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March 26, 2007
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Agenda
Item No. MHGB4 Roll
Call No. 07- Communication No. 07-175 Submitted by:
Chris M. Johansen, Housing Services Director |
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AGENDA
HEADING:
Receive and File
2006 Section 8 Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) Certification Score.
SYNOPSIS:
Recommend receiving and filing of the Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency’s 2006 Section 8 Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification score from the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD).
FISCAL
IMPACT: NONE
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 also is included.
The DMMHA is required to perform a quality control review of client files for some of the indicators; other indicators are assigned a performance rating using data submitted electronically through HUD's Multifamily Tenant Characteristics System.
The DMMHA received a score of 97% (140 out of a total of 145 points) and was designated as a “High Performer” for its Section 8 Program. A score of 90% or higher achieves a “High Performer” rating. This is the fifth consecutive year that the agency has received this designation. The chart below shows the agency’s performance over the past 5 years:
PREVIOUS
COUNCIL ACTION(S): NONE
BOARD/COMMISSION
ACTION(S):
Date:
August 21, 2006
Roll Call
Number: 06-1641
Action:
Approving
2006 Section 8 Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) Certification. (Council Communication No. 06-515) Moved by Nesbitt to
approve. Motion Carried 5-2.
Date:
November 21, 2005
Roll Call
Number: 05-2735
Action:
Receive and file the 2005 Section 8 Management Assessment Program
(SEMAP) certification score from the US Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD). Council Communication No. 05-649) Moved by Kiernan to approve.
Motion Carried 8-0.
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.
ANTICIPATED ACTIONS AND FUTURE COMMITMENTS: NONE