Housing and Community Services

The purpose of the Housing and Community Services Department is:

Housing – to increase, preserve and improve housing that is affordable and livable and, to the extent possible, ensuring long-term affordability and contributing to neighborhood revitalization.

Social and Human Services – to ensure that all people in Panama City live in safe, strong and caring communities. The city seeks to enhance the quality of life and promote self-reliance, growth and development of its citizens. To these ends, the city strives to provide resources and services to meet basic human needs.

Common Goals

Housing & Community Services' mission is to assist families with obtaining sustainable, safe, decent, sanitary, affordable housing through various programs. Our department works diligently to eliminate housing barriers in an effort to prevent homelessness and improve the quality of life for the individuals who seek assistance through our various programs.

Housing and Community Services achieves its mission of providing safe, decent affordable housing for its citizens by maintaining partnerships with local, state and federal agencies, affordable housing developers, non-profit organizations and others who share the common goal of producing affordable housing. Through these partnerships, families in need, including special needs populations such as the elderly and other low- to moderate-income families, are able to obtain housing they can afford.

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