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Tampa Housing Authority

Official application routes, service-area details, contact information, and HUD-reported program data for this Tampa housing agency.

Independent directory: CalculateBenefits is not THA or HUD. Recorded source-check date for the agency-specific details below: 2026-09-29.

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Housing applications and waiting-list registration are free. A third party cannot guarantee approval or move you ahead on a waiting list.

What this agency serves

Tampa Housing Authority serves people who live in the City of Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida.

  • Public housing (the agency calls this "Asset Management")
  • Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8)
  • HUD-VASH (HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing)
  • Housing Opportunity for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA)
  • Emergency Housing Vouchers
  • Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS)
  • Project-Based Rental Assistance
  • Permanent Supportive Housing
  • RAD Program (Rental Assistance Demonstration)

Housing Choice Voucher application

Closed. The agency's own Assisted Housing page says: "Currently the waitlist to receive Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) is closed and will NOT be accepting applications until further notice." Its Apply Online page separately tells applicants to check its application portal for whichever list is open right now, and adds: "At this time all other Tampa Housing Waitlists are closed."

Apply Online (Housing Choice Voucher / Section 8) →

Contact THA before you visit

General inquiries: 813.341.9101
Central office: 5301 West Cypress Street, Tampa, FL 33607

Housing Choice Voucher line: 813.253.0551 (Assisted Housing customer service)

Published hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

You can visit the main office at 5301 West Cypress Street in Tampa, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm. The service counter closes for lunch from 12 pm to 1 pm every day, and Housing Specialists do not see walk-ins during the last 5 business days of each month.

Before and after you apply

  • The Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) waiting list is closed right now and is not taking new applications, until the agency says otherwise.
  • To apply for whichever waiting list is open, you have to use the agency's online Apply Online portal, and you need to register an account.
  • The agency warns people to be extremely careful of waitlist scams — do not pay anyone or give personal information to get on a list faster.
  • The service counter closes for lunch from 12 pm to 1 pm every day.
  • Housing Specialists do not take walk-ins during the last 5 business days of the month, and the lobby is closed the last Friday of every month.

HUD-reported assistance

11,814HUD-reported voucher units
10,718Voucher units reported in use
486HUD-reported public housing units
237Occupied public housing units

These figures are HUD reporting-data snapshots, not a count of openings. Equal inventory and occupied counts do not prove that no future opening is possible. Waiting-list status comes from THA, not this dataset.

HUD public housing designation: High Performer. High Performer is HUD's top Public Housing Assessment System category. Under current PHAS rules, the agency earned at least 90% overall and met the minimum score for each assessed indicator. It is an operating assessment, not a customer-review rating.

HUD directory dataset retrieved 2026-07-20; record last updated 2026-04-07. Read the data methods and limitations.

Agency and data sources

Related: All Florida housing agencies · Florida income limits and Fair Market Rents · How Housing Choice Vouchers work.