Rensselaer Housing Authority

Rensselaer Housing Authority, a U.S. local government housing authority based in Rensselaer, New York, acts as a federal grant recipient providing public housing operations and capital improvements to low-income residents in its service area, supported exclusively by HUD formula grants under the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850) and Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872) programs.

Rensselaer Housing Authority is a government entity with no private-sector ownership; it operates as a municipal housing authority serving its local jurisdiction. The Authority's federal footprint is confined to HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office, which provides formula-based allocation rather than competitive procurement. All 41 awards in the source span HUD programs exclusively, with no exposure to competitive contracting, IDVs, GWACs, or defense work. The Authority does not subcontract; it acts as a direct grant recipient for 100% of its federal funding.

Recent named grants include a $488,055 Capital Fund formula grant awarded April 1, 2026 (completion March 31, 2030) supporting modernization, infrastructure improvements, and facility reconfiguration of public housing units, and a $212,038 Operating Fund formula grant effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2032 supporting day-to-day operational and maintenance expenses, property management, routine and preventative maintenance, security initiatives, energy cost management, resident supportive services, insurance, debt service, and administrative costs. Additional Capital Fund grants include awards dated May 13, 2025 (completion May 12, 2029) and May 6, 2024 (completion May 5, 2028); Operating Fund grants span January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2031, January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2030, and earlier vintages back to 2022. The combined dollars obligated across all grants total $13.9 million since 2006.

Award volume is flat across the past five years (two awards per year in 2022–2026), with the most recent grant dated April 1, 2026. Two awards reach completion in the next twenty-four months. The Authority's engagement with federal funding is purely operational and capital-maintenance focused, with no commercial contract vehicles, competitive procurement exposure, or subcontracting relationships. This is relevant to federal contractors only as a landlord/tenant relationship or as a potential construction or capital-improvement sub-recipient when the Authority engages private vendors to perform work funded by HUD formula grants.