DATE: April 9, 2025
TO: Chairperson and Members of the Community Development Commission
FROM: Housing and Neighborhood Services Department
TITLE: RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ANNUAL PLAN AND FIVE-YEAR PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY (PHA) PLAN
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the Oceanside Community Development Commission (CDC) adopt a resolution approving the 2025-26 Annual and 2025-2029 Five-Year Public Housing Agency (PHA) Plans and authorize the CDC Chair to submit the Plans to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with the inclusion of changes made to the PHA Annual and Five-Year Plans as a result of public comments; and authorize the CDC Chair, or designee, to execute any and all related documents for submittal.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The Oceanside Community Development Commission currently administers the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program, commonly known as Section 8 rental assistance. The HCV Program provides rental assistance benefits to approximately 1,600 very low-income Oceanside households. For the upcoming FY 2025-26, the total federal appropriation for the Federal tenant-based rental assistance programs is approximately $29.7 million.
HUD established a requirement for PHAs to submit PHA plans beginning in Federal Fiscal Year 2000. PHAs have discretion to use federal funding to address the needs of low-income families. The PHA Plans are used to ensure that the PHA is accountable to the local community for choices it makes with this flexibility.
PHAs are required to submit both a five-year plan outlining its mission and goals, and a one-year plan highlighting the PHA's operations, programs, and services. These plans are the Annual Plan for 2025-26 and the Five-Year Plan for 2025-29 (collectively referred to as the "Plans").
The current Five-Year Plan covers the period of 2020-25 and was adopted by the CDC on March 25, 2020. The 2025-26 Annual Plan describes the PHA's progress on goals that were set in ...
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