Peninsula Housing Auth

Peninsula Housing Authority, a U.S. local government housing authority based in Port Angeles, Washington, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient to deliver affordable housing development and family economic self-sufficiency services to low-income rural and urban residents across Washington State.

Peninsula Housing Authority operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient (99% of awards), not as a federal contractor. The organization is a public housing authority—a government entity structure rather than a for-profit or nonprofit firm—and competes for federal grants rather than federal contracts. Its customer base is concentrated: the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office funds 63 of 84 total awards, while the Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service and HUD's Community Planning and Development office account for 12 additional awards. This concentration reflects the mission-driven nature of housing authority operations, which are statutorily tied to HUD's public housing programs and formula-grant frameworks.

Peninsula Housing Authority's capability portfolio centers on two complementary federal grant programs. The Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program, funded under CFDA 14.896, dominates the portfolio by award count and spans 2022 through 2026 with consecutive calendar-year project grants. Under FSS grants, Peninsula Housing Authority funds salary and fringe benefits for coordinators serving a minimum threshold of participating families (typically 25 families per coordinator) enrolled in public housing, Housing Choice Voucher, and project-based rental assistance. Coordinators deliver employment and economic mobility services including individualized training plans, employer partnerships, and wage-improvement support to enable families to achieve self-sufficiency goals. The Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance program, funded under CFDA 10.420, provides supplementary capacity. Peninsula Housing Authority received a $568,265 project grant from USDA's Single Family Housing Program (April 2022 through June 2023) and a $447,000 project grant (January 2026 through March 2027) to deliver technical assistance, homebuyer education, financial counseling, and construction support enabling very low- and low-income rural families to build homes via self-help methods. Peninsula Housing Authority also receives formula grants from HUD's Public and Indian Housing program and capital-fund allocations for facility improvements and maintenance, with obligations running through 2031.

Activity has declined markedly. Peninsula Housing Authority received five awards in 2022, two in 2023, and one each in 2024 and 2025, with two awards visible in 2026. Eight awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, triggering recompete exposure. The organization also acts as a sub-recipient: Clallam County directed up to $210,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) federal funding through Peninsula Housing Authority to Peninsula Housing Authority's Down Payment Assistance Program to support self-help home-build completion in the Forks neighborhood and other affordable housing projects in Clallam County, with expiration capped at October 2026.