Astor Village Apartments (5194 Astor Village Street, Milton, FL 32570) and the Housing Authority of the City of Milton (Milton Housing Authority — headquartered half a mile north at 5668 Byrom Street, Milton, FL 32570; HUD Public Housing Agency Code FL053; phone 850-623-8216 / 850-623-0482) form the cornerstone of deeply subsidized HUD and USDA rental housing for low-income older adults aged 62+ and persons with disabilities across Milton, Pace, Jay, Gulf Breeze, and Navarre in Santa Rosa County, Florida. Built in 1982 and recorded under Southern Development Co. of Milton, Ltd. (Florida Sunbiz Limited Partnership Doc# A11130, Active), Astor Village is a 50-unit, single-story elderly and disabled apartment community operating with HUD Project-Based Section 8 Rental Assistance (PBRA) and USDA Section 515 support.

At both Astor Village Apartments (5194 Astor Village St) and the public housing and voucher programs administered by the Milton Housing Authority (5668 Byrom St), qualifying Very Low-Income and Extremely Low-Income Santa Rosa County seniors (earning at or below 50% and 30% of the Area Median Income) pay approximately 30% of their adjusted gross monthly household income (after allowable out-of-pocket medical expense deductions for households headed by an individual aged 62+ or disabled) toward rent and utilities. Astor Village features 50 ground-level, step-free one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartment homes with private patio entries, full kitchens, accessible bathrooms, and on-site laundry facilities. Simultaneously, the Milton Housing Authority (HUD PHA Code FL053) manages public housing residences and administers Santa Rosa County's Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Tenant-Based Rental Assistance programs, enabling low-income retirees from rural Jay (32565) to Pace (32571), Milton (32570), Gulf Breeze (32561/32563), and Navarre (32566) to secure subsidized rent in participating senior communities such as Carter Crossing Apartments. Located along the Byrom Street / Stewart Street corridor in central Milton, Astor Village and the Milton Housing Authority sit 1.5 miles southeast of Santa Rosa Medical Center (6002 Berryhill Rd) and less than 1 mile from Historic Downtown Milton and the Council on Aging of West Florida's Milton senior dining site.