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Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 (Annual Plan) and authorizing Deputy Executive Director to transmit the Annual Plan to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
In 1998, Congress enacted legislation known as the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act, requiring each Housing Authority to complete an Annual Plan and to update and submit them to HUD prior to the beginning of the Housing Authority’s fiscal year. The Housing Authority initially approved its first Plans in June 2000 and subsequently submitted them to HUD.
The Annual Plan (2023) provides details about the Housing Authority’s immediate operations, programs, and services, and is updated on an annual basis. The Annual Plan also addresses the Housing Authority’s strategy for handling operational concerns, as well as residents’ concerns and needs. Please note that staff is not recommending any major changes to the administration of the Housing Authority’s affordable housing programs at this time. However, we are currently in the process of implementing a new project-based voucher development: Anchor Place, a community operated by Century Villages on the west side of Long Beach.
The Housing Authority will continue to review new requests for project-based voucher usage for housing special needs populations, as identified in the City’s Consolidated Plan and Housing Element, as funding allows. As proposed in the Five-Year Plan, the Housing Authority will also revise and update the Administrative Plan to concur with all HUD Housing Federal Regulations.
HUD regulations require that a Resident Advisory Board (RAB) be established to provide input regarding the creation and amendment of these Plans. This year, that requirement was met by inviting Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) participants to take part in the RAB. The forum was held on May 15, 2023, and the RAB consisted of tenants of all ages, f...
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