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Approve and adopt updates to the Solano County Housing Authority Administrative Plan
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management recommends that the Solano County Housing Authority (SCHA) approve and adopt updates to the Solano County Housing Authority Administrative Plan.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The SCHA is required to prepare and adopt an Administrative Plan for implementing its Section 8 Program. The purpose of the Administrative Plan is to establish policies for carrying out the Housing Choice Voucher program in a manner consistent with Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements and the local goals and objectives in the Agency Plan.
HUD issues program regulations that Housing Authorities must follow, but also allows the housing authorities to establish local policies through their Administrative Plans. The SCHA periodically updates the Administrative Plan as regulations and other circumstances change, as new programs are added or when clarification of an existing policy is needed. The Administrative Plan was last updated in 2015. Vacaville Housing Authority staff is contracted to administer the County's program on its behalf, which includes submitting the Annual Agency Plan to HUD and to recommend revisions to the Administrative Plan.
Proposed Revisions
HUD has made additional regulatory changes. HUD now permits Housing Authorities to streamline the annual program eligibility re-certification process for some program participants. In order to implement this change, the SCHA must revise its Administrative Plan as follows to incorporate the change:
The SCHA will conduct a full program eligibility re-certification every three years instead of every year for participant households that receive 90 percent or more of their income from fixed-income sources (Social Security and Social Security Disability b...
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