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HCHA meeting <br />April 6, 2021 <br />Kunz: I believe so, and we're probably going to see some additional vouchers <br />coming through with the American Rescue Plan as well. <br />Kierkiewicz: Great. Ok, thank you. The other question I have was related to <br />landlords. Tell me about that situation. I mean, do we have a steady list of <br />individuals that are willing to accept Section 8 program vouchers, and what sort <br />of incentives or changes to the program have you made over time based on <br />your experience working with them. <br />Moore: We used the CARES Act money to kind of recruit more landlords and <br />we're rolling that out now, so, we purchased two hundred fifty thousand dollars <br />worth of gift cards from local hardware stores to kind of recruit them, they can <br />get up to a thousand dollars in gift cards to help the hard to house and help our <br />families. <br />Kierkiewicz: And is this to offset like damage that's been done to the homes or <br />to rehabilitate so that there is additional inventory to help families in search of <br />housing. <br />Moore: No, this is strictly to recruit. It doesn't cover damages. <br />Kierkiewicz: Gotcha. Ok, thank you. Any other questions? Mr. Kanealii- <br />Kleinfelder. <br />Kanealii-Kleinfelder: Thank you for being here this morning. From what you just <br />talked about as far as recruiting, I think we had talked about, in a previous <br />meeting, where some of the tenants actually feel that, if we're able to help the <br />landlord bring their house up to more, a little bit higher standard, there may be <br />more homes becoming available to run under the program. Has there been <br />any thought given to utilizing funding to supply homeowners with some funds to <br />bring the house up to standard with a new sink or whatever it may require to <br />make it livable. <br />Moore: That's a strategy we still have to explore. <br />Kanealii-Kleinfelder: Ok, and can the funds be used for that. <br />Moore: Yes. <br />Kunz: I believe so. One of the things that we've been discussing recently, is the <br />challenge of households not being to code and so we've been running into this <br />a bit and so it's very frustrating cause you see that there's a unit available but if <br />Page 6 of 15 <br />