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Financial Report <br /> Alicia Jones gave update on financials. Ms. Jones used the spreadsheet that was suggested by Ms. <br /> Bolduc to use for financials. She stated that we were authorized funds of$283,091 and utilized $340, <br /> 375. The HUD representative for VMS stated that we will receive our continued funding at the regular <br /> rate that we received for this month which is $322,206 for the next three months. We are under leased, <br /> but can only afford to lease up 36 units. The staff is currently doing intakes for the next three months <br /> with a total of 120 applicants with the hope of leasing at least 20 of them up. There are seven vouchers <br /> that are port-ins that we have the ability to absorb that will help toward the 36 units. There are at 571 <br /> vouchers and we need to have 623. There are 599 people on the wait list. Ms. Jones shared a report <br /> for lease up for the past two weeks. As of February 28, 2017 there are 22 vouchers on the street, and <br /> four were leased in the average of 17 days. <br /> Ms. Moore shared with the board that we are also asking for a Housing Locater position. This person <br /> will go out to landlords to try to convince them to come into the program and also look for affordable <br /> housing. There was discussion about how to make the process better for tenants and landlords. <br /> Administrative Plan Update <br /> Alicia Jones discussed the Administrative Plan. There was discussion on adding points for a homeless <br /> preference. There are no points in the current Admin Plan for homeless. If points are added it will assist <br /> those homeless families reach the top of the list. The OCHA board will meet on March 21, 2017 to <br /> discuss points for homeless preference. Ms. Moore stated that we will work with DSS to offer wrap <br /> around services for people that are homeless and others that come into the program. She stated that <br /> there need to be more collaboration between Housing and Social Services so there is a continuance of <br /> care for people. <br /> Other Business <br /> There being no further business the meeting recessed at 7:30 p.m. <br /> Respectfully Submitted: <br /> Angela Rockett, Administrative Assistant <br /> Annette Moore, Interim Director Housing, Human Rights and Community Development Department <br />