14.896) funds coordinator salaries to deliver employment and economic mobility services; NRHA received $633,505 for January 1–December 31, 2026. Additionally, NRHA holds two Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants (project awards) focused on replacing the distressed Tidewater Gardens public housing site with approximately 784 new mixed-income units, including 260 replacement public housing units, with a supplemental grant awarded July 17, 2024 through September 30, 2027 to address COVID-related construction cost escalation and supply chain disruption. NRHA also received a Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative project grant (June 5, 2025–May 31, 2028).

Customer concentration is total—HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office accounts for 98% of NRHA's 423 prime grant awards, with the HUD Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development and the Federal Housing Commissioner each holding one award. Combined obligated dollars across all NRHA awards total $509.6 million. Activity has remained stable over the past five years (20 awards in 2022 and 2023, rising modestly to 23 in 2024 and 2025, with 17 recorded through April 2026), with 24 awards scheduled for ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. In its subrecipient role, NRHA administers HOME Investment Partnerships Program sub-awards from the City of Norfolk for homebuyer down-payment and closing-cost assistance, homeownership counseling through its HomeNet program, and CHDO set-aside allocations to certified community housing development organizations. NRHA also received a sub-award from the Virginia Housing Development Authority for HUD Housing Counseling (November 15, 2024).