Parkin Housing Authority

Parkin Housing Authority, a U.S. government entity and public housing authority based in Parkin, Arkansas, receives formula grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office to fund public housing capital improvements, operations, and maintenance activities serving low-income residents. The authority operates as a direct grant recipient (100% of recent awards) under two primary federal grant programs: the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872) and the Public Housing Operating Fund.

Parkin Housing Authority's federal footprint consists entirely of HUD formula grants with no federal contract prime awards or subcontractor relationships. The authority has received 46 total awards from a single customer agency — HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office — over the past two decades, generating $5.6 million in combined dollars obligated. Recent activity shows steady grant receipt at two awards per year across 2022 through 2026. The most recent award, dated April 1, 2026, is a $167,436 Public Housing Capital Fund grant with ultimate completion March 31, 2030, supporting capital and management activities including public housing modernization, development, rehabilitation, emergency repairs, energy efficiency upgrades, and management improvements in accordance with the authority's HUD-approved 5-year action plan. The authority also holds a Public Housing Operating Fund grant awarded January 1, 2026 (completion December 31, 2032) funding day-to-day operational expenses, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security activities, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, and debt service across its public housing inventory.

The authority's grant pipeline includes two awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months. Parkin Housing Authority operates within HUD's national public housing system, which encompasses approximately 2,770 public housing agencies serving nearly one million units nationwide and approximately 6,000 agencies in the Operating Fund program serving 1.59 million public housing residents. The authority's role is as a formula grant recipient administering federal funds to maintain and improve its local public housing portfolio under 24 CFR Part 905 eligible activities and HUD program regulations.