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OCHA Regular Meeting

Orange County · Housing Authority Board
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Regular meeting Housing and affordabilityBudget and appropriationsCivil rights and nondiscriminationLand conversion and large development

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What was decided

  1. Approved Call to Order and Approve Minutes Approved
  2. Continued Project Based Vouchers - Admin Plan Review Deferred to the next meeting

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What's on this agenda

The Orange County Housing Authority advisory board spent most of its 17 April 2025 meeting on when a household should lose its housing choice voucher. Terminations in March were much higher than usual, and the authority had sent notice that it could no longer help with rent.

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Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The programme manager reported the March spike in terminations and the pre-emptive notice that rent assistance was no longer available. The board discussed how many evictions should be allowed before a household is removed and how long a terminated household should wait before reapplying, without settling either. Members said landlords' chief complaints are non-payment and property damage, and that continued voucher use in those cases makes the programme harder to run.

On repayment of overpayments, members suggested looking at how Social Security handles the same problem, setting up payment plans, and asking partner organisations to help. Another asked whether an income increase should be evaluated at twelve months and what evidence of consistency would be needed. One member noted the overlap between this board and the Affordable Housing Advisory Board, which funds savings and support programmes, and asked whether voucher holders have any priority in them.

The project-based voucher item ran out of time and moved to the next meeting. Members reported on 76 townhomes being built by Habitat, a fair housing event hosted by the disability council, and a search for county land suitable for future development. Nobody from the public attended.

How the votes went

The January minutes were approved. The project-based voucher vote was deferred for lack of time.

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Who spoke

No members of the public spoke.

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Agenda items (7)

Staff or committee report · 2Procedural · 2Discussion item · 2Minutes approval · 1
  1. Call to Order and Approve Minutes
    Minutes approval
    Approved
  2. Updates from Board Members
    Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsCivil rights and nondiscriminationHousing and affordabilityLand conversion and large development
    Reports on 76 townhomes being built by Habitat, a fair housing event from the disability council, a search for county land suitable for development, and coverage of the federal housing budget.
  3. Public Comment
    Procedural
    No public present
  4. Program Manager's Report
    Staff or committee report Housing and affordability
    Utilization, voucher issuance, terminations and informal hearings, plus planning for NSPIRE training in July or August and an annual landlord meet and greet in September or October.
  5. Updates to Administrative Plan - Terminations
    Discussion item Housing and affordability
    March terminations were significantly higher and notice had gone out that rent assistance was no longer available. The board discussed how many evictions to allow before termination and how long before a household may reapply, without deciding.
    No decision
  6. Project Based Vouchers - Admin Plan Review
    Discussion item Housing and affordability
    Held over for lack of time.
    Deferred to the next meeting
  7. Adjournment
    Procedural

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