Fairmont Morgantown Ho

The Fairmont-Morgantown Housing Authority, a West Virginia-based public housing authority, is the prime recipient of federal grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, operating exclusively in the federal grant space with no federal contracts. The Authority receives recurring formula and project grants under HUD's Public Housing programs, serving low-income residents in the Fairmont, West Virginia region.

Fairmont-Morgantown Housing Authority operates across three HUD grant programs. The Authority is a prime recipient on the Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872), which funds capital modernization, infrastructure improvements, and development of public housing inventory; the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850), which funds day-to-day operational and maintenance expenses including property management, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime activities, energy costs, resident supportive services, and administrative expenses; and the Family Self-Sufficiency Program (CFDA 14.896), which funds FSS Program Coordinator salary and fringe benefits to support low-income families in achieving economic self-sufficiency. Recent prime awards include a $495,495 Public Housing Capital Fund formula grant obligated April 1, 2026 with ultimate completion March 31, 2030; a $100,000 Family Self-Sufficiency Program project grant dated January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026; and a $261,369 Public Housing Operating Fund formula grant dated January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2032. The Authority also holds prior-year grants under these same programs stretching back to 2022. In its subrecipient capacity, Fairmont-Morgantown Housing Authority receives sub-awards under the HUD Fiscal Year 2024, 2023, and 2022 Comprehensive Housing Counseling Program Grants, all flowing through Mon Valley Initiative as the prime grantee, with the most recent sub-award dated January 23, 2026.

Customer concentration is extreme and singular: HUD accounts for 100% of awards across three offices within the department. The Public and Indian Housing Office anchors 53 of 61 awards (87%), followed by the Assistant Secretary for Housing Federal Housing Commissioner (6 awards, 10%) and the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (2 awards, 3%). The Authority has obligated $15.8 million across all awards since 2006. Prime awards represent 95% of the portfolio (58 awards); sub-awards account for 5% (3 awards). Activity is modest and consistent: three to five awards annually over the past five years. Three awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, representing potential recompete exposure, though the Authority's status as a public entity locked into statutory formula allocation processes means recompete operates differently than in commercial federal contracting — formula grants renew automatically based on HUD formulas derived from inventory characteristics and unit counts.