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In the News / December 18, 2020

What is a Community Land Trust? And could one help with Tacoma’s homelessness crisis?

Allison Needles | Tacoma News Tribune

Kathy McCormick, director of real estate development for the Tacoma Housing Authority, said people living in high-rent areas like Seattle and coming to Tacoma for…

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In the News / December 10, 2020

Semi-independent Tacoma-Pierce Health Department is part of long American tradition

Michael Mirra | Op-ed in Tacoma News Tribune

The proposal by Pierce County Council members Pam Roach and Doug Richardson to change the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department into a county executive department poses…

In the News / November 28, 2020

Tacoma has new ‘Jewels’ to light up city skyline

Craig Sailor | Tacoma News Tribune

Tacoma has a set of crown jewels. Three multi-fauceted orbs, set with 700 colorful cast glass pieces, are being installed at the corner of South…

In the News / September 30, 2020

What’s next for Tacoma middle school after plans for turning it into housing fails?

Allison Needles | Tacoma News Tribune

The Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) has backed out on plans to acquire Gault Middle School in Eastside, primarily due to financial impacts stemming from the…

In the News / August 31, 2020

For homeless kids in crisis, new Eastside Tacoma facility can be ‘transformational’

Matt Driscoll | Tacoma News Tribune

The facility is a significant upgrade. Tucked into a secluded wooded backdrop near Tacoma Housing Authority’s Salishan development, Arlington Drive Crisis Residential Center — which…

In the News / August 29, 2020

$22 million campus for homeless youths set to open soon

Joshua Bessex | Tacoma News Tribune

The Tacoma Housing Authority Arlington Drive campus for homeless youths is close to completion. The campus includes a 58-unit apartment complex with resource offices and…

In the News / August 20, 2020

3 to See: Hilltop Business Crawl, Bite of Black Businesses, Summer Market

Lauren Gallup | South Sound Magazine

Support your local businesses this Saturday, Aug. 22, and Sunday, Aug. 23, as part of the Hilltop Business Crawl. The Tacoma Housing Authority and the…

In the News / August 20, 2020

A socially distanced business crawl happens on Hilltop this weekend

Kristine Sherred | Tacoma News Tribune

In socially distanced style, the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma will host a small business crawl this weekend to compensate for the loss of the annual…

In the News / August 19, 2020

HUD heading back toward race injustice in housing policy

Andrew Lofton, Stephen Norman, Michael Mirra and Mark Gropper | Real Change News

As leaders of public housing authorities in the Puget Sound region, we are distressed that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is enacting…

In the News / August 5, 2020

Letter: New HUD rule counters Fair Housing Act

Michael Mirra | Woodinville Weekly

As leaders of public housing authorities in the Puget Sound region, we are distressed that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is enacting…