The City of Nanticoke Housing Authority was officially organized on November 15, 1962. Nanticoke Towers and the upper portion of Nanticoke Terrace were the first housing units constructed. These buildings were completed in 1966. Park Towers and the lower portion of Nanticoke Terrace were completed in 1969.

The last two housing sites, Oplinger Towers and Apollo Circle were completed in 1972. That same year, Hurricane Agnes created major flooding damage throughout the Wyoming Valley. Oplinger Towers, originally slated for low-income housing tenants, began as emergency housing for those displaced by the flood.