To: Honorable Chair and Commissioners
From: Rick Tooker, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Michael Kucz, Rental Assistance Program Supervisor
TITLE:
Title
2017-2018 Housing Choice Voucher Annual Plan
LABEL
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendationle
Adopt a resolution authorizing adoption of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2017-2018.
Body
DISCUSSION:
On October 21, 1999, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a final rule that requires all public housing authorities to develop and adopt an Annual Plan for the operation of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. Each year, the Housing Authority is required to review and adopt a new Annual Plan for the upcoming fiscal year. The Annual Plan follows goals established in the Five Year Plan.
This Annual Plan covers the third year of the Five Year Plan adopted on April 7, 2015 for Fiscal Years 2015-2020. The proposed Annual Plan continues the policies and programs adopted and approved in the Five Year Plan. Item B.1 of the Annual Plan identifies all elements of the plan that have been revised since the last Annual Plan submission. The one revision in this year's Annual Plan is the adoption of a limited homeless preference for the voucher program.
Item B.6 of the Annual Plan reports on the Housing Authority's progress made in the past year towards meeting the organization's mission and goals. These include:
Expand the range and quality of housing choices available to participants in the Public Housing Authority (PHA or Housing Authority) tenant based assistance program.
The Housing Authority worked with the City of Napa to include language in regulatory agreements with new developments to require them to accept applications for new units from voucher holders. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, this language was included in the Regulatory Agreement with the developer of the Napa Creek Village project. The Housing A...
Click here for full text