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Housing staff presents FY2025 agency annual plan and schedules resident public hearing
Summary
Concord housing staff presented the agency annual plan required by HUD, outlining proposed policy updates including conversion of public housing to project-based vouchers under RAD, infrastructure upgrades, and opportunities for resident comment; staff said a public hearing for residents will be held and HUD submission deadlines apply.
Sodela, a housing department staff member, told the City Council that the housing department has prepared its FY2025 agency annual plan required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and that the plan has been available for public review since Feb. 8, 2025.
The plan includes proposed policy updates such as conversion of public housing to project-based rental assistance or project-based vouchers under HUD's Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), continued collaboration with planning and neighborhood development to increase affordable and market-rate units, and infrastructure improvements (HVAC and appliance upgrades, hazard tree removal, unit abatement and turnarounds).
Sodela said HUD requires the plan be available for 45 days and that the housing department must submit the plan 75 days before the fiscal year starts. She said the plan provides the resident council an opportunity to comment and staff will meet the resident council to record comments for HUD's submission. The public hearing for resident input will occur at the scheduled meeting on Thursday.
Council members asked whether the department could require tenant financial education as a condition of participation in programs. Sodela and other staff explained that programmatic requirements would be optional unless the city pursued a Moving to Work demonstration and obtained HUD approval to include mandatory conditions; HUD has not opened Moving to Work to new cohorts, staff said. Staff indicated grants could fund optional financial counseling or readiness programs but that making participation mandatory would require a separate demonstration and HUD approval.
Sodela said she would present additional clarifications at the scheduled meeting and record resident council comments for inclusion in the HUD submission.
