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OCII workshop: Certificate of Preference outreach reaches 925 contacts; DALIA demo shows online application improvements
Summary
OCII heard an annual report on the Certificate of Preference program showing 925 holders in contact, expanded outreach via DALIA, and 35 households housed in OCII/city projects during FY2017–18; the agency described email blasts, targeted nonprofit outreach and plans for marketing improvements.
The commission heard an Aug. 6 workshop on the Certificate of Preference (COP) marketing and outreach report for fiscal year 2017–18, presented by Maria Benjamin of the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development.
Benjamin said the COP program, created under redevelopment law to compensate households displaced in the 1960s and 1970s, gives eligible individuals preferences on affordable housing lotteries administered through the DALIA portal. She demonstrated DALIA, including multilingual support, paper-application accommodations, and how the system flags…
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