Chattanooga Housing Authority (CHA) is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Chattanooga Housing Authority (CHA) manages several funded programs and has a total of 2,732 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Chattanooga Housing Authority (CHA) administered a total of 3,578 Section 8 Vouchers. Chattanooga Housing Authority (CHA) currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Chattanooga Housing Authority (CHA) is located at 801 N. Holtzclaw Ave, Chattanooga, TN, 37404 and serves the city of Chattanooga. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Chattanooga Housing Authority (CHA) at, (423)752-4893 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

The Chattanooga Housing Authority (CHA), chartered in 1938 pursuant to the Tennessee Housing Authorities Law, is a public non-profit corporation which carries out public housing and urban development programs as its primary activities. CHA is governed by a seven-member Board of Commissioners appointed by the Mayor of Chattanooga to staggered five-year terms.

There are twelve active Resident Associations. In addition, there is a Citywide Resident Association comprised of individual site leaders which also serves as the Resident Advisory Board to the agency. Major resident initiatives include family self sufficiency and home ownership programs. Approximately 40 independent agencies provide resident services on and off-site.

CHA is currently planning or pursuing several initiatives including tax credit development, long term strategic planning, unit reconfigurations and modifications, performance contracting for energy conservation methods, and a premier housing initiative.

The Chattanooga Housing Authority (CHA) 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.