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To:	Contra Costa County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
From:	Joseph Villarreal, Housing Authority
Date:	December 8, 2020

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

AWARD OF NEW HOMELESS VOUCHER FUNDING

Action of Board On: 12/08/2020

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, Commissioner
Candace Andersen, Commissioner
Diane Burgis, Commissioner
Karen Mitchoff, Commissioner
Federal D. Glover, Commissioner

Contact:

925-957-8028

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 8, 2020
,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATIONS

CONSIDER accepting a report on the award of 180 new vouchers for homeless individuals and their families from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and an update on the Housing Authority’s various homeless housing programs.

BACKGROUND

HACCC was one of 161 housing authorities across the nation who were awarded HUD Mainstream funds. HACCC’s grant was the largest awarded by HUD this year. The Mainstream program provides funding to assist non-elderly persons with disabilities who are:

BACKGROUND (CONT'D)

Transitioning out of institutional or other similar segregated settings;

At serious risk of institutionalization;

Homeless; or

At risk of becoming homeless.

HACCC's primary partners in the Mainstream program are the Housing Consortium of the East Bay (HCEB) and the Health, Housing and Homeless Services Department of Contra Costa County (H3). Entry to the Mainstream program is available through all three agencies.

VASH is a collaborative program funded by both HUD and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). VASH combines HUD housing vouchers with VA supportive services to help homeless Veterans and their families find and sustain permanent housing. Entry to the program is through the VA.

While each of HACCC's programs are available to serve the homeless via the normal application process, Mainstream is one of fourteen programs that HACCC operates that are targeted largely or solely to homeless individuals and families. The programs, and the current number of participants in each, are as follows:

Homeless Set-asides

Mainstream	172

Project-based Vouchers (committed to homeless)	93
Garden Park Apartments, Pleasant Hill (27)
Idaho Apartments, El Cerrito/Richmond (28)
Lakeside Apartments, Concord (11)
Lily Mae Jones, Richmond (8)
Robin Lane, Concord (5)
St. Paul’s, Walnut Creek (14)

Project-based COC	14
Lakeside Apartments, Concord (4)
Ohio Ave, Richmond (5)
Villa Vasconcellos, Walnut Creek (5)

Tenant-based COC (Shelter Plus Care) (2018-2020 avg.)	304

VASH	347
VASH - HACCC (263)
VASH – Pittsburg/HACCC (84)
Total	930

Pending Commitments (HUD shortfall)

Moving On	50
Committed Total	980

FISCAL IMPACT

HUD has awarded the Housing Authority (HACCC) $2,163,228 in 12-month budget authority to support 100 new Mainstream vouchers. HUD has also awarded HACCC 80 new HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers. However, HUD has not yet provided a funding amount for the VASH vouchers.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION

None. Informational item only.