Commissioners serve as the governing officers of a public-corporate entity, one that functions as a developer and landlord of local low-income housing programs. Among their principal responsibilities are:

• Providing leadership and advocating for public housing;

• Setting policies governing the operations of the public housing authority and charting the direction of current and future programs;

• Ensuring, through independent reviews and audits that the BHA operates within the law and according to HUD regulations, taking into consideration the economy and efficiency of operations;

• Hiring a qualified Executive Director to manage the day to day operations;

• Obtaining and managing monies to support the authority;

• Adopting operating budgets; and

• Establishing policies to prevent fraud, abuse, mismanagement and discrimination and to ensure that the BHA act legally and with integrity in its daily operations.