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To:	Contra Costa County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
From:	Joseph Villarreal, Housing Authority
Date:	May 18, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

AWARD OF NEW HOMELESS VOUCHER FUNDING

Action of Board On: 05/18/2021

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:

9259578028

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: May 18, 2021
,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATIONS

ACCEPT report on the award of 197 new vouchers for homeless individuals and their families from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and an update on HACCC’s various homeless housing programs.

BACKGROUND

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) into law. ARP provides over $1.9 trillion in relief to address the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses. Among its other provisions, ARP appropriates $5 billion for new incremental EHVs, the renewal of those EHVs, and fees for the cost of administering the EHVs along with other eligible expenses. The appropriation of funds for eligible expenses is designed to prevent, prepare, and respond to the coronavirus by facilitating the leasing of the emergency vouchers, such as security deposit assistance and other costs related to retention and support of participating owners. This funding will provide approximately 70,000 EHVs nationally.

BACKGROUND (CONT'D)

Eligibility for these EHVs is limited to individuals and families who are (1) homeless; (2) at risk of homelessness; (3) fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking or human trafficking; or (4) recently homeless and for whom providing rental assistance will prevent the

family’s homelessness or having high risk of housing instability. After September 30, 2023, a public housing authority may not reissue any previously leased EHV, regardless of when the assistance for the formerly assisted family ends or ended.

While each of HACCC's programs are available to serve the homeless via the normal application process, EHV is one of fifteen programs operated by HACCC that target homeless individuals and families. The current number of participants in each program are as follows:

Homeless Set-asides

Emergency Housing Vouchers	197

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	1,127

Pending Commitments (HUD shortfall)

Moving On	50
Committed Total	1,177

FISCAL IMPACT

HUD has awarded the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa (HACCC) $4,046,580 in 18-month budget authority to support 197 new Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHV).

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION

None. Informational item only.