History of HAYC

1951

Housing Authorities are created by State statute.  The Housing Authority of Yamhill County (HAYC) was established January 10, 1951, by resolution of the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners, to help provide housing for low and moderate-income residents in Yamhill County.  The Housing Authority currently operates as an independent public cooperation under federal and state law, and is governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners

1966 - 1976

HAYC owned and operated Eola Village farm labor camp which had thirty-five, 2-bedroom cabins. In 1976 the fire department and learn-to-burn program burned down the camp and the property was sold in 1978.

1977

In July of 1977, the Board instructed the Executive Director to apply for Section 8 Housing. In the fall of 1977, HAYC received its first allocation of Section 8 Vouchers, with the ability to subsidize 100 rent payments for low-income families. The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program currently assisted over 1300 clients monthly.

1979

HAYC had only five (5) regular employees, the Executive Director, Accountant, Tenant/Specialist/Clerk, Section 8 Manager and Section 8 Assistant. HAYC currently has over forty (40) employees on payroll.

1980

HAYC applied for and received funding for the Low-Rent Public Housing program and began the process to acquire land and build 70 total brick built, single-family and duplex-family units in Newberg and McMinnville.  Due to federal funding changes, HAYC sold the public housing units to free up funds to expand the availability of affordable housing throughout Yamhill County.

1984

In March 1984, the HAYC office moved from 1650 South Baker to the old McMinnville Post office on 414 NE Evans St. in McMinnville and retained residency there until 2004, when the HAYC office then relocated to a newer, greener building located at 135 NE Dunn Place built to meet the increasing demand for affordable housing.

Early 90’s

Since the early 90's, the HAYC has grown by leaps and bounds, acquiring, building, leasing, contracting and partnering with a variety of funding sources to help provide affordable housing.

Between the Housing Authority of Yamhill County, the Yamhill County Affordable Housing Corporation and the Yamhill Housing Resource Center, we are able to provide assistance to over 2,000 local families monthly and put over $7 million dollars back into the local economy annually.