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Home My WebLink AboutOCHA Minutes 1-20-22 ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING O.�,&CHCD ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING&COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 6:00 PM VIRTUAL MEETING: https://zoom.us/*/98126441099 MEETING MINUTES Board Members& Staff Attending: Dennis Carmody, Evelyn Johann, Alice Mahood, Corey Root, Blake Rosser, Valerie Sauer, Michael Webb The meeting was called to order at 6:03 p.m. A motion was made to approve December Minutes of the OCHA Board meeting [Johann, Mahood].All in favor, none opposed. There were no member updates. Blake Rosser, Housing Choice Voucher(HCV) ' Program Manager gave the monthly report. "NumberfVouchers[excIu ingPIV,VASH) 643 Orange County Housing Authority continues Number of Household Participants(including POV,PIV,VASH) 566 successful utilization of allocated vouchers. Number of OCHA Households(excluding POV,PIV,VASH) 539 Voucher Utilization 88%(84%) 1 7 7=7-1'- i 1 84% Paid on 1"of the month $361,501 Paid after 15t of the month(pro-rated) $1,147 Total-Uetober $362 Mg Expenses remain on track. HAP Utilization decreased 'q,-r Wfrom Dec.to Jan. due to VASH $11,248 reconciliation error, which PIV(Port-In) $11,666 we are looking into. POV(Port-Out) $7,923 HOV(Homeownership) $1,710 Total $32,547 7Feb504 $9254399 24 $656 $334,668 15 $664 $343,981 19 $664 And staff are seeing leasing rates plateauing. Apr 628 $349,770 14 $662 May 641 $357,209 11 $660 Since October 2020 when OCHA started issuing vouchers to June 546 $364,873 6 $668 people exiting homelessness Juy 551 $361,778 a $657 Aug 555 $364,438 3 $657 • 164 vouchers issued, 104 leased up Sept 562 $369,873 3 $659 • Average lease-up time: 96.7 days(down from 100); Oct 561 $374,896 6 $668 median 79 days (down from 83) Nov 568 $374,907 3 $660 Dec 566 $383,529 7 $678 TOTAL 119 $863 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 Main Office:300 W.Tryon Street, Hillsborough,NC 27278 Chapel Hill Office:2501 Homestead Road,Chapel Hill,INC 27516 Telephone(919)245-2490• Fax(919)644-3056 ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING O.�,&CHCD ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING&COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 6:00 PM VIRTUAL MEETING: https://zoom.us/*/98126441099 OCHA received One additional HUD-VASH voucher awarded for 21 total (16 of these are leased up). Staff touched base with the Veterans Administration (VA) staff to work on leasing up these HUD-VASH vouchers. Project Based Vouchers (PBV) Update—staff continue to work with staff at the Community Home Trust about PBVs at the Jay Street development, and CASA about PBVs at the Homestead Gardens development. It sounds like the Town of Chapel Hill will not be using PBVs as part of the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) process that the Town is currently underway for Trinity Court. OCHA has one HCV Specialist vacancy, interviews scheduled for January 21, staff are hopeful to have an update next month on a new hire. Administrative Plan Changes Staff would like to start work on revising the OCHA Administrative Plan to make it more clear, decrease the number of pages, and revise policies and procedures to make them more trauma- informed and client-centered. Staff could review four chapters per quarter and bring these to the board for review on this timeline: • February 2022—chapters 1-4 • May 2022—chapters 5-8 • August 2022—chapters 9-12 • November 2022—chapters 13-16 Board members agreed that this could be helpful. Members requested a clean copy(not track changes)to review. It would be helpful for Board member review for staff to highlight which sections are required by HUD. Allowing exception to income limits for applicants experiencing chronic homelessness Issuing Practice continued discussion (from Nov. meeting) Continue current policy of only issuing to those experiencing homelessness, or begin limited pulls from conventional waitlist? Board members made changes to the Annual Report and Work Plan Template.A motion was made to approve the 2021 Annual report and 2022 work plan for the Orange County Housing Authority board [Mahood, Sauer].All in favor, none opposed. Staff will send the revised report and plan to the County Clerk's office. Program goals—this item tabled until the February meeting Board members requested information on County and Town-owned land that could be used for Mailing Address: P.O. Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 Main Office:300 W.Tryon Street, Hillsborough,NC 27278 Chapel Hill Office:2501 Homestead Road,Chapel Hill,INC 27516 Telephone(919)245-2490• Fax(919)644-3056 ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING O.�,&CHCD ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING&COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 6:00 PM VIRTUAL MEETING: https://zoom.us/*/98126441099 affordable housing development. Board members also asked for an orientation packet to include links to pertinent info and materials. Staff will work on both items for the February meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m. The next meeting of the Orange County Housing Authority Board will be February 17, 2022. Some items for the February agenda include: • Discussion: Resuming meeting in person (holdover from December) • Bylaw Review/Amendment • Discussion of the housing groups in Orange County • Revised Chapters 1-4 of the OCHA Admin Plan • Program goals • Town and County owned land that could be developed for affordable housing • Board orientation packet Minutes compiled by Corey Root,January 21, 2022 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 Main Office:300 W.Tryon Street, Hillsborough,NC 27278 Chapel Hill Office:2501 Homestead Road,Chapel Hill,INC 27516 Telephone(919)245-2490• Fax(919)644-3056