HACP was the first housing authority in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and one of the first in the United States.

Also the authority oversees eight privately managed[3] communities throughout the city.

In 2009,[4] as part of the American and Reinvestment Act, HACP received $27 million in the form of a Recovery Act Public Housing Capital Fund Formula Grant as well as created 107 Jobs.

$21 million of these funds were used to make units up to code with the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS).

The other projects used with ARARA Funding, included: