City of Milwaukee - File #: R13645

• File #: R13645
• Version: 0
• Type: Housing Authority Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/2/2025
• In control: HOUSING AUTHORITY
• On agenda: 10/8/2025
• Final action: 10/8/2025
• Title: Resolution approving the submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee’s 2026 PHA Annual Plan, which includes the Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy, the Section 8 Administrative Plan, and all other associated documents.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/8/2025	0	HOUSING AUTHORITY	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ken Barbeau, HACM’s Interim Secretary-Executive Director, explained that each Housing Authority prepares an Annual Plan as a statement to HUD outlining the agency’s goals, objectives, policies, and the resources anticipated to support its Public Housing and Section 8 Voucher Program operations. He noted that the Grievance Policy has not yet been formally presented to the Board of Commissioners for approval but will be brought forward soon. Mr. Barbeau also informed the Commissioners that an Addendum containing the Resident Advisory Board’s comments was included with this agenda and noted that the deadline to submit the plan to HUD is October 18th.	Pass	6:0

Number
13645

Version
Original

Reference

Sponsor
The Chair

Title
Resolution approving the submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee’s 2026 PHA Annual Plan, which includes the Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy, the Section 8 Administrative Plan, and all other associated documents.

Analysis

Body
WHEREAS, each year the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) is required to submit a PHA Annual Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) which includes the PHA Annual Plan form (HUD-50075-ST), the Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy (ACOP), the Section 8 Administrative Plan, required HUD certifications and other documents referred to in the plan; and

WHEREAS, the PHA Annual Plan is prepared in accordance with a required template from HUD that sets forth the HACM’s goals and objectives, policies, and the resources anticipated to be available to support its Public Housing and Section 8 Voucher Program operations and related services for the next fiscal year; and

WHEREAS, the 2026 PHA Annual Plan goals include but are not limited to: optimizing HACM’s organizational structure and procedures to attain resiliency and sustainability, maintaining optimal occupancy rates for HACM’s public and affordable housing developments and optimal utilization rates for the Housing Choice Voucher program while improving the HUD scoring for each program as HUD funding allows, reviewing portfolio repositioning tools to preserve and improve existing housing resources, and enhancing resident quality of life and self-sufficiency opportunities; and

WHEREAS, the Resident Advisory Board (RAB) reviewed drafts of the 2026 PHA Annual Plan, the ACOP, and the Section 8 Administrative Plan, and provided feedback and recommendations at their meetings on July 16th 2025, July 22nd 2025, and July 24th 2025; and

WHEREAS, HACM has considered the comments and recommen...