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Home My WebLink About10/11/2011 03B Yakima Housing Authority 2010 Annual Report i 1 Vil t,TrOl. YAKIMA HOUSING AUTHORITY i, VI 1 i 2010 It's all about Communit . A AL Letter to OUR COMMUNITY • I Dear Friends and Neighbors: This past year has been challenging for all of us and especially to the neediest of our residents. With unemployment continuing to grow, it became increasingly difficult for residents of our community to afford ri 4 their basic needs. During this past year, the Yakima Housing Authority helped nearly 2,500 family members have a safe and affordable place `-•t to call home. As a result of the economic downturn, one of our largest programs, the Housing Choice Voucher Program (also known as Section 8), came under increased financial pressure to meet the needs of the community. We worked closely with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on creative solutions to help stabilize the Section 8 program, which included receiving additional funds. During the year, the Section 8 program served over 1,300 family members contributing approximately $2.7 million to the community, in the form of rental assistance, to over 250 landlords. With the downturn in the economy, we recommitted ourselves to serving those whom lost everything and now found themselves on the streets with no place to call home. We set aside 75 Section 8 vouchers to -. help these families. In addition, we partnered with Yakima County's Department of Human Services and Grants Management so that each of these families will receive services to help with health issues, substance abuse, and job training. Our country remains at war against terrorism, and we began focusing on bringing additional resources to the families who have sacrificed the most for our freedoms. We were able to secure 35 new Section 8 vouchers for the Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing program. In partnering with the Walla Walla Veteran Affairs Facility, each family will receive help from the Veteran Affairs Office to sustain them in permanent housing. I As we move forward to a new year, we will continue to help build stronger communities through our commitment to safe and affordable housing. Please join us in this commitment to our community through your continued support. 7 A / t ' i 4 4 17 Lowel Krueger Robert Wardell Executive Director Chairman of the Board • 2 r ) \' Meet the YHA LEADERSHIP TEAM . . NI ,....., 0 -Mi , t 1. P ' '' . r -i 3) At fi la jt 4 !!' : 1. I 1 FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Brian Johnson Kelly Nielsen FINAN5 & IT Commissioner Housing Manager MAINTENANCE Bob Wardell Mamie Barboza 12 Chairman of the Board Vice- Chairperson Lowel Krueger Sharon Wandler HOUSING Executive Director Director of Finance 10 Linda Orozco Christine Goodwin DA MIN Commissioner Commissioner 2 Ted Layton Maintenance Manager Employee Total: 29 Taking pride in our ACCOMPLISHMENTS 0 0 Yakima Housing Authority's Major Initiatives: • Continue to modernize its public housing units by using Recovery Act funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Funds total $328,000 —some of which was used to replace cabinets in 35 units at the Fair Avenue, Eastwood, and Cascade apartment complexes. Original cabinets were donated to the Habitat for Humanity Restore. • Awarded $48,000 to stabilize Section 8 program, which recently came under increasing financial pressure as a result of the economic downturn. • Secured 35 additional Section 8 vouchers for the Veteran Affairs Supporting Housing (VASH) program, totaling $130,000. Each VASH voucher includes a case management component supplied by the Veterans Affairs Office, which helps keep families in permanent housing. • Reaffirmed its commitment to Yakima County's homeless by setting aside 75 of its Section 8 vouchers, or approximately $360,000, for HAP payments. FARMWORKER ADULTS: 173 DISABLED /FARMWORKERS ELDERLY 1,070 244 nUIRIY 38 Section 8 (HCV) VETERANS 618 35 CHILDREN 1,158 MULTI - FAMILY 189 RESIDENTS TOTAL: 2,472 UNIT TOTAL: 1,053 4 Initiatives Continued... • Partnered with local nonprofits, landlords, and the Homeless Network of Yakima County in providing case management to help families adjust to living in permanent housing. • Nearly $2.7 million was paid to more than 250 landlords throughout Yakima and Kittitas Counties. • Continue to provide safe housing to its residents by partnering with the Yakima Police Department and the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program, which employs a police officer for its public housing units, costing approximately $185,000 over the life of the four -year contract for the officer and a patrol vehicle. • Secured funding for a Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) coordinator, totaling approximately $41,000. The coordinator will help families receiving Section 8 vouchers become self- sufficient. Each successful family will have a trust account (administered by YHA) remitted to them upon the completion of the program. • Continue efforts to become more energy efficient. YHA has partnered with the Washington State Department of Commerce and the Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) of Washington, to begin weatherizing all of its units. Currently, YHA has had over 100 units (or 25 percent of its managed units) weatherized with approximately $22,000 worth of contributed assets. 5 s r The GABRIELE CARIGNAN STORY 0 0 • Gabriele Carnigan was born in was left homeless for a time. She Germany and moved to the United depended on the hospitality of States at a young age along with friends to get her through until her family. They lived in Michigan she became involved with YHA. and when Gabriele was old Through the VA Center in Yakima enough she joined the US Army in 2009, Gabriele was introduced in 1969. After being stationed in to YHA and their Veteran's Affairs Japan for nine years, Gabriele Supportive Housing program decided she would retire from (VASH program). She was one of the Army and move back to the the first people in Yakima to receive US. She arranged for a job as a a voucher for the program, which nanny back in Michigan and was allowed her the resources to rent looking forward to returning to her a duplex for her and her dog, a home state. Sadly, that job never Siberian husky who means the came to fruition and Gabriele world to her. Living independently '‘ 11) ki. i tA 4 - i4Pf,,, , ,itir . , - # 11 ) r , to , a • l i k II* r M a,C 6 II I ____._.. ._. Our PROGRAMS 0 0 Housing for Families the U.S. Department of Housing and The Yakima Housing Authority (YHA) Urban Development. has three programs helping to alleviate Housing for the Homeless a family's cost-of-living expenses. YHA has partnered with several not - First, YHA owns and manages 150 for - profit organizations and Yakima public housing units throughout the County's Department of Human city of Yakima. Services and Grant Management to provide housing and services to Second, YHA owns and manages the homeless. There are 75 units 39 units in Yakima that were primarily funded with revenue throughout Yakima specifically set bonds. To help families with rent, aside for individuals and families the YHA accepts families receiving who qualify as homeless. In addition, each individual receives assistance from Section 8. help with health care, substance Third, YHA administers 618 abuse, and job training. Section 8 vouchers for Yakima and Housing for Veterans Kittitas Counties. Families receiving assistance from the Section 8 In 2009, YHA received 35 Section program have the most flexibility in 8 vouchers for the Veteran Affairs their housing choice as they may Supportive Housing program. choose to rent from any landlord Veterans who qualify for this who accepts Section 8. A portion program receive assistance from the of rent and utilities is subsidized by Veterans Affairs Office to sustain 10 FINANCIALS 0 0 Revenue MARCH 2010 Revenue MARCH wi Government Grants $4,365,129 Government Grants $3,246,805 Tenant and Other $1,594,457 Tenant and Other $1,359,707 Capital Grants Capital Grants and Contributions $363,484 and Contributions $198,282 Investment $8,641 Investment $17,431 TOTAL $6,331,711 TOTAL $4,822,225 o o Expenses MARCH 2010 Expenses MARCH 2009 Housing Assistance Housing Assistance Payments $2,691,392 Payments $2,785,701 Administration $1,102,432 Administration $982,928 Ordinary Maintenance Ordinary Maintenance and Operations $956,747 and Operations $815,891 Depreciation $905,727 Depreciation $902,067 Utilities $391,885 Utilities $390,490 Mortgage Interest $172,527 Mortgage Interest $178,340 General Expenses $161,517 General Expenses $177,691 TOTAL $6,382,227 TOTAL $6,233,108 EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) REVENUE OVER EXPENSES 2010 Total Revenue $6,331,711 2009 Total Revenue $4,822,225 Total Expenses $6,382,227 Total Expenses $6,233,108 Total Deficiency - $50,516 Total Deficiency - $1,410,883 9 because of YHA and the VASH stay here where she has made i program has changed Gabriele's many friends and a church family. life in such a tremendous manner; She gives credit to YHA for she admits, "I probably would helping her reach this point, have ended up in a truck with my "The people are friendly, dog. Lord knows where I would be without them." everyone here has a smile and they make me feel welcome. They've given me Although Gabriele still has family a place to call home." ties in Michigan, two sons and three grandchildren, she also has family in Yakima, a daughter. In November 2010 her daughter, , - who is also serving in the US Army, o * 32 was deployed to Afghanistan. She 3 USA serves as a Blackhawk mechanic a ', 4 rr k4 crew chief and medic staff W N '" / �4 1 - sergeant. Gabriele takes great w pride in her daughter's service. Gabriele feels she has found a . You home in Yakima and intends to .. r a 1 I I iiiiii ‘i 1 _,,.: 171 I de, kt )1 01110 : , , 430 r ii I ! them in permanent housing. In YHA plans to build ten seasonal addition, the veteran and his or housing units which will house her family will be able to choose up to 76 individuals in Granger. to rent from any landlord whom Beginning in 2012, beds can be accepts Section 8 in Yakima and rented for $5 a day. Kittitas Counties. To help with the Each of these programs require an individual to have minimum income amounts earned from farm labor and initial costs of renting a unit, YHA has partnered with local banks to provide assistance for first and last to have documents for residency in month's rent and deposits. the United States. Housing for Farmworkers Housing for the Elderly YHA has three programs for YHA owns and manages a 38 -unit farmworkers and their families. apartment building in Yakima for YHA manages 147 units throughout the elderly. In order to qualify Yakima County receiving support for the one - bedroom units, the from the U.S. Department of individual and his or her spouse Agriculture's Rural Development. must be 62 or older. 99 of the 147 units receive rental Housing for the Disabled 1 assistance, which reduces the cost of f f rent and utilities. All of YHA's programs are available f It also owns and manages 26 units to individuals with disabilities. Staff reaches out to disabled individuals for farmworkers in Yakima who pay and works with each situation. reduced rents. Pr ogram Revenue 2010 } O O Section 8 (HCV) $3,299,237 $1,679,013 Multi Family lo t F armworker $1,060,367 Elderly $228,299 Veterans $64,795 i ii Total $6,331,711 11 vii io r k YAKIMA HOUSING AUTHORITY 0 0 810 N 6th Avenue Yakima, WA 98902 P.O. Box 1447 Yakima, WA 98907 PH: 509.453.3106 FX: 509.453.3111 TDD: 1.800.545.1833 ext 560 .l' 4,4 ,, ►,, = L ■A _ • • ► • MISSION Building stronger communities through our STATEME \T commitment to safe and affordable housing