Mason City Housing Authority is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Mason City Housing Authority manages several funded programs and has a total of 60 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Mason City Housing Authority administered a total of 494 Section 8 Vouchers. Mason City Housing Authority currently has Section 8 as its program type. Mason City Housing Authority is located at 22 N. Georgia, Ste. 214, Mason City, IA, 50401 and serves the city of Mason City. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Mason City Housing Authority at, (641) 421-2711 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

The Mason City Housing Authority (MCHA) was established in 1976 to meet the housing needs of low-income families, elderly and disabled residents of the City of Mason City, Iowa.

MCHA currently assists up to 448 households in the Section 8 Voucher Rental Assistance Program, up to 20 households in the Section 8 Voucher Homeownership Program and 35 Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing Vouchers. MCHA also offers Shelter Plus Care rental assistance for up to 22 disabled, homeless households. MCHA does not administer any public housing projects.

The MCHA administers these programs with funds awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The jurisdiction of MCHA is inside the corporate city limits of Mason City. MCHA also assists 60 households of Tenant Based Rental Assistance with funds from the Iowa Finance Authority.

The mission of the Mason City Housing Authority is the same as that of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: To promote adequate and affordable housing, economic opportunity and a suitable living environment free from discrimination.