About SLHA

The St. Louis Housing Authority is committed to providing diverse housing opportunities and to enhancing the quality of life of the families we serve.

We are a community full of hope, dreams and ambition. For more than 80 years, SLHA has helped St. Louisans with access to affordable housing and social services, becoming a close-knit community dedicated to helping each other. With more than 20,000 residents, over 100 staff, hundreds of partners and volunteers, we are one big family.

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WE ARE SLHA

SLHA By the numbers

100+

Team of Dedicated Employees

20K

St. Louis Residents Served

$85M

Annual Operating Budget

7K

Housing Vouchers Administered

80+

Years Helping Families

Our Leadership Team

SLHA is led by Executive Director Latasha Barnes and an innovative leadership team, with the guidance of a seven-member Board of Commissioners. Five of the commissioners are appointed by the Mayor, while two are resident commissioners representing the SLHA community.

Latasha Barnes portrait.

Latasha Barnes

Executive Director

Lucius Bennett portrait.

Lucius Bennett

Director of Property Management

Bridgette Harvey portrait.

Bridgette Harvey

Director of Finance

Jason Hensley portrait.

Jason W. Hensley

Director of Real Estate Development

Sarah Hugg Turner portrait.

Sarah Hugg-Turner

General Counsel

Karl Hughes portrait.

Karl Hughes

Director of Information Technology

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Val Joyner

Director of Communications

Carla Matthews portrait.

Carla Matthews

Director of HCV Operations

Vontriece McDowell

Director of Resident and Community Engagement

Stacy Taylor portrait.

Stacy Taylor

Director of Human Resources

Paul Werner portrait.

Paul Werner

Director of Operations (Public Housing)

Leadership and Passion

SLHA Board of Commissioners

Our Board of Commissioners provides the direction necessary to guide SLHA to success.

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Regina D. Fowler

CHAIR

Headshot of Constantino Ochoa.

Constantino Ochoa

VICE CHAIR

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Sal Martinez

TREASURER

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Rachel D’Souza

COMMISSIONER

Margaret English

COMMISSIONER

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Dara Eskridge

COMMISSIONER

Benita Jones

COMMISSIONER

More About SLHA

SLHA Strategic Plan

Our strategic plan provides a holistic framework and vision that will allow us better serve our residents, participants, staff,
and stakeholders.

2025 Budget Book

Providing Commissioners, staff, and other stakeholders with a comprehensive and transparent look at our operating and capital resources and needs for the upcoming fiscal year.

Documents and Policies

Here you can find our Agency Plan, meeting notices, audits, financials, budgets, forms, policy documents, and more.

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