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Council Meeting: April 12, 2005 Santa Monica, California
TO: Chairperson and Housing Authority Members
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Public Hearing and approval of Section 8 Annual Renewal Plan for FY
2005-06.
INTRODUCTION
This report transmits the annual Public Housing Authority (PHA) Agency Plan 2005-06
and recommends that the Housing Authority hold a public hearing, approve the plan and
certify compliance with the FY 2001-02 through 2005-06 Consolidated Plan. The
submission of the plan is a technical requirement created by the Quality Housing and
Work Responsibility Act of 1998. A Public Notice giving the public hearing date and
time and locations where copies of the plan were available for public review was
published on February 26, 2005 in the Los Angeles Times.
BACKGROUND
On October 21, 1999, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
published final regulations requiring each Housing Authority administering either Section
8 assistance or public housing to submit a five-year plan and an annual plan to HUD.
HUD also requires that Public Housing Authorities use a HUD template to create their
plan. The template is largely comprised of a series of questions that advise HUD,
Section 8 tenants and the public at-large of the PHA’s mission of serving the needs of
families and the PHA’s strategy for addressing those needs. The plan does not amend
any existing Housing Authority policy or regulation.
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Very little narrative is required by the HUD template, making the annual plan somewhat
difficult to follow. In addition, some sections of the template are applicable only to
project-based Section 8 housing and therefore not relevant to Santa Monica.
DISCUSSION
The primary goal of the Santa Monica Housing Authority’s Public Housing Authority
Agency Plan in the last two years is to fully utilize its 1,092 vouchers. At present, the
Section 8 lease up rate is 99%. The Housing Commission reviewed the attached plan at
its March 17, 2005 meeting and did not recommend changes or additions. In addition,
no written comments were received during the 45-day public comment period.
BUDGET/ FINANCIAL IMPACT
No fiscal or budgetary impacts will result from the approval of the plan.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the Housing Authority hold a public hearing, approve the Public
Housing Authority (PHA) Agency Plan 2004-05 and certify compliance with the FY
2001-02 through 2005-06 Consolidated Plan.
Prepared by: Jeff Mathieu, Director, Resource Management Department
Peter Mezza, Housing Authority Administrator
Attachments: A: Public Housing Authority Agency Plan 2004-05
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