Minnesota

USDA rental housing in Cass County, MN

5 properties in Cass County have USDA Section 515 or 514 financing: 93 apartments across 5 towns. 76 of those units carry USDA rental assistance, which ties what an eligible tenant pays to income.

5properties
93apartments
76rental assistance units
7vacant units reported

Equal housing opportunity. Properties financed by USDA Rural Development must follow the Fair Housing Act, which bars discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin. If you believe you were treated unfairly, you can file a complaint with HUD at 1-800-669-9777 or with USDA at 866-632-9992.

Open Country does not own, manage or rent these properties and does not take applications. Contact each property's management company for availability, rents and eligibility. Listings come from USDA's public data and may be out of date.

Mayview Manor

914 Lake May Drive, Akeley, MN 56433

Family · 10 1BR, 10 2BR

Managed by D.w. Jones Management, INC

Units
20
Rental assistance
19
Vacant
2
Accessible
1
Opened
1985

Cass Lake Sq Apts

881 Grant Utley Ave NW, Cass Lake, MN 56633

Family · 4 1BR, 14 2BR, 6 3BR

Managed by Cepco INC

Units
24
Rental assistance
23
Vacant
3
Accessible
1
Opened
1997

Birch Lake Apts

213 Highway 371 N, Hackensack, MN 56452

Family · 15 1BR, 4 2BR

Managed by D.w. Jones Management, INC

Units
19
Rental assistance
6
Vacant
2
Accessible
0
Opened
1978

Pine River Sq Apts

730 & 770 1st Street, Pine River, MN 56474

Family · 3 1BR, 13 2BR, 2 3BR

Managed by Cepco INC

Units
18
Rental assistance
16
Vacant
0
Accessible
0
Opened
1993

Cedar St Complex

11 Cedar Street NW, Remer, MN 56672

Family · 8 2BR, 4 3BR

Managed by D.w. Jones Management, INC

Units
12
Rental assistance
12
Vacant
0
Accessible
0
Opened
1993

Source: USDA Rural Development, Section 515/514 active properties file (data as of October 19, 2026). Vacancies are as USDA last recorded them, not live availability.

Who can rent here

USDA-financed apartments are for very low, low and moderate income households (7 CFR 3560.152), and elderly and congregate properties also require a household that meets USDA's definition of elderly. In a unit with USDA rental assistance, the tenant pays the highest of 30% of monthly adjusted income, 10% of gross monthly income or a welfare shelter allowance, and the assistance covers the rest of the rent (7 CFR 3560.203). Each property's manager checks income against USDA's limits for the area when you apply and can tell you whether a unit with rental assistance is open.

For owners and buyers

All 5 are limited-profit. 4 also have housing tax credits. Owners of aging 515 properties can use a Section 538 guaranteed loan to finance a transfer and rehab, at USDA's lower 60 and 25 basis point preservation fees. How 515 transfers work with 538.

Watch a property for maturity or prepayment

Pick a Cass County property. We'll email when USDA's monthly file shows its use-restriction date, rental assistance, unit count or ownership type change, or when it drops out of the active portfolio, which is what happens when the loan is prepaid or paid off.

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Every property in one file: 515/514 portfolio download (CSV and JSON).