Good evening, everyone.

Welcome to the City of Tempe Housing Authority meeting.

Item number one, call to order.

Council meetings can be watched in the real time via Cox Cable Channel 11 and at Tempe.gov slash Tempe11.

Members of the public may also attend the meeting virtually through Microsoft Teams.

Just also want to note too here Kaylee Moss, who's the other Housing Authority board member, is here this afternoon.

So thank you so much for joining us.

Next up, item number two, National Arab American Heritage Month Proclamation.

So I'd now like to invite the gentlemen who are all here to come down and join me at the front.

And we'll join you all down.

Sir?

All right, so as the council comes to join me, uh I've actually got three of these here.

So you might have to fight about who actually gets to, you know, because there's four people in three proclamations, but we can make it work.

So this proclamation reads, whereas for over a century, Arab Americans have been making valuable contributions to virtually every aspect of American society.

From medicine, law, business, education, technology, government, military service to the arts and culture.

And whereas since migrating to America, men and women of Arab descent have shared their rich culture and traditions with neighbors and friends, while also setting fine examples of model citizens and public servants.

And whereas they brought with them resilient family values, strong work ethic, dedication to education, and diversity in faith and creed that have added strength to our great democracy.

And whereas Arab Americans have also enriched our society by sharing in the entrepreneurial American spirit that makes our nation free and prosperous.

And whereas the celebration of Arab American ancestry and cultural heritage educates our fellow Americans and counters misperceptions.

And whereas Arab Americans join us in all the desire to see a peaceful and diverse society where every individual is treated equally and feels safe.

And whereas the incredible contributions and heritage of Arab Americans have helped us build a better nation.

And the City of Tempe is proud to recognize the countless contributions of Arab Americans towards making our city a better place for all.

Thank you.

You're up there.

We we love her very much.

So all right, next up, item number three is called the audience.

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

There is a three minute time limit per speaker.

Madam Clerk, do we have any cards this evening?

None received.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you so much.

Is there anyone in the audience who wishes to speak?

If so, can you please get my attention now?

Okay, seeing that I'll close the public testimony portion here and move to item number four housing authority governing board updates.

4A Housing Authority Governing Board quarterly update for the quarter ended March 31st, 2026.

Now I'd like to call upon our deputy human services director for housing, Miss Irma Hollandby Kane for an update.

Good evening.

Thank you.

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Good evening, Mayor, Council members, um, Mrs.

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Um, my name is Irma Holland B.

Kane, and I'm here to give you an update as to what the housing authority has been up to over the last couple of months.

So the uh work that we do in community health and human services is directly linked to your strategic strategic priorities and associated performance measures as demonstrated on this screen.

Today I'm gonna provide you an update as to our performance over the last quarter ending December 2025 and present highlights of the Tempe Housing Authority annual plan and policy changes that we plan to make to our administrative plan.

The plans have been out for public comment over the last 45 days.

On March 23rd, we hosted a resident advisory board meeting of 23 voucher holders and presented these materials and received excellent feedback and support.

So let's get started with our performance.

This year, the Tempe Housing Authority is on track to administer over 18 million in housing subsidy.

The housing voucher types are um broken out on the screen, and all in we have capacity to assist 1,234 households with our housing assistance.

So we track our data uh specific to the Tempe Housing Authority's performance, um, and this is actual data as of December of 2025.

So as you know, um HUD contracts with Tempe with a budget amount, referred to as budget authority, and an allocation of vouchers, and we track our performance in both of these areas.

First, we're just gonna discuss voucher leasing performance.

If I could take your attention to the left of the slide during this reporting cycle, we have 1,030 vouchers leased up in our community.

We have a 7.60 attrition rate, meaning turnover rate in our vouchers.

42 vouchers have ported out of our jurisdiction, and 81 vouchers have ported out of our jurisdiction.

And there are a number of reasons why folks move out of the jurisdiction.

Um voucher holders often move closer to extended family, um, child care, elder care, and other informal support, so maybe they just might be looking for a less competitive market than the city of Tempe.

And then finally, over on the right of the slide, we show how we compare nationally in our leasing.