AGENDA DATE: 6/16/2021
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Office of Housing Staffing Request
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Creation of permanent administrative/clerical support staff position
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Walker, Savides, Holbrook
PRESENTER (S): Phyllis C. Savides
LEGAL REVIEW: Not Required
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: Albemarle County's Office of Housing ("ACOH") is the designated local agency for the administration of Housing and Urban Development's ("HUD") Housing Choice Voucher ("HCV") Program ("Program"). HUD funds ACOH through an Annual Budget Authority (" ABA"), which consists of programming fees ("PF") and administrative fees ("AF"). PF's fund programming while AF's pay for staff to support programming. As PF's increase, so do AF's at an administrative fee rate determined by HUD. Programmatic decisions are made based on both the available ABA and the number of vouchers allocated to ACOH. To be rated as a High Performing agency, ACOH must either spend its full ABA or issue all its allocated vouchers. However, if ACOH does not spend its full ABA, funding may be decreased in future years.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Quality Government Operations - Ensure County government's capacity to provide high quality service that achieves community priorities
DISCUSSION: During recent planning sessions with HUD representatives, it was determined that programmatic increases must be undertaken to avoid losing future funding and, in an effort, to remain a High Performing Agency. These programmatic increases will result in additional families being served through the HCV Program. HUD pays for these increases through additional PFs and supports ACOH's need for associated staff through additional AFs. Currently, ACOH administers nearly $3 million worth of programming without permanent administrative support staff. Creating a permanent administrative support position would enable ACOH to meet the requested programmatic increas...
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