Receive and file Housing Authority Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024-25.
 

Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file the City of Hawthorne Housing Authority Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024-25.
           

The California Health and Safety Code (“HSC”) Section 34328 requires housing authorities to prepare an annual report and file it with the Department of Housing and Community Development (“HCD”) and the City Clerk by October 1st each year.

Pursuant to HSC Section 34328, the Hawthorne Housing Authority (“Housing Authority”) is required to prepare an annual report (“Annual Report”) documenting:

• Assistance issued by the Housing Authority, including through U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers and Emergency Housing Vouchers.
• Financial activities, including bond issuances, loans or finance agreements entered into by the Housing Authority;
• Development activities, including the development, rehabilitation, or financing of housing projects by the Housing Authority;
• Compliance with HSC Section 34312.3 requirements, such as the minimum amount of housing units affordable to lower income households in projects assisted by the Housing Authority and documentation of established base rents and/or maximum rental payments for lower income households; and
• •    Documentation of any domestic violence tenancy terminations or Section 8 voucher terminations, as required by HSC Section 34328.1.

ANALYSIS:
The Annual Report was prepared for FY 2024-25 and includes the following findings:

• The Housing Authority is allocated up to 726 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers and 67 Emergency Housing Vouchers each month by HUD. Lease-up rates for the vouchers vary monthly.  
• The Housing Authority did not issue any bonds or enter into any loans or affordable housing commitments.
• The Housing Authority was not involved in any development activities, including the development, rehabilitation, or financing of housing projects.
• The Housing Authority remains in compliance with HSC Section 34312.3 requirements, as it does not own or manage any affordable housing properties.
• The Housing Authority did not issue any domestic violence related termination notices.

Overall, the Housing Authority is in compliance with HSC requirements.

None.

None. 

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