Oakland Housing Authority

Patricia Wells, Executive Director/CEO
1619 Harrison Street
Oakland, CA
(510) 874-1500
(510) 874-1674
MTW Agency

By The numbers

Public Housing Units 1970
Vouchers 13921
Total Units 15891

Latest News

4.28.23 Members Making News
This week, the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading announced 2023 Public Housing Communities Honor Roll. The honorees employ strategies and tactics that leverage the resources of public housing agencies and organizations to advance seamless systems of coordinated and aligned care, services and...
4.18.23 CLPHA Member Update, Members Making News
18 Members Invited to Accept Stability Voucher Awards Today, HUD announced a second round of CoC grants and Stability Vouchers to communities to address unsheltered homelessness, adding to the first set of grant awards announced in February. The awards include $171.2 million in grants for 115...
9.2.20 Research, CLPHA Member Update
Children across the country begin a new school year like no other where most of the time spent on instruction will be online learning. For children of residents of public and affordable housing, virtual schooling presents an additional set of challenges. A new report from the Public and Affordable...
1.9.20 Members Making News
From NBC Bay Area: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Friday that it's providing $2.8 million in tenant protection vouchers to public housing residents in Oakland. HUD officials said the vouchers will help families with relocation or replacement housing from...
1.8.20 Members Making News
On December 31, 2019 HUD announced more than $79 million in Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) grants to nearly 700 public housing authorities nationwide. FSS grants help public housing authorities hire service coordinators who connect public housing residents with local programs and services with the...
10.30.19 Members Making News
The Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) Board of Commissioners announced the appointment of Patricia Wells as OHA’s new executive director. Wells, who began her new role on October 15, succeeds Eric Johnson, who retired from the housing authority this month after nearly 30 years in the affordable...
5.6.19 Members Making News, Membership Spotlight
CLPHA’s Membership Spotlight features the outstanding work and achievements of our member public housing authorities - the nation’s largest and most innovative PHAs. Based on interviews with PHA executives, these brief profiles spotlight our members’ initiatives to strengthen their...
2.14.19 Members Making News
Congratulations to the 60 CLPHA members  who received grants through HUD's Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program! FSS grants help PHAs hire service coordinators who  connect residents with local programs and services. In HUD’s press release announcing the awards, Secretary...
1.10.19 Awards/Grants, Members Making News
On December 21, 2018 HUD announced nearly $29 million in grant awards under its Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency - Service Coordinators (ROSS-SC) Program. Eleven CLPHA members received ROSS-SC awards, totaling over $4.7 million.   The ROSS-SC Program provides funding for...

Job Openings

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Assistant Director of Family & Community Partnerships Family and Community Partnerships Department Oakland Housing Authority Annual Salary: $143,062 - $165,908 DOE/DOQ   The Oakland Housing Authority (OHA), providing subsidized housing and support services to nearly 16,500 families as the...
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Posted on 3.28.23
Applications due by 4.20.23
Assistant Director of Capital Improvements Capital Improvements Department Oakland Housing Authority Annual Salary: $143,062 - $165,908 DOE/DOQ   The Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) provides subsidized and affordable housing to nearly 16,500 families and is the largest landlord in the City of...
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Posted on 3.21.23
Applications due by 4.20.23
SENIOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER – REAL ESTATE Oakland Housing Authority Annual Salary: $136,169 - $157,914 DOE/DOQ   The Oakland Housing Authority (OHA), providing subsidized housing to nearly 16,500 families as the largest landlord in the City of Oakland, seeks a Senior Development Project...
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Posted on 2.28.23
Applications due by 3.29.23
SENIOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER – REAL ESTATE Oakland Housing Authority Annual Salary: $136,169 - $157,914 DOE/DOQ   The Oakland Housing Authority (OHA), providing subsidized housing to nearly 16,500 families as the largest landlord in the City of Oakland, seeks a Senior Development Project...
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Posted on 2.24.23
Applications due by 3.22.23
Director of Enterprise Risk Management Oakland Housing Authority Annual Salary: $152,700 - $177,086 DOE/DOQ   The Oakland Housing Authority (OHA), providing subsidized housing to nearly 16,500 families as the largest landlord in the City of Oakland, seeks a Director of Enterprise Risk...
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Posted on 9.12.22
Applications due by 10.14.22

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