Federal sub-agency · Department of Agriculture

Rural Housing Service

Rural Housing Service obligated $210.7M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 326 contract actions (+2.6% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was DAWSON'S REALTY & MORTGAGES, INC. ($33M). It also awarded $1.7B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$210.7M
Actions
326
New awards: 119
Sole-source
12%
Small business
55%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 98.4MFY2017
  2. 124.1MFY2018
  3. 184.6MFY2019
  4. 169.6MFY2020
  5. 121.4MFY2021
  6. 172MFY2022
  7. 374.6MFY2023
  8. 370.8MFY2024
  9. 205.4MFY2025
  10. 210.7MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. DAWSON'S REALTY & MORTGAGES, INC.$33M16%
  2. INFORMATION SYSTEMS & NETWORKS CORPORATION$31M15%
  3. GUIDEHOUSE INC.$25.7M12%
  4. NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION$23.9M11%
  5. 11TH HOUR SERVICE LLC$13.3M6.3%
  6. SOUTHPOINT CONSULTING, INC.$13.3M6.3%
  7. DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP$12.2M5.8%
  8. ASRC FEDERAL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC$8.6M4.1%
  9. BLAKE WILLSON GROUP LLC$6M2.8%
  10. PHOENIX OVERSIGHT GROUP LLC$5.8M2.8%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$145.3M69%
  2. IT & telecom$58.8M28%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$4.4M2.1%
  4. Facilities & utilities$960.5K0.5%
  5. Construction & real property$819.6K0.4%
  6. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$428.1K0.2%
  7. Education & social services$338.8K0.2%
  8. Equipment maintenance$59.9K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Missouri$52.3M25%
  2. District of Columbia$41.6M20%
  3. Georgia$34.9M17%
  4. Maryland$31.1M15%
  5. Oklahoma$24M11%
  6. Virginia$23.4M11%
  7. Alabama$3.3M1.6%
  8. Pennsylvania$3.1M1.4%
  9. Alaska$2M0.9%
  10. New York$1.7M0.8%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition23%
    US 39% · $49.3M
  • Sole-source awards12%
    US 30% · $25.3M
  • Single-offer competitions11%
    US 8.7% · $24M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush13%
    US 6.0% · $28M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · -$418.8K
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · -$9.1M

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. USDA/RD/STRATEGIC ACQUISITION DIV$17.5M36%
  2. USDA/RD/STRATEGIC ACQUISITION DIV 2$3.2M4.4%
  3. USDA/RD/CONTRACT OPERATIONS BRANCH$2.8M7.6%
  4. USDA/RD/REGIONAL ACQ DIVISION$740.1K49%
  5. USDA/RD/REGIONAL ACQ DIVISION$732.1K2.4%

Largest awards

  1. NDMS SAMPLE TASK ORDER FOR NON-PERSONAL SERVICES TO PROVIDE NATIONWIDE POST ACCELERATION DEFAULT, PROPERTY PRESERVATION AND REAL ESTATE OWNED (REO) SERVICES ON THE RD SINGLE FAMILY DIRECT LOAN PORTFOLIO.$248.7M
    DAWSON'S REALTY & MORTGAGES, INC.· Gwinnett County, GA· Professional services· Jun 20, 2023 – Jul 23, 2026· 12SAD223F0014
  2. NDMS SAMPLE TASK ORDER FOR NON-PERSONAL SERVICES TO PROVIDE NATIONWIDE POST ACCELERATION DEFAULT, PROPERTY PRESERVATION AND REAL ESTATE OWNED (REO) SERVICES ON THE RD SINGLE FAMILY DIRECT LOAN PORTFOLIO. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO FORE$224.9M
    INFORMATION SYSTEMS & NETWORKS CORPORATION· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jun 20, 2023 – May 11, 2026· 12SAD223F0015
  3. CONTRACTOR SERVICES FOR USDA, RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS (RUS/WEP) RURAL WATER CIRCUIT RIDER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THE CONTRACTOR SERVICES ARE REQUIRED IAW/ATTACHMENT J-1, PWS.$121.2M
    NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION· Stephens County, OK· Professional services· Oct 30, 2020 – Dec 16, 2025· 12SAD121C0001
  4. FY22 RUS PROGRAM SERVICES DME BASE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 01/03/2023 THROUGH 01/02/2024 OPTION PERIOD ONE - PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 01/03/2024 THROUGH 01/02/2025 OPTION PERIOD TWO - PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 01/03/2025 THROUGH 01/02/2026 OPTION PERIOD T$51.9M
    DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Dec 12, 2022 – Mar 3, 2026· 12SAD123F0006
  5. MISSION CRITICAL TASK ORDER: COR: [name removed] AND INSPECTION SERVICES$37.7M
    MORTGAGE CONTRACTING SERVICES LLC· Denton County, TX· Professional services· Aug 12, 2020 – Feb 23, 2026· 12SAD120F0027
  6. CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, ENHANCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE TO CURRENT APPLICATIONS FOR IT APPLICATIONS REQUIRED TO DELIVER THE INITIATIVES WITHIN THE RD-FORCE ORG SUPPORTING RD PROGRAM EFFORTS IMPLEMENTING THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT$26.6M
    STEAMPUNK, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Apr 26, 2024 – Feb 25, 2026· 12SAD124F0009
  7. SERVICING OFFICE BPA CALL ORDER 1$22.7M
    GUIDEHOUSE INC.· St. Louis city, MO· Professional services· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 12C0BZ26F0008
  8. RURAL ELECTRIC SERVICE (RUS) INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) SUPPORT$18.9M
    AGILE DECISION SCIENCES, LLC· Madison County, AL· Professional services· Sep 8, 2023 – Aug 12, 2026· 12SAD223F0016

Federal grants & assistance awarded

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Rural Housing Service obligated $1.7B in federal assistance in FY2026, on 60,166 actions (55,095 new awards), −3.1% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 10.427 · Rural Rental Assistance Payments ($1.6B).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.7B
Loan face value
$7.4B
lent or guaranteed
Actions
60.2K
Since FY2021
$9.8B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.4BFY2021
  2. 1.6BFY2022
  3. 1.6BFY2023
  4. 1.7BFY2024
  5. 1.7BFY2025
  6. 1.7BFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$1.6B95%
  2. Grants$83.1M4.9%
  3. Loans$00.0%
    $7.4B lent or guaranteed

Top programs

  1. 10.427 · Rural Rental Assistance Payments$1.6B95%
  2. 10.448 · Rural Development Multi-Family Housing Rural Housing Voucher Program$47.5M2.8%
  3. 10.417 · Very Low-Income Housing Repair Loans and Grants$21.2M1.2%
  4. 10.420 · Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance$10.7M0.6%
  5. 10.447 · Rural Multi-Family Housing Revitalization Demonstration Program (MPR)$3.8M0.2%
  6. 10.444 · Direct Housing_natural Disaster Loans and Grants$1.1M0.1%
  7. 10.410 · Very Low to Moderate Income Housing Loans and Loan Guarantees$00.0%
  8. 10.438 · Section 538 Rural Rental Housing Guaranteed Loans$00.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. COMMUNITY HOUSING & CREDIT COUNSELING CENTER$4.4M0.3%
    CHICO, CA
  2. PEPEEKEO KAUHALE OLU, LP$3.2M0.2%
    PEPEEKEO, HI
  3. BOISE HOUSING CORPORATION$3.1M0.2%
    BOISE, ID
  4. BEAVER STATE APARTMENTS LLC$3M0.2%
    ENTERPRISE, OR
  5. PINE MEADOWS SENIOR HOUSING$2.9M0.2%
    OMAK, WA
  6. MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY PARTNERS LP$2.7M0.2%
    IRVINE, CA
  7. KC INVESTMENT GROUP, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$2.5M0.1%
    ARVIN, CA
  8. IMPERIAL VI, LP$2.4M0.1%
    AUBURN, CA

Where it went

  1. California$174.5M10%
  2. North Carolina$100.1M5.9%
  3. Texas$82.6M4.9%
  4. Florida$74.9M4.4%
  5. Georgia$63.1M3.7%
  6. Mississippi$62M3.7%
  7. Louisiana$58.3M3.4%
  8. Alabama$51.9M3.1%
  9. Tennessee$50.2M3.0%
  10. Michigan$49.9M2.9%

By state of the place of performance.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $17.9M (50 subawards)

50 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. GUIDEHOUSE INC.$5.3M29%
    MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward
  2. ALASKA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION$330.3K1.8%
    WASILLA, AK · 1 subaward
  3. HAWAII RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION$330.3K1.8%
    WAIKOLOA, HI · 1 subaward
  4. OKLAHOMA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION, INC.$288.9K1.6%
    OKLAHOMA CITY, OK · 1 subaward
  5. WEST VIRGINIA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION, INC.$288.9K1.6%
    SCOTT DEPOT, WV · 1 subaward
  6. TEXAS RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION$288.9K1.6%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward
  7. NORTH CAROLINA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION INC$288.9K1.6%
    LEXINGTON, NC · 1 subaward
  8. OREGON ASSOCIATION OF WATER UTILITIES INC$288.9K1.6%
    INDEPENDENCE, OR · 1 subaward
  9. RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION OF UTAH$288.9K1.6%
    BLUFFDALE, UT · 1 subaward
  10. NEW MEXICO RURAL WATER USERS ASSOCIATION, INC.$288.9K1.6%
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.