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Iowa City housing authority says HUD 'update' cut waiting list; 6-month reactivation window offered
Summary
Housing Authority staff told the council that a HUD-recommended waiting-list update caused a large drop in the agency’s statewide waiting list count; local applicants living in the city were not removed and households dropped from out-of-jurisdiction addresses can be reactivated within six months.
City staff and the Housing Authority answered council questions July 8 after councilors asked why the Housing Authority’s waiting list fell substantially since spring.
Rachel Carter, housing administrator in the department of Housing and Neighborhood Development Services, said the agency followed HUD guidance to update — commonly called a “purge” in staff communications — its waiting list to confirm that applicants remain interested and that their household information is current. “I don’t love the word purge. We use it to update our waiting list to make sure that everybody who’s on the waiting list is still interested in a voucher and is still…
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