LHAC Members

All LHAC members are public housing authorities or their instrumentalities that act as PBCAs and work to assure the performance of owners who receive project based rental assistance that provide America’s most vulnerable residents and families with safe, decent, and affordable housing.

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CMS

Washington / Nebraska / Utah

CAHI

Northern California

AHSC

Ohio / District of Columbia

L.A. LOMOD

Southern California

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Alabama / Mississippi / Connecticut / Virginia

NHC

Georgia / Illinois

NTHDC

Florida / Virgin Islands

SHCC

Texas / Arkansas

About Us​

Local Housing Administrators Coalition, Inc. (LHAC) members are federally defined public housing agencies and act as performance-based contract administrators (PBCAs) under the United States Housing Act of 1937. 

PBCAs play a critical role in helping the US Department of Housing and Urban Development administer the Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) program, which serves nearly 1.2 million families. 

Local Housing Administrators Coalition

What is LHAC and what do its members do? 

  • Local Housing Administrators Coalition, Inc. (LHAC) members are federally defined public housing agencies (PHAs) under the United States Housing Act of 1937 and act as performance-based contract administrators (PBCAs) under the ’37 Housing Act. 
  • All LHAC members are public housing authorities or their instrumentalities that act as PBCAs and work to assure the performance of owners who receive project based rental assistance (PBRA) that provide America’s most vulnerable residents and families with safe, decent, and affordable housing. 
  • LHAC members serve 6 of the nation’s 8 most populous states; LHAC members act as PBCAs representing nearly 40% of the 1.3 million PBRA program’s resident units, nationwide, half of whose residents are children, a third of whom are elderly, and 20% of whom are living with a disability. 
  • Together, LIHTC members have made it possible for HUD to meet its PBRA program responsibilities under the ’37 Housing Act for over 22 years.
  • Residents served by LHAC’s members live in 14 states and 40% of the US population, stretching across the country, including the District of Columbia and the United States Virgin Islands. 
  • LHAC champions a PBCA competition that complies with the ’37 Housing Act together with applicable federal law. 
  • Conducting a competition in compliance with the ’37 Housing Act amongst the nation’s 3,500 PHAs assures a robust competition among PHAs who know their states and communities better than anyone, including HUD.
  • Every PHA acting as a PBCA is a publicly created entity and / or an instrumentality of one with a public purpose and committed to the affordable housing mission. No contract calls on PBCAs to take on inherent government activity. 

Key Tasks Performed by the PBCAs