Kent County Housing Commission is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Kent County Housing Commission manages several funded programs and has a total of 60 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Kent County Housing Commission administered a total of 481 Section 8 Vouchers. Kent County Housing Commission currently has Section 8 as its program type. Kent County Housing Commission is located at 82 Ionia Avenue, NW, Ste. 390, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503 and serves the city of Grand Rapids. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Kent County Housing Commission at, (616) 632-7400 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

The Kent County Housing Commission provides rental assistance to extremelylow and very-low income families. The Commission issues and administers Section 8 Housing Choice Rental Assistance Vouchers provided by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. After qualifying applicants for the program, Commission staff educates and prepares applicants, assists voucher holders with locating suitable housing, inspects rental units, and reviews lease agreements. They also provide education about the need for affordable housing to property owners and communities, facilitate the construction of new housing, and work collaboratively with other housing providers in Kent County.

As a part of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program, the Housing Commission also operates a Homeownership program and a Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program. FSS aims to move participants from welfare to work by helping families identify barriers to employment and set goals (with time-frames) detailing the steps that families will take to obtain the assistance needed to acquire and retain employment. The goal of the Homeownership program is to successfully transition Housing Choice Voucher participants to homeownership.

To eliminate housing conditions which are detrimental to the public peace, health, safety and/or welfare, principally for the benefit of persons of low income.