Item HA 03 - Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan

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available through annual turnover in the previous calendar year. To qualify for this preference, homeless individuals and families must be referred by agencies with a contract or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in place with the Housing Authority, or by Community Based Organizations (CBO's) contracted with the Housing Authority. The referring agency must provide a certification of the family's homeless status. Additionally, families already registered on the Waiting List who declare themselves as homeless, but are not referred by a CBO must provide a certification of their homeless status from an agency that has an MOU in place with the Housing Authority. This set -aside preference has been documented by SAHA using generally accepted data sources. The term, "residence," includes homeless shelters and other dwelling places where homeless people may be living, sleeping or receiving services in the City of Santa Ana. Therefore, homeless individuals and families who qualify for this preference will qualify as residents. Foster Youth to Independence Vouchers (FYI) The waiting list for FYI vouchers is continually pen for referrals from Orange County Social Services Agency as long as there are FYI vouchers available. PHAs may choose to create a preference in their regular HCV program for persons whose FYI assistance is expiring and will lack adequate housingas a result of their termination from the program, or other similar category. As required by statute, an FYI voucher may only be used to provide housing assistance for youth for a maximum of 36 months. However, youth who first lease a unit with an FYI voucher after the date of enactment of the Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities (FSHO) amendments may receive an extension of the 36- month time limit of assistance for up to an additional 24 months if they meet the requirements of FSHO. FSHO applies to eligible youth who first leased or leases a unit after the date of enactment of FSHO, December 27, 2020, which includes youth who will be assisted with funding under this Notice. See HUD's FSHO implementation notice published in the Federal Register on January 24, 2022 (87 FR 3570). SAHA will provide a selection preference for FYI voucher holders who are terminated due to the time limit on assistance in accordance with this policy. All preferences must be applicable and verifiable at the time of selection from the Waiting List. Income Targeting Requirement [24 CFR 982.201(b)(2)] HUD requires that extremely low-income (ELI) families make up at least 75 percent of the families admitted to the HCV program during SAHA's fiscal year. ELI families are those with annual incomes at or below the federal poverty level or 30 percent of the area median income, whichever number is higher. To ensure this requirement is met, a PHA may skip non-ELI families on the Waiting List in order to select an ELI family. Low-income families admitted to the program that are "continuously assisted" under the 1937 Housing Act [24 CFR 982.4(b)], as well as low-income or moderate -income families admitted to Page 4-10 Administrative Plan 4/i/168/6/2024