Item HA 03 - Update to the Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan

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. Administrative Plan 7/1/2025 . Page TPS-2 PART I: FUNDING TPS-I.A. FUNDING OVERVIEW The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) provides administrative fees and funding for the costs of administering emergency housing vouchers (EHVs) and other eligible expenses defined in Notice PIH 2021-15. These fees may only be used for EHV administration and other eligible expenses and must not be used for or applied to other PHA programs or vouchers. The PHA must maintain separate financial records from its regular HCV funding for all EHV funding. Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) Funding ARP funding obligated to the PHA as housing assistance payments (HAP) funding may only be used for eligible EHV HAP expenses (i.e., rental assistance payments). EHV HAP funding may not be used for EHV administrative expenses or for the eligible uses under the EHV services fee. The initial funding term will expire December 31, 2022. HUD will provide renewal funding to the PHA for the EHVs on a calendar year (CY) basis commencing with CY 2023. The renewal funding allocation will be based on the PHA’s actual EHV HAP costs in leasing, similar to the renewal process for the regular HCV program. EHV renewal funding is not part of the annual HCV renewal funding formula; EHVs are renewed separately from the regular HCV program. All renewal funding for the duration of the EHV program has been appropriated as part of the ARP funding. Administrative Fee and Funding The EHV program provides administrative fee funding to PHAs for expenses that are not normally eligible under the HCV program, as well as fees designated for the cost of administering the EHV program generally. The following types of fees and funding are allocated as part of the EHV program:  Preliminary fees support immediate start-up costs that the PHA will incur in implementing alternative requirements under EHV, such as outreach and coordination with partnering agencies: - $400 per EHV allocated to the PHA, once the consolidated annual contributions contract (CACC) is amended. - This fee may be used for any eligible administrative expenses related to EHVs. - The fee may also be used to pay for any eligible activities under EHV service fees (TPS- I.B).  Issuing action fees are one-time fees once the voucher is initially leased: - $100 for each EHV initially leased, if the PHA reports the voucher issuance date in Public Housing Information Center–Next Generation (PIC–NG) system within 14 days of voucher issuance or the date the system becomes available for reporting. - Issuing action fees only apply to the initial leasing of the voucher; they are not paid for family moves or to turnover vouchers. - This fee may be used for any eligible administrative expenses related to EHVs. EXHIBIT 1