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Business View Caribbean
The Virgin Islands
Housing Authority
Providing affordable housing for the virgin islands
The Virgin Islands Housing Authority (VIHA) is a pub-
lic housing corporation that operates under the provi-
sions of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as amended,
the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of
1998, and the Virgin Islands Code. The birth of VIHA
dates back to 1941, when the municipal councils of
both St. Thomas/St. John and St. Croix passed an or-
dinance creating municipal housing authorities in a
single agency, the Virgin Islands Housing and Redevel-
opment Authority (VIHRA), with tri-island jurisdiction.
