Jim Gillette

The Yolo County Housing's Five-Year Agency Plan outlines the organization's strategic direction to address the significant need for affordable housing within Yolo County. The plan is structured around three core pillars: People, Housing, and Administration. The 'People' pillar focuses on providing support and growth opportunities for residents, participants, employees, and community partners. The 'Housing' pillar aims to expand housing accessibility and elevate the standard of living in existing communities by increasing affordable units and improving current properties. The 'Administration' pillar is dedicated to operating an efficient, effective, and fiscally responsible agency through optimized infrastructure, sound financial management, and continuous quality improvement. This strategic approach is designed to improve properties, redevelop assets, implement growth initiatives, and expand the agency's overall scope to effectively serve low-income families.

This five-year plan for Yolo County Housing outlines strategies to address affordable housing needs. It is structured around three strategic pillars: People, focusing on support and growth opportunities for residents, participants, employees, and community partners; Housing, aimed at expanding accessibility and elevating living standards; and Administration, emphasizing efficient, effective, and fiscally responsible operations. The plan intends to improve properties, redevelop assets, implement growth initiatives, and expand the agency's scope.

This strategic plan outlines comprehensive goals and tactics across the key areas of People, Housing, and Administration. The 'People' pillar focuses on enhancing resident and participant well-being, including increasing homeownership opportunities and access to resources, alongside developing and retaining employees. The 'Housing' pillar aims to increase affordable housing units and maintain or improve existing properties, while also expanding voucher utilization. The 'Administration' pillar concentrates on optimizing operational infrastructure through technology, ensuring financial responsibility and effectiveness, and establishing an agency-wide continuous quality improvement approach. The plan details objectives and tactics to be implemented between 2025 and 2029.

This document is the FY2024 Annual Update to the Yolo County Housing's Five-Year Agency Plan (FY2020-FY2024), detailing ongoing strategies and progress in providing affordable housing and community development services. The plan focuses on four strategic priorities: Building Up our Communities, Investing in Development, Investing in our People, and Expanding our Capacity and Building our Systems. Key initiatives include expanding partnerships, promoting self-sufficiency, analyzing and implementing Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), constructing new units, advocating for funding, organizational restructuring, employee and resident job training, process automation, and technology investment. The overarching goal is to address housing needs, enhance safety, and improve operational efficiency and service delivery for residents in Yolo County.

The meeting included the appointment of Gloria Partida and Quirina Orozco as Directors. Gloria Partida was elected as President and Richard Lansburgh as Vice President for 2021. The NH CDC Executive Director gave a presentation on the Solar Project and a presentation on a loan request to advance Esparto development. The board reviewed and approved a loan to Yolo County Housing to advance the development of homes for low-income agricultural families.