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Weatherford Housing Authority reports $4.23 million in 2024 housing assistance, highlights internal reforms
Summary
The Weatherford Housing Authority told the City Council it received about $4,000,000 in federal funding, paid $4,232,482 in housing assistance in 2024, and has pursued staffing and administrative changes to improve efficiency and prepare for potential HUD directives.
The Weatherford Housing Authority reported to the Weatherford City Council that it is 100% federally funded, received a little more than $4,000,000 in federal funding and paid $4,232,482 in housing assistance in 2024.
At the May 27 council meeting, April Leppler, vice chair of the Weatherford Housing Authority, and Executive Director Rosie Muschino presented the authority’s annual report and described organizational changes aimed at sustaining the Housing Choice Voucher program amid possible future guidance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). “We have revised our mission statement and created a new vision statement to guide our future efforts,” Muschino said, and she described measures to improve fiscal stewardship and program administration.
Nut graf: The presentation summarized program scale, recent year finances and internal reforms — information the council can use when coordinating local services with federally funded housing assistance.
Muschino told the council the authority administers the Housing Choice Voucher program, which helps low-income households pay rent and requires participants to be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. She said the agency does not own rental property and that, in 2024, the voucher program saw an average monthly increase of $49,600 in rental assistance that allowed the authority to serve roughly 10 additional families per month.
Muschino outlined several internal steps the authority has taken: developing a pay plan, instituting evaluation methods for the executive director, reducing staffing, reallocating administrative funds and leveraging interns from a local college to improve financial efficiency. April Leppler, vice chair, said the board has focused on “strong fiscal stewardship.”
The authority said it has been designated a HUD “high-performance” agency for the past 10 years. Muschino said the authority is emphasizing cost efficiency “to ensure sustainability of our program” in advance of potential HUD directives.
Council response and follow-up: Council members thanked the presenters and requested a copy of the presentation. No formal action or vote was required on the report.
Ending: Muschino concluded by saying the authority anticipates a successful 2025 and invited council questions; none resulted in policy action at the meeting.
