Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers - Mankato/Blue Earth County Economic Development Authority
10 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, MN 56001
Open to all households who meet housing choice voucher program low income requirements
Application/registration form copies of family's birth certificates names and addresses of former landlords are needed for references picture ID (such as a driver's license) Social Security cards for everyone in the household
8 am - 5:30 pm Monday - Friday
Interpreters available
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Blue Earth County, MN
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Administers federally funded rental assistance programs for all of Blue Earth County through the following programs: - Housing Choice Voucher - Housing Stability Voucher - Mainstream Voucher - Emergency Housing Voucher - Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing - Project-Based Voucher - Family Unification Voucher Programs Participants receive a voucher that can be used to rent a unit in the private rental market. Program participants pay about 30% of their income toward their rent and utilities. Before assistance is paid, the unit is inspected to ensure it is safe, decent, and sanitary.
03/11/2026
Mankato/Blue Earth County Economic Development Authority
Provides assistance under the Public Housing Affordable Rent program and the Housing Choice Voucher Program, which also includes special program types for VASH, Mainstream, and Foster Youth to Independence. Participants have the opportunity to participate in the Family Self-Sufficiency and Homeownership programs.