Housing Development

CMCA’s housing development programs help achieve two of the agency's five strategic commitments - engaging the community to insure that all people's basic needs are met and building community capacity to enhance community and economic assets. Without shelter, many things are just not possible. It is a basic building block which helps families and individuals to be healthy, safe and secure. It is CMCA's position that housing is a right, not a privilege.

In 1994, CMCA was recognized as a (Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) by the Missouri Housing Development Commission and in 1999 the City of Columbia designated CMCA as a CHDO as well. The agency is also a Community Development Corporation and is designated a Rural LISC agency. These designations have helped CMCA to partner with various for profit developers and non-profit partners to complete a number of multi and single family housing units through the service area thereby providing affordable housing opportunities for low income individuals.

Direct housing development related activities include:

• Homeownership classes
• Budgeting classes
• Single family housing
• Multi-family housing
• Subdivision development