Amended HCV Waiting List Information

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C Approved by the Housing Administrator December 23rd, 2020 For Action To, review and approve for posting on our website to Inform the community that on January 2, 2021, the OHCD will reopen the Housing Choice Voucher Program waiting list to merge the active applicants from the HOME Tenant Based Rentail Assistance (HOME TBRA) progiram waiting list only. Facts A. The HCV Waiting list has been closed since July 2015. The list currently has 120 applicants B. HUD's Two -Year Tool data projects the following: with the program's success rate of 50 percent and an attrition rate of 7 percent or 143 participants for calendar year 2021. The projected per unit cost (PUC) is currently $832, OHCD will need an estimated 300 issued vouchers for to achieve full leasing and use of budget authority. C. Current HOME TBRA Administrative Rules states that all families selected for the TBRA program list must submit an applicationt to the Housing Choice Voucher program. D. Active applicants on the HOME TBRA waiting list applied for rental assistance on March 1, 2018 through September 18, 2019. During this time teh HCV waiting list was closed. E. Federal regulations 24 CFR 982.204 and 205, allows PHA discretion to organize the HCV waiting list to accuraitely identify and select families for assistance in the proper order, according to the admissions policies described in the administrative plan, Currently, the policy states that, "The PHA will not merge the HCV waiting list with the waiting list of any other program the PHA operates." F. Federal regulation 24 CFR 982.206 requires the PHA to give public, notice by publishing the reopening of the waiting list prior to it being reopened. If the list is only being reopened for certain categories of families, this information must be contained in the notice. G. PHA Policy "Applicants will be placed on the waiting list using a lottery system, Once each application has been randomly assigined a nuimber, the applications will be placed on the waiting list in order of the assigned numbers and according to, PHA preference(s). H. PIH Notice 2020-33 (HA), REV -2 issued on November 30, 2020, COVID-19 Statutory and Regulatory Waivers and Alternative Requirements for the Public Housing, Housing Choice Voucher (including Mainstream arid Mod Rehab), Indian Housing Block Grant and Indian Community Development Block Grant progirams, Suspension of Public Housing Assessment System and Section Eight Management Assessment Program, Revision 2, In this notice, HUD exercised its authority under the CARES Act to establish waivers and administrative flexibilities to provide relief to PHA's in response to the COVID-19 pandernic. The period of availability ends on June 30, 2021. 6825sdlm For Action Reopening HCV Waiting Last December 21, 2020