HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1989-15301 RESOLUTION NO. 15301
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA URGING AN AMENDMENT TO EXISTING
FEDERAL HOUSING LAWS TO ALLOW ELIGIBLE LOW
INCOME MOBILEHOME SPACE RENTERS TO PARTICIPATE
IN SECTION 8 (EXISTING) VOUCHER PROGRAMS
The City Council o£ the City of Chula Vista does hereby
resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) currently operates two rental assistance
programs commonly known as the Section 8 (Existing) Housing
Assistance Payments Program and the Section 8 Housing Voucher
Program, respectively; and
WHEREAS, among the most notable differences between the
two aforementioned programs is that the Section 8 (Existing)
Program contains a limit on a total rent which can be paid by the
participant while the Section 8 Voucher Program does not have a
rent limit, and
WHEREAS, the mobilehome residents are currently only
eligible to use the Section 8 (Existing) Program, but are not
~ligible to use the Section 8 Voucher Program, and
WHEREAS, when a Section 8 tenant who owns his or her own
mobilehome and receives a space rent assistance from HUD and has
a rent increase above the program rent limit, the resident is
forced to drop o~f the program because it is impossible or
financially infeasiDle to move his or her mobilehome to another
location within program rent limits, and
WHEREAS, sucn a rent increase would not force the
resident to terminate receiving assistance under the general
eligibility criteria of the Section 8 Vouchers Program because
the Vouchers Program does not have a specific rent limit, and
WHEREAS, the Section 8 Voucher Program if it could be
used, would appear to meet the needs of mobilehome residents to a
greater extent than the Section 8 Program because of the
aforementioned problem with rent limitations under the Section 8
Program, and
WHEREAS, inclusion of mobilehome owners for eligibility
in HUD'S Section 8 Voucher Program would be in the best interest
o~ the public to promote the general welfare Of eligible
lower-income residents throughout the United States.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
City of Chula Vista does that the Congressional Delegation of
tne County of San Diego is hereby urged to seek: (1) legislative
amendments to Section ~87-203 of the Section ~ Housing Voucher
Program to allow moDilehome owners who rent spaces to participate
in the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's
Section ~ Voucher Program, and (2) amendments to allow mobilehome
residents participating in the Section 8 (Existing) rental
assistance program to pay the difference between the program rent
limit and the actual space rent being charged.
Presented Dy Approved as to form by
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David L. Malcolm, Councilman d'~,~mas J.~:,~yron, city Attorney
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Resol uti on 15301
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 12th day of September, 1989 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Moore, Nader, Cox
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Malcolm, McCandliss
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
re R. Cox, Mayor
ATTEST:
Beverly 2A~Aul~helet, C~ty Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 15301 was duly passed,
approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 12th day of
September, 1989.
Executed this 12th day of September,1989.
Beverly~l(. Au~helet, City C(rk