Imelda Delgado, housing manager for the Redondo Beach Housing Authority, presented proposed amendments to the agency’s administrative plan to comply with the federal Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act and to tighten program operations amid a declared funding shortfall. Staff highlighted mandatory changes and discretionary steps meant to reduce subsidy expense, including revised subsidy standards (two people will receive a one‑bedroom voucher), authority to implement decreased payment standards, new participant asset limits that could terminate participants with more than $100,000 in assets, and added waiting‑list preferences for Emergency Housing Voucher participants (elderly/disabled first, then other EHV recipients).

Delgado said the changes are intended both to meet federal requirements and to allow the authority to tighten its budget practices sooner rather than later. She also told the board that HUD requires at least 12 months’ notice before decreased payment standards are applied at a participant’s annual recertification, which is why staff’s timeline for complete implementation can approach 24 months for some households.

Council members pressed staff for more operational data. Member Kalajarovich asked how many housing choice vouchers (HCV) were currently used by households living outside Redondo Beach; housing staff estimated roughly 15 HCV households are ported in. Several members and residents urged the authority to purge an outdated waiting list that has been closed since 2015 or to open a new local waiting list and give local applicants priority. Staff explained that a formal purge requires extensive HUD‑compliant outreach; as an interim step staff proposed reopening the list and applying local preferences.

Public commenters asked for more precise timing and counts related to the planned “right‑sizing” of households. Delgado said staff identified about 40 families who could be moved to appropriately sized units, and estimated that right‑sizing those households would save roughly $25,000–$30,000 per month in housing assistance payments.

Rather than adopting the proposed administrative plan and resolution tonight, the board voted for a motion by Member Kalajarovich directing staff to return with a revised administrative plan that explicitly addresses the waiting‑list purge and an application‑expiration mechanism (for example, requiring applicants to reapply annually). Staff will come back with the amended plan for further public review and formal action.