The Scottsdale Housing Agency Governing Board voted Jan. 9 to approve its 2024 annual report, which the board said documents meeting activity, program reviews and planned work for 2025.

The report notes the housing governing board met eight times in 2024, held public hearings on the annual agency plan and administrative plan revisions, and discussed small area fair market rents and payment standards. The report also notes staff presentations on special-purpose vouchers such as foster youth and Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers and a quality-assurance audit of the program.

During the meeting, staff said the agency has issued a request for proposals for 25 project-based vouchers; the RFP closed the day after the meeting. Staff additionally reported the agency received an award of 10 additional VASH vouchers late in December and said the agency was awarded an additional year of Family Self-Sufficiency grant funding; those awards and any voucher awards will return to the governing board for approval as required.

Board members asked about resident board member recruitment; staff said applications remain under active recruitment. The report lists anticipated 2025 issues including monitoring SAFMR implementation, tracking budget shortfall risk and launching the landlord advisory board. The report also listed the agency’s forthcoming five-year public housing agency plan and administrative plan updates.

Motion and vote: A motion to approve the 2024 annual report was made and seconded; the board approved it in a roll-call vote with the commissioners present recorded as voting yes (Chair Lurie, Vice Chair Jung/Jang, Commissioner Shear, Commissioner Churchill, Commissioner Dodds, Commissioner Cooley; Commissioner Jamieson arrived during the meeting). The motion carried.

Why this matters: The annual report frames the agency’s near-term work—project-based voucher awards, SAFMR adjustments and continued efforts to increase voucher utilization—and sets which items will return to the board for future action.