Stark Metropolitan Housing AUT

Stark Metropolitan Housing AUT, a local government housing authority headquartered in Canton, Ohio, is a federal grant recipient operating exclusively as a prime recipient of HUD formula grants and project grants for public housing operations, modernization, and homelessness services. The organization has no federal contract footprint and does not perform work as a subrecipient.

Stark Metropolitan Housing AUT's federal portfolio concentrates entirely within the Department of Housing and Urban Development, split between two operating divisions. The Public and Indian Housing Office accounts for 281 of 352 total awards (80% of all recipients across the source data window), funding day-to-day operational expenses, capital modernization, and workforce development programs for public housing serving low-income residents in Stark County. The Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development holds 67 awards (19%), all under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), supporting rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, case management, and related services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. A fourth office, the Assistant Secretary for Housing Federal Housing Commissioner, accounts for 4 awards. This three-agency concentration reflects the statutory structure of HUD's public housing and homelessness programs rather than portfolio diversification.

The organization's primary grant vehicles are recurring formula allocations under the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850), which funds management, operations, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security activities, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, and debt service required under Section 9 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937. Recent operating fund awards in the January 2026 cycle ranged from $300,962 to $1,349,746 per award across multiple tranches, with obligations running through December 2032. The Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872) supports public housing modernization, development, and management improvements; the most recent award, $8,583,921 on April 1, 2026, runs through March 31, 2030. The Family Self-Sufficiency Program (CFDA 23 of the Housing Act) funds coordinator salaries and fringe for resident employment programs. The Continuum of Care Program awards support homeless services, with a representative $519,283 project grant awarded June 1, 2026, for rapid rehousing and supportive services through May 31, 2027. In 2023, the organization received a Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant (September 19, 2023, through June 30, 2026) for neighborhood improvement initiatives, and a Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative award (June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2025) for employment support.

Activity has remained stable at 16–19 awards per year across the past five years. Eighteen awards face ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months, representing routine recompete cycles tied to HUD's annual appropriations and formula-grant renewal schedules rather than discretionary procurement risk. The organization obligated $278.7 million across all awards in the source data window, with the vast majority concentrated in operating and capital fund formula grants issued on rolling annual or multi-year schedules. Because Stark Metropolitan Housing AUT operates as a statutory public housing authority, it competes for grants through HUD's designated programs for PHAs, not through open federal procurement vehicles; it has never held a federal contract prime or sat on an IDIQ, GWAC, or BPA.