Preston Prince

This Annual Plan details the Housing Authorities of the County of Santa Clara and City of San José's approach to implementing the Moving to Work (MTW) program for Fiscal Year 2016. The plan focuses on three federal goals: decreasing administrative costs, promoting participants' economic self-sufficiency, and expanding housing choices for low-income families. Key initiatives include developing a Housing Resources and Voucher Allocation Policy, introducing new MTW activities to encourage self-sufficiency and streamline Project-Based Voucher selections, and amending existing activities to enhance administrative efficiency. The overarching vision is to provide and inspire affordable housing solutions, increase the housing stock, and enable low-income people to achieve financial stability and self-reliance.

This Annual Plan outlines the Housing Authorities of the County of Santa Clara and the City of San José's (HACSC) strategy for implementing the Moving to Work (MTW) program during fiscal year 2015 (July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015). The plan's core objectives are to decrease administrative costs, promote participants' economic self-sufficiency, and expand housing choices for low-income families. Key initiatives include the Focus Forward Program, a Quality Control Plan, and various administrative efficiencies related to inspections, tenant reexaminations, and rent calculations. The plan also details long-term goals such as optimizing MTW flexibility, expanding and preserving affordable housing, promoting client self-reliance, and fostering community partnerships, alongside efforts to improve and renovate existing units, develop new properties, and strengthen financial resilience.

This document outlines the FY2026 Moving to Work (MTW) Annual Plan for the Santa Clara County Housing Authority and the Housing Authority of the City of San Jose. The plan's overall purpose is to provide and inspire affordable housing solutions, enabling low-income residents to achieve financial stability and self-reliance. Key strategic goals include fostering an internal culture of collaboration, strengthening partnerships to support low-income communities, developing innovative solutions, and increasing the housing portfolio's value and unit count. The plan prioritizes housing production and enhanced customer service, introducing new initiatives such as a Shallow Subsidy Program, a Direct Rental Assistance Pilot, an Affordable Housing Preservation Fund, and streamlined Direct Referral Programs.

The Board of Commissioners reviewed and approved the agency's annual operating and capital budgets for the upcoming fiscal year. The budget includes projections of operating revenues and expenditures, including salaries, benefits, consultant contracts, facilities, equipment, and supplies. The Housing Authority's proposed operating expenditures are $32,072,194, an increase of $608,942 over last year's budget. A significant portion of the capital expenditures relates to the Julian Street office building and upgrading technology. The budget also includes planned program expenditures for the Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency program and housing search services.

The meeting included approval of meeting minutes from June 23, 2020, approval of the Annual Operating Budget for Bracher HDC, Inc., acceptance of the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2019 Audit and the 2018 Form 990 for Bracher HDC, Inc. and Subsidiaries, approval of the 2021 Operating Budgets for Rivertown Apartments and John Burns Gardens Apartments with delegated authority to the President or designee, and acceptance of the 2019 Tax Returns for HACSC/Choices Senior Associates L.P. and HACSC/Choices Family Associates L.P.