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As THA Executive Director Michael Mirra has said, “We serve a small group of lucky families who potentially have lifetime subsidies. And there’s this hideous…

THA’s demonstration project, which it’s calling the Housing Opportunities Program, veers widely from standard federal housing policy and, if it works as hoped, could be…

On May 29, 2013, several members of THA’s team and partners from Walsh Construction received the Livable Communities Award from Forterra for their combined work…

The Tacoma Housing Authority took a major step this week in advancing the rebirth of the former Salishan public housing area on Tacoma’s East Side…

Michael Mirra, the head of THA and one of the originators of the McCarver concept, is convinced the program, now in its second year, will…

The Moving to Work program lets housing authorities come up with their own strategies for using federal grant funds more efficiently. “The McCarver Program is…

However, within the last year Tacoma Housing authority executive director Michael Mirra said his office has been aggressively checking for meth. “We’ve tested maybe about…

“Housing 4 Success (H4S), a Pierce County-wide effort to end youth and young adult homelessness, is recruiting for host homes in the community…” Read the…

“First, the money went for legitimate activities. As a former THA commissioner, I participated in a number of planning sessions and staff gatherings, for three…

State auditors say the Tacoma Housing Authority misspent nearly $10,000 on catered events for staff members and board commissioners from mid-2010 through 2011 — the…