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To:	Contra Costa County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
From:	Joseph Villarreal, Housing Authority
Date:	August 18, 2015

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Interagency Agreement with the Contra Costa County DA's Office to Provide Investigative Services for Housing Fraud

Action of Board On: 08/18/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, Commissioner
Candace Andersen, Commissioner
Mary N. Piepho, Commissioner
Karen Mitchoff, Commissioner

ABSENT:

Federal D. Glover, Commissioner
Fay Nathaniel, Commissioner
Jannel George-Oden, 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: August 18, 2015
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BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATIONS

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa, or his designee, to execute a contract with Contra Costa County in an amount not to exceed $120,000 to allow the District Attorney’s Office to provide investigative services for housing fraud in the Section 8 and public housing assistance programs for the period beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016.

BACKGROUND

In order to enhance HACCC’s efforts to reduce fraud in the Section 8 and Public Housing Programs, HACCC has entered into an Interagency Agreement with the District Attorney’s office to provide investigative services for suspected owner and tenant housing fraud cases. HACCC has an existing contract with the District Attorney’s office for these services that expires on June 30, 2015, with a not to exceed amount of $115,000. Thus far HACCC has spent $88,850.96 on the existing contract.

FISCAL IMPACT

The Housing Authority’s (HACCC) total payments to the County under this Agreement shall not exceed $120,000. The funding for this position is included in HACCC's current budget. Primary funding for this position comes from Housing Choice Voucher administrative fees and recovered fraud amounts. Public housing operating subsidy will be used to pay for any time spent on public housing fraud cases.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION

If the Board of Commissioners does not approve this contract, the District Attorney's office will not have sufficient resources to continue providing fraud investigative services to HACCC.

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

RECOMMENDATIONS

BACKGROUND

FISCAL IMPACT

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION

CLERK'S ADDENDUM