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Council holds public hearings on Westminster Public Housing Authority five‑year plan and voucher administrative plan changes
Summary
The mayor and common council conducted public hearings on the Westminster Public Housing Authority’s 2025–2029 five‑year plan and proposed revisions to the Housing Choice Voucher administrative plan; staff recommended approval and invited public comment during the July 18–Sept. 8 comment period.
The Westminster mayor and common council held two public hearings Sept. 8 on plans governing the city’s Public Housing Authority (PHA): the PHA’s required five‑year plan and proposed revisions to the Housing Choice Voucher administrative plan.
Staff member Brown provided the report. Brown said the mayor and council previously declared the city to be a PHA by Resolution No. 76‑5 and described the federal and regulatory framework governing the plans, citing the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 as amended and relevant Code of Federal Regulations provisions (24 CFR). Brown said the Westminster PHA administers 297 vouchers and is therefore exempt from HUD’s annual plan submission requirement for agencies with 500 units or less, but the PHA must submit a five‑year plan every fifth fiscal year.
Brown said the draft five‑year plan was made available for public review and that a public comment period ran July 18 through Sept. 8, 2025, with notice published in the Carroll County Times and posted on the city website. Staff recommended that the mayor and common council approve the Westminster PHA five‑year plan for 2025–2029.
On the administrative plan changes, Brown said the revisions are intended to bring Westminster’s policies into compliance with the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA) and related HUD requirements. He said the administrative plan and any revisions must be formally adopted by the PHA governing body and that the same July 18–Sept. 8 public comment period was used for the proposed changes. Brown said the council is scheduled to consider the administrative plan revisions at its regular meeting on Sept. 8 and that staff recommended approval of the proposed changes, effective upon council action.
There were no public commenters at the hearings; the mayor closed each hearing after asking if anyone wished to speak. The hearings were procedural and staff‑driven: no regulatory changes were adopted at the meeting, and staff recorded the public‑hearing proceedings for the administrative record and recommended that the mayor and council approve both documents consistent with the posted schedule.
