Resident Initiatives
The Department of Resident Initiatives provides support services to SLHA residents receiving Public Housing or Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) assistance. Support services are designed to assist eligible residents through a comprehensive framework of community social service providers that address a variety of needs.
Resident Initiatives hosts a variety of programs designed to address specific needs of the residents including Youth Services, Family Self-Sufficiency, Elderly and Disabled Services, Resident Relations for Tenant Association Boards, and Section 3 Employment & Training. Through these programs, residents are linked with community resources, resident empowerment activities and other services that assistance residents in becoming economically self-sufficient.
Program goals are intended to facilitate economic uplift and provide access to skills development and resources necessary for employment preparation, retention, and business development.
- Youth Services
St. Louis Housing Authority’s (SLHA) Department of Resident Initiatives, Youth Services division is dedicated to improving the lives and livelihoods of children and older youth residing in our developments. - Al Chappelle Community Center
The Al Chappelle Community Center, a recreational center operated by the St. Louis Housing Authority, provides access to physical space for education, personal and recreational activities for SLHA residents. - Resident Relations
The Resident Association Board (RAB), also known as the Tenant Affairs Board (TAB) unites residents with the St. Louis Housing Authority (SLHA) in planning and decision making processes in order to make resident neighborhoods better places to live. - Family Self-Sufficiency Programs
The Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program was established to promote self-sufficiency among families currently receiving Housing Choice Voucher/Section-8 assistance or Public Housing assistance. - Section 3/Business & Economic Development
The St. Louis Housing Authority’s (SLHA) Section 3 program ensures that employment and other economic opportunities generated by federal financial assistance for housing and community development programs shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be directed toward low income persons, particularly those who are recipients of government assistance for housing, and to business concerns which provide economic opportunities to low and very low income persons. - Elderly and Disabled Services
St. Louis Housing Authority provides access to services for all elderly and disabled residents living in public housing through the Elderly & Disabled Services Program.
