FY2022 Moving to Work Annual Plan

Housing  Authorities of the County  of Santa Clara & City  of San José

Submitted April _, 2021

FY2022  Moving to Work Annual  Plan

SANTA CLARA  COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY (SCCHA)

(Housing Authorities  of the County of Santa Clara & The City of San José)

SCCHA’s mission is to provideand inspire affordablehousing solutions to enablelow-incomepeoplein Santa Clara County to achievefinancialstability and self-reliance.

Serving residents throughout Santa Clara County, the heart of Silicon Valley and part of the greater San Francisco Bay Area, our clients include families with children,seniors, veterans, the disabled and the formerly homeless.  The vast majority of our client households are extremely low-income(30% of area median income or less) with half of ourassisted households occupied by seniors.  SCCHAcurrently assists over 19,000 households.

Board  of Commissioners

Jennifer Loving, Chair Denis O'Neal, Vice-Chair Adrienne Lawton

Bill Anderson Ericka Mendieta

Kathy Espinoza-Howard Marilyn Russell

Executive  Management  Team

Sharon Jones, Acting Executive Director

Aleli Sangalang, Deputy Executive Director of Housing

Bakulesh Patel, Director of Finance/Chief Financial Officer Russell Brunson, Director of Administrative Services

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.................................................................................... 1
2. General SCCHA Operating Information.............................................. 13
3. Proposed MTW Activities (HUD Approval Requested)......................... 26
4. Approved MTW Activities (HUD Approval Previously Granted)............ 43
5. MTW Sources And Uses of Funds..................................................... 73
6. Administrative................................................................................ 78

Appendix One: Resolution No. 21-............................................................... 79

Appendix One: Certifications of Compliance................................................. 80

Appendix Two: Certification of Payments (HUD 50071)........................................ 86

Appendix Three: Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL)............................. 88

Purpose of this Plan

In 1967, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors established the Santa Clara County Housing Authority of the County of Santa Clara (SCCHA). SCCHA has an agreement with the City of San José to administer and manage the Housing Authority of the City of San José (HACSJ)’s Housing Choice Voucher program. This MTW Plan presents a consolidated strategy to be implemented for both the County and City programs.

In 2008, SCCHA entered into a 10-year agreement (which has been extended until the conclusion of Fiscal Year 2028) with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to become a Moving to Work (MTW) agency. This MTW Annual Plan illustrates how SCCHA proposes to carry out the MTW program in Fiscal Year 2022 (FY2022) from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The MTW Plan is an annual requirement by HUD and systematically describes how each activity advances SCCHA’s vision and goals within the framework of the MTW charter.

What is MTW?

Established by Congress in 1996, MTW is a Federal demonstration program that links broad Federal goals with locally designed initiatives. MTW encourages select housing authorities to propose and, upon HUD approval, implement innovative changes to the way affordable housing programs are administered to meet at least one of the following three broad Federal goals:

MTW requires SCCHA to strive for these goals while ensuring that the Agency continues to serve substantially the same mix of tenants (in terms of income level and family size) and at least as many households as the Agency had before its MTW status.

SCCHA’s  Vision  and Goals

In FY2014, SCCHA developed a five-year Strategic Plan to guide the Agency’s direction over the long range. The Strategic Planaffirmed SCCHA’s missionto provide and inspire affordable housing solutions that enable low-income people in Santa Clara County to achieve financial stability and self-reliance, identified the Agency’s core values, and established SCCHA’s short-term and long- term goals built upon MTW objectives.

The FY2014-FY2019 Strategic Plan expired on June 30, 2019. SCCHA began the process of creating the successor Strategic Plan in early 2019. Every SCCHA employee was given the chance to weigh in on the new guiding principles for the agency, as well as the Board of Commissioners, tenants, and landlords. The new FY2020-FY2025 Strategic Plan was approved by the  Board of Commissioners and adopted August 1, 2019.

While SCCHA’s mission and vision remained the same, the new Strategic Plan shifted focus to goals in the areas of housing availability, agency partnerships, and operational excellence. The goals and objectives of the new Strategic Plan are:

Goal 1. Increase the number of and equitable access to housing opportunities for low-income Santa Clara County residents

Objective 1.1: Develop new affordable housing, including extremely low-income (ELI) and permanent supportive housing.

Objective 1.2: Leverage varied sources of public and private funding to support financial

feasibility of Housing Authority projects.

Objective 1.3: Enable voucher holders to easily and efficiently locate housing.

Objective 1.4: Manage rental subsidies offered by the Housing Authority to increase the number of families served.

Goal 2. Preserve the existing housing opportunities available to low-income Santa Clara County residents to counter displacement of those who are most impacted by Santa Clara County’s income disparity and housing crisis.

Objective 2.1: Preserve the Housing Authority’s existing affordable housing portfolio. Objective 2.2:  Support  efforts  to  preserve  other  affordable  housing  in Santa  Clara

County.

Objective 2.3: Maintain and increase the number of landlords participating in the Housing Authority’s voucher programs.

Goal 3. Build strong partnerships that promote better outcomes for those in need of maintaining, affording or securing housing

Objective 3.1: Partner with local governments and non-profits to provide services for target populations and promote resident self-sufficiency

Objective 3.2: Establish an understood network of service providers to connect those in

need with safety net services

Objective 3.3: Partner with key stakeholders to promote and advocate for innovative housing policies and additional affordable housing resources

Objective 3.4: Understand and address the needs of low and extremely low-income

individuals and how the Housing Authority’s federal and local programs can best help them to be self-sufficient

Goal 4. Maximize agency fiscal health, efficiency and effectiveness by streamlining processes, adopting technology and embracing innovation

Objective 4.1: Promote an organizational culture and work environment that supports staff professional development and personal excellence

Objective 4.2: Attract, develop and retain a skilled, engaged and collaborative staff Objective 4.3: Monitor and enhance the customer experience of the Housing

Authority’s clients and stakeholders

Objective 4.4: Increase the efficiency and effectiveness of internal processes through technology, staff training and development

Objective 4.5: Maintain the Housing Authority’s fiscal health and integrity

Using the Strategic Plan as a compass, SCCHA is pursuing strategies within FY2022 and beyond that will set the foundation for the Agency to fulfill its MTW and non-MTW long-term goals.

SCCHA’s  Short-Term Goals  and Proposed MTW Activities for Fiscal  Year  2022

SCCHA last opened its waiting list in 2006, where over 50,000 applicants completed paper or on- line applications to register. Currently there are approximately 1,300 applicants remaining on the waiting list. SCCHA replaced the HCV waiting listin December 2020 with an always-open HCV “interest list” and will transition to the interest list once the 2006 waiting list is exhausted. Interest list applicants only need to log-in to their online profile once per year on a computer or smart phone in order to remain on the interest list. New vouchers, when released by the Housing Authority, will go to active interest list registrants who are chosen by random lottery. This new system will be fair to all applicants and provide hope of obtaining housing assistance without the prospect of a decade or longer wait.

SCCHA’s Project-Based Voucher (PBV) and Moderate Rehabilitation program properties were also included in the development of the online interest list. Rather than maintaining one PBV or Mod Rehab waiting list for all projects, applicants now have the choice to sign up for the site- based interest list of specific properties. Applicants can view project information, including amenities and accessibility information, empowering them to decide what sites would work best for them and their families.

As vacancy rates continue to remain very low in Santa Clara County, SCCHA continues to monitor the housing success rates for families shopping with Housing Choice Vouchers and support them through housing search assistance if they are unable to find a new home within the first 120 days of their shopping voucher.

Santa Clara County has a well-publicized affordable housing crisis. The community’s recognition of the need for more affordable housing was demonstrated by the overwhelming voter approval of $950 million in Measure A bond funds for affordable housing development, $700 million of which is directed to extremely low-income households and permanent supportive housing.

Attaching Project Based Vouchers (PBVs) to projects receiving Measure A development funds ensures that units will be affordable for the County’s vulnerable populations, and that new construction properties will have enough long-lasting operating revenue.  SCCHA is committed to making available as many additional PBVs in support of Measure A as HUD regulations and funding availability allow. By the end of FY2021, SCCHA will have awarded or conditionally awarded 803 Moving-to-Work PBVs and 89 HUD-VASH PBVs (in conjunction with the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System) to Measure A projects. Several Measure A projects, such as the Veranda in Cupertino, Villas on the Park in San Jose, and Crossings on Monterey in Morgan Hill have already completed construction, with the rest expected to complete construction in the remainder of FY2021, FY2022, and FY2023.

SCCHA’s housing development partners provide hope for the future by actively creating new housing dedicated to alleviating homelessness. New affordable housing projects are currently under construction throughout the County.  The properties leasing up in FY2022 have all been awarded funds under Santa Clara County’s Measure A housing referendum, which targeted almost $1 Billion in bonds for the development of affordable housing in the County.  SCCHA’s partnership with the County will provide PBVs at the following projects in FY2022:

• Quetzal Gardens will house chronically homeless individuals and families through the use of 28 PBVs. An additional 4 PBV units will be filled by families from SCCHA’s Waiting List.
• Iamesi Village (formerly North San Pedro Apartments) will be a 100% PBV project with 60 units set aside for chronically homeless and 49 for VASH participants.
• Calabazas Community Apartments is a 136-unit new construction project in Santa Clara, California, which will house tenants at 30% and 40% of AMI.  80 of the units will be supported with PBVs, set aside for the chronically homeless.

In addition to these projects, SCCHA issued a separate Request for Proposals for projects to be supported with PBVs for 2-bedroom or larger units. SCCHA conditionally awarded 200 PBVs through this RFP to projects expected to finish construction in FY2022 and FY2023. SCCHA conditionally awarded 140 PBVs for six projects located in San Jose, 8 for a project in Santa Clara, and 52 for two projects in Sunnyvale.

SCCHA’s Development Team is busy developing its own affordable housing. Predevelopment and financing efforts continue on Alvarado Park Senior Housing and Bellarmino Place Family Housing. The adjacent developments, purchased with $12 million in MTW funds, will provide 89 affordable units for seniors and 115 affordable units for families in an amenity rich neighborhood  in San

José. The developments will each include units for the most vulnerable in our community, including extremely low-income households and those requiring permanent supportive housing.

MTW funds in the amount of $30 million were used to acquire property on East Santa Clara Street. This property will be home to hundreds of multi-family affordable housing units and open space green areas. Design development will continue into FY2022 and MTW funds will be used to pursue necessary land use approvals.

SCCHA is continually striving to improve the agency’s efficiency, and to meet staff’s ongoing technological needs. The agency is enhancing the usability of its Tenant Portal, a mobile application for Section 8 tenants launched in 2019 that facilitates information requests, submission of documents, and communications with Housing Authority staff. The agency is also in the design process for a new digital tool, “SCCHA 2.0”. SCCHA 2.0 will be a comprehensive digital communication, client interface, document management, task management, and oversight system utilized by both agency staff and clients. SCCHA 2.0 will centralize all incoming requests and documents (whether transmitted in person, online, via fax, or by mail), as well as digitizing and logging transactions for better task management. The goal of SCCHA 2.0 will be to create transparency in agency operations, so that clients can have trust in SCCHA, and to better manage the voluminous amount of documents, communications, and tasks inherent in running a large social services program.

SCCHA’s Finance Team continues to aggressively safeguard the agency’s fiscal health. In FY2022, the Finance Team is seeking to develop a comprehensive procedure manual to standardize all finance functions, implement a specialized job cost module for construction and development activities, and obtain the latesttechnology to improve the effectiveness andefficiencyof financial processes.

The agency has also outgrown the office it has occupied since 1988. For several years now, the current office has been insufficient to meet both staff and client needs, and the agency had been planning to construct a new office building on the East Santa Clara Street property. However, staff determined that this option would not be optimal in terms of cost and time. Therefore, in FY2021, SCCHA purchased new office space just north of downtown San Jose which will provide space for both current and future needs. SCCHA expects to move into the new office in early- to mid- Calendar Year 2022.

To conclude, SCCHA’s continuing priorities are to ensure that its affordable housing and voucher programs operate in an efficientand effective manner.  To serve those priorities, SCCHA proposes a total of seven (7) activities in this Plan (three re-proposals of previously approved activities and four new proposals). The activities are in large part focused on increasing cost effectiveness within the Agency and increasing housing choices for low-income families:

vRe-Propose Activity 2016-01: Restriction on Head of Household Changes

This activity, as originally approved  in the FY2016 Plan, applied to cases where a Head of Household leaves Section 8 assistance and transfers his or her voucher to a remaining family

member. These transfers typically occur when the Head of Household has a higher income and no longer requires the assistance but wants to pass on their voucher to a younger family member who has no or low income (referred to as a ‘legacy’ transfer). The activity required participation in the Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) program for the new Head of Household.

The Re-Proposed activity will clarify that the new Head of Household must enroll in the new, 10-year time-limited Focus Forward Program (FFP). This will support participants’ development of economic self-sufficiency and enable the Housing Authority to serve more families. Hardship clauses will exempt certain families from this activity such as when the current Head of Household leaves due to family break-up or when the remaining family member(s) has/have minor children.

(MTW Statutory Objectives: Increase Cost Effectiveness, Increase Housing Choices, and Increase Self-Sufficiency)

vRe-Propose Activity 2019-01: Graduation Bonus

The original approved Activity 2019-01 changed these requirements in three ways:

• The threshold housing assistance level was changed from $0 to $99;
• The 180-day time period for program termination was changed to 60 days; and
• Upon termination from the Section 8 program, the family would receive a Graduation Bonus payment.

SCCHA’s re-proposal of this Activity revises the activity threshold from a fixed dollar amount of the family’s monthly rent portion to a threshold based on the family’s total annual income. SCCHA plans to re-propose the activity so that Section 8 households whose annual income reaches 80% or greater of Area Median Income (AMI) will be paid the Graduation Bonus and removed from the Section 8 program after 60 days. This will increase voucher turnover, allowing SCCHA to serve more families, and allow SCCHA to provide more assistance to needier families. This change will also align the activity with the Family Self-Sufficiency Program and the Focus Forward Program (expected to be launched in 2021) in that both of those programs identify program graduates as households earning 80% or more of the Area Median Income.

(MTW Statutory Objectives: Increase Housing Choices & Increase Self-Sufficiency)

vRe-Propose Activity 2020-05: Eliminate the 40% of Income Cap at Initial leasing

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, HUD regulations prevented participants from entering into a lease with a landlord if the family would pay more than 40% of their monthly income toward rent. As part the COVID-19 temporary HUD waivers, SCCHA lifted the monthly rent limit at initial leasing of a unit from 40% to 50% of a family’s monthly income. The agency included the new 50% cap as a technical amendment in the FY2020 MTW Plan to sunset the activity on June 30, 2021, unless they make the activity permanent. SCCHA proposes to make the 50% limit permanent in the FY2022 MTW Plan. In the expensive Bay Area housing market, many unassisted families pay more than 40% of their monthly income towards rent. The old 40% cap in some cases made it more difficult for our families to find housing. Since SCCHA implemented the temporary  MTW activity through December 31, 2020, 165 families were

able to lease a unit that they would not have been able to under HUD regulations. The activity will be an optional choice for families and SCCHA will advise voucher holders to look for and rent units they can afford.

(MTW Statutory Objective: Increase Housing Choices)

vHomeownership and Asset Limitations for Eligibility (2022-01)

This activity would, with certain exceptions, make the following households ineligible for Section 8 program participation with SCCHA:

• Families  who  own  and  have  a  legal  right  to  occupy  a  home  in  the  Bay  Area  or neighboring counties; and
• Families who have $100,000 per family member or more in assets.

This activity would allow SCCHAto direct its limited resources to those who are neediest. The following Bay Area and neighboring counties are included in this activity: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Merced, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Solano, and Stanislaus. As of December 31, 2020, 14 current participants own property located in one of these counties. These homeowners would not be impacted by the activity but future applicants who own homes in any of the above listed counties would be denied assistance if the activity is approved.

The asset limitation is also being proposed for similar reasons; even in the expensive Bay Area, $100,000 per family member is a significant amount of resources and denying assistance to these higher-asset families allows SCCHA to better target its resources.

(MTW Statutory Objective: Increase Cost Effectiveness)

vWaive Full-Time Student Income Exclusion for Families Which Earn 80% or More of Area Median Income (2022-02)

For families which earn 80% or more of AMI, this activity would allow SCCHA to count 100% of the income of program participants who qualify as full-time students. Current HUD regulations require SCCHA to only count $480 of the income of full-time students, regardless of how much their family earns. This has led to some outlier cases where people who earn more than six figures qualify as full-time students, while only $480 of their salary counts towards SCCHA’s income calculation. Eliminating this exclusion will allow SCCHA to better target its resources towards the neediest families.

(MTW Statutory Objective: Increase Cost Effectiveness and Increase Housing Choices)

vMainstream Turnover Voucher Issuance Flexibility (2022-03)

This activity would increase SCCHA’s flexibility in issuing Mainstream vouchers, which are special vouchers set aside for non-elderly persons with disabilities. SCCHA was awarded 190 new Mainstream vouchers since 2018 with a preference for those who are homeless, institutionalized, or at risk of homelessness or institutionalization according to the strict HUD definitions. The Notice of Funding Availability for these vouchers encouraged public housing agencies to work with partner agencies in their jurisdiction, especially the agency responsible for  the  local Continuum  of  Care to  receive referrals  of the  applicants who  meet  these

preferences. When SCCHA was awarded these vouchers, it entered in an agreement with the Santa Clara County Office of Supportive Housing to make referrals of eligible applicants and provide case management for these clients. However, for turnover vouchers, a recent HUD notice requires that the vouchers be issued to qualified families on SCCHA’s waiting list. SCCHA staff are not best suited to verify and document whether waiting list applicants with a family member with disabilities meet the HUD definitions of homelessness, at risk of homelessness, or are institutionalized or at risk of institutionalization. Staff are therefore seeking to continue to partner with and accept Mainstream referrals from its partner agency, for both new and turnover Mainstream vouchers.

(MTW Statutory Objectives: Increase Housing Choices)

vModified PBV Contract Rents (2022-04)

24 CFR §983.301(b) requires housing authorities to set the contract rents of Project Based Voucher (PBV) units to the lowest of:

1. 110% of the Fair Market Rent (FMR) minus any applicable utility allowance;
2. The reasonable rent; or
3. The owner-requested rent.

For high-cost areas, this regulation essentiallyallows PBV project owners to consistently have contract rents set at 110% of the FMR, which is usually much higher than the rents allowed under the tax credit program. This means that some projects, over the years and decades of receiving PBV assistance, will receive much more rental revenue (in some cases millions of dollars more) than they need.

This activity would allow SCCHA to set PBV contract rents at a lower amount than the three amounts identified above. SCCHA staff are working with the same consultant who created the PBV Underwriting Tool for right sizing PBV project proposals to determine the best amount at which to set PBV contract rents. It will meet with local affordable housing developers to review the proposed activity and obtain feedback from them in crafting the policy.

(MTW Statutory Objectives: Increase Self-Sufficiency & Cost Effectiveness)

Full details of the proposed activities can be found in Section III of this MTW Plan.

SCCHA’s  Long-Term Vision

SCCHA continues to focus on its vision and core values, as guided by its five-year Strategic Plan. Every six months, SCCHA reports to its Board the progress on the action items and objectives developed from the Agency’s Strategic Plan Goals. These updates encourage the agency to re-

prioritize or revise the objectives of the Plan as necessary and provide a status report to both internal and external stakeholders on how SCCHA’s initiatives align with the Strategic Plan.

Santa Clara County is in the midst of a well-publicized affordable housing crisis. This need is demonstrated by the overwhelming voter approval of $950 million in Measure A bond funds that will be committed to the development of affordable housing, the bulk of the funds are for the development of housing affordable to extremely low-income households and for permanent supportive housing. As described earlier, SCCHA partnered with the County of Santa Clara by providing Section 8, HUD-VASH, and Mainstream Program PBVs for developers seeking Measure A bond funds. Attaching vouchers to the Measure A development funds ensures that units will be affordable for the County’s vulnerable populations, and that new construction properties will have sufficient and long-lasting operating revenue. SCCHA is committed to making available as many additional PBVs in support of Measure A as HUD regulations and funding availability allow.

SCCHA will continue to preserve and improve its affordable housing portfolio and expand the availabilityof new affordable housing to meet community needs. In addition to using MTW funds where necessary, SCCHA has created a pool of non-federal funds to continue the preservation and rehabilitation of existing SCCHA-managed units. SCCHA will  continue to look for other opportunities to invest in new housing opportunities within the County.

Overview of SCCHA’s  MTW Activities

Note: Closed Out Activities 2009-3, 2009-4, 2009-6, 2009-7, 2009-10, 2009-12, 2010-1, 2012-1

and 2015-1 are not shown.

* Activities Not Yet Implemented

** Activities on Hold

1. HOUSING STOCK INFORMATION

1. Planned New Public Housing  Units

New  public housing units that the MTW PHA anticipates will beadded during the Plan Year.

*    Select “Population Type” from: General, Elderly, Disabled, Elderly/Disabled, Other

If “Population Type” is “Other” please describe:

2. Planned Public Housing  Units to be Removed

Public housing units that the MTW PHA anticipates will beremoved  during the Plan Year.

Total Public Housing Units to be Removed in the Plan Year

3. Planned New Project Based Vouchers

Tenant-based vouchers that the MTW  PHA anticipates project-basing for the first time during the Plan

Year. These includeonly those in which at least an Agreement  to enter  into a Housing Assistance Payment (AHAP)  will bein placeby the end of the Plan Year. Indicatewhether  the unit is included in the Rental

Assistance Demonstration (RAD).

4. Planned Existing  Project Based Vouchers

Tenant-based vouchers that the MTW PHA is currently project-basing in the Plan Year. These includeonly those in which at least an AHAP is already in placeat the beginning of the Plan Year. Indicatewhether the unit is included in RAD.

5. Planned Other Changes  to MTW Housing  Stock Anticipated During the Plan Year

Examples of the  types of other  changes can include(but are not limited to): units held off-linedue to relocation or substantial rehabilitation, local, non-traditional units to be acquired/developed, etc.

6. General Description of All Planned Capital  Expenditures During the Plan Year

Narrativegeneral description of all planned capital expenditures of MTW  funds during the Plan Year.

2. LEASING INFORMATION

1. Planned Number of Households  Served

Snapshot and unit month information on the number of households the MTW PHA plans to serve at the end of the Plan Year.

2. Discussion  of Any Anticipated Issues/Possible  Solutions Related to Leasing

Discussions of any anticipated issues and solutions in the MTW  housing programs listed.

3. WAITING LIST INFORMATION

1. Waiting List Information  Anticipated

Snapshot information of waiting list data as anticipated at the  beginning of the Plan Year. The “Description” column should detail the structureof  the waiting list and the population(s) served.

Please describe any duplication  of applicants  across waiting lists:

2. Planned Changes to Waiting List in the Plan Year

Pleasedescribeany anticipated changes to the organizational structureor policies of the waiting list(s), including any opening or closing of a waiting list, during the Plan Year.

This section describes three re-proposed and four new MTW activities that SCCHA proposes to implement in FY2022.

Activity  Description

SCCHA initially proposed activity 2016-1 to further its efforts to encourage self-sufficiency by allowing the Head of Household (HoH) to leave the program and transfer his or her voucher to a remaining non-elderly, non-disabled family member only if that family member  joins SCCHA’s Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program or any successor program. If the new HoH does not enroll in the FSS program, housing assistance will be terminated. In the rare case that this might occur, the household will be offered the opportunity to appeal the decision through the informal hearing process.

SCCHA is now re-proposing an amended version of Activity 2016-1 that substitutes enrollment to the FSS Program with SCCHA’s ten-year time-limited pilot self-sufficiency program, Focus Forward Program (FFP), when it is implemented. If there are no slots available in the FFP, the new HoH will be enrolled in the existing FSS or FSS-successor program. The FFP, detailed in Activity 2014-1a and 1b, is tentatively scheduled to be implemented and begin participant enrollment late FY2021 or early FY2022. The previously proposed metrics more closely fit the FFP, rather than this activity; therefore, SCCHA is proposing revised metrics below.

HUD regulations do not place any limitations on the length of the voucher term for families. Each family member is entitled to remain on the program under the voucher unless the voucher is terminated for non-compliance or the family’s income is sustainedfor 180 days at a zero Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) level. This promotes the use of the voucher as a legacy for the lifetime of the youngest family member. SCCHA believes that this MTW activity will encourage more families to move towards economic self-sufficiency, thereby decreasing intergenerational transfers of vouchers.

This activity is designed to be an encouragement to self-sufficiency. The new HoH who enrolls in the FFP will have the opportunity to work with assigned case managers and set economic self- sufficiency goals, as well as increased escrow fund opportunities.

Through this activity, SCCHA anticipates an increase in the number of families enrolled in the FFP, therefore, anincrease inthe number of families achieving gains inself-sufficiency. In CY2020, SCCHA completed 64 non-elderly, non-disabled Head of Household changes for various reasons. SCCHA expects the impact of this activity to vary annually based on the amount of HoH transfers completed and the number of FFP participants and graduates per year.

Relation to Statutory Objectives

This activity supports the statutory objective of promoting participants’ economic self- sufficiency.

Anticipated Schedule  for  Achieving the Stated Objectives

SCCHA anticipates implementing this activity when the FFP begins enrollment of participants in late FY2021 or early FY2022.

Because this activity will be based on the success of new families enrolled in the FFP which has a ten-year term, SCCHA expects the full impact of this activity will not be realized until 2031 at the earliest (ten years following implementation).

Proposed  Baseline, Benchmarks,  Metrics and  Data  Collection

Data related to this activity will be collected and retrieved at least annually from the Agency’s electronic database. As this activity is implemented, SCCHA may revise the activity’s metrics and further quantify and refine its performance baselines and benchmarks. The original version of this Activity included metrics SS #1, SS #2, SS #3, SS #4, SS #5, SS #6, and SS #8. For the re- proposed activity, SCCHA is revising the metrics to consist of only SS #5 and SS #8.

Metrics SS #1, SS #2, SS #3, SS #4, and SS #6are no longer appropriate because this Activity seeks to reduce the inter-generational transfer of vouchers, rather than directly increasing income, increasing savings, improving employment status, reducing dependence on TANF, or reducing per unit subsidies.

For metric SS #5, “services that increase self-sufficiency” are defined as the services a household receives upon FFP enrollment as a result of an eligible head of household change.

SCCHA is re-defining self-sufficiency for activities which use the “SS” metrics as households who leave assistance voluntarily, maintain zero Housing Assistance Payments after 180 days, or reach 80% or more of Area Median Income.

*Zero was used for baselines because this is a newactivity and there are no participants who meet cri teria yet.

Cost  Implications

SCCHA anticipates that there are no cost implications related to the implementation of the proposed activity.

Authorization  for  the Activity

The proposed activity is authorized in Attachment C, Paragraph D, Section 2.d. and waives certain provisions of Section 8(o)(7) of the 1937 Act and 24 CFR 982 Subpart L as necessary to implement SCCHA’s MTW Plan. This authorization is needed to revise grounds for termination of program assistance to include refusal to enroll in the FFP with an eligible HoH change.

Rent Reform Impact Analysis, Hardship Case Criteria, Annual Reevaluation and  Transition  Period

This activity does not qualify as a Rent Reform Initiative.

This activity was made available for public review and included as a proposed activityin the public hearing held for the FY2022 MTW Annual Plan. SCCHA will obtain approval from its Board of Commissioners prior to the activity’s implementation. The impact of this activity will be evaluated annually in SCCHA’s MTW Report.

Activity  Description

HUD regulations require that Section 8 participants whose income increases to the point where SCCHA pays zero rental assistance to be placed on a 180-day “clock” for assistance termination (24 CFR § 982.455, 983.211). Activity 2019-1 changed these requirements in three ways: the threshold housing assistance level was changed from $0 to $99; the 180-day time period was for program termination was changed to 60 days; and upon termination from the Section 8 program, the family would receive a Graduation Bonus payment. SCCHA is now re-proposing an amended version of Activity 2019-1.

Re-Proposed Activity 2019-1 revises the graduation bonus threshold from a fixed dollar amount of the family’s monthly rent portion to a threshold based on the family’s total annual income. Families with annual incomes at or above 80% of Area Median Income (AMI) will be paid a graduation bonus of $2,000 per eligible individual and removed from the Section 8 program 60 days after the family’s income has been certified by SCCHA and written notice has been sent to the family. Standard SCCHA policy (180-day clock for assistance termination) will continue to apply to zero-HAP families whose incomes are less than 80% of AMI. The graduation bonus amount will initially be set at $2,000 per eligible individual, which is the approximate average monthly income of families eligible for termination through this activity. If SCCHA does not have sufficient funding to pay for bonuses, the families eligible for termination through this activity will instead be placed on the 180-day clock and not receive bonuses.

For the purposes of this activity, “eligible individuals” means members of the Section 8 participant family who have eligible immigration status and excludes 1) individuals who have ineligible immigration status, 2) live-in aides, and 3) foster adults/children. The $2,000 “graduation bonus” payment will be contingent on the participant family’s positive exit from SCCHA’s Section 8 program – meaning the family must not be involuntarily terminated from the program for any reason except for this activity.

This re-proposed activity relies on a more accurate measure of self-sufficiency by basing the expedited graduation criteria on income rather than housing assistance level, which could penalize families who rent cheaper units. The graduation bonus is intended to ease the transition of formerly assisted families into the unsubsidized housing market. The payment is a “cushion,” which will serve as a financial reserve. Since the families affected by this activity will already have reached the point where their housing assistance is minimal, it is SCCHA’s expectation that graduated families will either stay in their current units or move to more preferred units. SCCHA does not intend, however, to exercise any control or influence over how graduated families spend their bonus payment. SCCHA does not currently plan to provide any services to families once they graduate.

SCCHA anticipates this activity will increase the graduation rate of Section 8 families. This activity is also expected to increase the rate at which SCCHA can serve applicants waiting for Section 8

assistance. Because of this, SCCHA does not expect this activity to have any significant impact on the requirement to serve substantially the same (STS) number of households because of the increased voucher turnover. For each family who graduates from the Section 8 program because of this activity, a new family can receive the benefit of the voucher’s turnover.

Relation to Statutory Objectives

This activity supports the statutory objective of promoting participants’ economic self-sufficiency by easing the transition from the Section 8 program to the unsubsidized housing market.

Anticipated Schedule  for  Achieving the Stated Objectives

SCCHA anticipates implementing this activity upon approval.

Proposed  Baseline, Benchmarks,  Metrics and  Data  Collection

Data related to this activity will be collected and retrieved at least annually from the Agency’s electronic database. As this activity is implemented, SCCHA may revise the activity’s metrics and further quantify and refine its performance baselines and benchmarks.

SCCHA is re-defining self-sufficiency for activities which use the “SS” metrics as households who leave assistance voluntarily, maintain zero Housing Assistance Payments after 180 days, or reach 80% or more of Area Median Income.

The original Activity 2019-01 included metric HC #3: Decrease in Wait List Time. That metric is no longer appropriate for this Activity because of SCCHA’s transition to the always-open Interest List, which is a random lottery and does not guarantee assistance to applicants.

Cost  Implications

This activity will increase the agency’s expenses. The agency expects to pay up to approximately

$800,000 in graduation bonuses in the first year, with smaller costs in subsequent years. SCCHA will pay these costs through MTW funds.

Authorization  for  the Activity

The proposed activity is authorized in Attachment C, Paragraphs D and E of SCCHA’s MTW Agreement with HUD and waives certain provisions of Section 8(o)(4), 16(b), and 23 of the 1937 Act and 24 C.F.R. 5.603, 5.609, 5.611, 5.628, 982, 983, and 984 as necessary to implement SCCHA’s MTW  Plan.   This  authorization is  needed to change the trigger for automatic HAP

termination, to change the time period before automatic termination, and to provide for a graduation bonus payment upon automatic termination.

Rent Reform Impact Analysis, Hardship Case Criteria, Annual Reevaluation and  Transition  Period

This activity does not qualify as a Rent Reform Initiative.

This activity was made available for public review and included as a proposed activityin the public hearing held for the FY2022 MTW Annual Plan. SCCHA will obtain approval from its Board of Commissioners prior to the activity’s implementation. The impact of this activity will be evaluated annually in SCCHA’s MTW Report.

Activity  Description

Current HUD regulations stipulate that at the time of initial lease up and when the approved contract rent exceeds the applicable payment standard, the family is prohibited from spending more than 40% of their monthly income towards the rent. This activity raises the 40% cap on the percentage of family income spent on rent to a 50% cap.

SCCHA initially proposed this activity in FY2020 as a 1-year technical amendment bypassing the public notice period, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Santa  Clara County Public Health Department issued a wide-ranging shelter-in-place order effective March 16, 2020, which closed all non-essential businesses in the County. This activity was implemented to remove one of the barriers to quickly leasing up voucher holders, at a time when an increasing number of families are experiencing housing insecurity as a result of the pandemic.

During the nine months this activity has been in effect (April to December 2020), 165 families have been able to secure housing that they would not have been able to lease otherwise. SCCHA is re-proposing this activity in FY2022 in order to continue offering this flexibility to its families. In an area of the country where it is typical to pay over 50% of your monthly income towards housing costs, this activity waives what can be a prohibitive regulation for Section 8 tenants. Santa Clara County has a highly volatile rental housing market with extremely low vacancy rates, and landlords can demand and receive a higher rent than what SCCHA’s payment standard will cover. This activity increases the number of housing options for shopping voucher holders, while still ensuring some level of protection for Section 8 renters (instead of lifting the cap entirely).

Relation to Statutory Objectives

This activity supports the statutory objective of increasing housing choice.

Anticipated Schedule  for  Achieving the Stated Objectives

SCCHA anticipates implementing this activity upon approval.

Proposed  Baseline, Benchmarks,  Metrics and  Data  Collection

Data related to this activity will be collected and retrieved at least annually from the Agency’s electronic database. As this activity is implemented, SCCHA may revise the activity’s metrics and further quantify and refine its performance baselines and benchmarks.

Cost  Implications

SCCHA anticipates that the proposed activity will have no cost implications for the agency.

Authorization  for  the Activity

The  proposed  activity  is  authorized  in  Attachment  C,  Paragraphs  D.2.a. of  SCCHA’s  MTW Agreement with HUD and waives certain provisions of Section 8(o)(3) of the 1937 Act and 24 CFR

982.508 as necessary to implement SCCHA’s MTW Plan. This authorization is needed to waive

the requirement to cap the family’s rent share to no more than 40% of their monthly income at initial occupancy.

Rent    Reform    Impact    Analysis,            Hardship Case        Criteria,      Annual Reevaluation and  Transition  Period

This activity does not qualify as a Rent Reform Initiative.

This activity was made available for public review and included as a proposed activity in the public hearing held for the FY2022 MTW Annual Plan. SCCHA will obtain approval from its Board of Commissioners prior to the activity’s implementation. The impact of this activity will be evaluated annually in SCCHA’s MTW Report.

Activity  Description

HUD regulations do not currently prohibit homeownership as a part of the Section 8 program. The proposed rule to Section 104 of HOTMA, if a final rule is issued, would bar homeownership with certain exceptions and would bar from admission families with more than $100,000 in assets. SCCHA is seeking more targeted limitations than those proposed by Section 104 of HOTMA.

This proposed activity would make the following applicants ineligible:

• Those with $100,000 or more in assets per family member; and
• Those with a present ownership interest in a suitable home in which they have a legal right to reside in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Merced, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Solano, and Stanislaus Counties.

Units excepted from this rule are those that are part of SCCHA’s homeownership program, units not suitable for occupancy (i.e. vacant land or condemned properties), units jointly owned with a non-household member, and those owned by VAWA participants.

SCCHA is also proposing an asset cap of $100,000 per person in the household. The cap would be assessedas a lump sum, regardless of individual ownership of each asset. This assetcap would ensure the most vulnerable people receive assistance while families with $100,000 or more in assets per person would not be eligible for assistance.

The asset cap is reasonable for Santa Clara County,  where the median household income is

$124,055, and the homeownership limitation’s geographic scope is limited to the typical commute for workers in Silicon Valley. Currently, SCCHAis assisting 20 families with assets above the proposed $100,000 per family member limit, and 14 participants own property located in one of these counties above.

These limitations on eligibility will allow the Housing Authority to assist those who do not have financial security in the form of real property or significant assets.

Relation to Statutory Objectives

This activity supports the statutory objective of increasing housing choices by reducing the number of people eligible for assistance and thereby reducing the amount of time qualified applicants spend on the waiting/interest list.

Anticipated Schedule  for  Achieving the Stated Objectives

Once this activity is approved, SCCHA anticipates implementing the activity immediately upon the completion of updating staff work manuals.

Proposed  Baseline, Benchmarks,  Metrics and  Data  Collection

Data related to this activity will be collected and retrieved at least annually from the Agency’s electronic database. As this activity is implemented, SCCHA may revise the activity’s metrics and further quantify and refine its performance baselines and benchmarks.

Cost  Implications

SCCHA anticipates that there are no cost implications to the proposed activity.

Authorization  for  the Activity

The proposed activity is authorized in Attachment C, Paragraph D, Section 3, Subpart b of SCCHA’s MTW Agreement with HUD and waives certain provisions of 24 CFR 982 Subpart E, as necessary to implement SCCHA’s MTW Plan. This authorization is needed because HUD does not bar homeownership and the HUD asset limit is lower than SCCHA’s proposal.

Rent Reform Impact Analysis, Hardship Case Criteria, Annual Reevaluation and  Transition  Period

This activity does not qualify as a Rent Reform Initiative.

This activity was made available for public review and included as a proposed activityin the public hearing held for the FY2022 MTW Annual Plan. SCCHA will obtain approval from its Board of Commissioners prior to the activity’s implementation. The impact of this activity will be evaluated annually in SCCHA’s MTW Report.

Activity  Description

HUD regulations at 24 CFR 5.609 (c)(11) exclude from annual income earnings in excess of $480 for each full-time student 18 years old or older. There is no limit to the full-time student income that may be excluded from a family’s annual income calculation. Full-time student income is excluded for any household member other than the head of household and spouse. Exclusion of income is not limited by a family member’s age or by attainment of a degree. When calculating annual income for a family with a full-time student 18 years or older, SCCHA verifies the student’s income and excludes all the income in excess of $480. A household with full-time students, especially one where the full-time students have already earned college degrees can, therefore, be working at well-paying jobs without that income being counted towards the family’s total income. The uncounted income results in higher-earning families paying much less in the tenant portion of the rent than families without full-time students.

With Activity 2022-02, SCCHA proposes excluding full-time student income only when a family’s total annual income (before exclusion of any full-time student income) falls below 80 percent of the Santa Clara County area median income (AMI) applicable for that family’s size. The 80 percent AMI limit would be updated annually to the effective HUD limits at the time of any income examination.

The Santa Clara County housing market is one of the most expensive in the country and the current Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List, last opened in 2006, has approximately 2,200 families waiting for assistance. SCCHA currently assists 17 families with full-time students whose pre-exclusion income meets or exceeds 80 percent of AMI. Housing affordability is typically defined as paying no more than 32 percent of gross income towards rent. The 17 families with excluded full-time student income are paying an average of 14 percent of their gross income towards rent and receive an average of $1,300 in HAP. The 80 percent of AMI threshold would allow truly needy families to continue to realize the benefit of excluded income while pursuing education, and at the same time allow SCCHA to serve more families.

Relation to Statutory Objectives

This activity supports the statutory objective of increasing agency cost effectiveness by reducing the housing subsidy paid for families with full-time students earning 80 percent or more of the AMI before excluding full-time student income.

Anticipated Schedule  for  Achieving the Stated Objectives

SCCHA anticipates implementing this activity upon approval.

Proposed  Baseline, Benchmarks,  Metrics and  Data  Collection

Data related to this activity will be collected and retrieved at least annually from the Agency’s electronic database. As this activity is implemented, SCCHA may revise the activity’s metrics and further quantify and refine its performance baselines and benchmarks.

SCCHA is re-defining self-sufficiency for activities which use the “SS” metrics as households who leave assistance voluntarily, maintain zero Housing Assistance Payments after 180 days, or reach 80% or more of Area Median Income.

Cost  Implications

SCCHA anticipates that the proposed activity will not have any cost implications for the agency. SCCHA does anticipate that the proposed activity will reduce the per unit subsidy costs for affected households, and therefore allow SCCHA to serve additional households.

Authorization  for  the Activity

The proposed activity is authorized in Attachment C, Paragraph D (1)(c), Paragraph D, (3)(a) of SCCHA’s MTW Agreement with HUD and waives certain provisions of Section 8(o)(5) of the 1937 Act and 24 CFR 5.609 as necessaryto implement SCCHA’s MTW Plan. This authorization is needed to waive the exclusion of full-time student income from the calculation of an assisted family’s annual income.

Rent Reform Impact Analysis, Hardship Case Criteria, Annual Reevaluation and  Transition  Period

This activity does not qualify as a Rent Reform Initiative.

This activity was made available for public review and included as a proposed activityin the public hearing held for the FY2022 MTW Annual Plan.  SCCHA will obtain approval from its Board of

Commissioners  prior  to  the  activity’s  implementation.                                                                                                            The  impact  of  this  activity  will  be evaluated annually in SCCHA’s MTW Report.

Activity  Description

HUD regulations require that at turnover, all Mainstream Program vouchers be reissued to the next Mainstream-eligible family on the Public Housing Authority’s (PHA) waiting list. At the same time, the 2017, 2018, and 2019 Mainstream Voucher Program Funding Opportunities encourage PHAs to partner with local Continuum of Care agencies for direct referrals and create a preference for homeless or at-risk of homeless Mainstream participants. Further, PIH Notice 2020-01 requires Mainstream Program turnover vouchers to be issued to the waiting list applicants. This activity seeks to align these directives and create one set of rules for the entire Mainstream Program.  Specifically, this Activity will waive the PIH Notice 2020-01 requirements to issue turnover vouchers to wait list applicants and use the NOFA guidance for all of SCCHA’s Mainstream Program by issuing the turnover vouchers to applicants who have been directly referred by SCCHA’s partner agency.

The Mainstream Program enables families having a non-elderly person (a person who is between 18 and 61 years of age) with a disability who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless and possibly institutionalized to lease housing with the assistance of a housing voucher. SCCHA’s partnering agencies are the best identifiers of homeless, at-risk, or institutionalized persons with disabilities who can readily refer qualified applicants who are eagerto locate permanent housing. In the best interest of serving as many clients as possible and in a timely manner, the option of utilizing direct referral to obtain applicants reduces the amount of administrative time spent vetting applicants from the interest/waiting list, improves lease-up rates and efficiently addresses the need to rapidly house those who are currently or at-risk of homelessness and/or institutionalization by allowing them to bypass the interest/waiting list.

In cases where eligible direct referral applicants who meet the preference for homelessness, at- risk of homelessness, institutionalized, or at-risk of institutionalization are unavailable, SCCHA plans to continue to utilize the interest/waiting list to fill Mainstream Program turnover vouchers.

Relation to Statutory Objectives

This activity supports the statutory objective of increasing housing choices by improving the process by which Mainstream Program applicants are identified and served.

Anticipated Schedule  for  Achieving the Stated Objectives

SCCHA anticipates implementing this activity immediately upon the completion of updating staff work manuals.

Proposed  Baseline, Benchmarks,  Metrics and  Data  Collection

Data related to this activity will be collected and retrieved at least annually from the Agency’s electronic database. As this activity is implemented, SCCHA may revise the activity’s metrics and further quantify and refine its performance baselines and benchmarks.

Cost  Implications

SCCHA anticipates that there are no cost implications related to the implementation of the proposed activity.

Authorization  for  the Activity

The proposed activity is authorized in Attachment C, Paragraph C, Section 2 of SCCHA’s MTW Agreement with HUD and waives certain provisions of Section 3 of the 1937 Act and 24 CFR

960.206 as necessary to implement SCCHA’s MTW Plan. This authorization is needed because HUD regulations and PIH Notice 2020-01 require the issuance of Mainstream Program turnover vouchers only to those on the PHA’s waiting list. This activity seeks to issue vouchers to applicants via direct referral from its partnering agencies.

Rent Reform Impact Analysis, Hardship Case Criteria, Annual Reevaluation and  Transition  Period

This activity does not qualify as a Rent Reform Initiative.

This activity was made available for public review and included as a proposed activity in the public hearing held for the FY2022 MTW Annual Plan. SCCHA will obtain approval from its Board of Commissioners prior to the activity’s implementation. The impact of this activity will be evaluated annually in SCCHA’s MTW Report.

Activity  Description

24 CFR 983.301(b) requires PHAs to set contract rents for PBV units at the lowest of the following amounts:

1. 110% of the applicable Fair Market Rent minus any utility allowance;
2. The reasonable rent; or
3. The rent requested by the owner.

In high-cost areas, such as the San Francisco Bay Area, the reasonable rent often exceeds 110% of the FMR. This means that, in effect, SCCHA will potentially have to pay 110% of the FMR for nearly every PBV unit in its portfolio. This has two negative effects: (1) paying 110% of the FMR results in SCCHA paying more per unit than it receives in appropriations from HUD; and (2) SCCHA’s subsidy may result in excessive cash flow and profits for affordable housing projects.

With Activity 2022-4, SCCHA seeks waivers of 24 CFR 983.301(b) and 24 CFR 983.302, with regard to the initial determinations and subsequent annual redeterminations of PBV contract rents to owners. This Activity will only apply to PBV HAP contract renewals and will not apply to new PBV HAP contracts or to PBV HAP contracts which are in the initial term. For  PBV HAP contract renewals, SCCHA is proposing that it be allowed to set PBV contract rents at a lower amount in cases where project underwriting analysis shows that there will be material excess cashflow. For larger projects with excess cash flow, contract rents would be limited to as low as 80% of FMR (for projects with 40 to 59 units) and as low as 70% of FMR (for projects with 60 or more units).

The following types of projects would not be subject to the lower contract rent limit:

• Projects with 39 or fewer units;
• Projects in which PBVs comprise 25% or less of the total units;
• Projects with a Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR) of 1.3 or below for the first year of contract renewal;
• Projects with a DSCR in any year of the HAP renewal contract term below 1.0; or

• LIHTC financed projects that can't meet the True Debt Test (that the debt incurred for a Low Income Housing Tax Credit project is a "true debt" for tax purposes).

For projects subject to the lower contract rent limit, SCCHA will limit redetermined rents to no more than 5% higher than the previous year’s contract rent for years 2 through the end of the new contract term. Over the life of a PBV HAP contract, where the lower contract rent limit applies, SCCHA will re-analyze projects once every 5 years or in the case of a genuinely unforeseen capital need. SCCHA will then reset the contract rents at an appropriate level should the analysis show that a higher amount is necessary. The limit on re-determined rents will be subject to change between 5% and 10% if SCCHA’s analysis determines that such changes are necessary to meet the prevailing costs of operations and capital improvements.

This activity will allow SCCHA to better control its Housing Assistance Payments costs in the extremely expensive Bay Area housing market and will allow SCCHA to serve more families, while at the same time encouraging the construction and development of affordable housing in the area.

Relation to Statutory Objectives

This activity supports the statutory objective of increasing cost effectiveness of agency operations by lowering the amount of Housing Assistance Payment subsidies for renewed PBV HAP contracts.

Anticipated Schedule  for  Achieving the Stated Objectives

SCCHA anticipates implementing this activity immediately upon completing community outreach efforts, conducting appropriate market research, finalization of policy and Administrative Plan revisions, and the completion staff work manuals.

Proposed  Baseline, Benchmarks,  Metrics and  Data  Collection

Data related to this activity will be collected and retrieved at least annually from the Agency’s electronic database. As this activity is implemented, SCCHA may revise the activity’s metrics and further quantify and refine its performance baselines and benchmarks.

Cost  Implications

SCCHA anticipates that there are no cost implications related to the implementation of the proposed activity. SCCHA does anticipate that the proposed activity will reduce the per unit subsidy costs for affected households, and therefore allow SCCHAto serve additional households.

Authorization  for  the Activity

The proposed activity is authorized in Attachment C, Paragraph D, Section 2.b. of SCCHA’s MTW Agreement with HUD and waives certain provisions of Section 8(o)(7) and 8(o)(13) of the 1937 Act and 24 CFR 983.301(b) and 24 CFR 983.302 as necessary to implement SCCHA’s MTW Plan. This authorization is needed to deviate from HUD regulations which mandate that PBV contract rents be set at specified amounts.

Rent Reform Impact Analysis, Hardship Case Criteria, Annual Reevaluation and  Transition  Period

This activity does not qualify as a Rent Reform Initiative.

This activity was made available for public review and included as a proposed activityin the public hearing held for the FY2022 MTW Annual Plan. SCCHA will obtain approval from its Board of Commissioners prior to the activity’s implementation. The impact of this activity will be evaluated annually in SCCHA’s MTW Report.

To date, SCCHA has had 52 activities approved by HUD. Of these, nine were closed out. For the FY2022 Plan, SCCHA is moving Activity 2009-8 from the Implemented Activities section to the On Hold section because it is anticipated to be closed out before the next Annual Report is submitted. The first four numbers of each activity signify the fiscal year in which each activity was approved. Except where indicated in the activity status explanation, SCCHA does not anticipate any changes or modifications to the activities during the Plan year.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2009   IMPLEMENTED: FY2009   AMENDED: FY2016 and FY2021

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity, originally implemented in 2009, reduces the frequency of participant reexaminations in the voucher program. Participants with a fixed income are reexamined every three years and participants with a non-fixed income are reexamined every two years. In FY2015, SCCHA added an amendment to this activity to include its four public housing units under the new reexamination schedule. By including its public housing units under the modified reexamination schedule, SCCHA will be furthering administrative streamlining and labor savings for both its Section 8 and 9 programs.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA is re-proposed Activity 2009-1 as a technical amendment to take effect immediately during FY2020, in response to the widespread economic disruption caused by the 2019-2020 COVID-19 pandemic.

Re-proposed Activity 2009-1 assigned MTW participants with non-fixed income to a three-year regular re-examination cycle, and MTW participants with fixed income to a four-year cycle. MTW participants whose regular re-examinations had been scheduled during that time period had their re-examinations rescheduled for twelve months later, spreading out the administrative burden of re-examinations, allowing SCCHA staff to properly process the participants despite the disrupted work environment. The longer cycle also meant less families were required to take on the obligation of participating in a re-examination during a difficult period.

This re-proposed activity took effectimmediately as a technical amendment, bypassing the public notice and comment period and was intended to last until June 30, 2021 or six months after the shelter-in-place orders have been lifted, whichever is longer. It has since expired, as of December 31, 2020.

SCCHA continues to use this activity, as originally proposed in FY2009 and amended in FY2016 during FY2022.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes to this activity during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any significant changes to this activity during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2009   IMPLEMENTED: FY2009   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity allows SCCHA to extend the time period in which application documents are valid, from 60 days to 120 days.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

Extending  the documentation  timeframe  continues  to provide  administrative relief, both  to applicants and to SCCHA. SCCHA will continue to use this activity in FY2022.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2009  IMPLEMENTED: FY2011   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

The Chronically Homeless Direct Referral (CHDR) program was implemented in FY2011. The CHDR program increases housing choices and mobility by assisting the homeless population through a

more targeted and efficient process than the standard voucher waiting list system. Following a housing-first model, identified chronically homeless families not on the voucher waiting list are referred for project-based housing assistance and connected to case management services with local service providers. In FY2016 SCCHA amended and extended its agreement with Santa Clara County’s Office of Supportive Housing, which administers the referral of applicant and oversees the agencies providing intensive case management services

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA continues to work closely with the County’s Office of Supportive Housing to successfully house chronically homeless families through the County.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does  not  anticipate  any significant changes  or  modifications  to  this  activity and  its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2009   IMPLEMENTED: FY2010   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity, first implemented in 2010, allows SCCHA to utilize the owner-provided Tenant Income Certification (TIC) form required under the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program as its sole method for verification of the family’s income and assets when filling PBV vacancies for tax credit units. Prior to implementation, households selected to fill a PBV unit that utilized tax credits had to complete initial eligibility calculations under both the Federal LIHTC regulations (Section 42 of the IRS Code) and the Section 8 PBV regulations (24 CFR 5.657, 5.659).

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA currently uses property-owner TIC documentation for initial  eligibility and at each regularly scheduled reexamination to verify income and family composition.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2009  IMPLEMENTED: FY2010   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This MTW activity allows SCCHA to project-base more than 25% of the units in housing projects that make supportive services available. Although services must be made available and families must be made aware of and encouraged to participate in these services, families do not need to participate in the supportive services. This MTW activity increases housing choices for  low- income families by making the units more attractive to families who do not want or need supportive services.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

The  activity continues  to  reduce  SCCHA’s  administrative  burden  by  removing  the  required compliance monitoring for families living in the “excepted” units (i.e. units above the 25% cap).

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2009  IMPLEMENTED: FY2009   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

In 1976, SCCHA signed an agreement to administer the Housing Choice Voucher program on behalf of the City of San José. This agreement allows SCCHA to operate under one Annual Plan, one  Administrative  Plan,  and  one  combined  MTW  plan  for  both  housing  authorities.  In

accordance with this agreement, in FY2009, this activity was implemented to permit SCCHA to waive regulation 24 CFR 982.404(f), and to continue to operate one combined waiting list for both the City of San José and the County of Santa Clara. This activity allows SCCHA to operate a joint waiting list for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and the Project Based Voucher  (PBV) Programs.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHAchanged the structure of its waiting list system to a permanently open interest list, which was launched in FY 2021. As with the waiting list, SCCHA operates one combined interest list for both the City of San José and County of Santa Clara. SCCHA will continue to operate this joint interest list for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and the Project-Based Voucher (PBV) Programs.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2009  IMPLEMENTED: FY2010   AMENDED: FY2014

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity allows SCCHA to effectuate an immediate  change in voucher size and its corresponding payment standard when changes in family composition or SCCHA’s subsidy size policy occur between regular reexaminations. If the application of the new payment standard results in a decrease in the tenant’s rent portion, the interim reexamination effective date will be the first of the month following the change. If the application of the new payment results in an increase in the tenant’s rent portion, the interim reexamination effective date will be the first of the month following a 30-day notice to the tenant and owner.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

This activity continues to result in Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) cost savings by enabling the new payment standards to take effect at the time of an interim reexamination rather than at the next regular reexamination.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2010  IMPLEMENTED: FY2010  AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA no longer calculates income received from family assets under $50,000. Since implementation in FY2010, SCCHA has reduced administrative costs through this activity. SCCHA continues to save costs of staff time previously spent on this task.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA continues to save costs of staff time previously spent on this task.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2010   IMPLEMENTED: FY2010   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This MTW activity allows the application of the current payment standard (if the payment standard has increased since the family’s last regular reexamination) to the rental assistance calculation at interim reexaminations.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

Since implementation in FY2010, SCCHA has met the statutory objective  of reducing administrative costs and increasing housing choice for low-income families. SCCHA has realized savings in staff hours and cost of tasks.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: 2010   IMPLEMENTED: 2010   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This MTW activity allows the Agency to select SCCHA-managed housing for  project-based assistance without a competitive process, saving both staff time and other costs that would be related to a competitive process. As a result of this activity, SCCHA is able to cost-effectively and efficiently ensure that these project-based units are available.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA lastutilized this activity in 2016 to allocate 81 PBVs to the Laurel Grove Family Apartments project and 99 PBVs to the Park Avenue Senior Apartments project, both in San Jose. There are no plans to utilize this MTW activity in FY2022.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There are no planned non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There are no planned significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2011  IMPLEMENTED: FY2011   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity allows SCCHA to approve any requests for an exception payment standard above 110 percent (but not to exceed 120 percent) of the published Fair Market Rent (FMR) as a reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

This activity continues to improve SCCHA’s responsiveness to the needs of families with members who have disabilities, which provides increased housing choices by enabling them to secure an accessible unit more expeditiously.

PLANNED NON-SIGNIFICANT CHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2011  IMPLEMENTED: FY2011   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA implemented this activity to waive the regulatory requirement in which HUD must approve a designated, qualified independent agency to conduct Housing Quality Standards (HQS) inspection and rent reasonableness services for SCCHA-owned units. This qualified independent agency conducts both initial and regularly scheduled HQS inspections, as well as rent reasonable services for initial contracts and requested rent adjustments for SCCHA-owned or -controlled properties. In addition, this activity has allowed SCCHA to waive the second part of the HUD regulation that requires the independent agency to supply copies of each inspection report and rent reasonableness determination to the HUD field office.

In FY2021, SCCHA amended this activity to further eliminate remaining required tasks associated with this HUD requirement. Specifically:

• Establishing contract rents (initial rent to owner and redetermined rent to owner);
• Establishing term of initial and any renewal HAP contract;
• Determining rent reasonableness; and
• Assisting the family in negotiating the rent with the owner.

These requirements still occur but are completed by SCCHA staff. The complete elimination of this requirement by a third-party will continue to decrease costs and increase administrative streamlining at SCCHA.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA  continues   to   realize   the   ongoing   benefits   associated  with   reduced   costs   and administrative streamlining related to this activity.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does  not  anticipate  any significant changes  or  modifications  to  this  activity and  its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: 2012  IMPLEMENTED: 2015  AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

The purpose of the activity is to enhance the occupancy stability in the PBV program, which will result in reduced staff time spent processing PBVmove-outs and vacancy outreach. Project-based participants are required to remain in their PBV units for a minimum of two years prior to becoming eligible to request a tenant-based voucher to move with continued assistance.

The activity does not apply to families:

1. with an approved reasonable accommodation that requires them to move;
2. who experience a change in family composition that affects unit size;
3. who present other compelling reasons to move out; or
4. who request a move under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).

In order to implement the activity, SCCHAcreated its own PBV Statement of Family Responsibility and PBV Tenancy Addendum forms to replace the HUD forms. The only change in the SCCHA versions of the forms is the two-year, rather than one-year, PBV residency requirement before tenants may move with continued housing assistance.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA utilizes this activity on an ongoing basis and will continue to utilize the activity during FY2022.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There   are  no  planned  non-significant  changes  or  modifications  to  this  activity  and  its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There are no planned significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2012   IMPLEMENTED: FY2012  AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity allows SCCHA to use MTW funds to pursue opportunities to build new affordable rental housing units through the acquisition of existing land and/or funding the development of units for new construction or rehabilitation.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

Predevelopment efforts continue at Alvarado Park Senior Housing and Bellarmino Place Family Housing. The adjacent developments, purchased with $12 million in MTW funds, will provide 89 affordable units for seniors and 115 affordable units for families in an amenity rich neighborhood in San Jose. MTW funds in the amount of $30 million were used to acquire property on East Santa Clara Street. This property will be home to at least four affordable housing developments providing hundreds of multi-family affordable housing units.  Design development will continue in to FY2022 and MTW funds will be used in pursuing necessary land use approvals.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2012   IMPLEMENTED: FY2012  AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity allows SCCHA to use MTW funds to assist in its preservation activities and to support the assetmanagement staff that has oversight of the affordable units. The preservation activities include using MTW funds for expenses incurred in rehabilitating the units to extend their useful life and affordability, or to acquire the property or limited partner’s interest at the end of the tax credit period to maintain the asset’s affordability into the future, or pay off existing loans in order to leverage additional financing.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA continues to use this activity to preserve the long-term stability and viability of existing SCCHA owned and affiliate owned housing. The fund is used to respond to planned events, such as paying soft debt to the City of San Jose to acquire more of an ownership stake in the assets, and unplanned events arising as properties age. Capital projects are planned for several projects, starting with San Pedro Gardens, El Parador Apartments, Deborah Drive, and Helzer Court Apartments. In 2017, SCCHA used $26 million in MTW funding to purchase the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park in Palo Alto, CA. Since acquisition, SCCHA and its partners have worked to stabilize the Park, complete HQS upgrades and inspections, and complete income certifications. SCCHA is currently working on the replacement of several coaches, as well as the long-term redevelopment and infrastructure upgrade plans for the Park. This planning work is anticipated to continue in FY2022.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2013   IMPLEMENTED: FY2015   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity eliminates the HUD-mandated Earned Income Disallowance (EID) calculation. The agency implemented this activity in early FY2015. Since implementation, this activity continues to decrease staff time required to calculate a family’s rent portion and reduces errors associated with calculating potential income exclusions.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA utilizes this activity on an ongoing basis and will continue to utilize the activity during FY2022.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There   are  no  planned  non-significant  changes  or  modifications  to  this  activity  and  its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED SIGNIFICANT CHANGES

There are no planned significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2014  IMPLEMENTED: FY2021   AMENDED: FY2018

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

The Focus Forward Program (FFP) is an expanded version of the traditional FSS program and will support HCV participants in increasing and sustaining a higher level of self-sufficiency. Originally proposed in the FY2014 MTW Plan, SCCHA re-proposed the FFP with a more robust case management and ongoing program-incentives component. The enhanced FFP will promote accountability and motivate participants to pursue higher education, develop 21st century job skills and set/achieve realistic self-sufficiency goals.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA is currently implementing the activity with the help of a consultant and plan on enrolling participants in Focus Forward in late FY2021, early FY2022.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There are no planned non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There are no planned significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2014  IMPLEMENTED: FY2021   AMENDED: FY2018 & FY2020

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA originally proposed the Focus Forward Program (FFP) as Activity 2014-1 as a modified version of the Family Self Sufficiency program, then amended and separated out elements the FFP in the FY2017 MTW Annual Plan. The case management, escrow account, and economic incentives aspects were consolidated into the re-proposed Activity 2014-1a, and the time-limiting of the housing voucher and modified rent structure were re-proposed as Activity 2014-1b.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA is currently implementing the activity with the help of a consultant and plans on enrolling participants in Focus Forward in late FY2021, early FY2022.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There   are  no  planned  non-significant  changes  or  modifications  to  this  activity  and  its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There are no planned significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2014  IMPLEMENTED: FY2015   AMENDED: FY2015

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity simplified the calculation of Total Tenant Payment (TTP) to the higher of between 30 and 35 percent of the participant family’s gross monthly income or $50 (minimum rent). Originally implemented in FY2014,  this activity eliminated all standard allowances and deductions, as well eliminated the inclusion of a utility allowance in the tenant rent calculation.

The initial implementation of this activity increased the TTP to 35 percent as a cost-saving measure in response to diminished funds resulting from federal sequestration. In September 2014, the TTP was reduced to 32 percent. SCCHA re-proposed this activity in FY2015 to include its four public housing units. This activity provided significant costs savings to SCCHA by reducing the amount of Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) paid to landlords. Additionally, the simplified calculation freed up staff hours by streamlining this task.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA utilizes this activity on an ongoing basis and will continue to utilize the activity during FY2022.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There   are  no  planned  non-significant  changes  or  modifications  to  this  activity  and  its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, orbenchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There are no planned significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2015  IMPLEMENTED: FY2015   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity was approved and implemented in FY2015 and allows Project Based Voucher owners and tenants to self-certify the correction of reported Housing Quality Standards (HQS) deficiencies within the 30-day period after the initial HQS inspection. This activity only applies to HQS deficiencies which are not life threatening. This activity reduces expenditures by eliminating the need for scheduling and conducting a re-inspection.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA utilizes this activity on an ongoing basis and will continue to utilize the activity during FY2022.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There are no planned non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There are no planned significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2015  IMPLEMENTED: FY2015   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

HUD currently defines elderly to be persons aged 62 year or older and elderly families to those whose head, spouse or co-head are 62 years of age or older. This activity modifies the age, for the Project Based Voucher (PBV) program, at which a person or family is considered elderly from persons aged 62 or older to persons aged 55 or older to align with the definition used by several affordable housing developments in the area. Therefore, PBV sites which define elderly as 55 years of age and older are considered an elderly property.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

This change in the definition allows SCCHA to refer a larger pool of applicants (any family with Head of Household or Spouse aged 55 and older) from its PBV waiting list to fill vacancies inthese units and will allow the Agency to project-base 100% of the units in a project with aged 55 or older limitations (project is not subject to the 25% PBV per project cap). SCCHA increased the number of available units for households who otherwise would not have qualified under the property’s definition of elderly.  In FY2021, 63 new elderly PBV units were added.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2016  IMPLEMENTED: FY2018   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity enables SCCHA to select Project-Based Voucher  proposals without  conducting  a

competitive selection process where: 1) the proposed project was previously selected for award through any form of open public solicitation or invitation process conducted by a Federal, State, or local government entity, where a proposal is selected subject to funding availability; and 2) the proposed project was selected by the other government entity within the last fifteen years. This activity also eliminates the regulatory requirement that the previous selection process not consider rental assistance for the proposed project and allows proposers to include PBV assistance in their calculations.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA utilizes this activity on an ongoing basis and will continue to utilize the activity during FY2022.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There   are  no  planned  non-significant  changes  or  modifications  to  this  activity  and  its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There are no planned significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2017   IMPLEMENTED: FY2017  AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity allows SCCHA to change the agency’s subsidy standard policy to two persons per bedroom. Under this activity, if a household’s voucher size changes due to the subsidy size change, the new voucher size does not take effect for households in a unit under a Housing Assistance Payment contract until (1) the family moves; or (2) the rental market vacancy rate remains five percent or higher for at least six months, whichever occurs first.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA continues to realize the ongoing benefit of reduced costs and an increase in the number of households served.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does  not  anticipate  any significant changes  or  modifications  to  this  activity and  its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2017  IMPLEMENTED: FY2019   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity creates an exception to Section 8 waiting list regulations to create a direct referral program for certain special needs populations who are not best served through a waiting list (such as disabled individuals at risk of institutionalization or transition aged youth). This activity gives SCCHAthe flexibility to work directly with community partners to rapidly house and provide supportive services to vulnerable populations.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA continues  to  utilize this  activity  to  expand  housing  opportunities  for  special needs populations.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does  not  anticipate  any significant changes  or  modifications  to  this  activity and  its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2017  IMPLEMENTED: FY2017   AMENDED: FY2018 & FY2019

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity originally authorized SCCHA to administer vacancy payments to Section 8 landlords who re-rent their unit to SCCHA program participants.

Implemented in March 2017, SCCHA re-proposed the activity in FY2018 to streamline the process of administering the vacancy payments originally based on 80 percent of the previous contract rent for up to 30 days.  Approved  by HUD, vacancy payments are now set within the range of

$500 and $1,500 – an amount that was determined to be reasonable after evaluating the program-wide contract rent average. Moderate Rehabilitation and Project-Based Voucher units vacancy payments remain at 80 percent of the previous contract rent.

Re-proposed again in FY2019, Activity 2017-3 expands the initiatives SCCHA offers landlords to increase and maintain rental units available for Section 8 families. Offering a one-time bonus payment for new landlords between $500 and $2,500—based on a program-wide contract rent average, bonus payments provide new owners with an incentive to participate in the HCV program.

This activity increases the number of HCV units that are re-leased to HCV participants, ensuring the long-term viability of units that will be available to HCV low-income tenants and provides an incentive for new owner participation in the HCV program.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA originally implemented the use of vacancy payments in March 2017 before seeking to streamline the process of administering the payments in FY2018. The expansion of the initiative in FY2019 offering one-time bonus payments to new owners who rent to a Section 8 tenant was implemented in January 2019.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2019   IMPLEMENTED: FY2019  AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity modifies certain aspects of the Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) program in order  to reduce the administrative burdens on both the participant families and SCCHA, while broadening the pool of families who could benefit from the FSS program’s escrow savings account. First, the activity eliminates the requirement in the FSS Contract of Participation (CoP) (HUD Form 52560) that enrolling families must have been subject to an income reexamination within 120 days of the enrollment, and instead uses the family income as determined at the last regular reexamination, which may be up to two years before enrollment for families which are not on fixed incomes. Second, the activity allows the successful maintained employment of any adult member of the enrolled family – rather than just the Head of Household – to count towards the family’s FSS goals. As long as at least one adult family member completes the Individual Training and Services Plan, the family will be considered a “successful FSS completion” and will receive

the escrow payout.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA utilizes this activity on an ongoing basis and will continue to utilize the activity during FY2022.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There   are  no  planned  non-significant  changes  or  modifications  to  this  activity  and  its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There are no planned significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2019   IMPLEMENTED: FY2019   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity allows SCCHA to eliminate the HUD requirement that a PHA annually re-determine that the current rent to owner is a reasonable rent for rent charged for a manufactured home space. SCCHA continues to perform a full  rent reasonableness review at the time of a new contract, owner requested rent changes, tenant request, or when deemed necessary by SCCHA staff.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA continues to use this activity for manufactured home space rentals in the HCV program.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2019   IMPLEMENTED: FY2019   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity was designed to alleviate the delays associated with the processing and completion of the Request for Tenancy Approval (RFTA) packet, tenancy addendum, and lease. HUD approved a waiver of 24 CFR §982.162 and §982.308 as necessary to change the requirement of using Form HUD-52517 and to simplify and streamline what constitutes an approvable lease.

SCCHA created a new RFTA form that consolidated certain sections which required owners to input duplicative information. Additionally, SCCHA created a “Mandatory Lease Information” form which acts as an addendum to the owner’s lease agreement. The goal of this form is to save staff time by providing the information HUD requires to be in the owner’s lease on a single page that the tenant and owner will sign and submit along with the lease. This will save staff time because they will no longer need to sift through the entire lease to find the HUD required elements and simultaneously achieve faster approval of the HAP contract for owners.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA utilizes this activity on an ongoing basis and will continue to utilize the activity during FY2022.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2020   IMPLEMENTED: FY2020   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity was approved in FY2020 and raises the percentage cap for the Housing Authority of the City of San José (HACSJ) and the Santa Clara County Housing Authority (SCCHA) to 40% of the respective baseline number of vouchers and removes the restrictions on the types of allowable units.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA is in the beginning stages of implementation and will utilize this activity when the number of Project Based Voucher units exceeds the 20% Program Cap threshold.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2020   IMPLEMENTED: FY2020   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity was approved in FY2020 and creates a local rental subsidy program to assist special needs populations. SCCHA is partnering with the City of San José and the County of Santa Clara to provide interim (short-term) housing to individuals and families who are approved for a Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) unit to which SCCHA has attached a PBV, but the unit is not yet ready for occupancy. The interim housing will move these highly vulnerable clients off the street while they await their permanent home and will provide stability and allow case managers to begin engaging with the clients.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA and the County entered into an Agreement for services for Pedro Street Interim housing on December 1, 2020. The property at Pedro Street is undergoing improvements, which will make the building compliant with HQS. The County anticipates the property being ready for occupancy beginning in mid-February 2021. The future residents of Leigh Avenue Senior Apartments, a development for chronically homeless seniors, will be the first to potentially use the interim housing.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

SCCHA does not anticipate any significant changes to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2020   IMPLEMENTED: FY2020   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity modifies SCCHA’s subsidy standards of the Project Based Voucher program where if a family is over-housed or under-housed but not in violation of Housing Quality Standards space standards, the family may remain in the wrong sized unit if the rental market vacancy rate is below five percent until (1) an appropriate sized unit becomes available at the project; or (2) the family requests a tenant based voucher, whichever occur first.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA utilizes this activity on an ongoing basis and will continue to utilize the activity during FY2022.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There   are  no  planned  non-significant  changes  or  modifications  to  this  activity  and  its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There are no planned significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2020   IMPLEMENTED: FY2020   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

HUD regulations require that during an assisted tenancy, the rent paid to owner not exceed the reasonable rent as determined by the Public Housing Authority (in comparison with comparable units in the current rental market). Occasionally, upon an owner’s request for a rent adjustment of a specific amount (which can be done annually), the reasonable rent for the unit according to rental comparisons of similarunits will not only not support the increased rent amount the owner is requesting but will be lower than the current approved rent for the unit. In these situations, HUD regulations require that SCCHA reduce the approved contract rent to reflect the current reasonable rent.

This activity waives the requirement to reduce the approved contract rent in these circumstances. Instead, SCCHA only reduces the approved contract rent in those cases (identified

through owner-initiated rent increases) where the HUD-issued Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for the applicable bedroom size have dropped by 10% or more since the unit’s last rent reasonableness review.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA utilizes this activity on an ongoing basis and will continue to utilize the activity during FY2022.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There   are  no  planned  non-significant  changes  or  modifications  to  this  activity  and  its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There are no planned significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2020   IMPLEMENTED: FY2020   AMENDED: N/A

DESCRIPTION OF MTW ACTIVITY

This activity changes the cap on the percentage of a family’s income which can be paid towards the tenant portion of rent at initial lease-up from 40% to 50%.

UPDATE ON MTW ACTIVITY

SCCHA utilizes this activity on an ongoing basis and will continue to utilize the activity during FY2022.

PLANNED  NON-SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There   are  no  planned  non-significant  changes  or  modifications  to  this  activity  and  its authorizations during FY2022.

PLANNED CHANGES TO METRICS/DATA COLLECTION

There are no planned changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

PLANNED  SIGNIFICANTCHANGES

There are no planned significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2022. This activity was approved as a temporary technical amendment to the FY2020 MTW Annual Plan and is being re-proposed as a permanent activity in the FY2022 MTW Annual Plan.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2014

This activity eliminates the HUD requirement to re-determine the rent reasonableness of affected units within 60 days of the contract anniversary date when HUD reduced FMRs by 10% or more. SCCHA expects that it will save money on staff time required for FMR analysis, comparison database upkeep, and reexamination processes. SCCHA has yet to implement this activity because HUD has not decreased FMRs since the activity was approved. SCCHA plans to implement this activity upon the event that HUD reduces FMRs by 10% or more.

There are no changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations during FY2021. During FY2019, SCCHA raised the threshold to redetermine rent reasonableness to 10% to align with the version of 24 CFR 982.507 effective November 2016.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2016

SCCHA is re-proposing this activity in the FY2022 MTW Annual Plan.

This activity encourages self-sufficiency by allowing the Head of Household (HoH) to leave the program and transfer his or her voucher to a remaining non-elderly, non-disabled family member only if that family member joins SCCHA’s Focus Forward Program (FFP). The new HoH who enrolls in the pilot FFP may work with assigned case managers and set economic self-sufficiency goals.

This will be implemented after SCCHAimplements the FFP. As described in Activities 2014-1A and 2014-1B, SCCHA anticipates the first phases of FFP implementation to take place during FY2020. Prior to implementing this activity, SCCHA will revise the metrics to include HUD standard metrics SS#6: Reducing Per Unit Subsidy Costs for Participating Households and SS#7: Increase in Agency Rental Revenue.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2017

This activity provides the flexibility to set SCCHA payment standards higher than 110 percent of the Fair Market Rent (FMR), if necessary, without HUD approval. This activity will give SCCHA participants the ability to be more competitive in the high priced and volatile Santa Clara County rental market.

This activity is intended to increase the probability of participants securing a rental unit in a tight, high-cost rental market. Currently, Santa Clara County is experiencing a stabilizing of the rental market such that SCCHA has not needed to implement this activity. SCCHA may implement this activity when the Santa Clara County housing market experiences another surge in cost.

There are no changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks.

There have not been any non-significant changes or modifications to the MTW activity since it was approved by HUD.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2018

This activity allows SCCHA to provide funds, not to surpass $100,000 per fiscal year that can be utilized to support local service providers in building capacity, specifically geared toward service providers that offer family self-sufficiency services (i.e. job readiness programs, educational resources, etc.) to the community. The fund would allocate resources to designated partner agencies that make a commitment to providing services to individuals and families enrolled in SCCHA’s pilot Focus Forward Program (FFP).

This activity will be implemented when SCCHA implements the FFP. SCCHA will revise the activity’s metrics to include HUD standard metrics SS#5 and SS#8 at that time.

There have not been any non-significant changes or modifications to the MTW activity since it was approved by HUD.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2019

SCCHA is re-proposing this activity in the FY2022 MTW Annual Plan.

The original 2019-1 reduced the time a zero HAP participant’s assistance is terminated from 180 days to 60 days. In addition, it extended the termination of assistance to families receiving HAP payments of $99 or less. It also provided a lump sum bonus amount for these families upon termination of assistance.

Re-proposed 2019-1 changes the graduation threshold from HAP of $99 or less to families which earn 80% or more of Area Median Income.

This activity is currently on hold pending the re-opening of SCCHA’s waiting list. SCCHA anticipates implementing this activity in FY2021 or FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2021

HUD regulations require that a public housing agency provide tenant-based assistance (in the form of a Housing Choice Voucher or other similar subsidy) to any PBV tenant who provides a notice to move from the PBV property (in compliance with their lease and HUD regulations) with continued tenant-based assistance. PBV tenants are given priority to receive available tenant- based vouchers above waiting list applicants.

This activity limits the number of PBV to HCV conversions to ten percent of the number of HCVs it plans to issue each year. Due to the significant demand for affordable rental housing in Santa Clara County and because the Housing Authority continues to assist persons off a Section 8 waiting list that is fourteen years old, this will allow the agency to exhaust its waiting list sooner.

Housing Choice Vouchers will be released to PBV tenants on a first come-first served basis until the maximum allotment is met. When the maximum is met, PBV tenants will be notified that they will not be able to receive an HCV until the next calendar year.

Upon completion of internal policies and procedures, this activity will be implemented in late FY2021 or early FY2022.

PLAN YEAR APPROVED: FY2021

This activity replaces HUD’s Minimum Rent Hardship exemption with a simpler policy that better addresses the needs of SCCHA’s participants. SCCHA’s policy does not differentiate between a temporary and long-term hardship and does not require staff to track and receive payments from participants after the hardship waiver is lifted.

This activity will be implemented when SCCHA begins pulling names from the new waiting list. SCCHA anticipates implementing this activity in FY2021 or FY2022.

There have not been any non-significant changes or modifications to the MTW activity since it was approved by HUD.

ACTIVITY 2009-8: 30 DAY REFERRAL PROCESS FOR PROJECT BASED VACANCIES

This activity allows owners to directly refer applicants after 30 days of unsuccessful attempts to fill the Project-Based Voucher (PBV) unit using referrals from the SCCHA waiting list. This activity reduces the vacancy time for owners and the resultant loss in money thus ensuring the continuation of the PBV contract and the affordability of the units for low income households.

SCCHA utilizes this activity on an ongoing basis to fill vacancies in both new construction and existing PBV properties. SCCHA will no longer need this activity when we begin pulling names from our new, online, site-based waiting lists. SCCHA anticipates closing out this activity prior to FY2022.

There are no changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or benchmarks. SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations

ACTIVITY 2010-5: ASSISTING OVER-INCOME FAMILIES RESIDING AT SCCHA-OWNED PROJECT- BASED VOUCHER PROPERTIES

This activity waives PBV regulations relating to preference for in-place families who reside in former public housing in order to continue to commit tax-exempt bonds and tax credits to the disposed public housing properties. Families with income below the PBV limit, but above the tax credit limit, will receive Section 8 voucher and relocation assistance. This activity helps maintain the affordability of units that would otherwise become unaffordable to very low-income families by applying tax credits in unison with PBV assistance. It also increases housing choices for low- income families by preserving and improving the affordable housing stock in Santa Clara County.

Since this activity was implemented in 2011, SCCHA has had no need to use this waiver as no families have exceeded the income threshold. Only one public housing project (Deborah Drive) remains that could potentially benefit from this activity and there are no plans at this time to dispose of this property. Therefore, SCCHA has placed this activity on hold indefinitely but could re-implement when the last public housing project is eliminated.

There are no changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or  benchmarks. SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations.

ACTIVITY 2012-5: EXPAND TENANT SERVICES AT SCCHA- OR AFFILIATE-OWNED AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPERTIES

This activity was implemented in FY2012 and allowed SCCHA to use its MTW funding flexibility to expand its provision of programs and services for tenants living in SCCHA or affiliate-owned non- Section 8/9 affordable rental properties. SCCHA anticipated tenants to gain some or all of the necessary  skills to  address daily living  requirements,  maintain housing, and,  for work-able

residents, possibly re-enter or move up in the work force.

SCCHA placed this activity on hold in FY2016 because the Agency did not – and does not expect to – utilize MTW funds for programs and services expansions at its non-Section 8/9 rental properties. Therefore, there is no implementation timeline. If non-MTW funding sources are exhausted, SCCHA will re-implement this activity.

There are no changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or  benchmarks. SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations.

ACTIVITY 2014-3: FREEZE ON CONTRACT RENT INCREASES

Implemented in FY2014, this activity imposed a freeze on any owner requested rent increases for one-year effective September 2013 through August 2014. Effective September 1, 2014, SCCHA lifted the freeze and accepted owner requested rent increases again. This activity helped reduce costs by controlling increases to Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) while reducing labor costs but had negative effects on owner retention. Currently, there are no plans to re-implement this activity. Subsequent freezes on owner requested rent increases are subject to SCCHA’s Board of Commissioners’ approval and are limited to a one-year term.

There are no changes to the activity’s metrics, baselines, or  benchmarks. SCCHA does not anticipate any non-significant changes or modifications to this activity and its authorizations.

Moving to Work (MTW) Annual  Plan  FY2022

The information reported in Section V. serves as a placeholderuntil the FY2022 budgetis approved by the SCCHA Board of Commissioners. At the time the FY2022 budget is approved (June 2021) SCCHA will update Section V. and re-submit the Plan to HUD.

A.ESTIMATED SOURCES AND USES OF MTW FUNDS

1. Estimated Sources of MTW Funds

ii.Estimated Uses of MTW Funds

Please describe any variance between Estimated Total Revenue and Estimated Total Expenses:

iii.Description of Planned Use of MTW Single Fund Flexibility

PLANNED USE OF MTW SINGLEFUND FLEXIBILITY

The MTW  Agreement allows SCCHA to combine publichousing operating and capital funds, including development and Replacement Housing Factor(RHF)/Demolition and Disposition Transition Fund (DDTF) funds, provided under Section 9, and tenant-based voucherprogram funds provided under Section 8 of the 1937 Act into a single, authority-wide funding source.

In FY2022, SCCHA plans to continue to use MTW Single Fund Flexibility to pay for housing search services for participants who are experiencing challenges in finding arental unit.  The Agency also plans to continue several Information Technology Department projects, such as migrating our Section 8 software system to the Cloud, upgrading servers, upgrading ourscanning systems, and expanding e-signature capabilities.

In FY2022, the agency will be continuing the rolling-out of additionalfeatures in amobile application that will allow applicants to sign up for and manage their information on the new applicant interest list that was highlighted earlier in this section. “SCCHA 2.0” will be acomprehensivedigital communication, client interface, document management, task management, and oversight system utilized by both agency staff and clients.

Additionally, in FY2022 the agency will begin the process of renovating and rehabilitating anew office building, with sufficient meeting and parking space forboth staff and clients, in orderfor SCCHA to move its headquarters in early- ormid- 2023.

B.LOCAL ASSET MANGEMENT PLAN

C.RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION (RAD) PARTICIPATION

1. Description of RAD Participation

1. BOARD RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FY2022 ANNUALMTW PLAN AND CERTIFICATIONS OF COMPLIANCE

The SCCHA Board Resolution adopting the FY2022 MTW Plan and the Certifications of Compliance from the County of Santa Clara and the City of San José are attached as Appendix One to this plan.

2. CERTIFICATION OF PAYMENTS

SCCHA has attached signed copies of the Certification of Payments (HUD-50071) as

Appendix Two to this Plan.

3. DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES

SCCHA has attached signed copies of the Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) as

Appendix Three to this Plan.

4. DOCUMENTATION OF THE PUBLIC PROCESS FOR THE FY2022 ANNUALMTW PLAN

5. PLANNED AND ONGOING EVALUATIONS OF SCCHA’S MTW DEMONSTRATION

In FY2022, SCCHA will continue to refine its approach to data gathering and monitoring  of MTW activities and their impacts on stated goals and objectives. SCCHA is exploring a full-scale study and evaluation of its MTW activities.