Public Housing

Downtown Family Sites

  • 294 units
  • built from 1959 to 1965
  • built in several central city locations
  • contains units with one to four bedrooms

Bear Creek Family Site

  • 78 units (reduced from 100 in 1998)
  • completed November 1973
  • located north of Interstate Highway 70 and just east of Rangeline Street (Highway 763) on Elleta Blvd. near the Bear Creek waterway
  • has one to four bedroom units

Oak Towers

  • 147 units
  • completed December 1966
  • designated for residents who are near-elderly or elderly
  • located on the southeast corner of Sexton Road and Garth Avenue (700 North Garth Avenue)
  • has efficiency and one bedroom units

Paquin Tower

  • 200 units
  • completed June 1973
  • designated for persons with disabilities
  • located midway between College Avenue and Hitt Street, and just north of the University of Missouri-Columbia campus
  • contains efficiency and one bedroom units

For more information, contact Meg Matyas at (573) 443-2556, ext. 1200 or mmatyas@columbiaha.com

51

years serving low income families in Columbia