Number
R13261
Version
Original
Reference
Sponsor
The Chair
Title
Resolution approving the submission of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee’s 2022 Agency Plan to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Analysis
Body
WHEREAS, each year the Housing Authority is required to submit an Agency Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and
WHEREAS, the Agency Plan is prepared in accordance with a required template from HUD that sets forth the Housing Authority’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 goals for 2022 include but are not limited to implementing portfolio repositioning and Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) conversion as deemed feasible, maintain the public housing occupancy rate at a minimum of 96%, continuing the transformation of the Westlawn neighborhood, maximize the utilization of ACC units and Section 8 Vouchers, and optimize HACM’s organizational structure; and
WHEREAS, the 2022 submission includes the Annual PHA Plan, the Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy, the Section 8 Administration Plan, and the required HUD certifications; and
WHEREAS, the Resident Advisory Board (RAB) reviewed the draft annual Agency Plan and provided feedback and recommendations at their meetings on August 26, 2021 and August 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, HACM has considered the comments and recommendations from the RAB and has attached those comments along with HACM’s responses to the plan itself; and
WHEREAS, HACM has also solicited written comments from the public and is required to conduct a public hearing, which is scheduled for September 15, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the Secretary-Executive Director recommends that HACM’s 2022 Agency Plan be approved and electronically transmitted to HUD before October 18, 2021 in order to comply with the HUD prescribed due date; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that HACM’s proposed Agency Plan for 2022 be and is hereby approved; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary-Executive Director is hereby authorized to electronically transmit HACM’s 2022 Agency Plan to HUD by the required due date.
Requestor
Drafter
Housing Management, July 20, 2021