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Recommendation to authorize Executive Director, or designee, to release a Request for Proposals (RFP) advertising the availability of a Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) Project-Based Voucher (PBV) Program that serves the Veteran homeless population and solicit participation in the program from interested property owners of affordable units; and
Authorize the Executive Director, or designee, to negotiate and execute an agreement to enter into a Housing Assistance Payment contract for VASH PBV assistance in accordance with Housing and Urban Development (HUD) guidelines for qualified proposals submitted in response to this RFP and also approved by HUD for VASH Project-Based Voucher Program (VASH PBV). (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Chapter 21 of the Housing Authority of the City of Long Beach (HACLB) Administrative Plan regarding Project-Based Voucher Rental Assistance was established and approved by the Housing Authority Commission on October 12, 2002 and revised on June 9, 2009.
The Project-Based Voucher (PBV) Program in Long Beach has been designed to meet special housing needs within the City as confirmed in the City's Consolidated Plan. The most recent PBV development was the Palace Hotel which provides 13 rental units for youth aging out of the foster care system. This has been a very successful outreach to an underserved population. This PBV was initiated in a completely renovated historical structure on Anaheim Boulevard in central Long Beach. Project-based vouchers are also being set aside for two pending new construction developments. The Cabrillo Gateway Development, which will provide 80 units of affordable housing for homeless families on the Westside of our City, and the Long Beach and 21st Senior Apartments located in central Long Beach, which will provide 41 units of affordable senior housing, with 15 of those units utilized as permanent supportive housing units through the Project-Based Voucher PBV Program.
This new RFP is designed to...
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