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Form #: B-52 <br />7/18/91 <br />DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Office of Housing & Community <br />DEPARTMENT: Development DATE: 1/7/2025 <br />STAFF CONTACT: Kehaulani Costa, Housing Administrator — PHONE: (808) 961-8379 <br />A. REQUEST: <br />Amend Ordinance 24-32 by appropriating the following: <br />The Office of Housing and Community Development is requesting the appropriation of $250,000 to the <br />Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program (Account Number 152.3310.20). This amount represents what <br />is needed to cover June 2025 EHV Housing Assistance Payments (HAP). Funding from the US Department. <br />of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to be used for Housing Assistance Payment subsidies, and is to <br />cover the expenditures account number 152.461.5466.69.371, Voucher rental subsidies. <br />B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED): <br />Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) expense report was ran and reviewed for the various housing programs. <br />Based on our PHAs review, we don't have sufficient funds appropriated to cover June 2025 EHV HAP <br />payments. Appropriating $250,000 for Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) rental subsidies for the Hawai'i <br />County Section 8 program ensures the EHV participant landlords will receive the monthly rental subsidies <br />continuously, <br />SIGNED: DATE: <br />Department Head <br />