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Groundbreaking Event Launches Housing Hilltop

January 26, 2023
Tacoma Weekly

A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Jan. 20 to launch Housing Hilltop, Tacoma Housing Authority’s largest affordable housing project since the New Salishan development.

Housing Hilltop will bring 231 affordable housing units to Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood. The project includes 13,000 square feet of commercial retail space, including a 10,000-square-foot performing arts and community gathering space.

Pierce County Council Chair Ryan Mello, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland and Congressman Derek Kilmer joined THA Executive Director April Black and Chair Shennetta Smith, for the groundbreaking.

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Established in 1940, Tacoma Housing Authority provides high-quality, stable and sustainable housing and supportive services to people in need. It does this in ways that help them prosper and help our communities develop equitably. THA develops and manages real estate and provides rental housing. In partnership with thousands of private landlords, it helps families pay the rent in the private rental market. It 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.”