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CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AND AGREEMENT BETWEEN SEDGWICK COUNTY AND CITY OF WICHITA FOR TRANSFER OF THE SEDGWICK COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY, SECTION 8 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM TO WICHITA HOUSING AUTHORITY (WHA).
Presented by: Justin Waggoner, Assistant County Counselor.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the resolution, authorize the Chairman to sign the agreement with City of Wichita, and authorize the Chairman and the Executive Director of the Sedgwick County Housing Authority (SCHA) to sign the letter requesting the voluntary transfer, and, upon approval of the voluntary transfer by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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This agenda item proposes to transfer Sedgwick County’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program (referred to as the SCHA) to the City of Wichita so that it would be administered by the Wichita Housing Authority (WHA).
Presently, the SCHA acts as the administrator for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program within all of Sedgwick County that is not within the city limits of Wichita, all of Harvey County, and all of Butler County.
The agenda item also includes an agreement that would propose to have the WHA sub-contract with the SCHA so that the WHA would act on behalf of the SCHA in administering the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program beginning on October 1, 2017. After approval of the recommended action by governing bodies for Sedgwick County and the City of Wichita, a request would be made for HUD to approve the voluntary transfer from the SCHA to the WHA. If the voluntary transfer were to be approved, it would become effective January 1, 2018. This process would be completed pursuant to HUD Notice PIH 2015-22, which applies to voluntary transfers of Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher programs.
There are two (2) key reasons this transfer has been suggested: First, the parties believe that tenants and landlords that participate within the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program will be be...
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