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Flagstaff housing board adopts local preference to preserve emergency voucher placements, updates VAWA language and accepts HUD operating subsidy
Summary
The Flagstaff Housing Authority board approved a policy to prioritize current Emergency Housing Voucher participants for conversion to standard Section 8 vouchers if EHV funding ends, adopted wording updates required by the Violence Against Women Act, and accepted a HUD operating fund allocation of $553,000.
The Flagstaff Housing Authority board voted unanimously to give current Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) participants priority in receiving standard Section 8 vouchers if EHV funding is discontinued and to adopt several administrative updates, including changes required under the Violence Against Women Act.
Sarah Dhar, director, and Charisse Ferretto Agalar, voucher program manager, told the board the authority received 29 EHV allocations originally and had about 21 active EHV participants at the time of the meeting. Dhar and Ferretto Agalar said HUD issued waiver guidance allowing authorities to…
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