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Housing Authority <br />www.santa-ana.org/community-development <br />Item # 2 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />June 6, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Extension of HUD-VASH and FYI Special Fees Agreements with the Orange <br />County United Way <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Extension of Agreements with the Orange County United Way to Continue to Administer <br />Special Fees from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the <br />Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) and Foster Youth to Independence <br />(FYI) Programs <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Authorize the Executive Director of the Housing Authority to execute a First <br />Amendment to the HUD-VASH Special Fees Agreement with the Orange County <br />United Way to extend the Agreement for an additional two-year term from July 1, <br />2023 to June 30, 2025, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the <br />Executive Director of the Housing Authority and Authority General Counsel. <br />2. Authorize the Executive Director of the Housing Authority to execute a First <br />Amendment to the FYI Special Fees Agreement with the Orange County United Way <br />to extend the Agreement for an additional two-year term from July 1, 2023 to June <br />30, 2025, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the Executive Director of <br />the Housing Authority and Authority General Counsel. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On November 2, 2021, the City Council authorized the Executive Director of the <br />Housing Authority to execute two agreements with the Orange County United Way to <br />provide housing stabilization and supportive services beginning November 2, 2021 and <br />expiring June 30, 2023, for a total amount not to exceed $168,034. The funding comes <br />in two parts from Special Fees awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban <br />Development for the Veterans Affairs Support Housing (HUD-VASH) and Foster Youth <br />to Independence (FYI) Programs. The purpose of the HUD-VASH Special Fees is to <br />support additional or extraordinary related administrative expenses incurred to increase <br />lease-up success rates or decrease the time it takes for a homeless veteran to locate <br />and move-in to a unit, such as landlord incentives, housing search assistance, unit <br />holding fees, security deposit fees, and application fees. The purpose of the FYI Special <br />Fees is to support necessary additional or extraordinary related administrative expenses <br />incurred to achieve 100-percent FYI voucher utilization.