The primary mission of the Tacoma Housing Authority is to provide high quality housing and supportive services to persons and families in need. We seek to do this in ways that also get two other things done. First, THA wants the households it serves to succeed, not just as tenants, but also, as the mission statement contemplates, as "parents, students, wage earners and builders of assets." If they are capable of working, THA wants their time on the programs to be transforming in those ways, and temporary. THA wants this certainly for grownups, but emphatically for children because THA does not wish them to need the housing when they grow up. Second, THA wants to help communities succeed and to help ensure that their success leaves room for all types and incomes of households. THA seeks to do part in making neighborhoods "attractive places to live, work, attend school, shop, and play", and to help Tacoma and Pierce County be "safe, vibrant, prosperous, attractive and just." When these efforts work, they are a very good use of a housing dollar.