Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) is funded through a combination of federal funding, rental income, grants, and other financing sources. Most of our funding comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which supports housing vouchers, affordable housing communities, and other housing programs that serve low-income households.
In addition to federal funding, THA receives rental income from residents and commercial tenants in THA-owned properties. This income helps pay for property operations, repay loans used to build housing, and fund ongoing capital improvements. THA pursues grants and other funding opportunities to support housing development, property improvements, resident services, and community programs.
These funding sources allow us to provide affordable housing and rental assistance to thousands of households each year, preserve and maintain existing housing, develop new affordable homes, and offer supportive services that help individuals and families achieve long-term housing stability.
While THA is a public housing authority, we are not funded primarily through local taxes. Instead, we rely largely on federal housing resources and other program revenues to carry out our mission of providing safe, stable, and affordable housing opportunities throughout Tacoma and Pierce County.
For more information on our federal funding, please visit tacomahousing.org/federal.
About Tacoma Housing Authority
Established in 1940, Tacoma Housing Authority provides high-quality, stable, and sustainable housing and supportive services to people in need, in ways that help our clients prosper and help our communities develop equitably. THA develops and manages real estate, provides rental housing, and partners with thousands of private landlords to help families pay the rent in the private rental market. In addition, THA delivers supportive services to help families succeed as tenants, parents, students, wage earners, and builders of assets who can live without assistance. THA seeks to do its work in ways that help our community be an “attractive place to live, work, attend school, shop and play,” and that help Tacoma be “safe, vibrant, prosperous, attractive and just.”