CHATTANOOGA HOUSING AUTHORITY

Chartered in 1938, the Chattanooga Housing Authority exists to provide safe, decent, affordable housing; while promoting those community service programs that encourage the education, personal development, and wealth building capabilities of the residents and participants we serve, in the most customer friendly, cost-effective manner.

The Chattanooga Housing Authority’s Oaks at Camden development has been named a 2009 Excellence Award winner by the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency for being an “outstanding example of urban infill multi-housing.”

Chattanooga Housing Authority’s Oaks at Camden Selected as 2009 Excellence Award Winner

The Chattanooga Housing Authority’s Oaks at Camden development has been named a 2009 Excellence Award winner by the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency for being an “outstanding example of urban infill multi-housing.”

Our goals are to:

Provide for a procurement system of quality and integrity

Provide for the fair and equitable treatment of all persons or firms involved in purchasing by CHA

Ensure that supplies and services (including construction) are procured efficiently, effectively, and at the most favorable prices available to CHA

Promote competition in contracting

Assure that CHA purchasing actions are in full compliance with applicable Federal standards, HUD regulations, State and local laws

Public housing was established to provide decent, safe, and affordable rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Public Housing in Chattanooga comes in all sizes and types, from scattered single family houses to high-rise apartments for elderly families. There are approximately 1.3 million households living in public housing units, managed by some 3, 300 Housing Authorities nationwide. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administers federal grants to local housing agencies that provide and manage housing for low-income residents. HUD furnishes technical and professional assistance in planning, developing, and managing these developments.

The Chattanooga Housing Authority (CHA) administers the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8). Effective October 1, 1999, the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act merged the Section 8 tenant-based programs into the Housing Choice Voucher (Voucher) Program. Administration of these programs is in compliance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations for each Section 8 Program, as specified in 24 Code of Federal Register (CFR), HUD directives, CHA policy and this Plan. CHA complies with all federal, state, and local housing regulations. Definitions of terms used in this Administrative Plan are included in Definition of Terms for Housing Assistance Programs administered by CHA.