The Fort Smith Housing Authority (FSHA) is a public corporation, legally and fiscally independent from state and local government, governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners.The mission of the FSHA is to develop, rehabilitate and manage decent, safe and sanitary quality affordable housing in a manner that promotes equal opportunity, fair housing goals and the deconcentration of race and poverty. In accomplishing this goal, FHSA is committed to maintaining its developments as affordable housing assets that can meet the needs of low-income households in the long term and serve as viable community resources promoting economic independence and self-sufficiency for its residents every day.