To: Honorable Chair and Commissioners
From: Vincent Smith, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Sabrina Flores, Rental Assistance Program Supervisor
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Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Five-Year and Annual Plan
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
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Adopt a resolution approving the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Five-Year Plan for Fiscal Years 2020 -2025 and Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2020-2021.
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DISCUSSION:
On October 21, 1999, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a final rule that requires each public housing authority (PHA) to develop and adopt a Five Year and Annual Plan for the operation of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. The Plan is a comprehensive guide to PHA policies, programs, operations, and strategies for meeting local housing needs and goals.
There are two parts to the PHA Plan: The Five-Year Plan, which each PHA submits to HUD once every fifth fiscal year, and the Annual Plan, which is submitted to HUD every year. This Five Year covers the Fiscal Years 2020-2025 and the Annual Plan covers Fiscal Year 2020-2021.
The Five Year and Annual Plan reports on the Housing Authority's mission and goals. The following summarizes the Housing Authority's goals and its progress to date towards meeting these goals:
Expand the range and quality of housing choices available to participants. The Housing Authority will continue to actively encourage landlords to participate in the voucher program through ongoing, active outreach. The Housing Authority has explored opportunities to implement project-based vouchers to ensure participants have access to quality rental housing despite the tight rental market. The Housing Authority provided 34 project-based vouchers (PBVs) at the newly constructed Valley View Senior Homes project in American Canyon (including 17 PBVs for homeless veterans) and eight PBVs at the newly constructed Stoddard West project in Napa. The Hous...
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