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OCHA Regular Meeting

Orange County · Housing Authority Board
Thursday, September 18, 2025

Regular meeting Housing and affordabilityHomelessness and shelter

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What was decided

  1. Approved 1Emergency Housing Choice Vouchers - Transitioning to HCV Program Approved unanimously
  2. Approved 2Project Base Voucher - Admin Plan Revision Approved unanimously

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What's on this agenda

Orange County Housing Authority's advisory board takes up a preference score for families moving from Emergency Housing Vouchers onto the regular Housing Choice Voucher waiting list, set at 101 points on the agenda. It also considers an admin plan revision dropping the requirement to advertise Project-Based Voucher competitions in a newspaper.

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Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The board voted unanimously to raise that preference score from 101 to 201 points. Member Murdock-Doherty proposed the increase to cover applicants who qualify under more than one preference, such as homelessness and domestic violence.

The board also voted unanimously to drop the newspaper-advertising requirement for Project-Based Voucher competitions. It updated the admin plan to describe the authority's current notification methods instead. The board approved its August minutes and heard no public comment.

How the votes went

The board approved its August minutes, raised EHV-to-HCV preference points from 101 to 201, and dropped the newspaper-advertising requirement for Project-Based Voucher competitions, all unanimously.

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Who spoke

No members of the public spoke.

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Agenda items (2)

Resolution · 2
  1. 1 Emergency Housing Choice Vouchers - Transitioning to HCV Program
    Resolution Homelessness and shelterHousing and affordability
    A preference for the Housing Choice Voucher waiting list, worth 101 points on the agenda, would apply to Emergency Housing Voucher holders transitioning to the regular program. It covers families who were homeless, at risk of homelessness, fleeing domestic or dating violence, sexual assault, stalking or trafficking, or recently homeless and at high risk of housing instability.
    Approved unanimously
  2. 2 Project Base Voucher - Admin Plan Revision
    Resolution Housing and affordability
    An admin plan revision would remove OCHA's requirement to advertise Project-Based Voucher competition announcements in a newspaper.
    Approved unanimously

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