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Milpitas council approves relaunch of rental-assistance program with changes to expand eligibility and guardrails
Summary
Council approved a relaunch of the Workforce Housing Rental Assistance Program (WRAP) Round 2 using state PLHA funds, removing an employment requirement and allowing shared-household applicants while prioritizing Milpitas residents, subject to state approval and additional oversight steps.
The Milpitas City Council on Aug. 12 approved restarting the Workforce Housing Rental Assistance Program (WRAP) Round 2 using Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) funds awarded under the state's SB 2 program, and authorized staff to allocate an additional $20,000 from the Affordable Housing Community Benefit Fund for administration.
Sarah Balcha, senior administrative analyst in the Office of Housing, summarized the program. The city received PLHA awards from the SB 2 funding rounds covering 2019'2021 allocation years; staff described the award total as roughly $1.0 million (net of program administration and homeless outreach set-asides). Under the program approved in October 2023, 22 eligible households are currently receiving $645 per month for up to 24 months. Round 2 seeks to use remaining funds to assist up to 28 additional households at the same $645/month level for 24 months ($433,440 total) and requests a…
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