Private company

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency

Non-profit housing resource organization

The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency is a non-profit organization which serves the people of Pennsylvania by offering affordable housing resources, including loans and rent assistance. PHFA was created by an Executive Order by the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1972.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1972Founded1
  • HeadquartersHarrisburg, United States1
  • Websitewww.phfa.org
  • Legal formGovernmental Instrumentality Of Commonwealth3
  • Kind of organizationGovernment agency1
  • LEI549300JZVUPNWP77SP293
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered address211 North Front Street, 17101 Harrisburg, United States3

The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency is a non-profit organization which serves the people of Pennsylvania by offering affordable housing resources, including loans and rent assistance. PHFA was created by an Executive Order by the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1972.2

Timeline

  1. 1972Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$1.0B 2008–2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsOther federal assistanceTotal
2026$25.1K$24.1M$24.1M
2025$755.8K$23.5M$24.3M
2024$5.6M$19.8M$25.3M
2023$763.7K$22.8M$23.6M
2022$3.9M$18.0M$21.9M
2021–$331.6M$331.6M
2020$1.9M$14.0M$15.9M
2019$1.6M$13.6M$15.2M
2018$6.5M$23.1M$29.6M
2017$1.6M$23.1M$24.7M
2016$5.8M$21.8M$27.6M
2015$1.0M$49.8M$50.9M
2014$7.4M$53.9M$61.4M
2013$818.8K$62.9M$63.7M
2012$187.3K$41.1M$41.3M
2011$182.9K$58.0M$58.1M
2010–$46.7M$46.7M
2009$95.2M$43.3M$138.5M
2008$179.7K$14.3M$14.4M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. $7.2M from Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner: Project Rental Assistance Demonstration (Pra Demo) Program Of Section 811 Supportive Housing For Persons With Disabilities5 To PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY Award PA23RDD1201
  2. $4.0M from Community Development Financial Institutions Fund: Capital Magnet Fund6 To PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY Award 171CM022172-G
  3. Oct 1, 2017$2.5M from Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner: Housing Counseling Assistance Program7 To PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY Award HC180341009
  4. Oct 1, 2022$2.4M from Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner: Housing Counseling Assistance Program8 To PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY Award HC220341007
  5. Apr 1, 2021$2.2M from Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner: Housing Counseling Assistance Program9 To PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY Award HC210341004
  6. Oct 1, 2019$1.9M from Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner: Housing Counseling Assistance Program; Housing Counseling Training Program10 To PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY Award HC200341006
  7. Oct 1, 2024$1.8M from Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner: Housing Counseling Assistance Program11 To PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY Award HC240341005
  8. Oct 1, 2023$1.8M from Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner: Housing Counseling Assistance Program12 To PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY Award HC230341005

Largest direct payments

  1. $350.4M from Departmental Offices: Homeowner Assistance Fund13 To PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY Award HAF0016
  2. $261.3M from Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner: Project-Based Rental Assistance (Pbra); Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program14 To PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY Award PA800CC0001
  3. $27.3M from Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner: Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program15 To PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY Award PA28H084069-D01