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Nogales housing authority reports 98% occupancy and near-capacity voucher waiting list
Summary
The authority reported 98% public housing occupancy for April, detailed voucher and project-based voucher counts, maintenance workload and a waiting-list closure expected by month’s end.
The Housing Authorities of the City of Nogales reported steady occupancy rates, voucher usage and maintenance activity during the board’s May 7 meeting.
Executive Director (presenter) told the board the authority’s April data showed a 98% occupancy rate, matching HUD’s target. Public housing leases included four units ready to lease, one in turnaround and four offline; there were two move-ins and two move-outs in the month. The waiting-list breakdown reported by staff showed 18 applicants for one-bedroom units, 75 for two-bedroom, 35 for three-bedroom, six for four-bedroom and one for five-bedroom units.
Staff completed 95 of 102 work orders for the month and reported nine callbacks; many calls were for lockouts and water leaks on the property, the director said. The authority conducted 41 inspections in April: 29 public housing and 12 HCV inspections.
On voucher programs, the director reported 77 HCV vouchers, with 55 executed leases, nine vouchers “on the street” and 13 available; three move-ins and no move-outs were reported for the month. The project-based voucher program had 20 units under lease (of the authority’s 20 allocated) with 38 applicants on that project-based waiting list. Stability vouchers showed four executed leases out of five initially received; emergency-housing allocations had nine executed under lease of 15 originally allocated.
Staff said the HCV waiting list (232 applicants) is separate from the project-based list (38 applicants) and that the authority opened the waiting list in November after exhausting its prior list. The director said the goal had been 250 applicants and that staff will likely close the open waiting list by the end of May after issuing public notice.
Board members asked clarifying questions about waiting-list management and maintenance charges for lockouts; the director said one tenant lockout per tenant is allowed before charging for additional lockouts and that staff track those occurrences.
The director postponed an April/May budget reconciliation until the June meeting because the authority’s fiscal year closed March 31 and accruals affected the April numbers. The director noted that the authority received its 2024 capital funding allocation (obligation start date May 6, 2024) and said staff will proceed with projects listed in the authority’s approved five-year plan.
