Ottumwa Housing Authority

What Ottumwa Housing Authority does

Ottumwa Housing Authority is a housing assistance organization based in Ottumwa, Iowa, founded in 1964. It operates with a small staff of 11–50 employees and serves the local community through federally-supported housing programs. Based on its name, structure, and the nature of housing authorities nationally, it almost certainly functions as a quasi-governmental Public Housing Authority administering HUD-funded programs such as public housing and/or Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8) for low-income households within its jurisdiction, though this cannot be definitively confirmed from the available data.

The firm's public web property (ohatowers.org) was inaccessible during data collection, returning only a loading/verification screen; consequently, no information on specific properties owned, voucher allocation size, waitlists, capital fund projects, or program portfolio could be extracted. There are no disclosed products, services, technology platforms, partnerships, management team members, or financial statements in the input set. The firmographic record also lists the entity as "for_profit," which is inconsistent with the typical structure of a Housing Authority — Housing Authorities are normally public or quasi-governmental nonprofit instrumentalities — so this classification is itself uncertain.

As a result, the Authority's business model cannot be precisely characterized from the input. In the standard PHA model, operating revenue is derived from HUD Operating Fund subsidies, Capital Fund Program awards, tenant rents (typically 30% of adjusted income), and Section 8 voucher program administrative fees; no such figures are disclosed here. There is no evidence of commercial product lines, pricing models, go-to-market motion, or customer segmentation beyond the implicit low-income renter base of a small Iowa city.

Name

Ottumwa Housing Authority

Legal name

Ottumwa Housing Authority

Website

https://www.ohatowers.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ottumwa Housing Authority is a Ottumwa, Iowa-based housing assistance organization founded in 1964, operating with 11–50 employees to deliver federally-supported housing programs to local low-income residents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Housing Services

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs (925110), Community Housing Services (62422), Other Community Housing Services (624229)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Operators Of Apartment Buildings (6513)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Affordable/Subsidized Independent Living (HUD/LIHTC) Communities (HLADAAAB), Homelessness Prevention, Shelter & Supportive Housing Services (BPAIANAC), Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB)

Keywords

• Public housing assistance
• Affordable housing programs
• Subsidized rental housing
• Housing authority services
• Low-income housing

Headquarters

HQ city

Ottumwa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Core offering

Ottumwa Housing Authority administers public housing and rental assistance programs for low-income individuals, families, elderly persons, and persons with disabilities in Ottumwa, Iowa. As a local housing authority, it manages subsidized housing units and related tenant-based housing support services funded through federal, state, and local housing programs.

Product overview

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Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) Rental Assistance
• Public Housing Program

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Regional players

• Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency: A fellow Iowa public housing agency administering HUD-funded public housing and voucher programs. Directly comparable as a municipal housing authority operating under the same state and federal regulatory framework as Ottumwa Housing Authority.
• Cedar Rapids Housing Services: Another Iowa-based municipal housing entity managing affordable housing and tenant-based assistance. Comparable in mission, funding sources, and small-city operational profile to the subject company.

Broad incumbents

• Iowa Finance Authority: State-level housing finance agency that allocates federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits and administers state affordable-housing programs. Comparable as a funder and program administrator serving many of the same tenants the Ottumwa Housing Authority serves.
• HUD Public and Indian Housing (PIH): The federal office that funds and oversees every local Public Housing Authority in the U.S. Comparable as the upstream regulator and primary capital source that defines Ottumwa Housing Authority's operating model.

Others

• Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA): Industry association representing large and mid-sized public housing authorities. Comparable as the peer ecosystem and policy advocate within which Ottumwa Housing Authority operates.
• National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO): Professional association for housing authorities and redevelopment officials. Comparable as the standards-setting body and peer community that defines best practices for entities like Ottumwa Housing Authority.

Emerging players

• Habitat for Humanity of Iowa: A nonprofit affordable-housing provider operating in the same Iowa market. Comparable in serving low-income households with subsidized housing, though it develops rather than administers public housing.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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