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Community Development Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/cd <br />Item # 3 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />July 1, 2025 <br />TOPIC: Update to the Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Approve an Update to the Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan to Comply with <br />the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Approve an update to the Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan to comply with <br />the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act. <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br />DISCUSSION <br />The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires public <br />housing authorities (PHAs) administering a Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program to <br />have an HCV Administrative Plan that establishes policies for implementing the program <br />consistent with both HUD requirements and the goals and objectives contained in the <br />Santa Ana Housing Authority’s (SAHA’s) 5-Year and Annual Plans. In addition to the <br />HCV Administrative Plan, SAHA’s HCV program is governed by federal regulations, <br />HUD handbooks and guidebooks, notices, and other applicable law. <br />In 2016, HUD adopted the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA) <br />that made changes to statutes governing HUD programs, including sections of the <br />United States Housing Act of 1937, and improved the efficiency and effectiveness of <br />HUD programs. This comprehensive HCV Administrative Plan update (the “Plan” <br />attached hereto as Exhibit 1) is necessary to maintain compliance with HUD and <br />HOTMA regulations, ensure program integrity, and preserve funding. SAHA prepared <br />this update using a model administrative plan provided by Nan McKay & Associates <br />(Nan McKay) that is used by many PHAs throughout the country and updates all of the <br />Plan’s policies and language in compliance with the latest guidance and regulations <br />from HUD. Nan McKay updates their model administrative plan every year, and the last <br />time SAHA’s Plan was comprehensively updated using a template was on March 15, <br />2016.