Recipient of federal assistance · LOWELL, MA

LOWELL HOUSING AUTHORITY

LOWELL HOUSING AUTHORITY received $36.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 57 actions, −13% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $223M. Its largest awarding agency was Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing ($36.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$36.7M
New awards
33
Actions
57
Since FY2021
$223M
UEI
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Parent organization
LOWELL, CITY OF (INC)
Location
LOWELL, MA
State and local governments
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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. 31.6MFY2021
  2. 34.7MFY2022
  3. 40MFY2023
  4. 38MFY2024
  5. 42.1MFY2025
  6. 36.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$23.3M63%
  2. Grants$13.4M37%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$22M60%
  2. 14.850 · Public Housing Operating Fund$6.6M18%
  3. 14.872 · Public Housing Capital Fund$6.1M17%
  4. 14.879 · Mainstream Vouchers$798.6K2.2%
  5. 14.870 · Resident Opportunity and Supportive Services - Service Coordinators$536.6K1.5%
  6. 14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$440.7K1.2%
  7. 14.896 · Family Self-Sufficiency Program$172.3K0.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$36.2M99%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development
  2. Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner$440.7K1.2%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER (HCV) PROGRAM IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING VERY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, THE…$8.4M
    14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Direct payment for specified use· May 22, 2026 – May 22, 2026· MA001VO0256
  2. PURPOSE: THE PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM (CFP) WAS CREATED BY AN AMENDMENT TO THE 1937 ACT BY THE QUALITY HOUSING AND WORK…$6.1M
    14.872 · Public Housing Capital Fund· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Formula grant· Apr 2, 2026 – Apr 2, 2026· MA01P00150126
  3. PURPOSE: THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER (HCV) PROGRAM IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING VERY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, THE…$5.2M
    14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 22, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· MA001VO0251
  4. PURPOSE: THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER (HCV) PROGRAM IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING VERY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, THE…$3.8M
    14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Direct payment for specified use· Mar 24, 2026 – Mar 24, 2026· MA001VO0254
  5. PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING$3.5M
    14.850 · Public Housing Operating Fund· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Formula grant· Dec 14, 2022 – Aug 18, 2026· MA00100000123D
  6. PURPOSE: THE PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND (PH OPFUND) PROVIDES OPERATING SUBSIDIES TO HOUSING AUTHORITIES (HAS) TO ASSIST IN FUNDING THE…$3.2M
    14.850 · Public Housing Operating Fund· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Formula grant· Dec 18, 2024 – Nov 20, 2025· MA00100000125D

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $126.5K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE$126.5K100%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $497.5K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $132K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $233.8K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $709.7K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $130.7K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $126.5K 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.