Public Notice: Housing Authority of Maricopa County Advisory Meetings

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the general public that the Housing Authority of Maricopa County Advisory Committee will hold meetings as follows:

Agendas are available at least 24 hours prior to each of the above scheduled meetings at the Housing Authority, 8910 N. 78th Avenue, Peoria, AZ 85345, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or anytime on HAMC’s website www.maricopahousing.org.

Dated this 14th day of February, 2019

One or more members may attend telephonically. Members attending telephonically will be announced at the meeting.
Executive Sessions are always preceded by an open, public meeting as per A.R.S. §38‐431.03, and are held in compliance with one or more of the following statute(s):

A.R.S. §38‐431.03.1 ‐ Personnel matters
A.R.S. §38‐431.03.2 ‐ Records exempt by law from public inspection
A.R.S. §38‐431.03.3 ‐ Legal advice
A.R.S. §38‐431.03.4 ‐ Litigation; contract negotiations; settlement discussions
A.R.S. §38‐431.03.5 ‐ Personnel matters dealing with employee organizations
A.R.S. §38‐431.03.6 ‐ International and interstate negotiations
A.R.S. §38‐431.03.7 ‐ Purchase sale or lease of real property

Meeting Public Notice 2019-02-14

HAMC offices will be closed on Monday, February 18th in observation of Presidents Day.

February 1, 2019

Dear Housing Choice Voucher Landlords and Voucher Participants:

As you are aware, the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is a federally-funded program. HAMC receives its funding to administer the HCV program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Due to the lapse in Congressional Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2019, the federal government was shutdown on December 22, 2019, and HUD was directly affected. The federal government has been reopened until Friday, February 15, 2019. HAMC’s Housing Choice Voucher program received full funding for February 2019 HCV payments, and has been advised we will receive March 2019 HCV payments as well. February payments will be processed immediately. We anticipate March payments to be made on time as well. However, on this date, it is unclear whether there will be full funding for April 2019 and beyond payment.

This letter serves as formal notification to you that potentially and due to circumstances beyond HAMC’s control, namely a U.S. federal government shutdown, Housing Assistance Payments and Utility Assistance Payments for April 2019 and beyond may not be issued as expected.

Voucher Participants: Please be advised you continue to be responsible for on time payment of your portion of your rent to your Landlord.

Landlords: Please be advised the Voucher Participant/Tenant is not responsible for paying the portion of rent to owner covered by HAMC’s housing assistance payment under the contract between you and HAMC. HAMC’s failure to pay the housing assistance payment to the owner is not a violation of the lease. The owner may not terminate the tenancy for nonpayment of HAMC’s housing assistance payment. Additionally, HAMC is not obligated to pay any late payment penalty when late payment is due to factors beyond HAMC’s control.

It is HAMC’s expectation that should there be any missed payments to landlords on behalf of voucher participants, they will be paid and regular payments resume as soon as issues of the federal government shutdown is resolved, and funds are released by HUD to HAMC.

We regret any concern or inconvenience this situation may cause you. Your patience and understanding on this matter are greatly appreciated.

If you have any questions regarding this letter, please call our office at (602) 744-4515.
Si Usted tiene una pregunta acerca a esta correspondencia, por favor llame al (602) 744-4533.

Thank You.