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Housing Authority <br />santa-ana.org/cd <br />Item # 3 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />April 5, 2022 <br />TOPIC: Housing Authority Annual Plan <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Public Hearing - Approve the Housing Authority Annual Plan <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Conduct a public hearing in consideration of the approval and submission of the <br />Housing Authority Annual Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban <br />Development. <br />2. Adopt a resolution approving the Housing Authority Annual Plan and authorize the <br />Executive Director of the Housing Authority to submit the Annual Plan to the United <br />States Department of Housing and Urban Development. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires <br />housing authorities that administer a Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program to have an <br />Annual Plan for the management and operation of the program. The general purpose of <br />the Annual Plan is to advise HUD, program participants, applicants, and members of the <br />public on the Housing Authority’s policies, programs, operations, and strategies for <br />meeting local housing needs and goals. Specifically, the Annual Plan (Exhibit 1) provides <br />information on the following topics: (1) new activities to be undertaken by the Housing <br />Authority in the next year; (2) findings from the most recent Fiscal Year audit; and (3) <br />annual progress the Housing Authority has made in meeting the goals and objectives <br />described in the Five-Year Plan for FY 2020-2025. This Annual Plan is for the third year <br />of the Five Year Plan for FY 2020-2025. <br />As required by HUD, three ad hoc Resident Advisory Board meetings were held on <br />February 2, 2022 with HCV participants who receive housing assistance from the Housing <br />Authority. The meetings were conducted in three languages: English, Spanish, and <br />Vietnamese. All active participants in the HCV Program were mailed an invitation to <br />participate on the Resident Advisory Board and the Board provided input for the <br />development of the Annual Plan. The comments from the Resident Advisory Board were