Pontiac Housing Commission

Pontiac Housing Commission, doing business as Woodland Heights, is a Michigan-based tax-exempt nonprofit housing authority that receives federal grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office (100% of its 44-award federal footprint) to operate Family Self-Sufficiency programs and public housing capital initiatives. The organization acts exclusively as a grant recipient, not a federal contractor, and has no subcontract activity.

Pontiac Housing Commission's grant portfolio concentrates in two program areas administered by HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office. The Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program, governed by Section 23 of the Housing Act, funds FSS Coordinator positions that serve residents of public housing, Housing Choice Vouchers, and project-based rental assistance properties. Under FSS grants, the organization hires and retains full-time equivalent coordinators who enroll families, develop individual training and services plans, and build partnerships with local employers and service providers; each coordinator position must serve at least 25 participating families in the first year, with 50 additional families required for each additional coordinator. Representative FSS awards include annual project grants for calendar years 2026, 2025, 2024, and 2023, each funding coordinator salaries and fringe benefits. The organization also receives Public Housing Capital Fund formula grants — notably a Feb 17, 2023 award with ultimate completion in Feb 2027 and another from May 2022 extending through May 2026 — that support capital improvements to public housing stock. A third program stream, labeled "Public and Indian Housing" on formula-grant awards (Jan 2024–Dec 2030 and Jan 2023–Dec 2029 completions), appears to fund broader operational support for the authority's housing portfolio.

Activity has declined from three awards per year in 2022 and 2023 to one award in 2025 and one in 2026, with a combined $24.4 million obligated across the entire 44-award portfolio since 2006. Three awards complete within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete points for renewal funding. As a municipal housing authority recipient under a single grantor agency, Pontiac Housing Commission operates outside the federal contracting ecosystem and carries no set-aside certifications, parent contract vehicles, or teaming relationships with federal prime contractors.