Housing and Development Newsletter
As an “essential service,” housing authorities have had to adapt quickly amid the COVID-19 outbreak to keep providing necessary and critical services to residents. Our goal was and is to maintain the same level of service as before the contagion.
We are proud of that fact not one individual or family in our programs lost their housing due to any economic hardships because of the pandemic. The Housing Authority represents 2,784 households on the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program and 1,370 households in our own properties.
This also means that those landlords who participate in the Section 8 Voucher Program were also protected in terms of the full rent they receive. The program alone brings $36 million annually into our community.
ROCK SPRINGS The Rock Springs City Council will review several changes to the Rock Springs Housing Authority’s (RSHA) Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy (ACOP). Since a lot of changes are being proposed, a public hearing is scheduled to take place.
During the Council meeting Tuesday at 7 pm at City Hall, the Council will host three public hearings. The first allows for discussion on the proposed changes to the RSHA’s SCOP to conform to the Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations.
In the 50-page document, numerous changes are being proposed. From simple date changes to numerous paragraphs being added or subtracted. One of the proposed changes allows for the Public Housing Authority (PHA) to prohibit the admission of those who have committed certain types of criminal activity. However, PHA’s cannot impose “blanket prohibitions on any person with any conviction record, no matter when the conviction occurred…”
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