Housing Authority of the City of Anacortes (AHA) is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Housing Authority of the City of Anacortes (AHA) manages several funded programs and has a total of 60 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Housing Authority of the City of Anacortes (AHA) administered a total of 50 Section 8 Vouchers. Housing Authority of the City of Anacortes (AHA) currently has Low-Rent as its program type. Housing Authority of the City of Anacortes (AHA) is located at 719 Q Avenue, Anacortes, WA, 98221 and serves the city of Anacortes. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Housing Authority of the City of Anacortes (AHA) at, (360)293-7831 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

In 1968, the City of Anacortes, the Mayor and City Council declared a need for safe, standard, sanitary and affordable housing for the lower income population in the City. This housing was also needed to replace the substandard housing that was located in the urban renewal areas and being torn down.

Under this declaration and the Washington State law, the Housing Authority, as it is today, was formed as a public nonprofit corporation, an entity in itself. The Mayor, in accordance with Washington State Law, appointed the first Board of Commissioners and the official name chosen was the Housing Authority of the City of Anacortes.

The Housing Authority of the City of Anacortes (AHA) mission is to provide decent, safe and affordable housing for low-income persons within a financially sound framework and to promote fair housing and the opportunity for very low and low-income families of all races, ethnicities, national origins, religions, ethnic backgrounds and with all types of disabilities to participate in housing. Our goal is to provide a living environment that enables residents to live with dignity. We strive to maintain a high level of standards and professionalism in day to day management of all program components.