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HEARING - Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board, acting as the Board of Commissioners of the El Dorado County (EDC) Public Housing Authority (PHA):
1) Receive a presentation on the update of the EDC PHA 2024 Administrative Plan, which establishes policies for local operation of the Housing Choice Voucher Program;
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 051-2024 to acknowledge EDC PHA as a high performing agency exempt from the requirement to prepare and submit an Annual Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and
3) Authorize the Chair to sign the accompanying PHA Civil Rights and Compliance Certifications, as required by HUD.
FUNDING: 97.5% Federal HUD funding, 2.2% General Fund, 0.3% other revenue sources.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
The EDC PHA operates under federal guidelines from HUD to provide a rental subsidy assistance program called the HCV Program. The HCV Program is the federal government’s major program for assisting very low-income families, the elderly, and those with disabilities to afford decent, safe, and accessible housing in the private market. The HCV Program allows the EDC PHA to provide eligible participants with rental assistance through the administration of HUD allocated housing vouchers.
HUD requires all PHAs to develop and maintain two plans for the operation and administration of the HCV Program which entails:
1) The PHA Agency Plan, which includes a Five-Year Plan that outlines program goals and objectives of operation and administration of the HCV Program; and
2) The PHA Administrative Plan that covers program administration, policies, and procedures in conformance with HUD regulations and local goals and objectives.
Beginning on September 12, 1995, the Board adopted a local PHA Administrative Plan to establish policies for the HHSA PHA HCV Program. Thereafter and on an annual basis, the EDC PHA Administrative Plan is amended and brought be...
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