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Housing office says billing incoming portability vouchers will raise short-term HAP expenses; budget increased
Summary
Staff told the Davenport Housing Commission that billing for vouchers transferring into Davenport has raised Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) expenses up front; staff said those costs are reimbursed later and the authority increased a line from $30,000 to $60,000 to avoid a shortfall.
Malaya, a housing office staff member, told the Davenport Housing Commission on April 14 that the office’s Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) expense line has risen because the authority now bills other housing agencies for vouchers that transfer into Davenport.
"Our HAP expenses include those portability requests for transfers into the housing authority. So we pay those expenses up front and then we receive reimbursement throughout the month from the other housing authority to pay for those expenses," Malaya…
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