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August 20, 2007
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Agenda
Item No. MHGB2 Roll
Call No. 07- Communication No. 07-505 Submitted by: Chris
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AGENDA
HEADING:
2007 Section 8
Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) Certification.
SYNOPSIS:
Recommend
approval to submit the 2007 Section 8 Management Assessment Program (SEMAP)
certification to the U.S. Department of Housing and 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 Housing
Agency is required to perform a quality control review of client files for some
of the indicators; the other indicators are assigned a performance rating using
data submitted electronically through HUD’s Multifamily Tenant Characteristic
System.
Upon approval by
the Municipal Housing 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
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:
August 22, 2005
Roll Call
Number: 05-2013
Action: Approval of the 2005 Section 8 Management Assessment
Program (SEMAP) Certification to the
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.
ANTICIPATED
ACTIONS AND FUTURE COMMITMENTS: NONE