Housing Development

Start Corporation acts as the management agent for several properties that are dedicated to providing safe, secure, and affordable housing to people with mental illness, physical disabilities, and/or low-incomes. Applications for housing units can be obtained from Judith LeBoeuf, Housing Director, by calling (985) 879-3967.  Please scroll down for descriptions on each on the properties that we own or manage.

Taddy Village Apartments

Taddy Village Apartments, located at 411 Bayou Gardens Blvd. in Houma, is a 24-unit HUD 811 Project that offers safe and affordable housing to people with mental illness who meet low-income requirements. All apartments at Taddy Village are one-bedroom units. Rents are sliding-scale and dependent on the participant's income level. Taddy Village offers a community feeling of support and acceptance in a safe and secure environment.

Larke Village Apartments

Larke Village Apartments, located at 186 James Aitkens Street in Houma, is a 13-unit HUD 811 Project that offers safe and affordable housing to people with mental illness who meet low-income requirements. Just like Taddy Village, all apartments at Larke Village are one-bedroom units. Rents are also on sliding-scale basis and dependent on the participant's income level. The Larke Village designs offers duplexes in the nicely landscaped setting of a quiet residential neighborhood.

Magnolia Street Apartments
	Start Corporation owns or manages 16 one bedroom apartment units dedicated to people with low incomes. Several units are designated for people with mental illness. Rent is $460.00 per month.

Section 8 Rentals
	Start Corporation offers several scattered site three-bedroom houses designated for people on the Section 8 Rental Assistance Program. These homes are located in neighborhoods around Houma.

Affordable Housing

Start Corporation has been designated as a Community Housing Development Organization by the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government. This designation gives Start Corporation the ability to use many methods of funding in its effort to create affordable housing in Terrebonne Parish. Start Corporation has as one of its major goals to develope housing for families that are disabled or stuck in an economic bracket that keeps them from having the opportunity of home ownership. James Atkins subdivision in Houma is a development of Start Corporation that created 13 units of subsidised housing for adults with mental illness and 18 single family homes for persons with low incomes.