Good evening, everyone.

Welcome to the City of Tempe Housing Authority meeting.

Item number one's called order.

Well, we don't have to go through all the other stuff.

I guess that we can wait for the uh regular council meeting in 30 minutes, which means we'd item number two, which is call to the audience.

The housing authority board welcomes public comment at this time only for items listed on this agenda.

There was a three-minute time limit per speaker.

Uh, Madam Clerk, do we have any cards this evening?

Mr.

Mayor, none for this meeting.

Thank you.

Thank you very much, which moves me to item number three approval of City of Tempe Housing Authority meeting minutes for November 13th, 2025.

Do I have a motion?

It's okay.

It's been moved by board member Amberg and seconded by board member Hodge.

Let's see, please vote.

If I can get my screen back here.

There we go.

I know the feeling exactly.

And let's see, is our is our resident member Moss online?

Yes, she is virtually.

Okay, uh Ms.

Moss, can you hear me?

Okay, um, Ms.

Just I'm just looking for a vote on item three A.

Can you give me a thumbs up, perhaps?

No, I can't see the screen.

Yes.

Yes, okay, great.

Yes, she put her hand up.

Perfect.

Okay.

And so that item passes seven to zero with board member Keating absent.

Next up, item four A, Tempe Housing Authority Governing Board quarterly update, quarter ended December 31st, 2021.

And I will look to our Irma Holamy Kane, our Deputy Human Services Director for Housing for an update.

Good evening, Irma.

Thank you, Mayor.

Council members, Ms.

Tee.

I'm here on behalf of the Tempe Housing Authority to provide you an update as to what housing's been up to over the last quarter.

Our work in community health and human services is directly linked to your strategic priorities and associated performance measures as demonstrated on the screen.

Housing voucher types are broken out on the screen, all in.

We have the capacity to assist 1243 households with housing assistance.

First, we're going to discuss voucher performance, taking your attention to the left of the slide.

So this slide compares Tempe's leasing performance with the average performance of all housing authorities or in Arizona.

So Tempe's on the left and Arizona is on the right.

If I may turn your attention to the blue highlight, you'll see that our leasing performance compared to the balance estate.

All of us housing authorities ideally we'd be leasing at a 95 to 98% leasing rate.

And so if I can turn your attention to the green highlight, this is our attrition rate.

And as I mentioned earlier, ours is 6.92.

The balance of state is closer to 10%.

As for budget uh performance, if I can take your attention to the left of the slide, um, as of September, uh, we have administered over 18 million in housing assistance.

Um we're utilizing 100% of our uh budget, and our average per unit cost is uh reported now at 1,503 and 70 cents.

So this high compares Tempe's budget performance with the average performance of all Arizona housing authorities, Tempe being on the left and Arizona is on the right.

A how a high performing um housing authority would achieve at least a 98% utilization rate of its annual budget authority.

So that's funds and unit months available, meaning that the housing authority should spend 98% or more of its allocated funding.

Tempe and other housing authorities are largely meeting this mark.

And so if I could turn your attention to the green highlight, you'll see that our budget performance is compared to the balance of the state, Tempe, and the state average is meeting the mark.

In other housing services division updates, I'd like to let you know that the uh US Department of Housing and Urban Development has already obligated funding for the housing choice voucher program through the end of January.

Um, and according to our analysis, voucher payments to property owners on behalf of low-income tenants are expected to continue through the end of this month.