Housing Voucher Program Mobility Services
HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM SERVICES & SUPPORT
The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) kicks off WEEK 3 of its August Advocacy with an incredibly important topic: Housing Choice Voucher Services & Support and Columbia Housing is ALL IN! In the third week (August 16, 2021 - August 20, 2021) of NAHRO's August Advocacy campaign, NAHRO is calling on Congress and the White House to support the housing choice voucher program for funding for mobility services and administrative fees. Housing Choice Voucher Program support helps to streamline the program, retain landlords, and empower low-income families.
The administrative fees are crucial to helping families find homes with a housing voucher because they cover the costs of program operations. Public housing agencies use administrative fees to accomplish the following:
- Completing unit inspections
- Certifying tenant incomes
- Managing waiting lists and applicants
- Determining tenant eligibility
- Briefing new families on the voucher program
- Ensuring reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities
While fully funding the administrative fee account is crucial, it is only the minimum to support an effective housing choice voucher program. Congress should also provide $491 million in the FY 2022 Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) budget for mobility services. Mobility services may include any of the following:
- Pre-move services
- Housing search assistance
- Family financial assistance
- Landlord recruitment
- Post-move services
In concert with NAHRO's August Advocacy efforts, Columbia Housing has activated a community-wide CH Advocates for Affordable Housing Campaign.
The CH Advocates for Affordable Housing Campaign has set a goal of submitting 100 letters per week to Congress urging their support of allocating additional resources to address our local and national housing needs.
Tell Congress to Fully Fund Administrative Fees
Admin fees help families find homes with a voucher by supporting program operations, including:
- Unit Inspections
- Tenant Income Certifications
- Applications and Waiting Lists
- Beaufort Housing Authority (SC)
- Benson Housing Authority (NC)
- Bladen Housing Authority (NC)
- Bladenboro Housing Authority (NC)
- Burlington Housing Authority (NC)
- Cayce Housing (SC)
- CHAD (SC)
- Charleston City Housing Authority (SC)
- Cheraw Housing Authority (SC)
- Columbia Council of Neighborhoods
- Columbia Housing (SC)
- Concord Housing Authority (NC)
- Conway Housing Authority (SC)
- Countless Individuals
- Darlington Housing Authority (SC)
- Dunn Housing Authority (NC)
- Easley Housing Authority (SC)
- Florence Housing Authority (SC)
- Goldsboro Housing Authority (NC)
- Greenville Housing Authority (SC)
- Greenwood Housing Authority (SC)
- Greer Housing Authority (SC)
- Kinston Housing Authority (NC)
- Lenoir Housing Authority (NC)
- Marlboro County Housing & Community Redevelopment Authority (SC)
- Midlands Housing Trust Fund
- Monroe Housing Authority (NC)
- Myrtle Beach Housing Authority (SC)
- One Common Cause
- On-Point with Cynthia Hardy
- Palmetto Housing Corporation (SC)
- Personal Growth Network Companies LLC (OH)
- Rock Hill Housing Authority (SC)
- SCAHI (SC)
- SC Association of Housing Authority Executive Directors (SC)
- SC Uplift Community Outreach
- Spartanburg Housing (SC)
- Union Housing Authority (SC)
- Wilson Housing Authority (NC)
- York Housing Authority (SC)
Ivory N. Mathews, CEO of Columbia Housing currently serves in the following local, state, regional, and national affordable housing advocacy roles:
- Congressional Contact for the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO)
- Legislative Representative - SC on the Legislative Committee for the Southeastern Regional Council of NAHRO (SERC-NAHRO)
- Board Member & Officer for the Carolina's Council of Housing, Redevelopment & Codes Officials (CCHRCO)
- Senior Vice-President for the Carolina's Council of Housing, Redevelopment & Codes Officials (CCHRCO)
- Legislative Representative - SC on the Legislative Committee for the Carolina's Council of Housing, Redevelopment & Codes Officials (CCHRCO)
- Board Member of the Housing Trust Fund Advisory Committee for the South Carolina State Housing Finance, and Development Authority
- Member of the SC Association of Housing Authority Executive Directors
- Member of the City of Columbia's Affordable Housing Taskforce
