Housing Authorities play a key role in meeting the basic needs, but are among the least understood agencies. This the first in a two part series on the role they play, who makes the decisions, and how and why public housing authorities across the country are moving away from the traditional housing projects into other models for providing affordable housing. Douglas Freeman, Deputy Executive Director of the Augusta Housing Authority, discusses how they have used creative funding strategies to address the needs, and why affordable housing is so hard to find.