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Santa Rosa Housing Authority: first-quarter briefing shows HAPs averaging $3.1M monthly; wait list far exceeds supply
Summary
At its Nov. 24 meeting the Santa Rosa Housing Authority heard that staff expended nearly $9.5 million in housing-assistance payments for July–September 2025 (about $3.1 million per month) and serve roughly 1,700 households while the closed wait list likely contains about 5,000 households; staff attributed a year-over-year increase largely to higher HUD fair market rents.
Kate Goldfein, administrative services officer for the Housing and Community Services Department, told the Santa Rosa Housing Authority on Nov. 24 that the agency had "expended nearly $9,500,000 in housing assistance payments, averaging over $3,100,000 per month" for the July–September 2025 quarter. The presentation said most budget lines are "trending fine," subrecipient contracts are executed, and loan funds are committed and reimbursed as developers submit invoices.
Goldfein said some federal and state grant reimbursements drawn in the quarter will appear in the…
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