Boise City / Ada County Housing Authorities

The Boise City Housing Authority was created in 1967. The original purpose of establishing the housing authority was to provide low-income housing for the aged. The first properties developed by the Boise City Housing Authority were two sets of high rise apartment complexes built in 1970 through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Developments Low Rent Public Housing Program. Boise City Housing Authority still owns and manages these properties, now designated to serve people who are 62 years or older and people who have a disabling condition. In 1976, the Ada County Housing Authority was created. Though these two organizations are legally separate, we operate through a Joint Powers agreement with a single staff overseen by a Board of Commissioners appointed and confirmed by the Mayor and City Council of Boise and the Ada County Commissioners. In Ada County, we are responsible for delivering a number of federally funded programs, as well as housing authority bond finan...