Orange County Housing Authority

Orange County Housing Authority, doing business as Housing & Community Services, is a U.S. local government housing authority based in Santa Ana, California that receives federal grant funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to deliver homeless services and economic self-sufficiency programming to low-income residents and vulnerable populations across Orange County as a prime grant recipient.

The organization operates exclusively as a grant recipient—not a federal contractor—and holds no federal contract vehicle seats. Its $171.2 million in obligated federal funding across 172 awards spans two primary HUD grant programs. The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) under HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 160 awards and funds permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, rental assistance, supportive services only, homelessness prevention, and Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) operations to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing trauma and dislocation. The Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program (CFDA 14.896) under HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office accounts for 11 awards and funds salary and fringe benefits for FSS Program Coordinators who deliver employment and economic mobility services to low-income families in public housing, Housing Choice Voucher properties, and project-based rental assistance properties. Coordinators enroll and maintain participating families, develop individualized training and services plans, establish partnerships with local employers and service providers, and support achievement of economic self-sufficiency goals. A single Department of Homeland Security award completes the portfolio.

Recent awards include a $322,398 FSS grant (January 1 – December 31, 2026) for coordinator salary and fringe; a $2.45 million Continuum of Care grant (September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2026); a $2.904 million Continuum of Care grant (December 1, 2025 – November 30, 2026); and a $1.189 million Continuum of Care grant (September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2026). Activity has remained flat at six awards per year from 2022 through 2025, with one award recorded for 2026. Four awards complete within the next twenty-four months.