Public Housing Operating Fund — CFDA 14.850

Operating-fund obligations at $27.2 billion

USAspending.gov records $27,151,098,788.04 in obligations under CFDA 14.850. Thirty-six thousand nine hundred eleven awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $736,000 per award — far smaller than state block grants, which matches an operating-subsidy file that posts many recurring actions to many housing authorities rather than one annual grant per state.

The assistance-listing title is PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND. CFDA 14.850 is the identifier. Capital-fund or voucher listings, if tagged under other CFDA numbers, are not included in the $27.2 billion.

Thousands of recipients, not a handful of states

Two thousand eight hundred fifty-four recipients share 36,911 awards, or about 13 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $27.2 billion evenly would assign about $9.5 million per recipient. Public housing authorities are the organizational unit this kind of listing usually names; the packet does not list the 2,854.

Fifty-four states in the geographic count show nationwide coding in the USAspending state field. Operating-fund dollars still concentrate where authorities and unit counts are large. The state count does not flatten those differences. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table.

Award volume as a data feature

Among the packets in this batch, 14.850 is an outlier on award count: 36,911 rows, second only to listings that post hundreds of thousands of benefit records. Recurring operating subsidies generate many award actions and modifications. Award count is therefore a weak proxy for “number of housing authorities helped” — recipient count (2,854) is the better organizational headcount.

The packet does not report unit counts, occupancy, or operating-expense formulas. Citing 36,911 as apartments would be a unit error.

Obligations versus operating cash

The $27.2 billion is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against operating-fund awards — are not in the packet. An authority can show a large obligation stock while monthly operating draws follow a different calendar. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total.

Use CFDA 14.850 to size the operating-fund listing in the assistance file and to see how many recipients and awards it carries. Do not use it as a condition survey of public housing stock.

Where the operating-fund table lives

The Public Housing Operating Fund program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 14.850 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other housing listings. For 14.850 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 14.850’s 36,911 awards are the reason this operating-fund listing looks different from a 378-award entitlement file even when both carry tens of billions. The $27,151,098,788.04 obligation stock is spread across 2,854 recipients and 54 states. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. Mixing those units produces false headlines about apartments or authorities.

Operating cash drawn by housing authorities is an outlay question this packet does not answer. Capital-fund and voucher listings are separate CFDA rows if they appear in the file. The program page overlays 14.850. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

A dense operating-subsidy award file

The Public Housing Operating Fund, CFDA 14.850, is an outlier on award volume among similarly sized dollar listings: $27,151,098,788.04 in obligations, 36,911 awards, 2,854 recipients, 54 states, per USAspending.gov. About $736,000 per award on a simple average is far below state block-grant ratios and matches recurring operating-subsidy actions posted to thousands of housing authorities. Recipient count (2,854) is the better organizational headcount than award count.

Thirty-six thousand nine hundred eleven rows can include many modifications of the same underlying subsidy. That is why award count should not be quoted as “36,911 housing authorities” or “36,911 apartments.” The 2,854 recipients are the named organizations in this aggregate. Fifty-four in the geographic count is nationwide coding in the USAspending state field; operating-fund dollars can still concentrate where authorities are large.

Capital-fund and voucher listings, if tagged under other CFDA numbers, are outside the $27.2 billion. Outlays are outside the packet. Use the program page for the 14.850 overlay, the programs index to rank it, and agency pages for awarding-agency totals. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

Questions

How much is obligated for the Public Housing Operating Fund?

USAspending.gov records $27,151,098,788.04 in obligations for CFDA 14.850. SpendingVault indexes 36,911 awards, 2,854 recipients, and 54 states. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a count of housing units. CFDA 14.850’s $27.2 billion on 36,911 awards and 2,854 recipients is the USAspending obligation stock.

Why does CFDA 14.850 have so many awards?

The listing shows 36,911 awards against 2,854 recipients. Operating-fund assistance often posts many recurring award actions and modifications per housing authority, which inflates award count relative to recipient count. A simple average is about $736,000 per award. Award count is not a unit count.

How many public housing authorities appear as recipients?

The extract lists 2,854 recipients. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 14.850. Geographic coding covers 54 states. The packet does not name the 2,854 or publish occupancy statistics. Recipient dollars are on the program page. CFDA 14.850’s $27.2 billion on 36,911 awards and 2,854 recipients is the USAspending obligation stock.

Is $27.2 billion already spent on public housing operations?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 14.850’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, operating deficits, or remaining balances. CFDA 14.850’s $27.2 billion on 36,911 awards and 2,854 recipients is the USAspending obligation stock.