Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors (Sitting as the Board of Commissioners for the Housing Authority)
From: Ken Cole, Executive Director, Housing Authority
Subject: Contract for Rent Study of the San Francisco HUD Metro FMR Area
RECOMMENDATION:
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Acting as the Governing Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo, adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) The Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo (HACSM) to partner with the San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA) and the Housing Authority of the County of Marin (Marin HA) to initiate a rent survey of the tri-county San Francisco HUD Metro FMR Area for submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and
B) The Executive Director of HACSM, or the Executive Director's designee, to execute a contract with ICF Macro, Inc. to complete the rent study and report; and
C) The Executive Director of HACSM, or the Executive Director's designee, to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with SFHA and Marin HA describing the roles and responsibilities of each of the housing authorities with respect to the rent study, including the shares of the contract fee to be paid by each housing authority; and
D) HACSM to accept and administer funds from the SFHA and Marin HA to pay their respective portions of the contract fee based on the contract between HACSM and ICF Macro, Inc.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2016, HACSM partnered with the housing authorities of San Francisco and Marin County to conduct a rent study used to contest HUD's determination of the Fair Market Rent (FMR) shared by the three Counties which together comprise a single HUD Metro FMR Area (HMFA). HACSM, on behalf of SFHA and Marin HA, contracted with ICF Macro, Inc. to conduct the study and successfully challenged the American Community Survey (ACS) data used by HUD, resulting in a 31 percent increase in San Mateo County's FMR ra...
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