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A housing authority or ministry of housing is generally a governmental body that governs aspects of housing or (called in general "[ (building)|]]" or "living spaces"), often providing low rent or free apartments to qualified residents. The existence of government agencies specifically concerned with ensuring that housing is available to people living in the country is a comparatively modern development, with the first such agencies being established in U.S. cities in the 1930s, the height of the Great Depression.
A housingauthority or ministry of housing is generally a governmental body that governs aspects of housing or (called in general "[ (building)|]]" or...
The Chicago HousingAuthority (CHA) is a municipal corporation that oversees public housing within the city of Chicago. The agency's Board of Commissioners...
Defence HousingAuthority (DHA) (Urdu: ڈیفنس ہاؤسنگ اتھارٹی) is a Pakistan Army-administered real-estate developer that governs housing and municipal...
City HousingAuthority (NYCHA) is a public development corporation which provides public housing in New York City, and is the largest public housing authority...
Philadelphia HousingAuthority (PHA) is a municipal authority providing Public housing services in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the fourth-largest housing authority...
Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local. Although the common...
The HousingAuthority of New Orleans is a housingauthority in New Orleans, Louisiana, tasked with providing housing to low-income residents. Public housing...
The Hong Kong HousingAuthority (HA) is the main provider of public housing in Hong Kong. It was established in April 1973 under the Housing Ordinance and...
The Boston HousingAuthority (BHA) is a public agency within the city of Boston, Massachusetts that provides subsidized public housing to low- and moderate-income...
States HousingAuthority, or USHA, was a federal agency created during 1937 within the United States Department of the Interior by the Housing Act of...
operated by state and local housingauthorities which are authorized and funded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...
Atlanta HousingAuthority (AHA) is an agency that provides affordable housing for low-income families in Atlanta. Today, the AHA is the largest housing agency...
National HousingAuthority may refer to: National HousingAuthority (Albania) National HousingAuthority (Bangladesh) National HousingAuthority (Philippines)...
‘corporation house’) or council flat is a form of British public housing built by local authorities. A council estate is a building complex containing a number...
Seattle HousingAuthority is an independent public corporation in the city of Seattle, Washington, responsible for public housing for low-income, elderly...
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA), also known as the Office of Housing within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is a United...
Houston HousingAuthority (HHA), formerly HousingAuthority of the City of Houston (HACH), is the public housingauthority in Houston, Texas. The Mayor...
The Jacksonville HousingAuthority (JHA) is the quasi-independent agency responsible for public housing and subsidized housing in the city of Jacksonville...
The New York City HousingAuthority Police Department was a law enforcement agency in New York City that existed from 1952 to 1995, which was then merged...
of buildings held by the New York City HousingAuthority, a public corporation that provides affordable housing in New York City, U.S. This list is divided...
The HousingAuthority of Fiji is in the business of providing homes to the people of Fiji. The authority sells fully serviced residential lots and offers...
except that it also advanced loan to co-operative housing societies, institutions, and local authorities for the construction of houses. The Bombay Building...
Johnstown HousingAuthority in Pennsylvania, USA, is the only municipal authority in Cambria County that is designated to oversee public housing. Johnstown...
public housing is operated by the Philadelphia HousingAuthority. On average, a Philadelphia public housing development is 69% African American, 26% Hispanic...
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