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Affordable apartment buildings in Iowa
Iowa has 851 affordable apartment buildings in 181 cities and towns on Fair Shot Housing: 556 tax-credit buildings, 209 Section 8 buildings and 204 senior buildings. A building can be in more than one group.
These buildings do not post openings. Pick a city, then call or visit a building’s office and ask to join its own waitlist.
Cities with the most buildings
All 181 cities and towns in Iowa
- Adel2
- Afton2
- Akron1
- Albia2
- Algona2
- Altoona5
- Ames7
- Anamosa1
- Ankeny8
- Asbury1
- Atlantic3
- Bancroft1
- Baxter1
- Bettendorf8
- Bloomfield1
- Bondurant1
- Boone7
- Burlington12
- Carroll6
- Carson1
- Cedar Falls7
- Cedar Rapids42
- Center Point1
- Centerville3
- Chariton3
- Charles City3
- Cherokee2
- Clarinda2
- Clarion1
- Clear Lake4
- Clinton13
- Columbus Junction2
- Coralville3
- Corning2
- Council Bluffs34
- Cresco1
- Creston6
- Davenport36
- De Witt2
- Decorah3
- Denison6
- Denmark1
- Des Moines111
- Dubuque21
- Dunlap1
- Eagle Grove2
- Earlville1
- Elkader1
- Emmetsburg4
- Essex1
- Estherville1
- Evansdale2
- Fairfax1
- Fairfield7
- Farragut1
- Forest City3
- Fort Dodge11
- Fort Madison5
- Glenwood2
- Glidden1
- Graettinger1
- Granger1
- Greenfield2
- Grimes5
- Grinnell7
- Grundy Center1
- Hampton3
- Harlan2
- Hartley2
- Hawarden3
- Hiawatha1
- Hull1
- Humboldt3
- Ida Grove1
- Independence1
- Indianola4
- Iowa City21
- Iowa Falls3
- Jefferson2
- Johnston4
- Kellogg1
- Keokuk7
- Kingsley1
- Knoxville5
- La Porte City1
- Lake City1
- Lake Mills1
- Lake Park1
- Lamoni1
- Le Claire2
- Le Grand1
- Le Mars7
- Lenox2
- Leon2
- Logan2
- Lone Tree1
- Malvern1
- Manchester4
- Manning2
- Manson2
- Maquoketa7
- Marengo1
- Marion9
- Marshalltown13
- Mason City14
- Mc Gregor1
- Milford1
- Missouri Valley2
- Mitchellville1
- Monroe1
- Montrose1
- Mount Ayr1
- Mount Pleasant2
- Mount Vernon1
- Moville1
- Mt Pleasant3
- Muscatine15
- Nevada3
- Newton13
- North Liberty6
- Norwalk4
- Oakland1
- Odebolt1
- Onawa4
- Orange City2
- Osage1
- Osceola7
- Oskaloosa10
- Ottumwa9
- Panora1
- Parkersburg1
- Pella3
- Peosta1
- Perry5
- Pleasant Hill4
- Postville2
- Prairie City1
- Red Oak1
- Rock Rapids2
- Rock Valley2
- Rockwell City1
- Runnells2
- Ruthven1
- Sac City2
- Sheldon3
- Shenandoah3
- Sibley2
- Sidney1
- Sigourney1
- Sioux Center3
- Sioux City32
- Spencer7
- Spirit Lake3
- Stanton1
- State Center1
- Storm Lake7
- Story City2
- Stuart1
- Tabor1
- Tama1
- Tingley1
- Tipton2
- Toledo1
- Urbandale1
- Villisca1
- Vinton2
- Washington3
- Waterloo25
- Waukee10
- Waukon2
- Waverly6
- Webb1
- Webster City4
- Wellman1
- West Burlington2
- West Des Moines9
- West Union2
- Williamsburg1
- Winfield1
- Winterset3
- Woodbine2
Looking for an opening right now?
The lists we use do not say whether a building’s waitlist is open. For homes taking applications now, see the open listings in Iowa.