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MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 3, 2005 <br />TITLE: <br />AMEND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY <br />ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN - <br />SPECIAL ADMISSIONS <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />�u¢atior� 1s{ <br />-'t <br />RECORDING SECRETARY USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />CONTINUED TO <br />Approve the amendment to the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana <br />Administrative Plan, to allow persons displaced by designated natural <br />disasters / national emergencies to receive rental assistance under the <br />Special Admissions policy as requested by the Department of Housing And <br />Urban Development. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Hurricane Katrina caused severe damage in Louisiana, Mississippi, and <br />Alabama and displaced thousands of families. The U.S. Department of <br />Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has requested that local housing <br />authorities provide assistance to those made homeless by the storm, to <br />the extent resources are available. <br />The Administrative Plan of the Housing Authority of <br />(SAHA) establishes policies consistent with HUD r <br />goals and objectives. As part of the Plan, the <br />preferences for Housing Choice Vouchers. To carry <br />allow persons displaced by Hurricane Katrina <br />assistance, the following language will be added. <br />the City of Santa Ana <br />equirements and local <br />SARA has established <br />out HUD's request to <br />to receive rental <br />"Persons displaced by designated Natural Disasters and /or <br />National Emergencies as requested by the U. S. Department of <br />Housing And Urban Development and contingent on available <br />funding." <br />