The Housing Authority of the City of Columbia, South Carolina (Columbia Housing), is the largest housing authority in South Carolina. Columbia Housing provides and facilitates affordable housing resources for nearly 6,500 low-income households comprised of approximately 16,000 people. These affordable housing resources include Columbia Housing-owned residential communities, Columbia Housing-sponsored mixed-income, mixed-finance residential communities, Housing Choice vouchers, supportive housing arrangements and homeownership opportunities. Columbia Housing's programs are funded and regulated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).