Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP)

149 N. Iowa St ., Dodgeville, WI, 53533

Housing Authority

Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP) Program Type

  • Section 8 Voucher

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Program Summary for Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP)

Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP) is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP) manages several funded programs and has a total of 60 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP) administered a total of 80 Section 8 Vouchers. Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP) currently has Section 8 as its program type. Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP) is located at 149 N. Iowa St ., Dodgeville, WI, 53533 and serves the city of Dodgeville. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP) at, (608) 935-2326 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

About Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP)

Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program, Inc. (SWCAP), was incorporated in 1966 in Dodgeville, WI, as a private non-profit organization governed by a 24 member volunteer Board of Directors. Southwest CAP provided a focal point for anti-poverty efforts in Iowa, Lafayette, Grant, Green & Richland Counties in Southwestern Wisconsin.

HUD Rental Assistance
The Housing Authority (HA) Program is a federally funded rental subsidy program for very low income residents of an established geographic area.
Communities or counties can apply for the funds by demonstrating need through an application process.
If funded, the community or county operates under a government contract per mandated time periods.

To Apply, please contact Dodgeville Housing Authority at
100 E. Fountain St.
Dodgeville WI 53533
608-935-2326 ext 202

Mission Statement

Our Mission:
- Significantly and meaningfully involve low-income people in developing and carrying out anti-poverty programs.
- Mobilize public and private resources in support of anti-poverty programs. Plan and evaluate both long and short-range strategies for overcoming poverty in the community.
- Serve as an advocate of low-income people on matters of public policy which affect their status, promote institutional improvements and desirable changes in social policy.
- Conduct or delegate to other agencies the operation of programs financed through federal, state, local, or other available funds.

Current Status Active
Size of Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP) compared nationally Large
Last Updated 11/29/2014
Total Numbers of Communities N/A
Total numbers of Administered Section 8 Voucher 80
Total numbers of Administered Public Housing Units N/A
Waiting list for the Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP) is currently Open

2016 Income Limits for Iowa County, WI

  • Person in family
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • Income
  • $27,500
  • $31,400
  • $35,350
  • $39,250
  • $42,400
  • $45,550
  • $48,700
  • $51,850
  • Person in family
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • $16,500
  • $18,850
  • $21,720
  • $26,200
  • $30,680
  • $35,160
  • $39,640
  • $44,120
  • Person in family
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • $44,000
  • $50,250
  • $56,550
  • $62,800
  • $67,850
  • $72,850
  • $77,900
  • $82,900

2017 Fair Market Rents for Iowa County, WI

Fair Market Rents are HUD's determination of the average rents in a particular area for each bedroom size. The FMRs are set each year based on the rental rates of unsubsidized units so that participants in HUD programs have equal access for affordable housing. Here are the Fair Market Rents for Iowa County, WI:

  • Efficiency
  • $524
  • One-Bedroom
  • $555
  • Two-Bedroom
  • $738
  • Three-Bedroom
  • $923
  • Four-Bedroom
  • $1017

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Iowa County Quick Facts

Population: 23,825
Persons Per Household: 2.44
Housing Units in Multi-units Structure: 12.7%
Homeownership Rate: 77.3%
Housing Units: 10,707
Yearly Income Per Person: $26,625
Median Household Income: $55,659

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