Partnering with the Housing Choice Voucher Program to provide affordable, safe, and adequate housing for Dakota County residents.
The Dakota County CDA created the Senior Housing Program in 1988 to provide affordable rental housing to Dakota County’s growing and active senior population. Since then, the CDA has developed senior housing developments in the 11 major cities in Dakota County.
Preference is given to applicants who live, work or have immediate family (mother, father, son, daughter, brother or sister) residing in Dakota County or to households that do not have a permanent address in Dakota County, but receive benefits from Dakota County Employment & Economic Assistance (such as DWP, GA, MFIP, MSA, and SNAP).
In order to correctly set up your owner account with a CDA rental assistance program, we need to obtain the following information:
Please note: We will need your Tax ID number on the IRS W-9 form for purpose of filing taxes. If you will be operating as a sole proprietor or have not registered your business with the IRS, we will need your personal social security number.
All property owners are required by law to notify the Dakota County Assessor’s Office if they have moved from the property or if the property is no longer their primary address. Use the County Assessor Notice below to notify the County Assessor if you have moved. The Dakota County CDA needs to receive a copy of the confirmation letter you received from the County Assessor’s office or a copy of a completed self-certification to verify that you have complied with state law.
Visit the Dakota County website to review additional information about the Dakota County Homestead Program.
County Assessor NoticeIf you are an owner that is required to provide Verification of Ownership, provide one of the following forms of ownership verification:
If you have a question, please contact the Compliance and Landlord Relations Manager at 651-675-4539.
Note: Owners can post their vacancy at www.housinglink.org for free.
If you do not have an online portal login, please email our administration to begin the process.
Email AdministratorChoose “Landlord Login” in the upper right corner of the portal site.
Launch PortalIf you have any questions regarding these forms or would like a paper copy sent to you, please contact the Housing Information Specialist at 651-675-4533.
When a Housing Choice Voucher participant chooses a unit, the unit must be inspected by one of the CDA’s HQS Inspectors to ensure the unit meets Federal Housing Quality Standards (HQS). These standards were developed to ensure that housing units assisted through Housing Choice Voucher program are decent, safe and sanitary.
HQS inspections take place at the time of move-in and annually after that. Units must pass an inspection before the Housing Choice Voucher participant is able to move in.
The CDA’s Housing Quality Standards presentation will help you to understand everything that an HQS Inspection entails.
Housing Quality Standards PresentationThe Federal Housing Quality Standards (HQS) Inspection is in place to ensure that families moving into your rental units are safe.
The most commonly failed items are:
Inspectors will inspect the unit and it must pass Housing Quality Standards (HQS) before a participant is able to move in.
