Tacoma Housing Authority
April Black,
Executive Director
902 South L Street, Suite 2A
Tacoma, WA
(253) 207-4400
(253) 207-4454
By The numbers
Public Housing Units 50
Vouchers 4852
Total Units 4902
Latest News
9.8.26
Members Making News
From Hoodline:
Fourteen percent of Washington community college students have experienced homelessness, but at Highline College in Des Moines, a small group of them are staying in school at nearly double the typical rate thanks to a rare partnership with the King County Housing Authority. Students...
9.8.26
Members Making News
From The Seattle Times:
After Bilal Ali graduated from high school, he wasn’t able to think about college. His father had just died, leaving him on his own, and he was scrambling to support himself.
When he turned 21, he feared he was missing his chance to get a degree entirely and he enrolled at...
7.7.26
Members Making News
From the Tacoma Housing Authority's press release:
THA was proud to join Mercy Housing on June 9 and celebrate the grand opening of their new 129-unit building at Aviva Crossing.
This is a major step in our effort to develop more than 500 units of affordable housing at James Center North, next to...
3.25.26
Members Making News
From the Tacoma Housing Authority's press release:
Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) and its nonprofit subsidiary, Tacoma Housing Development Group (THDG), announced an $80,000 grant from Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) to support the expansion of the Expanded Learning Opportunities...
1.20.26
Members Making News
From the Tacoma Housing Authority's press release:
The Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) has secured new funding to rehabilitate over 300 of its existing affordable housing units. 316 households representing over 1,000 residents of northwest Salishan and Hillside Terrace 2300 will see their...
8.6.24
Members Making News
From Tacoma Weekly:
The bright colors of two new housing structures in town have been catching the eye of passersby lately, and now Hilltop Housing North and Hilltop Housing South are officially christened as Tacoma Housing Authority’s largest affordable housing project in 20 years...
7.3.24
Members Making News
April Black, CLPHA Board Member and Tacoma Housing Authority Executive Director, recently co-authored an op-ed for The News Tribune with Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards entitled "Tacoma is desperate for more affordable housing. To build it we need the state’s help:"
No one should have to come home...
5.31.24
Members Making News, Innovations
A new publication from the King County Housing Authority, Seattle Housing Authority, and Tacoma Housing Authority shares their PHAs' perspectives on how the Moving to Work (MTW) program has allowed them to innovate programming and tailor housing resources and services for low-...
4.9.24
Members Making News
From the Tacoma Housing Authority's press release:
Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) and Tacoma Public Schools (TPS) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish and collaborate on the creation of a local waitlist preference that prioritizes families of TPS students who are...
3.25.24
CLPHA Member Update, Members Making News
On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities’ (CLPHA) Housing Is Initiative and the Moving to Work (MTW) Collaborative, held a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill entitled “Housing. Education. Health: Cross-Sector Collaboration to Improve Life...
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