Item 10 - New Vouchers and Administrative Fee Funding for the Housing Choice Voucher Program

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON, DC 20410-5000 OFFICE OF PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING Dear Executive Director: July 29 , 2022 I am pleased to notify you that your public housing agency (PHA) is eligible for new Mainstream vouchers and funding as authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) (Public Law 116-136). The CARES Act provided that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocate additional vouchers to PHAs non-competitively to help them prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus in their communities. Your PHA submitted an application requesting Mainstream vouchers using the criteria identified in PIH Notice 2022-07: “Mainstream Vouchers –Non-Competitive Opportunity for Additional Vouchers Authorized by the CARES Act and Extraordinary Administrative Funding. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA 20 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA P.O. BOX 22030 SANTA ANA, CA 92701 CA093 The enclosed table (see last page) shows the number of units and the budget authority awarded. The default effective date of your award will be September 1, 2022, unless you contact your Financial Analyst at the Financial Management Center (FMC) by August 12, 2022, to request an alternative effective date. Your effective date may be the first of any month beginning July 2022 through November 2022. Please remember, as with the regular voucher program, the awarded budget authority and number of units both serve as a cap. Your agency may only lease until you have reached the lower of your budget authority or number of units allocated. If you have money left but you have leased all the awarded units, this extra funding will go into your agency’s Mainstream Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) reserves. If you are on track to spend all of the awarded funding but still have units left, you must manage your funds in a responsible manner that will not result in a shortfall. The FMC will provide your agency with an amended Annual Contributions Contract that reflects the obligation of funds and monthly disbursements amount to be scheduled. Initially, the first three months of disbursements will be automatically scheduled. Each disbursement will equal 1/12th of your award amount. Thereafter, monthly disbursements will be scheduled based on monthly Mainstream expenses reported in the Voucher Management System (VMS). If you have not leased any vouchers by month three, you will not receive additional disbursements until VMS data shows you are incurring HAP expenses. If at any time such disbursements are not sufficient to cover your monthly expenses, your agency should contact your Financial Analyst at the FMC. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON, DC 20410-5000 OFFICE OF PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING July 29 , 2022 https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/PIH/documents/PIH2022-07.pdf www.hud.gov espanol.hud.gov EXHIBIT 3