The public comment period ended September 14, 2025
NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD & PUBLIC HEARING
Updated August 26, 2025: The date for our virtual public hearing has been changed. See the revised schedule below.
The Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) invites residents, voucher holders, partners and community members to comment on our 2026 Moving to Work (MTW) Draft Plan.
The 2026 MTW Draft Plan outlines the agency’s priorities and how we will use our MTW flexibility to serve our participants, community and our partners in 2026.
We will receive comments regarding the 2026 MTW Draft Plan during a 30-day public comment period beginning August 15, 2025 – September 14, 2025. All comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on September 14, 2025.
About Moving to Work (MTW):
Moving to Work (MTW) is a federal program authorized by Congress in 1996. It gives public housing authorities regulatory and funding flexibilities to respond to local needs and opportunities by connecting people with low incomes to vital housing and services. Tacoma Housing Authority has been a participant in the Moving to Work program since 2010.
Among the advantages of MTW are that it:
- Allows more flexibility in how we spend federal monies
- Allows THA to give incentives to families with children where the head of household is working, seeking work or is preparing for work
- Provides ways for THA to increase housing choices for low-income families
- Helps us to reduce costs and achieve greater cost effectiveness in federal expenditures
To view the different ways that MTW is used across the Puget Sound region, please see KCHA, SHA and THA’s joint Moving to Work brochure.
You can access all THA’s past MTW plans and reports on THA’s MTW webpage.
Public Hearings
You can also attend a virtual or in-person public hearing to share your questions and comments:
In-person Public Hearing
- Topic: In-Person Public Hearing for THA’s 2026 MTW Plan
- Date/Time: Thursday, September 4, 2025, 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
- Location:
Tacoma Housing Authority Main Office
902 South L St.
Tacoma, WA 98405
(Tahoma Conference Room on 1st Floor. Please check in with front desk)
Virtual Public Hearing
- Topic: Virtual Public Hearing for THA’s 2026 MTW Plan
- Date/Time: Friday, September 5, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
- Location: Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Teams Meeting Link
Meeting ID: 279 963 818 840 2
Passcode: CZ2sD3P3 - Dial in by phone
+1 253-527-1626, 827214681# United States, Tacoma
Find a local number
Phone conference ID: 827 214 681#
- Microsoft Teams Meeting Link
Meeting dates, locations, and times are subject to change. You may contact the THA office the week prior to the scheduled meeting to confirm this information, and any updates will be noted in this posting.
The meeting sites are accessible to persons with disabilities. Persons requiring special accommodations should contact Christine Nguyen at 253-284-9487 by 4 pm the day before the scheduled meeting.
Deadline for Comments
The Tacoma Housing Authority Board of Commissioners will vote on the adoption of this policy on Wednesday, September 24, 2025.
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.”