Item 31 - Emergency Housing Vouchers

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Joint Council/Housing Authority www.santa-ana.org/cd Item # 31 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report July 20, 2021 TOPIC: Emergency Housing Vouchers AGENDA TITLE: Approve Appropriation Adjustments Recognizing Housing Assistance Payments in the Amount of $1.3 million and $488,616 in Administrative Funds to Administer Eighty-Nine New Emergency Housing Vouchers; Authorize the City to Enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Orange County Continuum of Care; Approve an Update to the Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan; Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Future Agreement with a Service Provider to Provide Housing Search Assistance RECOMMENDED ACTION CITY COUNCIL ACTION 1. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing Emergency Housing Voucher Housing Assistance Payments funds in the amount of $1,316,892 in revenue account (No. 17918002-52011) and appropriating same to expenditure account (Nos. 17918760-69158) to administer eighty-nine new vouchers. 2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing Emergency Housing Voucher Preliminary Administrative funds ($35,600), Administrative funds ($141,516) and Service Fees ($311,500) in the total combined amount of $488,616 in revenue account (No. 18018002-various) and appropriating same to expenditure account (Nos. 18018760-various) to administer eighty-nine new vouchers. HOUSING AUTHORITY ACTION 1. Authorize the Executive Director of the Housing Authority to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Orange County Continuum of Care effective July 20, 2021, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the Executive Director and the Housing Authority General Counsel. 2. Approve an update to the Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan and authorize submission to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.