To: Contra Costa County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
From: Joseph Villarreal, Executive Director
Report Title: PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY HEARING AND RESOLUTION FOR CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE PHA ANNUAL PLAN AND RELATED REGULATIONS INCLUDING REQUIRED CIVIL RIGHTS CERTIFICATIONS APPROVING HACCC'S ANNUAL PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
OPEN the public hearing for the Housing Authority's (HACCC) Annual Plan for fiscal year 2026, RECEIVE testimony, and CLOSE the public hearing.
ADOPT Resolution No. 5273 titled the "PHA Certifications of Compliance with the PHA Annual Plan and Related Regulations including Required Civil Rights Certifications approving HACCC's Annual Plan for fiscal year 2026, including revisions to the Admissions and Continued Occupancy Plan and the Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan.
BACKGROUND:
Any local, regional or state agency that receives funds to operate a federal public housing or housing choice voucher (Section 8) program must submit a Public Housing Agency (PHA) Plan. The PHA Plan is a template that outlines public housing agency policies, programs, operations, and strategies for meeting local housing needs and goals.
The Annual Plan provides details about the PHA's current programs, and the resident population served, as well as the PHA's strategy for addressing the housing needs of currently assisted families and the larger community. The Annual Plan also serves as the PHA's yearly request for grants to support improvements to public housing buildings (through the Capital Fund Program).
As required by HUD, HACCC staff provided public notice of this hearing in the East, West, and Contra Costa Times on October 7th, 2025. Staff met virtually with the agency's Resident Advisory Board (RAB) on four different occasions to discuss the proposed Plan: September 25th, October 2nd, October 9th, and October 16th, 2025. The RAB ...
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