Renville County HRA

Renville County HRA / EDA, a county housing authority based in Olivia, Minnesota, acts as a prime recipient of federal housing and rural development grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office, with ancillary grant work from the Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services. As a U.S. local government entity and county housing authority, Renville County HRA / EDA is not eligible for SBA small-business set-asides and competes in full-and-open federal grant programs.

The organization's award footprint is heavily concentrated in HUD's Public Housing Operating Fund (formula grant) and Public Housing Capital Fund (formula grant) programs. Recent representative grants include a Public Housing Operating Fund award effective January 1, 2026, running through December 31, 2032; a Public Housing Capital Fund award dated April 1, 2026, completing March 31, 2030; and a Public Housing Capital Fund award from May 13, 2025, completing May 12, 2029. These grants fund day-to-day operational expenses, routine and preventative maintenance, management and administration, energy costs, resident supportive services, and public housing modernization and development activities under the 1937 Housing Act and 24 CFR Part 905. A Rural Business Cooperative Services project grant from July 27, 2022, completed July 27, 2024, diversifies the portfolio slightly but does not constitute an active stream. The organization also appears as a sub-recipient on a November 14, 2025, sub-grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development for community facility and revitalization projects supporting education, work, and health outcomes.

Renville County HRA / EDA's customer concentration is near-total: HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office accounts for 36 of 40 awards in the award portfolio, representing the dominant funding source. The Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services (2 awards), the Department of the Treasury (1 award), and the Environmental Protection Agency (1 award) round out the four customer agencies served. The organization has obligated $2.7 million across all awards and operates on a stable, low-velocity grant cadence — two to three new grants per year over the past five years — with only two awards facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal near-term recompete exposure for the organization.