AGENDA ITEM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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Town's Public Housing Program Annual Plan, Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy (ACOP)
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RESPONSIBLE STAFF, TITLE, DEPARTMENT*
Loryn Clark, Deputy Town Manager and Interim Director of Housing and Community Development
Angela Gerald, Housing Officer II, Housing and Community Development
Andrea Mebane, Housing Officer I, Housing and Community Development
STAFF RECOMMENDATION*
Staff recommends that Council approve the Public Housing Annual Plan and ACOP.
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LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT*
The Town Council serves as the board of the Town's Public Housing Authority (PHA), which oversees the Town's public housing program. A PHA board is responsible for overseeing the department's operations and governance of a local housing authority, including setting policies, approving budgets, and ensuring compliance with federal regulations.
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT*
The Town owns and operates a portfolio of 296 public housing units located in 12 neighborhoods. Our oldest communities were built in 1967 and our most recent were built in 1994. Our public housing stock is aging with many units in need of major renovation or redevelopment.
In April 2024, we merged the former Public Housing Department with the existing Affordable Housing and Community Connections (AH&CC) Department (now called Housing and Community Development). This moved the public housing team to be a division of the Housing and Community Development Department and further aligned all the Town's affordable housing functions within one team.
Our public housing program operates as an enterprise fund with annual funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) of approximately $1.3 Million in operating subsidy and approximately $1.2 Million in capital funding to support extraordinary maintenance and renovation projects. The Town also relies on rental revenue in the annual amount of about $1.35 Million to support operations.
Our public housi...
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