Special Notice / Hearing: 30-day notice (newspaper publication)__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors (Sitting as the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo)
From: Raymond Hodges, Executive Director, Housing Authority
Subject: FY 2023-2024 Moving To Work Annual Plan
RECOMMENDATION:
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Acting as the Governing Board of Commissioners for the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo, conduct a public hearing to consider the FY 2023-2024 Moving To Work Annual Plan:
A) Open public hearing
B) Close public hearing
C) Adopt a Resolution approving the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo FY 2023-2024 Moving To Work Annual Plan and authorizing the Housing Authority Executive Director, or Designee, to execute documents related to the plan submission.
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BACKGROUND:
Moving To Work ("MTW") is a demonstration program that offers participating housing authorities the opportunity to design and test innovative, locally designed housing and self-sufficiency strategies for low-income households by allowing exceptions from certain housing regulations. The MTW program is funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") with the goals of increasing administrative efficiencies, encouraging self-sufficiency, and increasing housing choice.
The Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo ("HACSM") has been an MTW agency since May 2000; we are currently one of 126 housing authorities nationwide with the MTW designation. When HACSM first joined the MTW program, there were 39 participating housing authorities. The increase in the number of housing authorities is a testament to the success of the MTW program.
As an MTW agency, HACSM has created an affordable housing fund to assist in the development of affordable housing, increased HACSM's percentage of budget authority allowed for the Project-Based Voucher program, developed landlord incentives for new an...
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