HAS (housing authority of Springfield) is a housing authority that helps low-income people find and get affordable housing through their section 8 voucher program and also their public housing assistance program. They manage quite a few properties "public housing" and my review is of Stillwell Columns in downtown Springfield Mo. My spouse and I applied for public housing on January 23, 2022. We decided to go with public housing because the wait time is much shorter currently than applying for section 8. If we had applied for Section 8 we would have been on a waiting list for 2-3 years. The application process was easy and the people at HAS were very helpful with any questions I had. They were always polite and communicated promptly with emails and phone calls. By mid March 2022 we had completed the process and had been offered an apartment at Stillwell Columns. We moved in on April 4th 2022. We've been here about three weeks now. The staff, management and other residents are very nice and always helpful. The apartment is clean and well maintained. We had a couple of very minor maintenance issues when we moved in but I reported them and they were addressed by maintenance within 24 hours. The building is always clean and well maintained. It's very quiet here too. The building is pet friendly although you DO have to jump through a few hoops to get your furry friend approved like spayed/neutered, vaccinations and a health certificate filled out by a vet (which must be done yearly by the way). Our two cats are actually emotional support animals so we didn't have to pay a pet deposit (which currently is $200 per animal) but they were still required to be spayed, up to date on vaccinations and get a wellness check up with a vet before they could move in. The grounds outside our well maintained as well. I would definitely give this public housing a 5 star rating. I'll attach photos as well so you can get an idea of what the 1 bedroom units look like. read more