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Community Development Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/community-development <br />Item # 10 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />June 4, 2024 <br />TOPIC: Appropriation Adjustments for Housing Choice Voucher Program and <br />Mainstream Voucher Program <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Appropriation Adjustments to Recognize $4,495,000 in Housing Assistance Payment <br />Funds for the Housing Choice Voucher Program and $325,000 in Housing Assistance <br />Payment Funds for the Mainstream Voucher Program (Non -General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing housing assistance payment funds <br />in the amount of $4,495,000 in revenue account (no.13618002-52000) for the <br />Housing Choice Voucher Program and appropriating the same amount to <br />expenditure account (no.13618760-various). (Requires five affirmative votes) <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing housing assistance payments <br />funds in the amount of $325,000 in revenue account (no.13818002-52000) for the <br />Mainstream Voucher Program and appropriating the same amount to expenditure <br />account (no.13818760-69158). (Requires five affirmative votes) <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br />DISCUSSION <br />On March 30, 2023, the Santa Ana Housing Authority (SAHA) received an allocation of <br />$45,630,128 in Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program Housing Assistance Payments <br />(HAP) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for <br />Calendar Year (CY) 2023 (Exhibit 1). The HCV program provides housing assistance to <br />extremely low-income individuals and families including homeless veterans, persons <br />with a disability, and young adults exiting the foster care system. With HCV HAP <br />funding provided by HUD, SAHA provides housing assistance to over 2,800 <br />households. <br />On March 30, 2023, SAHA also received an allocation of $2,446,934 in Mainstream <br />(MS5) Voucher Program HAP funds from HUD for CY 2023 (Exhibit 2). The MS5 <br />program is a special purpose voucher program similar to the HCV program, but with a <br />separate funding source that must be administered separately. The MS5 program <br />provides housing assistance to non -elderly, low-income families and individuals <br />