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STAFF PERSON: REGGIE HARRISON
STAFF REPORT
MARCH 10, 1994
HOUSING COMMISSION
HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE
PAYMENTS: Request for approval of a recommendation to
appropriate an additional $23,000.00 for Section a-Housing
Assistance Payments for those Section 8 Tenants who move to the
City of Carlsbad from the jurisdiction of other Housing Authorities.
RECOMMENDATION
ADOPT Housing Commission Resolution No. 94-007 recommending to the Housing and
Redevelopment Commission APPROVAL of the appropriation of an additional
$23,000.00 for Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments for those Section 8 Tenants who
choose to move to the City of Carlsbad from the jurisdiction of other Housing Authorities.
II. BACKGROUND
In 1988, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
enacted legislation which allows Section 8 Tenants to receive rental assistance from the
Housing Authority where their assistance originated while living in the jurisdiction of
another Housing Authority. This legislation, called "portability", is intended to provide for
greater access to rental housing for Section 8 Tenants. For those Tenants who choose
to move to Carlsbad, the Carlsbad Housing Authority pays the monthly housing
assistance payments to the local Landlord and receives reimbursement for those
payments along with administrative expenses from the originating Housing Authority.
For fiscal year 1994, $86,400.00 was budgeted for Housing Assistance Payments on
behalf of those Section 8 Tenants who elected to use the portability feature of the
program. As of February 1, 1994, $66,490.00 of the allocated funds have been
expended. It is anticipated that appropriation of an additional $23,000.00 will be needed
to complete payments for this fiscal year.
Ill. ANALYSIS
In enacting this legislation HUD did not give the Housing Authority discretion over the
number of Section 8 Tenants it could allow to move into its jurisdiction. Currently, there
are 26 families receiving Section 8 Rental Assistance who have chosen to move to
Carlsbad. The average monthly housing assistance payment made on their behalf (and
reimbursed to the General Fund) is $10,600.00. Conversely, 75 families whose housing
assistance originated with the City of Carlsbad have chosen to move to the jurisdiction
of other Housing Authorities. The average monthly housing assistance paid on their
behalf is $34,646.00.
IV. FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund. The cost of administering "portable"
Vouchers and/or Certificates are· reimbursed by the originating Housing Authority.
ATTACHMENT
Housing Commission Resolution No. 94-007 recommending to the Housing and
Redevelopment Commission APPROVAL of the appropriation of an additional
$23,000.00 for Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments for those Section 8
Tenants who choose to move to the City of Carlsbad from the jurisdiction of other
Housing Authorities.