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August 10,
2009
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Agenda
Item No. MHGB2 Roll
Call No. 09- Communication No.
09-542 Submitted by:
Chris M. Johansen, |
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AGENDA
HEADING:
2009
Section 8 Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) Certification.
SYNOPSIS:
Recommend
Municipal Housing Governing Board approval to submit the 2009 Section 8
Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification to the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
FISCAL
IMPACT: NONE
Amount: N/A
Funding Source: N/A
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 some indicators. Other indicators are assigned a performance rating using
data submitted electronically through HUD’s Multifamily Tenant Characteristic
System.
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
BOARD/COMMISSION
ACTION(S):
Date:
August 11, 2008
Roll
Call Number: 08-1389
Action: Authorizing submission of 2008 Section 8 Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) Certification. (Board Communication No. 08-494
) Moved by Vlassis to approve. Motion Carried 7-1.