Committee staff provided a bundle of project and staffing updates, reporting advances on housing projects and upcoming internal personnel changes.

Speaker 6 said the Sears Street affordable housing project is scheduled to close with new homeowners in January and that certificates of occupancy are nearly ready. Speaker 6 also announced that Leslie Ackerman at INHS, who runs the related program, is retiring at the end of the year and that the agency hopes INHS will retain capacity through the changeover.

On federal funding, Speaker 6 said HUD withdrew the Continuum of Care (CoC) Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) just before a related lawsuit hearing and intends to reissue a revised NOFA; the meeting did not provide detail on which elements HUD plans to change.

On staffing, Speaker 6 reported the agency’s audit is scheduled for February and that the accountant, Kim Cook, has accepted a full‑time position and will resign effective Jan. 20; Speaker 6 opened a search for a replacement and invited committee members to join a search committee. Speaker 3 noted urgency because the audit is scheduled for February and Kim Cook has agreed to stay to complete audit work through that period.

Next steps: staff will proceed with recruitment for the accountant role, coordinate the Sears Street closing, and monitor any reissued HUD NOFA.