Olmsted County Housing & Redevelopment 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. Olmsted County Housing & Redevelopment Authority manages several funded programs and has a total of 60 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Olmsted County Housing & Redevelopment Authority administered a total of 427 Section 8 Vouchers. Olmsted County Housing & Redevelopment Authority currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Olmsted County Housing & Redevelopment Authority is located at 2117 Campus Dr. SE, Ste. 300, Rochester, MN, 55904 and serves the city of Rochester. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Olmsted County Housing & Redevelopment Authority at, (507) 328-7150 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

The Olmsted County HRA was established in the mid 1960's as the Rochester Housing and Redevelopment Authority.

The Olmsted County HRA is governed by a Board of Commissioners that meets monthly. It administers programs that provide rental assistance to tenants and rehabilitation funds to both homeowners and rental property owners. In addition, the Olmsted County HRA manages county-owned rental properties and partners with local agencies to provide other programs to increase the availability of affordable housing to residents of Olmsted County.

As manager, the Olmsted County HRA is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of county-owned properties. Openings of bids and RFPs (Requests for Proposal) for maintenance and construction projects are published on this site as well as in the legal notices section of the Rochester Post-Bulletin.

To provide Olmsted County residents opportunities to obtain quality, affordable housing.