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Glendale warns emergency housing voucher funding will likely run out in months; 188 households affected
Summary
City staff told the Glendale Housing Authority that federal emergency housing voucher (EHV) funds, which support 188 current households, are projected to be exhausted in about seven months absent new federal appropriations; staff recommended not absorbing the vouchers into the regular Housing Choice Voucher program and will return with options after reviewing the new federal budget.
Glendale Housing Authority staff told the board on Feb. 3 that federal emergency housing voucher funding that supports 188 households in Glendale is likely to be exhausted in roughly seven months unless Congress provides additional appropriations. Irene Kasabian, housing supervisor for the housing division, said Glendale originally received 225 EHVs under the American Rescue Plan Act and currently has 188 leased.
"The emergency housing voucher program was established in 2021 under the American Rescue Plan Act," Kasabian said, explaining the program was created to help households experiencing homelessness, at risk of homelessness, recently homeless people and survivors of domestic violence. She told the authority that rapid lease-up nationwide and rising rents increased per-voucher subsidy costs and have accelerated depletion of the…
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