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Housing director outlines HUD-funded programs, waiting lists and renovation plans
Summary
Housing Director Brenda Lopez told the Oxnard City Council the city’s housing authority administers Section 8 vouchers and public housing from an embedded housing department, serves thousands of residents, and is pursuing RAD conversions and a HUD Choice planning grant while warning of federal funding and regulatory uncertainty.
Brenda Lopez, Oxnard’s housing director, told the City Council on Jan. 6 that the city’s housing authority is embedded in the Housing Department and runs a range of federally funded programs, including Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8) and public housing. "We have a total of 7 divisions and in this 7 divisions we have exactly 68 employees," Lopez said as she reviewed staffing and program roles.
Lopez said the housing authority manages specialty vouchers — emergency housing vouchers, VASH for veterans, mainstream and family‑unification vouchers — and administers a project‑based voucher program tied to specific units. She said the authority releases roughly $30,000,000 in housing assistance payments and serves thousands of residents, citing an internal figure of about 3,695 people housed through voucher…
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