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STAFF REPORT
DATE: AUGUST 12, 1993
TO: HOUSING COMMISSION
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STAFF PERSON: Reginald Harrison
FROM: HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
SUBJECT: COMPETE FOR FUNDING UNDER THE FAMILY UNIFICATION
PROGRAM -Request for Housing Commission approval of a recommendation
to the Housing and Redevelopment Commission to submit an application to the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to compete for funding
under the Family Unification Program for fifty (50) additional Section 8
Certificates.
I. RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Housing Commission Resolution No. 005 recommending APPROVAL of the submittal
of an application for fifty (50) Section 8 Certificates and authorizing the Housing and
Redevelopment Director to execute all documents to receive funding under HUD's Family
Unification Program.
Il. BACKGROUND
On July 6, 1993, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a Notice of
Funding Availability (NOFA) which announced a national competition open to Public Housing
Authorities (PHA) to provide funding for Section 8 Certificates. Those Certificates will provide
rental assistance for families who meet the regular Section 8 eligibility criteria and for whom the
lack of adequate housing is a primary factor in the separation or imminent separation of children
from their families.
At present, the City's Housing Authority subsidizes rents for 473 low-income families under the
Section 8 Program. Additional Certificates and Vouchers will assist the City in achieving the
goals of the Housing Element and the Comprehensive Affordability Strategy (CHAS) regarding
affordable housing in the City of Carlsbad.
Ill. ANALYSIS
The submittal of this application for additional Section 8 Units is consistent with the goals as
outlined in the Housing Element of the General Plan and in the Comprehensive Housing
Affordability Strategy (CHAS) as it pertains to providing affordable housing in the City of
Carlsbad. If this application is approved, 50 low-income families will receive Rental Assistance.
FAMILY UNIFICATION p· 'GRAM ADDITIONAL SECTION 8 P-r..RTIFICATES
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Additionally, the Housing Authority will receive approximately $344,000 over a five year period
for Rental Assistance Payments and supportive services.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Housing Commission Resolution No. 005.
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HOUSING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO, 005
A RESOLUTION OF TIIB HOUSING COMMISSION OF TIIB
CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA RECOMMENDING
APPROVAL OF AN APPLICATION TO COMPETE FOR
ADDIDONAL SECTION 8 HOUSING UNITS AND
AUTHORIZING THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued
a Notice of Funding Availability for competition for additional Section 8 Housing units; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad is committed to continuing to provide low-
10 income housing in the City as it outlined in the Housing Element of the General Plan and in the
11 Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS), a five year plan to increase assisted
12 housing which is required by HUD.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Housing Commission
of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:
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1. The above recitations are true and correct.
2. The Housing Commission hereby recommends the submittal of an application to
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to compete for fifty
(50) additional units of Section 8 Existing Housing.
3. The Housing Commission hereby recommends the Housing and Redevelopment
Director to execute documents required for the submittal of said application for
additional Section 8 Existing Housing units.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Housing
2 Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, held on the 12th day of August, 1993 by the
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EDWARD SCARPELLI, Chairperson
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EVAN BECKER
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