Oak Ridge Housing Authority (ORHA) is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Oak Ridge Housing Authority (ORHA) manages several funded programs and has a total of 128 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Oak Ridge Housing Authority (ORHA) administered a total of 295 Section 8 Vouchers. Oak Ridge Housing Authority (ORHA) currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Oak Ridge Housing Authority (ORHA) is located at 10 Van Hicks Lane, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830 and serves the city of Oak Ridge. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Oak Ridge Housing Authority (ORHA) at, (865)482-1006 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

The Oak Ridge Housing Authority (ORHA) was incorporated under the “Housing Authorities Law”, (Chapters 8 through 11, Title 13, Tennessee Code Annotated Sections 801 through 1113), in September 1969. The City of Oak Ridge and ORHA entered into a Cooperation Agreement on February 6, 1973. The Cooperation Agreement defines the relationship between the City of Oak Ridge and ORHA and authorized ORHA to pursue funding for the initial 50 units of Public Housing. The Cooperation Agreement was amended September 6, 1983 to include the 78 additional units of Public Housing on “scattered sites.”