W32 (St. Paul PHA)

Programs for Homeless
Families and Individuals
Section 8 Project-Based Vouchers and Others
Al Hester
Housing Policy Director
Saint Paul PHA
Supportive Housing Conference
September 12, 2012
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St. Paul PHA
Programs
Public Housing:
4,247 Units
– 1699 Family units
(townhome
developments
and scattered
sites)
– 2,548 efficiency &
1-BR hi-rise units
Section 8:
4,551 Units
– 467 PBV
– 125 VASH
– 100 FUP
– 81 SRO
–
8 S+C
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PHA Programs With
Homeless Priorities
PBV
Project-Based Vouchers
VASH Veterans Affairs Supportive
Housing Vouchers
FUP Family Unification Program
SRO Single Room Occupancy
Section 8 Mod Rehab
S+C Shelter Plus Care
PPL “Delancey Place”
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16 Hi-Rises
4 Family Developments
The insured value of the PHA’s
property is $600 million.
403 Scattered Site Homes
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St. Paul PHA Has 467
Project-Based Vouchers
• Supportive Housing:
272 units in 18
projects (mostly for
Long-Term Homeless)
PPL “Fort Road Flats”
• Other Low-income:
95 units (Liberty Plaza)
• Mixed Income:
100 units in 6 projects
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Saint Paul PHA Partners in
Project-Based Voucher Projects
•Aeon
•Catholic Charities
•CommonBond
Communities
•Project for Pride in
Living/New Foundations
•RS Eden
•Saint Paul YWCA
•Cornerstone Group
•Shelter Corp.
•Legacy Management
Corp.
•Twin Cities Housing
Development Corp.
•Model Cities
•Wilder Foundation
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How Do Section 8
Housing Choice Vouchers
Become Project-Based?
Start with
Tenant-Based Vouchers:
VOUCHER
•Eligible tenant
rents from willing landlord
in a unit that passes
inspection.
•Tenant can move to
another unit (“mobility”)
•Tenant can move to
another city (“portability”)
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PHA Chooses to
“Project-Base” Some
Vouchers (PBV)
• PHA Board
approves “HAP”*
Contract with
property owner
for PBV
subsidies
VOUCHER
VOUCHER
VOUCHER
VOUCHER
VOUCHER
VOUCHER
VOUCHER
VOUCHER
VOUCHER
VOUCHER
• Initial contracts
up to15 years
*HAP = Housing Assistance Payments
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St. Paul PHA Priorities and
Selection Criteria for PBVs
•Ending Homelessness
•Supportive Housing
•Need in area; priority for
families with children
•Increase housing
supply, locational choice
•Leverage resources
•Other
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PBV-SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES
OUTREACH
NETWORK
BETTER FIT
THAN PUBLIC
HOUSING
BETTER FIT
THAN “TBA”
WILLING
PARTNERS
SERVICES
“DEEP RENT
SUBSIDY”
EXPERIENCED
PROVIDERS
TARGET
POPULATIONS
VOLUNTEERS
CAN BE
PERMANENT
HOUSING
PHA STAFF
EXPERTISE
PBV “MOBILITY”
FEDERAL
FUNDING
“EIV”: ONLINE
INCOME
VERIFICATION
NEIGHBORHOOD
SUPPORT
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PBV
CHALLENGES
SECTION 8
WAITING
LISTS
MAINTAIN
PARTNERSHIPS
SERVICES
OFFERED/
ACCEPTED?
CONTRACT
RENEWALS
Voucher
“Utilization”
TURNOVER;
VACANCIES
DELAYED
MOVE-INS
EARLY
MOVE-OUTS
PBV
MOBILITY
PUBLIC
PROCESS
(RFP)
UNCERTAIN
FEDERAL
FUNDING
HUD “SITE &
NEIGHBORHOOD
STANDARDS”
PUBLIC
“ILLEGAL
PROCESS
ACTIVITIES”
(RFP)
FEDERAL
REGULATIONS;
AUDITS
PHA PROCESS:
AGENCY PLAN
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“PBV MOBILITY”
Takes priority over all other
Voucher applicants
•After 12 months in a
PBV unit
TenantBased
Voucher
•A tenant can move
out with a tenantbased voucher
•IF the PHA has
vouchers available.
•The PBV stays with
the unit.
Project-Based
Voucher
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Voucher Utilization Factors
Voluntary
Terminations
Death, Nursing
Home
Absorb
Port-Ins
Absorbed
Port-Outs
Port-Out
Movers
Lease
Approvals
PBV
Movers
Terminated:
Failure to Report
Income
Movers
Expired
Voucher
New IssuesWaiting List
Terminated:
Non-Payment
Movers
Terminated:
Evicted
PBV
Movers
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The Waiting List for “Regular”
Vouchers is Long, Closed and
Not Moving Much
This increases the demand for
admission to PBV projects.
More PBV projects means
more requests for “Mobility
Vouchers”.
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PBV Movers have to wait, too.
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PROJECT-BASED VOUCHERS (PBV)
• See HUD Regulations at
24 CFR Part 983
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Saint Paul PHA
PROJECT-BASED VOUCHERS (PBV)
For more information, contact
Al Hester , Housing Policy Director
651-292-6173
[email protected]
JACKSON STREET VILLAGE
Dominic Mitchell, Section 8
Programs Manager
651-292-6191
[email protected]
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