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Home My WebLink AboutOCHA Minutes 25-04-17 ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING HOUSING DEPARTMENT Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 6:00 PM Virtual Meeting: Microsoft Teams Meeting Link MEETING AGENDA 6:05 PM Call to Order Members present: Alycia Brown, Dr. Timothy Miles, Jana Murdock, Jen Sykes, Othlone McCalla, Monica Richard, Eva Staff present: Lindy Lester Introductions made including new member Monica Richard Minutes from January board meeting approved. 6:05 PM Approve Minutes ■ First to Motion : Jana Murdock ■ Second to Motion : Jenn Sykes 6:05 PM Updates from Board Members • Name: Jan—Sunday Habitat gave update 76 townhomes being built • Name: Othlone McCalla researched land not much that could be utilized for future developments. Will send update via email later. • Na me: Dr. Miles, Disability council hosting fair housing event he will share a website. • Jenn Sykes shared article on NY times about future for HUD www.nVtimes.com/2025/04/17/us/politics/housing-aid-hud-federal-budget.htmI Mailing Address Hillsborough Office Chapel Hill Office P.O.Box 8181 300 W.Tryon Street 2501 Homestead Road Hillsborough,NC 27278 Hillsborough,NC 27278 Chapel Hill,NC 27516 Telephone(919)245-2490 • Fax(919)944-8496 ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING HOUSING DEPARTMENT Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 6:00 PM Virtual Meeting: Microsoft Teams Meeting Link 6: 10 PM Public Comment No public present 6: 15 PM Program Manager's Report (SEE UPLOADED REPORT ON WEBSITE) • Monthly Overview o Programmatic Reports o Utilization at o VMS o Terminations o Informal Hearings • HCV Program Updates • Planning: • N S P I R E Training Tentative dates July or August • Annual HCV ` Meet and Greet, • If anyone has a vendor or questions, please let us know tentative dates Sept/Oct trying to get adult services to come to help support clients Mailing Address Hillsborough Office Chapel Hill Office P.O.Box 8181 300 W.Tryon Street 2501 Homestead Road Hillsborough,NC 27278 Hillsborough,NC 27278 Chapel Hill,NC 27516 Telephone(919)245-2490 • Fax(919)944-8496 ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING HOUSING DEPARTMENT Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 6:00 PM Virtual Meeting: Microsoft Teams Meeting Link • Updates toAdmin Plan • Terminations O Evictions O Question: How many times to allow eviction before termination?And if they are terminated how long before they can be allowed to come back to the program? O Program Manager reported terminations from March were significantly higher- Pre-emptive notice has been sent out that assistance is no longer available to help pay rent O Discussion and suggestions made on how many evictions and reasons why for the evictions. O Biggest complaint is not paying and destroying the property which could create more of an issue for Landlords with continual allowance of use of HCV. O It was explained what we are talking about now is consecutive evictions. O Discussion:Two violations/evictions and two years to re-apply suggested. O The board member would like to have more information. New Board member would like more information on what other programs are doing regarding how many consecutive evictions are allowed before termination. O Motion made to table the vote until next meeting. Dr. Miles made a motion to table. O Discussion continued about "why people are not able to pay rent" what were circumstances. O Monica 2nd the motion to table the discussion/vote until next meeting. O Program Manager will get more information on what other nearby counties are doing and provide before the vote. • Overpayments/Debts Owed to PHA Mailing Address Hillsborough Office Chapel Hill Office P.O.Box 8181 300 W.Tryon Street 2501 Homestead Road Hillsborough,NC 27278 Hillsborough,NC 27278 Chapel Hill,NC 27516 Telephone(919)245-2490 • Fax(919)944-8496 ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING HOUSING DEPARTMENT Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 6:00 PM Virtual Meeting: Microsoft Teams Meeting Link HCV program is designed to help pay rent based on households' income; an overpayment of rental assistance is discovered; HUD says we have to collect that money. O Currently, HCV program allows 3 defaults. O Question: Should OCHA terminate for failure to pay back overpayment O Current protocol overpayment info goes to"Debts Owed" and any other HA will see this information, and this may prevent an applicant to get assistance until the debt is paid. O Board Member: Eva suggested putting a threshold on seasonal work. O The current threshold was explained by program manager. The basics on how assistance and process income changes were given. O With upcoming HOTMA changes effective 7/1/2025 staff currently in training. O For those who are in default of a repayment agreement, should they be terminated from the program. O There was a lot of discussion on how difficult it is being in the program and that we should allow some financial privacy to participants. O There was more explanation on how overpayments are found and calculated. O Motion to tabling vote on how many evictions should be allowed due to nonpayment of rent and tabling vote on default of repayment agreements. Shared Messages: Dr. Timothy Miles: motion to table Mailing Address Hillsborough Office Chapel Hill Office P.O.Box 8181 300 W.Tryon Street 2501 Homestead Road Hillsborough,NC 27278 Hillsborough,NC 27278 Chapel Hill,NC 27516 Telephone(919)245-2490 • Fax(919)944-8496 ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING HOUSING DEPARTMENT Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 6:00 PM Virtual Meeting: Microsoft Teams Meeting Link Jenn Sykes:Agree with Dr. Miles on the motion to table - I think the two asks for more information are what similar counties do, and also add in what Dr. Miles posted in the chat on local flexibility. Monica Richards: I second the motion to table. Jenn Sykes: And for the social support questions, I think a lot of programs that AHAB funds, not this program, offers a lot more of the case management world/support. Will add in for the HCV users meeting, a good group to get would be the charity care groups at Duke and UNC - they should offer a fair amount of free supports and also get payment plans on health done (and I know they don't work great with DSS) Dr. Timothy Miles: I agree People who break the rule returning to the program voucher programs must go through some support programs. Also issues these tenants are the housing or landlord issues. It maybe looks discriminatory to other tenants in a complex. Landlords in Orange County have come along ways in accepting Section or housing choice vouchers. The landlords will turn away new section 8 tenants. Jenn Sykes:And I think this gets at the need for HAC and AHAB to overlap -AHAB started funding a lot of programs for what Eva talked about (Self-Help did something with savings), but I'm not sure how it ties to HAC participants explicitly, or if they even get priority. Eva: I apologize, I have to sign off. Goodnight Monica Richard:Would this be evaluated at 12 mos.? Jenn Sykes: I'd ask for some sort of level of income increase and consistency of that income increase. Dr. Timothy Miles: Social security faces the same issues of over payment. Maybe the process might helpful to look at. ? Jenn Sykes:And there's probably something like setting up a payment plan or, if not, some of the AHAB partners might be able to step in and help (like Self-Help CU) Mailing Address Hillsborough Office Chapel Hill Office P.O.Box 8181 300 W.Tryon Street 2501 Homestead Road Hillsborough,NC 27278 Hillsborough,NC 27278 Chapel Hill,NC 27516 Telephone(919)245-2490 • Fax(919)944-8496 ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING HOUSING DEPARTMENT Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 6:00 PM Virtual Meeting: Microsoft Teams Meeting Link 6:30PM Project Base Vouchers- . Admin Plan Review ° Discussion ran out of time will have to move this to next meeting o Vote 7:30PM Adjournment Mailing Address Hillsborough Office Chapel Hill Office P.O.Box 8181 300 W.Tryon Street 2501 Homestead Road Hillsborough,NC 27278 Hillsborough,NC 27278 Chapel Hill,NC 27516 Telephone(919)245-2490 • Fax(919)944-8496