Rebuilding Together - Houston

Rebuilding Together - Houston (RT - H), a Texas-based nonprofit tax-exempt organization, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering housing rehabilitation and repair services to very low- and low-income residents in rural Texas communities. The organization functions as both a prime recipient (50% of recent awards) and sub-recipient under the national Rebuilding Together, Inc. network, with no federal contract prime footprint and no presence on contract vehicles or IDIQs.

RT - H's federal grant portfolio centers exclusively on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service under the Rural Housing Preservation Grants program (CFDA 10.433). Recent prime grants include a $150,000 project grant awarded July 29, 2026 (completion August 29, 2027) and a $200,000 award issued October 8, 2024 (completion July 8, 2025), each supporting individual homeowner repairs, rental property rehabilitation, consumer cooperative housing projects, and disaster recovery housing assistance. An earlier $250,000 award from October 28, 2023 extends through December 4, 2026. Across its three tracked USDA Rural Housing Service grants, RT - H has obligated $700,000 in recent years. The organization maintains administrative costs below the 20 percent threshold required by the program and prioritizes maximizing the share of very low-income persons assisted.

Activity is sparse and episodic — one award in 2019, two in 2020, single awards in 2023 and 2024, and one in 2026 — with combined federal dollars obligated at $2.3 million across all tracked awards (prime and sub) since 2011. Customer concentration is narrow: USDA Rural Housing Service accounts for three awards in the tracked set, with the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development representing one additional funding source. One award (combined potential value not specified) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, triggering a recompete window. As a sub-recipient, RT - H has received federal pass-through funding to support disaster recovery efforts and affordable housing initiatives in the Houston area under grants managed by parent nonprofits.