Home News August 5, 2020 / In the News Letter: New HUD rule counters Fair Housing Act Michael Mirra | Woodinville Weekly As leaders of public housing authorities in the Puget Sound region, we are distressed that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is enacting… August 3, 2020 / In the News Op-Ed: HUD Rule Change to “Save the Suburbs” Given HUD’s recent announcement about weakening a rule that compels local governments to “affirmatively further fair housing,” and the President’s reference to this rule change… July 31, 2020 / In the News Criminal histories shouldn’t unnecessarily stop people from getting housing in Tacoma Matt Driscoll | Tacoma News Tribune Other public housing agencies across the country have reduced their dependence on criminal background checks. In doing so, they’ve aided much… July 2, 2020 / Public Comment College Housing Assistance Program Alignment Proposal NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD & PUBLIC HEARING At our August 26th meeting, The Tacoma Housing Authority’s Board of Commissioners will consider changes to the College… July 1, 2020 / Public Comment Criminal Background Screening Policies NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD & PUBLIC HEARING The Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) will open the public comment period for Proposed Revisions to THA’s Criminal Screening… June 25, 2020 / In the News It’s time for a homeless shelter in the North End. Race, power, wealth are preventing it Matt Driscoll | Tacoma News Tribune It’s the latest installment of a familiar argument, and Catherine Ushka has been through this before. The Tacoma City Council member from Tacoma’s Eastside knows all… May 29, 2020 / In the News Despite ‘quiet’ 6 months on Hilltop, moving homeless village to Eastside stirs unease Allison Needles | Tacoma News Tribune Earlier this month, the city announced it would relocate the shelter on 8th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way to 60th Street and McKinley… May 28, 2020 / Press Release Tacoma Housing Awarded 78 Vouchers to Assist Non-Elderly Disabled Adults We have partnered with the Pierce County Continuum of Care and DSHS to help people move on from supportive housing or rapid re-housing. May 24, 2020 Op-Ed: Imagination needed to fix Tacoma housing injustices beyond COVID-19 pandemic Michael Mirra | Tacoma News Tribune The pandemic is causing widespread hardship. In response, the nation is spending a lot of money on emergent needs, such as emergency shelter. Doing that… May 11, 2020 / In the News Hilltop homeless micro village to be relocated to Eastside Tacoma, expanded Allison Needles | Tacoma News Tribune The shelter, which opened in December to serve people living at an encampment at People’s Park, was to be temporary, with a…
