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TO: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
FROM: Richard J. Martinez,Executive Director
DATE: April 22, 1997
SUBJECT: AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SUBMIT APPLICATION FOR
PARTICIPATION IN HUD'S MOVING TO WORK DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
AUTHORIZE the Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa to submit an application
for participation in HUD's Public Housing/Section 8 Moving to Work demonstration program.,and to execute all forms
necessary in this endeavor,as recommended by the Advisory Housing Commission.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None.No general funds required.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONBACKGROUND
The purpose of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's(HUD)demonstration is to give Housing
Authorities the flexibility to design and test various approaches for providing and administering housing assistance that reduce
cost and achieve greater cost effectiveness;provide work incentives to promote resident self-sufficiency; and increase housing
choices for low-income families. To achieve these goals,each selected Housing Authority will have considerable flexibility in
determining how to use Federal funds it already receives, as long as it meets specified criteria. Furthermore,the selected
Housing Authorities will be permitted to combine funds from the public housing and Section 8 operating budgets,and from the
modernization programs, for uses which meet the purposes of the demonstration. Funds used in the demonstration(whether
combined or not)are generally not subject to statutory and regulatory requirements of the public housing and Section 8
programs.
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the Board of Commissioners elect not to authorize the Executive Director to submit an application for
participation in the Public Housing/Section 8 Moving to Work Demonstration program,the Housing Authority would lose an
opportunity to possibly participate in a program that would create and develop new programs for our Public Housing residents
and Section 8 participants enabling them to obtain job training and job placement which would increase their earned income,
thereby reducing their housing assistance from the Housing Authority.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE `I` ✓1 I �lu.�l-�
RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON (J Q 1991 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED asb �I� I�17
PHIO BATCHELOk,'CLEItK OF
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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