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Alt text: Collage of photographs showcasing Housing Authority of Champaign County staff, residents, community events, educational programs, volunteer activities, workforce development initiatives, youth engagement, and community partnerships. The image highlights a variety of people participating in services, celebrations, trainings, and outreach efforts. Large text across the center reads “ABOUT US.” The collage reflects HACC’s commitment to housing, community development, resident support, and self-sufficiency programs.
About Us
The Housing Authority of Champaign County (HACC) is a municipal corporation organized pursuant to the Illinois Housing Authority Act. The jurisdiction of HACC includes all incorporated and unincorporated areas of the County of Champaign, Illinois. The Housing Authority is governed by a seven-member Board of Commissioners. Members of the Board are appointed by the Mayor of the City of Champaign, the Mayor of the City of Urbana and the Chair of the Champaign County Board. One member is a participant in a HACC program. Commissioners serve for five years and have unlimited terms.

HACC was created in 1943 and for many years built, owned and managed only traditional public housing pursuant to Section 9 of the 1937 Housing Act. Faced with distressed Public Housing and ever-decreasing federal funding, HACC began redevelopment of its largest public housing communities in the 1990s using multiple mixed financing methods including Low Income Housing Tax Credits, to create new mixed-income communities. In 2010, HACC became one of only 39 Public Housing Authorities in the country to be designated as a Moving to Work (MTW) Agency.

HACC also provides so much more than housing. We offer individuals, families, and senior citizens a foundation from which to build successful lives and inspiring investment in self and community through our housing opportunities and programs.

- David A. Northern, Sr.

Today, HACC has extensive development and management experience having developed over $100 million dollars of the new affordable housing through mixed financing methods. HACC has successfully implemented several large redevelopment projects and participated in both the ownership structure and management of the newly developed mixed-income properties. HACC staff and consultants are tax credit certified and HACC provides asset management services and oversight of seven tax credit properties located on land owned and leased by HACC.

The current HACC portfolio consists of five Rental Assistance Demonstration properties with 254 units; seven Mixed Finance Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) communities consisting of a total of 593 units; and, two Mixed Finance communities using no LIHTC with a total of 42 units. In addition to these multi-family rental communities, HACC administers over 1,200 tenant-based vouchers; a homeownership program; and a rental assistance program for homeless veterans. HACC also administers a multitude of resident support and service programs under various HUD and non-HUD grants.

Below, you will find a comprehensive catalog of what HACC has to offer.

Alt text: Cover page for the “Housing and Beyond: HACC Services Catalog.” The cover features the title “Housing and Beyond” with photographs of Housing Authority of Champaign County staff and residents incorporated into the lettering. The Housing Authority of Champaign County logo appears below, along with the agency’s address, 2008 North Market Street, Champaign, Illinois 61822. The catalog is labeled as updated in 2024.