Number
13613
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Original
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The Chair
Title
Resolution approving a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the reallocation of twenty-five (25) Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers from the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) to the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA), removing them from HACM’s Consolidated Annual Contribution Contract, with the goal of increased utilization
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WHEREAS, HUD currently allocates 372 Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers in total to HACM in partnership with Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center (CZVAMC); and
WHEREAS, currently only 79% of the vouchers allocated to HACM currently are leased to VASH participants; and
WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) also manages a voucher program, including a total of 99 VASH vouchers in the CZVAMC catchment area, and their voucher utilization is currently at 98% with 89% of the vouchers currently under lease; and
WHEREAS, HUD Notice PIH 2022-25 (HA) on Voluntary Reallocation or Recapture of HUD-VASH Vouchers details the process that a PHA may voluntarily reallocate all or a portion of their VASH vouchers to another PHA within the same area, which includes agreement by all partners and approval by the respective Boards; and
WHEREAS, the VAMC, WHEDA, HUD Field Office, and HACM have communicated, assessed the situation, and are all in agreement that this reallocation of 25 VASH vouchers and (including associated funding) from HACM to WHEDA can result in a higher utilization and more homeless veterans housed faster, with the ability to use the voucher in a larger geographic area in the CZVAMC catchment area; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee that HACM request a reallocation of 25 currently unused VASH vouchers be reallocated from HACM to WHEDA, t...
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