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APPROVAL OF AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR MTG. 3-15-94 SECTION 8 HOUSING PROGR.AM
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt Resolution No. dY3 approving 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.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
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 those allocated funds have been expended. It is anticipated
that the appropriation an additional $23,000.00 will be needed to complete payments for this
fiscal year.
In enacting this legislation HUD did not give Housing Authorities 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.
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.
EXHIBITS:
1. Housing and Redevelopment Commission Resolution No. 2% approving the appropriation
of an additional $23,000 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.
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HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO.243
A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSING AND
REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE
APPROPRIATION OF AN ADDITIONAL $23,000.00 FOR
SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS FOR
THOSE TENANTS WHO MOVE TO THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD FROM THE JURISDICTION OF OTHER
HOUSING AUTHORITIES
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has
implemented a system which allows Section 8 Program Tenants to move to the City of Carlsbad
from the jurisdiction of other Housing Authorities; and
WHEREAS, the amount of money budgeted for Housing Assistance Payments on behalf
of those Tenants is insufficient to provide payments through the end of fiscal year 1993-94; and
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that the appropriation of an additional $23,000.00 will be
sufficient to make payments through the end of the fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, by the Housing and
Redevelopment Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the Housing and Redevelopment Commission hereby approves the j
appropriation an additional $23.000.00 for Section 8 Housing Assistance 1
Payments for those Section 8 Program Tenants who elect to move to the City of /
Carlsbad from the jurisdiction of other Housing Authorities. I
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Housing
and Redevelopment Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, held on the 15th day of .
MARCH , 1994, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Commissioners Lewis, Stanton, Kulchin, Nygaard
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Finnila
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
(SEAL)