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The Housing Operations Division of the Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development provides the core services necessary to operate important, federally funded, low-income housing programs and related services for the Community Development Authority (CDA). These services include the following:

1. Public Housing

Truax Park Apartments

The CDA owns and operates low-rent public housing in 40 locations throughout the City of Madison. There are 315 units for families and 427 units for households with people over the age of 50 or for people with disabilities.

Property value is approximately $48,556,226
Annual budget of $3,479,161
Low Rent Public Housing Pre-Application Form (English) (PDF)
Solicitud preliminar para el Programa de Viviendas de Bajo Alquiler (PDF)

2. Multifamily Housing

Affordable apartments, centrally located in the City of Madison:

Parkside Highrise Apartments

Located at 245 S. Park Street
83 units designated by HUD for people who are elderly or disabled
Some units provide wheelchair accessibility
Parkside pre-application
Solicitud preliminar Proyecto de Vivienda Multifamiliar

Parkside Townhomes

Located at 802 - 824 W. Washington Avenue
12 two- or three-bedroom family units
Some units are wheelchair accessible
Parkside pre-application
Solicitud preliminar Proyecto de Vivienda Multifamiliar

Karabis Apartments

Located at 201 S. Park Street
One-, two-, and three-bedroom barrier-free units
Designated by HUD to serve people with physical disabilities

NOTE: Applicants must provide verification of the need for a wheelchair accessible unit

3. Project-Based Voucher Section 8 at Truax Park Apartments

Truax Park Remodeled Apartments

24 units of family housing extensively rehabbed in 2011 through federal low-income housing tax credits awarded to the CDAby the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA).

Located along Wright and Straubel Street on Madison’s East side
23 two-bedroom (798 sq. ft.) units and 1 five-bedroom (1,636 sq. ft.) unit
Units feature central air, new bathrooms, and new kitchens
All units are handicapped accessible
Truax S8 PBV pre-application

4. Section 8 Tenant-Based Rent Assistance

CDA pays a portion of the rent for about 1,600 households through the federally funded Housing Choice Voucher program; also known as Section 8. CDA pays over $11 million each year to Madison housing providers on behalf of their low income tenants. About 500 Madison landlords participate in the program.

The Section 8 waiting list is currently closed.
- The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program lottery was closed on Friday, November 30, 2007.
Section 8 Administrative Plan (PDF)