The Public Housing Capital Fund provides funds for the capital and management activities of Public Housing Agencies as authorized under Section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the "Act"), including modernization and development of public housing. The funds cannot be used for operations or rental assistance.

Public housing authorities shall give priority to capital projects that can award contracts based on bids within 120 days from the date the funds are made available to the public housing authorities. Public housing agencies shall give priority consideration to the rehabilitation of vacant rental units and capital projects that are already underway or included in the 5-year capital fund plans required by the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437c-1(a)). Any restriction of funding to replacement housing uses shall be inapplicable. Funds provided shall supplement and not supplant expenditures from other Federal, State, or local sources or funds independently generated by the grantee. Notwithstanding Section 9(j), public housing agencies shall obligate 100 percent of the funds within one year of the date on which funds become available to the agency for obligation, shall expend at least 60 percent of funds within two years of the date on which funds become available to the agency for obligation, and shall expend 100 percent of the funds within three years of such date.

For more detailed information related to Capital Fund Formula or Competition Recovery Act information, please refer to the Office of Capital Improvements Recovery Act Information web site.

Read the Public Housing Capital Fund Program Plan

Guidance

• Capital Fund formula Stimulus Grant funding Report (MS-Excel)
• Clarification to PIH Notice PIH 2009-12 (HA)- This email clarifies the PHA plan reporting requirements in PIH Notice PIH 2009-12 and provides some information on the new LOCCS program area called Capital Fund Recovery Grants (CFRG).
• PIH 2009-12 (HA) - Information and Procedures for Processing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Capital Fund Formula Grants
  Notification of the PIH 2009-12 (HA) notice release
• Notification of additional monitoring and oversight for troubled PHAs
• Award of Capital Fund formula grant funds pursuant to the Recovery Act of 2009

Questions and Answers

• Recovery Act Capital Fund Formula Grant Frequently Asked Questions
  (Revised April 10, 2009)

DUNS

• Clarification on Obtaining and Reporting DUNS Numbers
• Use of a Universal (DUNS Number) Identifier by Grant Applicants
• Guidance on obtaining DUNS numbers