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December 1, 2014

Thanksgiving Message 2014

Michael Mirra, Executive Director
October 16, 2014

The link between housing policy and student achievement

Valerie Strauss | The Washington Post

In 2006, the student turnover rate at McCarver Elementary School in Tacoma was 179 percent. (How is 179 percent possible? See below.) By 2009, the…
July 30, 2014

Does ‘Moving to Work’ really work?

Aaron Burkhalter | Real Change

“The Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) faced a difficult choice. With fewer dollars from the federal government, the housing authority had to “thin the soup,” said…
March 11, 2014

Elementary School Pilot Program Helps Family Escape Homelessness

Taylor Winkel | NW News Network

This is where the McCarver Special Housing Program enters the story. The two-and-a-half-year-old program is a partnership between McCarver Elementary School in Tacoma and the…
September 30, 2013

Federal Government Shutdown

Note from the Executive Director to THA’s Customers, Partner Landlords, Vendors, and Fellow Citizens: Read the Note…
June 14, 2013

THA is Hiring a Director of Real Estate Development!

The Tacoma Housing Authority is in the process of hiring a new Director of Real Estate Development! Get to Know…
October 27, 2008

THA Announces Successful Closing on Next Financial Phase of New Salishan

At its recent Board of Commissioners meeting, the Tacoma Housing Authority announced the successful financial closing on Salishan Six, the next financial phase of its…