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CITY COUNCIL Public Housing Authority Annual Plan FY18

Read about Pasadena's annual plan for public housing, including updates on rental assistance, demographics, income and rent, current challenges, and ongoing initiatives.

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CITY COUNCIL Public Housing Authority Annual Plan FY18

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  1. CITY COUNCILPublic Housing Authority Annual Plan FY18 Anne Lansing, Housing Assistance Officer April 16, 2018

  2. PHA Plan Overview • Annual plan required by HUD • As high-performing HCV-only agency, Pasadena submits a “streamlined plan” • Outlines financial resources, progress on mission & goals • The Administrative Plan is a required attachment • 2018 Update to Chapter 1-VAWA • VAWA=Violence Against Women Act, required to comply with updated federal regulations

  3. Progress on Mission & Goals Goal: Improve Availability of Affordable Housing. Objective: Apply for additional rental vouchers. Progress: Will receive Measure H funds for landlord incentives to increase lease up.

  4. Rental Assistance Update • City of Pasadena Housing Department administers 1,409 Housing Choice Vouchers (about 5% of all market rate apartments) • 1,315 HCV currently leased up 1,249/1,317 “Section 8” • 250 are Project-based • 50/60 Non-Elderly Disabled (NED) Vouchers • 16/32 VASH Vouchers for homeless vets • Approximately 100 Special Needs non-Section 8 Vouchers • 85 Shelter plus Care Homeless Vouchers • 15 HOPWA vouchers for persons with HIV/AIDS

  5. Demographics • 100% very low income or below • 42% Elderly (62 or over) • 68% Disabled (includes Elderly) • 25% Female-headed households • Race/Ethnicity • 61% White (including Hispanic/Latino and Armenian) • 55% Minority • 35% Black • 16% Hispanic/Latino (inclusive of other categories) • 4% Asian

  6. Income & Rent • Average Tenant rent=$544 • Average Payment to Landlord=$801 • Average Contract Rent=$1,345 • Average annual income=$15,336 • Percentage employed=23%

  7. Current Challenges • Landlord reluctance to participate • Payment standards are substantially lower than market rent • Paperwork, annual inspections • Stereotypes and urban legends • Between 2010 and today, participating landlords dropped from 532 to 421(-21%) • Need outstrips supply • 22K persons on waiting list • Preference is given to those who live or work in Pasadena • Inadequate funding • HUD reimbursement rate does not keep pace with a high cost rental market

  8. Current Initiatives • Landlord Outreach • Landlord Video • Participation in Property Owner Events • Outreach to Landlord Associations • Landlord Mitigation Fund (only for homeless vouchers) • Project-based Vouchers • Increase from 20% to 30% • Primarily special needs housing

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