Area Housing Commission

What Area Housing Commission does

Area Housing Commission (AHC) is a local public housing agency headquartered at 1920 W. Garden St., Pensacola, Florida, established on August 9, 1937 pursuant to the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 and operating under the autonomous governance of a five-member Board of Commissioners appointed by the Pensacola City Council, the Escambia County Board of Commissioners, and the Tenants' Association. The agency serves low-income families, seniors aged 62 and older, and persons with disabilities aged 18 and older across Pensacola and Escambia County.

AHC manages a portfolio of 603 Public Housing units, 87 Local Housing Authority units, 51 multi-family units (Westwood Homes), and 150+ Section 8 properties distributed across 14 distinct properties, including flagship sites Attucks Court (172 units, 1940), Moreno Court (200 units, 1940), and Gonzalez Court (98 units, 1996). Its technology stack is a SACS Software-powered website housing management system supporting online applications and waiting list administration. The agency also operates Resident Programs covering household management, transitional services, homeownership assistance, debt counseling, education, job training, and prevention services across substance abuse, child abuse, elder care, domestic violence, crisis response, and mental health, alongside Tenant Associations at five major properties and a fraud investigation function with Florida Department of Law Enforcement referral capability.

AHC's revenue model combines HUD federal public housing funding (operating subsidies), tenant rental income (typically 30% of adjusted gross income for public housing; Fair Market Rent for Local Housing Authority properties), and Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment contract administration. GTM is direct-to-consumer via a public housing waiting list (currently closed), with eligibility determined by income, family status, citizenship, and screening criteria. The agency's go-to-market is structurally constrained by federal allocations rather than commercial expansion.

Name

Area Housing Commission

Legal name

Area Housing Commission

Website

https://areahousing.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1937

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Area Housing Commission is a federally-funded public housing agency in Pensacola, Florida, managing 603 public housing units, 87 local housing units, 51 multi-family units, and 150+ Section 8 properties serving low-income families, seniors, and persons with disabilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Housing Services

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs (925110), Other Community Housing Services (624229)

SIC

Operators Of Apartment Buildings (6513), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Non-Operating Establishments (9995)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIANAA

Public & Affordable Housing Programs (Subsidies, Vouchers, Public Housing)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Housing, Urban Planning & Community Development

SECONDARYBPAJAFAD

Affordable & Subsidized Housing Property Management (LIHTC, Section 8)

Business & Public Services/Real Estate Services (Brokerage, Property Management)/Residential Property Management

SECONDARYFSALAKAL

Rural, Tribal & Special-Population Housing Programs

Financial & Insurance/Mortgage & Housing Finance/Housing Finance Agencies & Government-Sponsored Housing Programs

Keywords

• Public housing services
• Affordable housing programs
• Section 8 vouchers
• Low-income rental housing
• Senior and disabled housing

Headquarters

HQ city

Pensacola

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. HUD Public Housing Funding: Government funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to operate public housing programs and provide affordable housing to low-income families.
2. Tenant Rental Income: Rent collected from tenants in public housing, local housing, and multi-family units. Rent is based on Fair Market Rent (FMR) and tenant income levels.
3. Section 8 Housing Assistance: Federal rental assistance provided through Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contracts for Section 8 participants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Area Housing Commission is a local public housing agency that manages affordable rental housing for low-income families, seniors, and persons with disabilities in Pensacola and Escambia County, Florida. The agency operates 603 Public Housing units across 14 properties, 87 Local Housing Authority units, 51 multi-family senior/disabled units at Westwood Homes, and administers Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments across over 150 contracted properties. Beyond housing, it delivers resident support programs including job training, debt counseling, homeownership assistance, and crisis intervention services.

Product overview

Area Housing Commission is a local public housing agency providing affordable housing and supportive services to eligible low-income families, seniors, and persons with disabilities in Pensacola and Escambia County, Florida. The organization manages a portfolio of housing programs including Public Housing (603 units), Local Housing Authority properties (87 units across Granada Apartments, Sanchez Court, Morris Court, and Godfrey Street Duplex), Multi-family units (51 units at Westwood Homes), and Section 8 vouchers across multiple properties. The housing stock comprises 14 distinct properties including Attucks Court (172 units), Moreno Court (200 units), Gonzalez Court (98 units), R & Belmont (16 units), J Street (44 units), 6th & 8th Avenue (8 units), Hayne Street (40 units), Camelia Court, Sanchez Court, Granada Apartments, Morris Court, and Westwood Homes. Additional offerings include resident social services (job training, education, mental health support), tenant associations, and fraud investigation services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public Housing Program Low-income public housing program with a waiting list that provides housing to families based on application date and time, including eligibility screening, criminal background checks, and personal interviews. Comprises 603 units across 14 properties including Attucks Court (172 units), Moreno Court (200 units), Gonzalez Court (98 units), J Street (44 units), Hayne Street (40 units), R & Belmont (16 units), 6th & 8th Avenue (8 units), and Camelia Court. Rent is income-based, typically 30% of adjusted gross income.
• Section 8 Housing Assistance

Quantifiable outcome

• 603 Public Housing units, 87 Local Housing units, 51 Multi-family units, and 150+ Section 8 properties managed throughout Pensacola and Escambia County

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Escambia County Housing Authority: The county-level public housing authority serving Escambia County—a sibling agency to AHC with overlapping jurisdiction and an identical operating model based on HUD funding, public housing units, and Section 8 administration.
• Pensacola Housing Authority: The City of Pensacola's primary public housing agency, directly comparable to AHC as a HUD-funded agency operating public housing units and Section 8 vouchers for the same low-income population in the Pensacola/Escambia County region.

Regional players

• Jacksonville Housing Authority: One of the largest public housing authorities in Florida, providing comparable public housing, Section 8, and resident supportive services to a significantly larger urban population in Northeast Florida.
• Tallahassee Housing Authority: A Florida public housing authority operating under the same HUD framework as AHC, providing affordable housing through public housing units, Section 8 vouchers, and mixed-income developments in the Tallahassee market.
• Hillsborough County Housing Authority: Florida public housing authority providing affordable housing and Section 8 voucher administration in the Tampa Bay region, comparable in regulatory structure and program mix to AHC but operating at greater scale.
• Orlando Housing Authority: A Florida public housing agency operating public housing and Section 8 programs serving the Orlando metropolitan area, comparable in mission and HUD framework to AHC.

Broad incumbents

• Miami-Dade Public Housing Agency: A much larger public housing authority administering HUD-funded public housing, Section 8 vouchers, and affordable housing programs across Miami-Dade County—a scaled incumbent that operates the same federal programs as AHC at much greater volume.
• National Church Residences: A large nonprofit affordable housing provider that develops and operates subsidized housing for seniors and low-income families nationwide—an analogous mission-driven operator to AHC but with a national footprint and broader service portfolio.
• Related Companies (Affordable Housing Division): A major private developer with a substantial affordable housing portfolio using LIHTC financing—a comparable provider of affordable housing units to AHC's low-income residents but operating through market-rate development mechanisms.

Others

• SACS Software: A vendor providing the website-based housing management system used by AHC—this is a technology/operational peer as an enabler of public housing authorities' administrative operations, similar to AHC's own dependency on this platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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