Crossville Housing Authority

Crossville Housing Authority was charted in 1952 and rented the first unit in 1960. Since that time the CHA has constructed nine public housing projects and aquired some single-family homes for a total of 328 housing units today.

The CHA Section 8 Program began in 1990 and today administers over 300 Housing Choice Volunteers and administers two other programs focused on housing the homeless: The Shelter Plus Program and the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program.

Since 1993 CHA has used HOME grant funds and Federal Home Loan Bank AHP funding to purchase and rehabilitate a number of single-family homes and construct apartments. Low Income Housing Tax Credit funding has allowed us to construct elderly and family housing units.

In 2005, CHA began the Mutual Self-Help Housing Program, known today as New Beginnings. This program centers around participants providing their own labor and building equity into their house during construction. Participants work in groups of 4 - 8 families and are funded through USDA Rural Development. Mortgage payments are the same or sometimes even lower than current rent prices. To date, New Beginnings has successfully built 50 homes for families in Cumberland County Through the New Beginnings program, and has developed 2 subdivisions, Southview and Eastview.

In 2006 the first of two HUD 202 Elderly Housing buildings was opened, followed by the second facility opening in 2007. Our HUD 811Supportive Housing for Perssons with Disabilities was opened in 2009.

CHA has 48 employees under the supervision of Don Alexander, the CHA Executive Director.

Crossville Housing Authority has numberous programs including Family Self-Sufficiency, Homeownership, Section 8 Mortgage Subsidy Program, Homeownership Training and Preparation, after-school and summer youth programs, and programs for the elderly. In addition the CHA operates and Education and Computer Lab which is oen to the public five afternoons a week.