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04/20/2020

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE - Summary of HCV Admin Plan Changes

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

April 23, 2020 at 3:00 p.m.

The Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara will hold a Public Hearing via teleconference connection as permitted under the Governor's Executive Order N-29-20, dated March 17, 2020 due to concerns of COVID-19 ("Executive Order").

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SUMMARY OF HCV ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN CHANGES

We propose to make changes to the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Administrative Plan effective April 24, 2020 with a Public Hearing held on April 23, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. The full plan is available for review at www.hasbarco.org, under the tab entitled Resources. The proposed changes are located there as well. The changes will be submitted to the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners for approval pursuant to the PIH Notice 2020-05 at a future date.

  • Local Preferences - Page 143 & 144
    • Terminated for Insufficient Funding (50 points): The PHA will offer a preference to any family that has been terminated from its HCV program due to insufficient program funding (add) -or any applicant family where voucher was rescinded due to insufficient program funding for Special Programs.
    • (Remove) TBRA (6 points): A preference will be given to families who are within 24 months of exhausting their current HOME Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA).
  • Third party verification - Page 169
    • When tenant-provided third-party documents are used to anticipate annual income, they will be dated within the last 60 days of the reexamination interview date. - change to - ...they will be dated within 60 days of the date they are provided to the PHA.
    • Using EIV - current PHA policy - EIV methods approved by HUD in conjunction with family-provided documents dated within the last 60 days of the PHA interview date. - change - ...with family-provided documents that are dated within the last 60 days of the date they were provided to the PHA.
  • Page 235 -Local Preference Certified Agency
    • Add - Ridley-Tree Cancer Center as certified to verify homelessness.
  • Family-Initiated Interim Reexaminations - Required Reporting - Page 316
    • Current policy - Families are required to report all increases in earned income, including new employment, within 10 business days of the date the change takes effect.
    • Change to - Families are required to report all increases within 10 business days of the date the change takes effect when there is a change in employment status or income increase of $200 or more per month.