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Community Development Agency <br />santa-ana.org/cd <br />Item # 11 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />November 2, 2021 <br />TOPIC: HUD-VASH and FYI Special Fees Agreement with the Orange County United <br />Way <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Approve Appropriation Adjustments to Recognize Special Fees from the U.S. Department <br />of Housing and Urban Development for the Veterans Affairs Support Housing (HUD- <br />VASH) and Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Programs (Contingent upon approval of <br />Housing Authority Item #3) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing the HUD-VASH Special Fees award <br />in the amount of $84,017 in revenue account and appropriating the same amount to <br />expenditure account. (Requires five affirmative votes) <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing the FYI Special Fees award in the <br />amount of $84,017 in revenue account and appropriating the same amount to expenditure <br />account. (Requires five affirmative votes) <br />DISCUSSION <br />On March 24, 2021, HUD issued PIH Notice 2021-10 announcing Federal Fiscal Year <br />(FFY) 2021 Funding Provision for the Housing Choice Voucher. This notice also included <br />an application opportunity for the HUD’s Special Fee Applications for the HUD-Veterans <br />Affairs Support Housing Program (HUD-VASH) and Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) <br />Program. The Housing Authority administers 280 HUD-VASH vouchers for homeless <br />veterans and 46 FYI vouchers for foster youth. On May 7, 2021, the Housing Authority <br />submitted an application for the HUD-VASH and FYI Special Fees, and on September 9 <br />the Housing Authority received an award of $84,017 in HUD-VASH Special Fees and <br />$84,017 in FYI Special Fees to provide housing stabilization services and supportive <br />services (Exhibit 1). <br />The purpose of the HUD-VASH Special Fees is to support additional or extraordinary <br />related administrative expenses incurred to increase lease-up success rates or decrease <br />the time it takes for a homeless veteran to locate and move-in to a unit, such as landlord <br />incentives, housing search assistance, unit holding fee, security deposit fee and <br />application fee. This $84,017 in administrative fee funding may be used by the Housing