2022 Consolidated Annual Perfprmance and Evaluation Report

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development of the plan to install carbon monoxide detectors in all Public Housing units, installation of fire stop devices, entry door lock changes, property lighting, and other safety measures for the high rise at 501 Alonzo Watson Drive including security cameras. The overall combination of improved management and maintenance, contractor unit turns, addressed work orders, infestation, and tenant concerns through resident services placed the Housing Authority on a positive path toward quality,safe,decent,and sanitary housing. Actions taken to encourage public housing residents to become more involved in management and participate in homeownership The HASB participates in the Family Self-Sufficiency Program (FSS).The Family Self-Sufficiency(FSS) program supports the strategic goal of increasing economic opportunity for Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher Program Participants. FSS provides grant funding to support a FSS Coordinator who assist participating families receiving housing assistance. FSS Program Coordinators develop locai strategies to connect participating families to public and private resources to increase their earned income and financial empowerment, reduce or eliminate the need for welfare assistance, and make progress toward economic independence and self-sufficiency. In the context of the Self Sufficiency account, "self-sufficiency" is defined as a household's ability to maintain financial, housing, and personal/family stability.To achieve self-sufficiency, individuals in a household move along a continuum towards economic independence and stability;such movement is facilitated by the achievement of educational, professional,and health/mental health and financial empowerment-related goals. For the FSS program,self-sufficiency is further defined as a work-able-family's ability to maintain itself free from income-based public safety net programs such as TANF,SNAP, Medicaid and housing assistance. Many FSS program participants have expressed interest in becoming homeowners so the HASB has included a HUD approved Housing Counselor to its Program Coordinating Committee as well as offers assistance with credit repair,virtual and in person financial literacy classes and employment retention counseling to assist FSS program participants with preparing for homeownership. In 2022,the HASB graduated four participants and paid out over$23,000 in escrow funds of the FSS program. Actions taken to provide assistance to troubled PHAs Extensive training for the Board of Commissioners continues to be provided to include the following training designed to make the Board ready, willing, and able to govern the HASB and oversee its progress. • Board of Commissioners completed a Board Retreat and Strategic Planning session in September 2022 • Board of Commissioners completed Financial Training covering Low Income Public Housing and CAPER 29 OMB Control No:2506-0117(exp.09/30/20211