Laserfiche WebLink
Community Development Agency <br />santa-ana.org/cd <br />Item # 10 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />December 6, 2022 <br />TOPIC: New Vouchers and Administrative Fee Funding for the Housing Choice <br />Voucher Program <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Approve Appropriation Adjustments Recognizing Housing Assistance Payments and <br />Administrative Funds to Administer New and Existing Vouchers (Non-General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing additional Housing Assistance <br />Payments funds in the amount of $623,708 in the revenue account and <br />appropriating the same amount to the expenditure account to administer 38 new <br />vouchers. Also, recognize an additional $28,500 in Special Administrative Fees in <br />the revenue account to expend the same amount on expenditure account. (Requires <br />five affirmative votes) <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing additional Foster Youth to <br />Independence Housing Assistance Payments funds in the amount of $376,512 in <br />revenue account and appropriating the same amount to expenditure account to <br />administer 25 new Foster Youth to Independence vouchers. (Requires five <br />affirmative votes) <br />3. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing additional Administrative funds in <br />the amount of $115,500 in the revenue account and appropriating the same amount <br />to the expenditure account to administer 231 existing Mainstream Program <br />Vouchers. (Requires five affirmative votes) <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Housing Authority recently received two (2) awards for new vouchers and an award <br />of additional administrative funds. Combined these new vouchers will provide over $1 <br />million in new funding per year for families pulled off of the 2022 Housing Choice <br />Voucher Program Waiting List and eligible foster youth. The specific information for <br />each award is provided below. <br />Funding for 38 New Vouchers <br />For the appropriation adjustment recognizing additional Housing Assistance Payments <br />(“HAP”) funds for 38 new vouchers, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022