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Housing & Community Development

All New York State New York City

Total sector funding

$23.4B

3,233 organizations

Median award

$110K

10,569 awards

Largest award

$660M

avg $2.2M

Top-3 concentration

21%

of $23.4B

Market brief

The shape of this market

This is a large, high-volume sector: $23.4B spread across 3,233 organizations and 10,569 awards. The median award of $110K sits far below the $2.2M average, and the $660M largest award confirms a market with a long tail of small grants beneath a handful of very large contracts. Concentration is moderate: the top 3 recipients hold 21% of total funding, leaving substantial room for mid-sized and smaller providers.

Who leads, and why

New York City Housing Authority leads with $3.0B across 787 awards, reflecting its role as the city's primary public housing operator with continuous, high-volume contracting activity. Institute for Community Living, Inc. ($1.2B, 28 awards) and Acacia Network Housing, Inc. ($720M, 16 awards) follow with far fewer awards but large individual contract sizes, indicating concentrated, high-value service agreements rather than broad-based activity.

Where the money comes from

Contracts dominate the flow of funds. Department of Homeless Services ($6.0B, 145 awards) and Office of Mental Health ($4.3B, 457 awards) are the largest agency buyers, followed by Housing Preservation and Development, which spreads $3.3B across 1,158 awards, the highest award count of any agency. On the appropriations side, legislative direction is led by the Housing Trust Fund Corporation ($865M, 96 awards), Tommy Schiavoni ($700M, 2,005 awards), and Anthony H. Palumbo ($542M, 1,782 awards), with Governor Kathy Hochul directing $513M across 205 awards.

The opening

The gap between the $110K median award and the $2.2M average signals two distinct entry points: high-frequency, smaller-award relationships with agencies like Housing Preservation and Development (1,158 awards), and fewer, larger contracts typical of behavioral health and supportive housing providers. With the top 3 recipients holding only 21% of funding, new and mid-sized organizations have real room to compete, particularly through agencies awarding high volumes of smaller contracts.

What to watch

Award volume at Housing Preservation and Development (1,158 awards) and Office of Mental Health (457 awards) suggests these agencies structure funding into many discrete contracts, worth monitoring for recurring solicitation cycles. Legislative sponsors Tommy Schiavoni and Anthony H. Palumbo show unusually high award counts relative to total dollars, indicating a pattern of frequent, smaller appropriations that may signal recurring capital or member-item funding cycles worth tracking.

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