Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Raymond Hodges, Director, Department of Housing
Subject: Approval of a Designated Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution amending Resolution No. 63342:
A) Removing the Director of the Office of Housing (now Director of the Department of Housing) as the Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo ("HACSM"); and
B) Creating a dedicated Executive Director for the HACSM; and
C) Providing that the Executive Director of the HACSM will report to the Director of the Department of Housing; and
D) Authorizing the Executive Director of the HACSM to designate the Director of the Department of Housing to execute commitments and contracts on behalf of the HACSM, if the Executive Director of the HACSM is unavailable.
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BACKGROUND:
Currently, the County's Department of Housing ("DOH") is comprised of two units -Housing and Community Development ("HCD") and the HACSM. The HCD assists very low, low, and moderate-income County residents by financing affordable housing development and preservation, subsidizing county-wide public services and community development initiatives, and providing technical assistance in order to stabilize and improve their quality of life. The HACSM is 100% federally funded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The HACSM administers various rental assistance programs supporting more than 5,500 very low and extremely low-income, and formerly homeless households within the County.
In January 2000, this Board adopted Resolution No. 63342 authorizing the Director of the Office of Housing (now known as the DOH) to serve as the Executive Director of the HACSM. Thus, for the past 24 years, the Director of the DOH has also served as the Executive Director of HACSM. DOH Director Raymond Hodges currently se...
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