HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08161988 - 1.58 HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA
TO: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DATE: August 16, 1986
FROM: cc:
Perfecto Villarreal , Executive Director
SUBJECT:
SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED FUNDING OF SECTION 8 EXISTING
HOUSING PROGRAM AFTER 1990
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Authorize Chairman to sign letters to local members of Congress urging them
to address the critical issue of refunding the Section 8 Existing Housing Program
housing contracts beyond March 31, 1990, . as recommended at the Joint Workshop.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Should the proposed termination of the Section 8 Existing Housing Program
occur on March 31, 1990, as currently scheduled, the Housing Authority of the County
of. Contra Costa would be unable to assist 3,653 low income families, senior citizens
and disabled persons throughout Contra Costa County.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
For 15 years the Section 8 Existing Housing Program has served low income
families by enabling them to live in modest privately-owned housing of their own
choosing, at an affordable rent. Contracts for the Section 8 Existing Housing
Program will expire in 1990 for Housing Authorities all over the United States, as
the original contracts were written for a fifteen year period and U. S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is not actively seeking refunding of these
contracts through the Congress.
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the Board of Commissioners elect to not urge local members of Congress
to address this issue, the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa, as well
as Contra Costa County, would stand to lose considerable federal funding for rental
subsidies and 3,653 low income families, senior citizens and disabled persons will
become homeless.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON August 16 . 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _ OTHER
VOTE: OF COMMISSIONERS
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AYES: NOES: CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED August .16, 1988
County Counsel Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the
Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
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