Central Iowa Regional 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. Central Iowa Regional Housing Authority manages several funded programs and has a total of 132 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Central Iowa Regional Housing Authority administered a total of 1,008 Section 8 Vouchers. Central Iowa Regional Housing Authority currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Central Iowa Regional Housing Authority is located at 1201 SE Gateway Drive, Grimes, IA, 50111 and serves the city of Grimes. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Central Iowa Regional Housing Authority at, (515) 986-1882 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

CIRHA offers several programs to help meet your housing needs. The region CIRHA covers includes the counties of Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion and Story (but does not include the cities of Knoxville or Pella).

The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program is available in all six counties in CIRHA's service area. Included are the counties of Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, and Story, excluding the cities of Knoxville & Pella in Marion county.

Families are responsible for locating a unit that is eligible for the program. The family will pay rent to the landlord based on between 30 to 40 percent of the families gross monthly adjusted income. CIRHA will form a contract with the landlord to pay the difference directly to the landlord on behalf of the family.

Central Iowa Regional Housing Authority aims to promote affordable, decent, safe and sanitary housing by assisting qualified families in a non-discriminatory manner, encouraging self-sufficiency and individual responsibility, while maintaining the public trust.