Bridgeport Housing Authority is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Bridgeport Housing Authority manages several funded programs and has a total of 2,698 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Bridgeport Housing Authority administered a total of 2,838 Section 8 Vouchers. Bridgeport Housing Authority currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Bridgeport Housing Authority is located at 150 Highland Ave., Bridgeport, CT, 06604 and serves the city of Bridgeport. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Bridgeport Housing Authority at, (203) 337-8900 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport was created in 1936 to do away with the city's deplorable housing conditions. By 1945, 5,000 units were controlled by the Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport including the sixth largest housing complex in the United States initially called Yellow Mill Village and later Father Panik Village.

In the late 1970s, Bridgeport's economy began declining, resulting in the flight of the more stable families to other communities and housing types. With this change came noted problems with the management of the Authority, landing it on the government's "Troubled List." This distinction resulted with the agency's operation being taken over by the private management firm known as Quadel Belson. Under this arrangement, Clarence H. Craig Jr. was brought in to oversee operations and the Authority's activities on a daily basis, while carefully assembling a team of professionals to assist him in returning the Authority back to sound financial footing and property management practices.

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport is committed to the well-being of our residents, and to serving as a regional leader in developing and maintaining affordable housing.