The Houston City Council created the Houston Housing Authority (HHA) in 1938 in response to federal legislation (the US Housing Act of 1937). The legislation charged local entities with providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing for low- to moderate-income families and individuals. Although independent of the Houston City government, the Houston City Council appointed the first board of commissioners and executive director that same year. HHA provides affordable housing through public housing, the Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP), mixed-income housing, Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), workforce housing, and more. Today, the Houston Housing Authority serves more than 60,000 low-income Houstonians, the most in the agency’s history. This number includes over 17,000 families housed through the Housing Choice Voucher Program and another 5,500 living in 25 public housing and tax credit developments around the city.