San Diego Housing Commission

San Diego Housing Commission, doing business as Sdhc, is a U.S. local government housing authority based in San Diego, California that acts as a federal grant recipient administering public housing, homelessness-prevention, and affordable-housing programs under HUD and other federal grant programs. The organization does not hold federal contracts as a prime or subcontractor; all federal activity is grant-recipient work, with Sdhc functioning as both prime recipient (93% of awards) and sub-recipient on federal housing and community-development grants (7%).

Sdhc's federal footprint is entirely grant-funded and concentrated in three HUD grant programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office (120 awards) and the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (111 awards) account for 93% of all awards. Within the HUD portfolio, Sdhc receives recurring formula grants under the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.890), Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872), and Family Self-Sufficiency Program (CFDA 14.896); project grants under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267); and a Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative grant. Recent awards include a $6.166 million Continuum of Care project grant (July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027) for permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS); a $527,364 Public Housing Capital Fund formula grant (April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2030) for public housing modernization and development; and a $727,128 Family Self-Sufficiency Program project grant (January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026) to fund FSS coordinator salaries for residents of public housing and Housing Choice Vouchers. Sdhc also received a $1,059,431 Continuum of Care award (July 1, 2026) and a $2,339,876 Continuum of Care award (July 1, 2026), both running through June 30, 2027. In its sub-recipient role, Sdhc administers sub-awards directing funds to homeless services providers operating interim housing programs (Family Shelter Program: 42 units with 168-bed capacity; Connections Housing Program: 70 interim beds), rapid rehousing, homelessness prevention, and supportive services. Recent sub-awards include contracts for the Moving Home Rapid Re-Housing Program (case management and rental assistance up to 24 months) and acquisition-and-rehabilitation projects converting hotels to permanent affordable housing for people experiencing homelessness at 30% area median income and below (161 units under one acquisition; 62 units under another; 13 units under a third project).

Activity has remained stable year over year, averaging 15 awards annually over the past five years (11 in 2022–2023, 19 in 2024, 17 in 2025–2026). Sdhc carries combined dollars obligated across all awards of $231.2 million. Twelve awards (roughly 5% of the total portfolio) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will cycle for recompete or renewal. The organization also holds a minor footprint in Federal Communications Commission grant work (Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program) and HUD Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control grants. Place of performance for all activity is San Diego, California.