Woodford County 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. Woodford County Housing Authority manages several funded programs and has a total of 60 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Woodford County Housing Authority administered a total of 50 Section 8 Vouchers. Woodford County Housing Authority currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Woodford County Housing Authority is located at 410 E. Eureka Ave., Eureka, IL, 61530 and serves the city of Eureka. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Woodford County Housing Authority at, (309) 467-4623 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

The Housing Authority is a municipal Corporation organized in the State of Illinois. On April 29, 1947, the Illinois State Housing Board authorized the creation of an agency to be entitled the “Woodford County Housing Authority” after completing an investigation that determined there was a definite need for a housing authority in Woodford County. Thereafter, the Woodford County Housing Authority came into existence.

The WCHA remains committed to building and maintaining affordable housing for the citizens in our community. The Housing Authority seeks to create safe neighborhoods by collaboration with individuals and organizations in providing housing, education, and employment opportunities for families of modest means to become self-sufficient and improve their quality of life. The Board of Commissioners and the staff of the WCHA endeavor to serve our clients and all residents of Woodford County with the highest level of professionalism, compassion and respect.

The Housing Authority is dedicated to providing the communities of Woodford County with quality and affordable housing that is decent, well maintained, and free from drugs and violent crime. The Housing Authority endeavors to provide livable communities composed of a diverse range of economic incomes so that children of these communities have role models that are visibly striving to make economic gains for their families. As an agency, we are committed to providing our residents with as many opportunities as possible to become economically self-sufficient while serving our residents and neighboring citizens with the highest degree of professional courtesy, empathy, and respect.

The mission of the Woodford County Housing Authority is to serve and empower the citizens of Woodford County by providing adequate and affordable housing with proactive administration of programs to promote self-sufficiency and improve the quality of life.