The Housing Authority has 1,522 units of low rent public housing which includes 230 elderly units. The Housing Authority manages 1,137 units of Section 8. MHA also manages the following nonprofits: Ouachita Grand Plaza with 91 units of 202 housing for the elderly, Passman Plaza with 80 units of 202 housing for the elderly, and Claiborne Creek with 72 units of tax credit housing for the elderly in Phase I, with an additional 60 units in Phase II. These nonprofits were developed and are operated in cooperation with the Ouachita Council on Aging.

MHA has set a standard of excellence which makes it a model housing agency by national standards. It has consistently been awarded a "High Performer" award by the Department of Housing and Urban Development from the implementation of the award in 1992 until present. It also just recently won the Government Finance Officers' Association Certficate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting in September 1999.

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