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Tempe Housing Authority updates voucher performance and adopts new HUD-aligned payment standards
Summary
The Tempe Housing Authority received a quarterly update showing nearly full budget utilization and rising per-unit costs, and unanimously adopted a resolution to align payment standards with HUD's FY2026 small-area fair market rents effective Jan. 1, 2026.
The Tempe Housing Authority on Nov. 14 received a quarterly report from Deputy Human Services Director for Housing Irma Hallam McCain, who said the authority is administering more than $18 million in housing subsidies this year and is "actually closer to 19." McCain reported 1,039 vouchers leased in the community, a 7.66% annual attrition rate, 30 port-ins and 68 port-outs, and 99.76% budget utilization as of July 2025. Per-unit costs are $1,502.90.
McCain said the authority sets payment standards between 90% and 110% of HUD's area fair market rents, and that staff used a deep-dive analysis and an informal market study to set proposed changes. She…
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