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ADVANCING HOUSING SOLUTIONS ACROSS PIERCE COUNTY
Join us for Affordable Housing Week 2025, May 5–9, as we spotlight the housing solutions our community needs across the full continuum—from emergency shelter to homeownership. This year’s theme challenges us to expand our understanding of what “home” means and recognize the diverse paths people take to get there. Through panels, tours, storytelling, and community events, we’ll explore how we can create a Pierce County where everyone has a safe, stable place to call home.
There are several ways to get involved: purchase tickets to our signature Networking Reception on May 8 at West of the Waterway, become a sponsor to help us expand our impact and elevate the conversation, or submit an event to be featured on the official Affordable Housing Week calendar.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PARTNER
ABOUT TACOMA HOUSING AUTHORITY
Established in 1940, Tacoma Housing Authority provides high-quality, stable and sustainable housing and supportive services to people in need. It does this in ways that help them prosper and help our communities develop equitably.
THA develops and manages real estate and provides rental housing. In partnership with thousands of private landlords, it helps families pay the rent in the private rental market. It delivers supportive services to help families succeed as “tenants, parents, students, wage earners and builders of assets who can live without assistance.”
THA seeks to do its work in ways that help our community be an “attractive place to live, work, attend school, shop and play,” and that help Tacoma be “safe, vibrant, prosperous, attractive and just.”
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Inspired Women Inspire: Women Build Night MarketMay 09, 2025, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PMTacoma, 3873 S 66th St, Tacoma, WA 98409, USA
The Market Matters: Rethinking Market-Rate Housing in Pierce CountyMay 09, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PMVirtual Event
Landlords & Tenants: Navigating Policy Change and Housing RealitiesMay 09, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PMVirtual Event
Coalition to End Homelessness Weekly MeetingMay 09, 2025, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AMRegister: http://pchomeless.org/
AHW 2025 Networking Reception: Building Connections, Building HousingMay 08, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM PDTTacoma, 1901 Dock St, Tacoma, WA 98402, USA
Pierce County Policy Roundtable on Affordable Housing with Executive Ryan MelloMay 08, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PMShared with RSVP
Rethinking James Center Plaza with Mercy Housing NW & FriendsMay 08, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMAviva Crossing, 1628 S Mildred St, Tacoma, WA 98465, USA
Keys to the Future: Expanding Access to Affordable HomeownershipMay 08, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PMVirtual Event
Celebration of Investment in Black Home InitiativeMay 07, 2025, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PMFuture Development Site, 6402 26th St NE, Tacoma, WA 98422, USA
Land Rich - Cash Poor: Faith Communities and the Stewardship of their PropertyMay 07, 2025, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PMMason United Methodist Church, 2710 N Madison St, Tacoma, WA 98407, USA
Tour of Patsy Surh Place: A Look at New Senior Housing in TacomaMay 07, 2025, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PMPatsy Surh Place, 711 S 38th St, Tacoma, WA 98418, USA
Building Affordability: Preserving and Producing Rental Housing That WorksMay 07, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PMVirtual Event
Tour of Cornus House: Affordable Housing and Transit-Oriented Development in the Heart of TacomaMay 07, 2025, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PMCornus House, 2501 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA
Shiloh New Life Apartments Grand OpeningMay 07, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AMShiloh's New Life Apartments, 1211 South I Street, Tacoma, WA 98405
City of Tacoma Proclamation for Affordable Housing WeekMay 06, 2025, 5:00 PM – 5:30 PMwww.zoom.us/j/84834233126 Passcode: 3490
Pierce County Council Proclamation for Affordable Housing WeekMay 06, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMhttps://piercecountywa.zoom.us/j/9766178742
Housing with Support: What Works for Long-Term StabilityMay 06, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PMVirtual Event
AHC Members - Statewide Policy Round TableMay 05, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PMIn Person - Location is TBD
BUILDING
HOME.
An Affordable Housing Quest
Dive into the world of housing development with our new interactive game, designed to give you a hands-on understanding of what it takes to build affordable housing. Created by the Tacoma-Pierce County Affordable Housing Consortium in partnership with Joshua Jorgensen and Danny Fisher-Bruns, and sponsored by Tacoma Housing Authority, this game is not just fun but also an enlightening educational tool.
