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Green Bay Housing Authority explores using HUD Faircloth designations and RAD-style conversion to add affordable units

Green Bay Housing Authority · February 20, 2026

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Summary

The Green Bay Housing Authority discussed a strategy to use HUD 'Faircloth' unit designations and a Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD)-style conversion to move units onto a voucher platform, and agreed to further develop a framework with a consultant formerly with HUD.

The Green Bay Housing Authority on Feb. 19 discussed pursuing a HUD-related strategy to expand affordable housing by converting existing or designated public-housing allocations into voucher-supported units.

Speaker 4, a staff member, said the authority’s RAD conversion work left the agency with 141 Faircloth-designated units that HUD still holds for the city and that the authority is exploring an approach in which units would “become public housing for a day, and then [be] roll[ed] to a voucher.” He described hiring a former HUD representative as a consultant to help develop the legal and program framework for the effort. “We decreased that number down to 141,” Speaker 4 said of the Faircloth units, and added that the conversion idea “hasn’t been done in the state of Wisconsin by anyone yet.”

Speaker 1 and other board members said the approach could reduce the authority’s exposure to public-housing maintenance requirements that HUD funding does not fully cover. “HUD really…does not want housing authorities to have public housing units because they’re funded so low,” Speaker 1 said, explaining part of the staff rationale for favoring a voucher-based platform.

Board members agreed to continue developing the concept and to have the consultant outline next steps and a framework for possible implementation. Speaker 4 said the authority has funding to retain a consultant for exploration and would present the proposal at a future meeting.

The discussion was procedural and exploratory; the board did not take a formal vote to approve a conversion policy or commit to specific acquisitions. The authority said any next steps would return to the board for formal decisions and that details on costs, timelines and legal steps will be provided before a final vote.