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Housing Authority elects Chair Owen and adopts Administrative Plan change to allow Emergency Housing Voucher participants to transition to Housing Choice Vouchers

Santa RosaOct 27, 20252 min read

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At the October 27, 2025 Housing Authority meeting in the City Hall Council Chamber, the Authority elected Jeffrey Owen as Chair through the end of 2025; adopted changes to the Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan (Chapter 4) to permit Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) participants to transition to the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program with a two‑tiered waiting list preference (elderly/disabled first); received the FY 24/25 Q4 unaudited financial report and a pending development pipeline update; and approved the September 22, 2025 minutes.

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Elected Jeffrey Owen as Chair of the Housing Authority Board to serve through the end of 2025.
Adopted, by resolution, revisions to the Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan (Chapter 4 - Applications, Waiting List and Tenant Selection) to: open the HCV waiting list only to current Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) participants whose assistance is at risk due to funding expiration and establish a two‑tiered waiting list preference giving EHV families with a head of household, spouse, or co‑head who is elderly or disabled first preference and other EHV families second preference.
Approved the draft minutes of the September 22, 2025 meeting as submitted.
Received the FY 24/25 Q4 unaudited financial report (informational).
Received the Pending Development Pipeline update (informational).

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