Recipient of federal assistance · HOUSTON, TX

CITY OF HOUSTON

CITY OF HOUSTON received $367.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 9 actions, +596% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $978.7M. Its largest awarding agency was Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development ($367.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$367.7M
New awards
5
Actions
9
Since FY2021
$978.7M
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Location
HOUSTON, TX
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Federal grants & assistance received

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.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 325MFY2021
  2. 61MFY2022
  3. 64.8MFY2023
  4. 107.5MFY2024
  5. 52.8MFY2025
  6. 367.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$367.7M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 14.233 · Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR)$314.6M86%
  2. 14.218 · Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants$25.8M7.0%
  3. 14.241 · Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS$15M4.1%
  4. 14.239 · Home Investment Partnerships Program$9.9M2.7%
  5. 14.231 · Emergency Solutions Grant Program$2.2M0.6%
  6. 17.289 · Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending-$26.4K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development$367.7M100%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: TO ASSIST WITH PRESIDENTIALLY-DECLARED DISASTER RELIEF, LONG-TERM RECOVERY AND MITIGATION ACTIVITIES.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED…$314.6M
    14.233 · Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR)· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Project grant· Mar 20, 2026 – Mar 20, 2026· B-25-MU-48-0001
  2. PURPOSE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO STATES, CITIES, AND COUNTIES TO…$25.8M
    14.218 · Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Formula grant· Sep 11, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· B-26-MC-48-0018
  3. PURPOSE: THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS (HOPWA) PROGRAM WAS AUTHORIZED THROUGH THE AIDS HOUSING OPPORTUNITY ACT (42 USC…$15M
    14.241 · Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Formula grant· Sep 11, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· TXH26F003
  4. PURPOSE: THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM (HOME) PROVIDES NEED-BASED FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE USED…$9.9M
    14.239 · Home Investment Partnerships Program· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Formula grant· Sep 11, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· M26-MC480206
  5. PURPOSE: THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT (ESG) AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) TO MAKE GRANTS TO STATES…$2.2M
    14.231 · Emergency Solutions Grant Program· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Formula grant· Sep 11, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· E-26-MC-48-0018
  6. RECIPIENT NAME CITY OF HOUSTONPROJECT TITLE EMPOWERING SOLAR JOBS PROGRAMFUNDING REQUEST 750,000CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN…$723.6K
    17.289 · Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending· Employment and Training Administration· Grant· Mar 29, 2023 – Aug 11, 2026· 23A60CP000039

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $21.5M (33 subawards)

21 sub-recipients

  1. 2620 LIVE OAK HOUSTON, LLC$4.4M20%
    NEW YORK, NY · 4 subawards
  2. NEW FAITH CHURCH OF HOUSTON$4.2M20%
    HOUSTON, TX · 2 subawards
  3. AIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON, INC.$1.8M8.3%
    HOUSTON, TX · 2 subawards
  4. THE MONTROSE CENTER$1.8M8.3%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  5. EL CENTRO DE CORAZON$1.3M6.1%
    HOUSTON, TX · 2 subawards
  6. NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES$1.2M5.4%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  7. CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON$880.8K4.1%
    HOUSTON, TX · 2 subawards
  8. THE HARRIS CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH & IDD$862.6K4.0%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  9. A CARING SAFE PLACE, INC$739.7K3.4%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  10. HARRIS COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE$726.2K3.4%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $51M paid out · $15.9M received
  • FY2022: $47.1M paid out · $3.4M received
  • FY2023: $65.7M paid out · $8.6M received
  • FY2024: $35.9M paid out · $15.4M received
  • FY2025: $41.7M paid out · $4.2M received
  • FY2026: $21.5M paid out · $0 received

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.

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.