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August 21, 2006
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Agenda
Item No. MHGB2 Roll
Call No. 06- Communication No. 06-515 Submitted by:
Chris M. Johansen, Housing Services Director |
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AGENDA
HEADING:
2006 Section 8
Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) Certification.
SYNOPSIS:
Recommend
approval to submit the 2006 Section 8 Management Assessment Program (SEMAP)
certification to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
FISCAL
IMPACT: NONE
Amount:
Funding
Source:
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION:
The Des Moines
Municipal Housing Agency (DMMHA) is required to submit an annual Section 8
Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification to HUD at the end of each
fiscal year. The certification is used
to evaluate the performance of the Section 8 program in significant areas of
management operations.
The
certification includes the following indicators:
- Selection from the Waiting List
- Rent reasonableness
- Determination of adjusted income
- Utility allowance schedule
- Housing Quality Standards quality
control inspections
- Housing Quality Standards
enforcement
- Expanding housing opportunities
- Fair market rent limit and payment
standards
- Annual reexamination of clients
- Correct tenant rent calculations
- Pre-contract Housing Quality
Standards inspections
- Annual Housing Quality Standards
inspections
- Lease-up
- Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS)
enrollment and escrow accounts
A
deconcentration bonus indicator is also included.
The Housing
Agency is required to perform a quality control review of client files for
several indicators. The Housing Agency uses data submitted electronically
through HUD’s Multifamily Tenant Characteristic System to assign performance
ratings to the remaining indicators.
Upon approval by
the Governing Board, the SEMAP certification will be submitted to HUD. HUD will score the certification and notify
the Housing Agency of the results.
PREVIOUS
COUNCIL ACTION(S): NONE
Date:
Roll Call
Number:
Action:
BOARD/COMMISSION
ACTION(S):
Date:
August 22, 2005
Roll Call Number:
05-2013
Action:
Approval of the 2005 Section 8 Management
Assessment Program (SEMAP) Certification to the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development. (Council Communication No. 05-464) Moved by Nesbitt to
approve. Motion Carried 7-1.
Date:
August 9, 2004
Roll Call
Number: 04-1660
Action:
Approval of the 2004 Section 8 Management
Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification to the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD). Council Communication No. 04-389). Moved by Vlassis to
approve. Motion Carried 7-1. Absent:
Coleman.
Date:
July 28, 2003
Roll Call
Number: 03-1696
Action: Approval of 2003
Section 8 Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) Certification to the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). (Council Communication No. 03-348). Moved by Brooks to adopt. Motion Carried 6-2.
ANTICIPATED
ACTIONS AND FUTURE COMMITMENTS:
NONE