Metropolitan Development & Housing Agency (MDHA) is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Metropolitan Development & Housing Agency (MDHA) manages several funded programs and has a total of 5,524 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Metropolitan Development & Housing Agency (MDHA) administered a total of 6,929 Section 8 Vouchers. Metropolitan Development & Housing Agency (MDHA) currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Metropolitan Development & Housing Agency (MDHA) is located at 701 S 6th Street, Nashville, TN, 37206 and serves the city of Nashville. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Metropolitan Development & Housing Agency (MDHA) at, (615) 252-8400 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

The year was 1938 and a housing crisis gripped our nation. As in many other cities, seventy-five percent of the housing occupied by low and moderate income Nashvillians was grossly substandard.

With the passage of the first United States Housing Act in 1937, the citizens of Nashville began to work to establish a municipal housing authority. Following a vote of approval by the City Council on October 31, 1938, the Nashville Housing Authority was formed and its first meeting was held November 9, 1938.

The Nashville Housing Authority began its work immediately. In May 1939, an application was submitted to the U.S. Housing Authority for the construction of two low rent housing projects.

In August 1939, the Nashville Housing Authority also took over the operation of Cheatham Place and Andrew Jackson homes from the U.S. Housing Authority.

From those earliest years and on through new construction and renovation that continue to today, the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency has served the citizens of Nashville, currently providing safe, decent and affordable housing to thousands of families.

The mission of MDHA is to create affordable housing opportunities for Nashvillians, nurture our neighborhoods, and build a greater downtown.