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Davenport City housing commission approves February financial and utilization reports after discussion of training and rent-assistance costs
Summary
The Davenport City Housing Commission approved its February financial and utilization reports. Staff told commissioners higher-than-normal training expenses and rising rental-assistance payouts prompted monitoring and a requested budget amendment to ensure continued payments to Section 8 participants.
The Davenport City Housing Commission approved its February financial report and its February utilization report after staff described higher-than-usual training costs and continuing elevated rental-assistance spending.
Malia, a staff member with the housing authority, told commissioners the training expense spike was “out of the ordinary” and linked it to multiple one-time expenses: Choice training, HUS training for a newly hired staffer and billing training. “Staff went to the Des Moines housing conference and so those are very unusual. It wouldn't be something that would be typical and it wouldn't be something that we would do annually,” Malia said.
Malia said the professiona…
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