Transcript Housing Expansion Task Force for People with Disabilities

Expansion of Housing for
People with Disabilities
Report to the Centers for Independent Living on
Current Issues, Opportunities, and Activities
November 4, 2009
Disability
Commission Housing
Work Group:
Olmstead
Implementation Team
Housing Small Group:
MFP Housing Task Force
Work Group:
Builds collaboration
and systems
education across
various agencies,
organizations and
constituents creating
opportunities and
joint efforts to
expand the
availability,
accessibility and
choice in housing for
people with
disabilities.
Annually updates the
housing portion of the
Monitors
implementation of MFP
Annual Housing Action
Plan and reports semiannually to the
Secretaries of HHR and
Commerce and Trade;
Annual Action Plan
contains strategies
relating to accessibility,
affordability and
availability of housing
FOCUS: Sensory and
physical disabilities,
all ages
FOCUS: All disabilities,
all ages; those in
institutions and at risk
of entering institutions
Cross-Governmental
Strategic Plan to Assure
Continued Community
Integration for
Virginians with
Disabilities for
submission to
Governor, focusing on
accessibility,
affordability and
availability of housing
FOCUS: All disabilities,
all ages; those leaving
institutions for the
community
Disability
Commission
Housing Work
Group:
Olmstead
Implementation Team
Housing Small Group:
MFP Housing Task Force
Work Group:
Governor’s Advisor
VHDA
DHCD
VBPD
OCI
DBHDS
HUD-Richmond
DRS
CILs (Sandra
Cowles)
CSBs
DLS
Governor’s Advisor
VHDA
DHCD
VBPD
OCI
DBHDS
VACIL (Maureen
Hollowell)
Fair Housing Office
CI Advisory Commission
Governor’s Advisor
VHDA
DHCD
VBPD
OCI
DBHDS
Fair Housing Office
CI Advisory Commission
HUD-Richmond
DRS
CILs (Maureen Hollowell)
CSBs
DMAS
DSS
VDA
AAAs
Disability
Commission
Housing
Work Group
Olmstead
Housing
Team Group
HOUSING
EXPANSION
TASK FORCE
MFP
Housing
Task Force
Work Group
Why the Merger?
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Expands the information available to each
work group
Avoids duplication of effort
Saves agency costs
Permits increased and sharper focus on
issues common to each group
Provides more integrated and cohesive
pathway for housing planning for individuals
with disabilities in both the Executive and
Legislative branches
Task Force Approach to the Work
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Meets at 1:00 p.m., first Thursday of September-November
and March-June, at General Assembly Building
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Work Plan adopted through 11/10
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Reviews current federal, state and local issues/opportunities
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Develops presentations to Disability Commission
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Updates Olmstead Strategic Plan housing strategies
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Assists in compiling MFP Housing Report to the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and semi-annual MFP
Annual Action Plan reports to Secretaries of Health and
Human Resources and Commerce and Trade
Special invited guest at each meeting:
– Homebuilders Association (August)
– Housing Opportunities Made Equal (September)
– Apartment Management Association (October)
Current Issues and Opportunities:
Work Required on All Levels!
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Non-Elderly Disability Vouchers
– Federal: HUD funds, issued Comment NOFA, and will issue Final NOFA
– State: Governor wrote to Virginia PHAs; VHDA to make all vouchers
received available to MFP participants
– Local: CILs working with PHAs to make them aware of upcoming NOFA,
encourage application for vouchers, gather data
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Unlocking Doors Initiative
– Federal: HUD sponsors
– State: OCI working with others to develop plans for Information Fair
– Local: RIL and other local agencies to participate in Information Fair
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Section 202 and 811 Funding
– Federal: HUD makes funds available
– State: Receives a share
– Local: 55 Section 202 units and 14 Section 811 units will be constructed
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Consolidated Plans
– Federal: HUD sets requirements and provides funding
– State: DHCD develops plan for rest of state
– Local: Entitlement Jurisdictions develop local plans; CILs review plans
and provide comments
Current Issues and Opportunities, cont’d:
Work Required on All Levels!
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Money Follows the Person (MFP)
– Federal: CMS provides 75% of first 12 months Waiver funding and sets
requirements such as definition of “qualified residence”
– State: Provides 25% of funding; DMAS administers; State agencies worked
with special Task Force to develop and report on Annual Housing Action Plan;
DHCD provided funding for supplemental home modifications and bridge rent
– Local: CILs work with PHAs on housing needs; CILs and other local agencies
assist people to find housing and transition
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Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit Qualified Allocation Plan
– Federal: IRS allocates a specific dollar amount of LIHTC to each state
– State: VHDA awards these tax credits to specific affordable housing projects
proposed by developers who must agree to meet LIHTC “affordability”
requirements for a 15-year compliance period
– Local: Developers use tax credits for new construction of rental housing or
rehabilitation of existing housing
Other Current Issues and Opportunities
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Statewide Web-Based Housing Resources
– http://VirginiaHousingSearch.com
– http://easyaccess.virginia.gov Housing Page
– MFP Housing and Transportation Resource Bank:
www.olmsteadva.com/mfp DBHDS’ Housing
Study
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Auxiliary Grant Portability
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Adult Foster Care
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Governor’s Housing Conference
Olmstead Strategic Plan:
Housing Accessibility Highlights
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Promote Universal and EasyLiving Home Design
Support the work of the SILC and CILs to educate
the housing community on the accessibility needs
of people with disabilities
Develop recommendations to address Section 504
compliance issues
Assist the disability and aging communities to work
together to educate decision-makers on the need
for accessible housing options for older adults and
individuals with disabilities
Olmstead Strategic Plan:
Housing Affordability Highlights
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Work with VBPD, VHDA, DHCD, the SILC and the
Disability Commission to develop and fund a
mechanism for collecting statewide annual data
Evaluate the need for additional program subsidies
to increase affordability
Preserve affordable, accessible housing where it
exists
Encourage development of affordable housing
where it does not exist
Olmstead Strategic Plan:
Housing Availability Highlights
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Support the work of the CILs to review
comprehensive plans to evaluate data that
addresses issues of accessibility, affordability, and
availability
Expand outreach/promote awareness of existing
financial and capacity building resources
Provide training--NIMBYISM/Fair Housing
Work with the SILC and CILs to educate individuals
with disabilities and disability advocates about the
obligations of builders and developers.
QUESTIONS?