Housing Authority Maintains High Performance Rating

General Interest
Meeting Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Story generated: Oct 8, 2025
Focus: HRA's successful SEMAP certification and high performance rating

The Housing and Redevelopment Authority achieved a 96% score on its 2024 Section Eight Management Assessment Program certification, maintaining its status as a high performer during Tuesday's board meeting.

The SEMAP certification is an annual federal audit of the Housing Choice Voucher Program that evaluates 14 performance indicators. Staff reported the authority has maintained high performer status since the early 2000s through rigorous quality control measures including peer audits, inspection reviews and regular policy updates.

Four key indicators represent 55% of the overall SEMAP score, including selections from waiting lists, rent reasonableness determinations, income calculations and budget utilization. The authority must spend at least 98% of its allocated budget authority to meet federal requirements.

The board also received updates on federal funding for Community Development Block Grant and Housing Choice Voucher programs. The Finance Department will present information about major federal grants to the City Council on April 22.

Construction is expected to begin soon at the 9030 Park development project, with the authority nearing closing on the project. The next HRA meeting is scheduled for May 13, resuming the regular schedule of second and fourth Tuesdays.

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Meeting Analysis

The April 15, 2025 Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) meeting focused primarily on the 2024 SEMAP (Section Eight Management Assessment Program) certification. The HRA achieved a 96% score, maintaining their high performer status. Staff provided detailed information about quality control mechanisms and key performance indicators. The board also received updates on federal funding for CDBG and Housing Choice Vouchers, and was informed about upcoming construction at 9030 Park.

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[4:02] SOME

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[6:52] ALL RIGHT SO NOW I AM CALLING

[6:56] TO ORDER THE TUESDAY NIGHT

[7:00] APRIL 15TH HRT BOARD MEETING

[7:03] AND FIRST ITEM IS THE APPROVAL

[7:04] OF THE AGENDA ANY EDITS OR

[7:10] CHANGES?

[7:14] OH MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO

[7:15] APPROVE THE AGENDA SO MOVED

[7:20] SECOND MOVE BY CARTER AND

[7:22] SECOND BY DOUBLING HER ALL

[7:23] IN FAVOR I ALL RIGHT PAST

[7:27] SEVEN ZERO AND NEXT IS THE

[7:30] APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES WHAT

[7:34] NO WE DON'T DO WE'LL DO THAT

[7:35] AT THE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE

[7:38] IT'S SHORT TERM TIME.

[7:38] OKAY GOT IT.

[7:41] ALL RIGHT.

[7:42] SO NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO

[7:43] CONSENT ITEMS AND I DO NOT

[7:46] HAVE THE LANGUAGE ON HOW TO

[7:53] THIS MOTION TO APPROVE.

[7:54] OH I SEE.

[7:55] OKAY.

[7:56] SO SO YOU CAN JUST MOTION TO

[8:06] YES.

[8:06] OKAY SO CAN WE HAVE A MOTION

[8:10] TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS

[8:13] 4.14.2 AND 4.3 MOVED TO

[8:17] CONSENT AND MOVE BY WOOTEN

[8:21] SECOND BY WHO CAME ALL IN.

[8:24] DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION?

[8:28] ALL RIGHT.

[8:28] ALL IN FAVOR.

[8:29] I OPPOSED MOTION PASSES SEVEN

[8:35] ZERO AND I HAVE TOO MANY

[8:39] PAPERS HERE.

[8:40] OKAY.

[8:42] NEXT ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS

[8:46] AND ME WE HAVE THE STAFF

[8:47] REPORT.

[8:50] YES.

[8:50] GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND

[8:51] COMMISSIONERS.

[8:52] I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO GIVE

[8:54] YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2024 C

[8:57] MAP CERTIFICATION.

[8:58] C MAP STANDS FOR THE SECTION

[9:01] EIGHT MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT

[9:01] PROGRAM AND THIS IS AN ANNUAL

[9:05] MANAGEMENT AUDIT THAT WE

[9:06] COMPLETE FOR THE HOUSING

[9:06] CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM.

[9:08] THIS IS THIS PROCESS IS

[9:09] OUTLINED IN FEDERAL

[9:15] REGULATIONS 2495 AS IT SAYS ON

[9:16] THE SCREEN AND THERE'S 14

[9:17] INDICATORS THAT ARE UNDER

[9:20] CONSIDERATION THROUGH THE C

[9:20] MAP PROCESS.

[9:24] THIS PROCESS ARE WE COMPLETE

[9:27] REGULAR AUDITING OF THE

[9:28] PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE

[9:31] A HIGH SCORE THROUGH THIS

[9:32] IN THAT PROCESS AND IN THIS

[9:34] YEAR'S REVIEW FOR THE 2024

[9:35] PROGRAM YEAR WE RECEIVED A

[9:38] SCORE OF 96% AND THAT IS A

[9:39] HIGH PERFORMER SCORE I WOULD

[9:43] SAY I THINK WE'VE BEEN A HIGH

[9:43] PERFORMING SORT OF C MAP SINCE

[9:46] LIKE THE EARLY 2000S AND SO

[9:49] I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE

[9:49] CONTINUING THAT HIGH SCORE.

[9:53] SO I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON

[9:54] THE VARIOUS QUALITY CONTROL

[9:55] MECHANISMS THAT WE DO

[9:57] THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MAKE

[9:58] SURE THAT OUR C MAP SCORES

[10:00] REMAIN HIGH, THE FIRST ONE

[10:01] BEING PURE AUDIT.

[10:01] SO OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAM

[10:04] SPECIALISTS ARE AUDITING EACH

[10:05] OTHER'S FILES TO MAKE SURE

[10:08] THAT OUR RENT CALCULATIONS ARE

[10:09] ACCURATE, THAT WE HAVE THE

[10:11] VERICATIONS THAT ARE

[10:12] NECESSARY FOR VARIOUS SOURCES

[10:15] OF INCOME AND ASSETS AND THEN

[10:16] ALSO THAT WE ARE CHECKING FOR

[10:19] RENT REASONABLENESS WHICH IS

[10:20] AS I'LL TOUCH ON IN THE NEXT

[10:21] SLIDE A CRITICAL INDICATOR

[10:23] WITHIN THE C MAP SPHERE WE

[10:27] ALSO COMPLETE INSPECTION AUDIT

[10:28] SO WE DO A RANDOM SAMPLE

[10:32] OF THE INSPECTIONS THAT ARE

[10:32] COMPLETED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

[10:35] AND ESSENTIALLY MAKE SURE THAT

[10:36] OUR INSPECTORS ARE DOING THEIR

[10:38] JOB AS WELL AND THEN OTHER

[10:39] THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO

[10:43] QUALITY CONTROL IS A REGULAR

[10:44] REVIEW OF VARIOUS REPORTS.

[10:47] IN 2023 WE CONVERTED TO A NEW

[10:51] SOFTWARE AND THIS HAS MADE

[10:51] THIS PROCESS A LOT EASIER.

[10:54] AS SOMEONE WHO LOOKS AT THESE

[10:55] REPORTS REGULARLY JUST OTHER

[10:58] WAYS OF TRACKING OUR PROGRESS

[10:59] AND LOOKING AT KIND OF KEY

[11:00] DATA POINTS TO MAKE SURE THAT

[11:02] WE'RE HITTING BENCHMARKS THAT

[11:03] ARE REQUIRED BY C MAP.

[11:05] WE ALSO INCORPORATE ONGOING

[11:06] TRAINING AND REVIEW

[11:07] OF POLICIES WITH ALL THE STAFF

[11:10] THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE

[11:10] PROGRAM AND THEN HAVING

[11:14] DOCUMENTATION AND CHECKLISTS

[11:14] FOR THE INDICATORS THAT ARE

[11:17] INCLUDED IN C MAP BUT ALSO

[11:20] OTHER PROGRAMMATIC COMPONENTS.

[11:21] SO THERE'S FOUR OF THE 14

[11:25] INDICATORS THAT REPRESENT 55%

[11:29] OF OUR OVERALL C MAP SCORE.

[11:30] AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT I JUST

[11:33] WANTED TO TOUCH ON THEM

[11:33] BECAUSE THEY'RE ESPECIALLY

[11:34] IMPORTANT AS DEFINED IN THE

[11:37] FEDERAL REGULATIONS THE FIRST

[11:39] ONE BEING SELECTIONS FROM THE

[11:40] WAITING LIST.

[11:41] SO ANY TIME WE SELECT A

[11:43] HOUSEHOLD FROM THE WAITING

[11:44] LIST WE NEED TO DOCUMENT THAT

[11:47] HOW THAT PERSON WAS SELECTED

[11:48] IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR PROGRAM

[11:51] POLICIES AND DOCUMENT HOW WE

[11:55] LIKE HOW THAT IS TRUE.

[11:56] AND SO GENERALLY WHAT THIS

[11:59] MEANS FROM AN AUDITING

[11:59] PERSPECTIVE IS WE GENERATE THE

[12:00] WAITING LIST BEFORE WE SELECT

[12:03] SOMEONE AND WE GENERATE THE

[12:04] WAITING LIST AFTER WE'VE

[12:04] SELECTED SOMEONE AND SHOW KIND

[12:06] OF WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE WE

[12:07] DID THAT SELECTION AND HOW THE

[12:11] WAITING LIST LOOKS AFTER.

[12:11] SO THAT'S GENERALLY HOW WE

[12:12] DOCUMENT THAT INDICATOR AND

[12:17] THIS ONE IS WORTH 15 POINTS.

[12:18] THE NEXT ONE WHICH I ALLUDED

[12:18] TO IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE IS A

[12:22] REASONABLE RENT OR RENT

[12:22] REASONABLENESS AND THERE ARE

[12:25] TWO COMPONENTS OF THIS

[12:26] INDICATOR ARE WHETHER OR NOT

[12:29] WE HAVE A WRITTEN METHOD TO

[12:30] DETERMINE RENT REASONABLENESS

[12:30] AND 98% OF THAT QUALITY

[12:33] CONTROL SAMPLE WAS THAT WE DID

[12:37] RENT REASONABLENESS ANALYSIS

[12:40] FOR THOSE UNITS AND WE DO RENT

[12:41] REASONABLENESS ANY TIME

[12:44] SOMEONE MOVES OR THERE'S A

[12:44] RENT CHANGE IN THE UNIT AND

[12:45] ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE

[12:48] ASSESSING IS THAT THE RENT

[12:49] THAT'S BEING ASKED FOR THE

[12:51] UNIT THAT THE PARTICIPANT IS

[12:52] LIVING IN IS NOT MORE

[12:55] EXPENSIVE THAN THE GENERAL

[12:55] MARKET.

[12:56] SO THAT OUR HOUSEHOLDS ARE

[12:59] ESSENTIALLY ACCESSING UNITS

[13:02] IN A SIMILAR WAY THAT THE

[13:03] GENERAL MARKET WOULD BE ABLE

[13:03] TO ACCESS THEM.

[13:06] THE NEXT KEY INDICATOR IS THE

[13:07] DETERMINATION OF ADJUSTED

[13:10] INCOME AND AGAIN THIS ONE ONE

[13:13] WAY WE KIND OF CHECK FOR THIS

[13:14] ONE IS OUR REGULAR PURE AUDITS

[13:16] JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE

[13:17] CALCULATING INCOME CORRECTLY

[13:17] THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED ALL THE

[13:20] INFORMATION THAT THE UTILITY

[13:21] ALLOWANCE WAS CALCULATED

[13:24] CORRECTLY AND ALL OF THOSE

[13:25] THINGS AND THIS ONE AGAIN IS

[13:27] WORTH 15 POINTS.

[13:28] AND LASTLY, ELISA WHICH IS

[13:31] WORTH 20 POINTS AND THIS ONE

[13:32] IS MORE HAS TO DO WITH OUR

[13:34] UTILIZATION OF OUR BUDGETARY

[13:35] AUTHORITY WITHIN THE PROGRAM.

[13:36] SO IT'S LOOKING AT ARE WE

[13:38] SPENDING AT LEAST 90, 98%

[13:41] OF OUR ALLOCATED BUDGET

[13:42] AUTHORITY OR OUR PERCENT

[13:45] OF UNITS AT THAT 98% FOR THE

[13:48] AMOUNT THAT WE'VE BEEN

[13:48] ALLOCATED?

[13:49] SO THOSE FOUR INDICATORS

[13:52] REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT

[13:56] OF THE SCORE BUT WE DO ALSO

[13:56] HAVE THESE TEN OTHER

[13:57] INDICATORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO

[14:00] OUR C MAP SCORE THE THREE

[14:02] HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN ON THE

[14:03] SCREEN ARE MORE LIKE DO WE

[14:07] HAVE POLICIES AROUND THEM AND

[14:07] HAVE THOSE POLICIES BEEN

[14:11] UPDATED TO REFLECT CHANGES

[14:11] IN FAIR MARKETENT AT THE END

[14:14] THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND THE

[14:15] ONES IN THE LIGHTER BLUE THOSE

[14:18] ARE MORE I WOULD SAY ON THE

[14:18] QUALITY CONTROL SIDE OF THINGS

[14:22] AND REGULAR REPORTING TO MAKE

[14:22] SURE THAT WE'RE ENFORCING OUR

[14:25] HOUSING QUALITY STANDARDS

[14:26] CORRECTLY AND THAT OUR

[14:26] INSPECTIONS ARE BEING

[14:29] COMPLETED ACCURATELY TO THE

[14:29] STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE TO

[14:30] ENFORCE THE FINAL KIND

[14:33] OF GROUPING OF FOUR IN THE

[14:36] DARKER BLUE IS BASED ON

[14:40] REPORTING THAT WE ACTUALLY

[14:41] RECEIVE FROM HUD.

[14:41] SO AS WE'RE ON A MONTHLY BASIS

[14:45] SUBMITTING INFORMATION TO HUD,

[14:45] THEY COMPILE THESE REPORTS AND

[14:48] BASICALLY THAT WE'RE REPORTING

[14:52] THE INFORMATION ACCURATELY AND

[14:55] ON TIME AND THAT WE'RE

[14:56] CONSISTENT WITH YEAH, HOW

[14:59] WE'RE REPORTING BASICALLY SO

[15:02] THAT'S THE THAT'S THAT

[15:03] GROUPING OF FOR THE LAST

[15:03] INDICATOR IS FAMILY SELF

[15:06] SUFFICIENCY ENROLLMENT AND WE

[15:07] DON'T CURRENTLY ADMINISTER A

[15:10] FAMILY SELF SUFFICIENCY

[15:10] PROGRAM SO THAT ONE'S NOT

[15:11] RELEVANT TO BLOOMINGTON.

[15:16] THAT WAS MY BRIEF OVERVIEW

[15:17] OF THE C MAP CERTIFICATION FOR

[15:21] THIS YEAR.

[15:21] AGAIN WE SCORED BASED ON OUR

[15:22] MANAGEMENT AUDIT AT A 96%

[15:25] WHICH IS A HIGH PERFORMER AND

[15:26] I'LL MOVE OR PASS IT BACK OVER

[15:29] IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR

[15:30] COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS

[15:32] COMMENTS, NO.

[15:36] ALL RIGHT.

[15:37] HEARING NONE CAN I HAVE A

[15:40] MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION

[15:43] 2025 DASH 11 CERTIFYING THE

[15:44] STATEMENTS ON THE C MAP

[15:48] CERTIFICATION ARE TRUE AND

[15:48] ACCURATE.

[15:51] SOME OF MOVE BY DOUBLING HER

[15:55] SECOND AND SECOND BY HUD WHO

[15:58] CAME ALL IN FAVOR.

[16:01] I OPPOSED MOTION PASSES SEVEN

[16:07] ZERO THIS NEXT ITEM IS ANY

[16:12] DISCUSSION ITEMS FROM OUR

[16:13] ADMINISTER YES I'LL KEEP IT

[16:18] BRIEF.

[16:18] I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT

[16:20] A COUPLE OF I'M GOING TO PASS

[16:21] OUT THIS SHEET AND MAKE A

[16:22] COUPLE OF QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS

[16:24] AS I DO THAT.

[16:25] SO FIRST JUST A REMINDER THAT

[16:25] THE NEXT MEETING IS NOT NEXT

[16:28] WEEK.

[16:28] IT IS IN MAY, MAY 13TH AND

[16:29] THEN WE'LL RESUME OUR NORMAL

[16:31] SCHEDULE OF THE SECOND AND

[16:32] FOURTH TUESDAYS OF THE MONTH.

[16:33] ALSO ANOTHER REMINDER THAT

[16:35] THERE'S A VOLUNTEER EVENT THAT

[16:36] YOU ALL ARE INVITED TO ON

[16:38] APRIL 29TH 430 TO 7 P.M. IT'S

[16:39] AN OPEN HOUSE A RECOGNITION

[16:42] OF THE WORK THAT THE

[16:43] COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS PUT

[16:46] IN THROUGH THE YEAR.

[16:47] THERE IS A PRE-REGISTRATION

[16:47] REQUIRED SO I CAN SEND THAT

[16:50] OUT TO THE BOARD AFTER THIS

[16:50] MEETING AND THEN REGARDING OH

[16:53] ACTUALLY ONE OTHER BIT OF GOOD

[16:57] NEWS WHICH IS JUST THAT A

[16:57] MEMBER IN 9030 PARK I WANT TO

[16:59] SAY THAT WE ARE ON THE VERGE

[17:00] OF CLOSING SO WE WOULD EXPECT

[17:03] CONSTRUCTION ON THAT PROJECT

[17:03] TO BEGIN FAIRLY SOON.

[17:04] SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL SEE THAT

[17:07] BEING CONSTRUCTED OVER THE

[17:07] SUMMER.

[17:08] SO THAT IS VERY EXCITING.

[17:10] YES.

[17:10] AND THEN THE INFORMATION THAT

[17:14] I JUST HANDED OUT I JUST

[17:14] WANTED TO MAKE THE BOARD AWARE

[17:15] THAT SO SOME OF THIS

[17:18] INFORMATION WE'VE

[17:18] COVERED THERE'S TWO SIDES.

[17:19] IT'S AROUND FEDERAL FUNDING

[17:20] FOR CDBG AND THEN THE HOUSING

[17:22] CHOICE VOUCHERS WHICH ARE THE

[17:24] TWO LARGEST FEDERAL GRANTS

[17:25] THAT WE RECEIVE.

[17:28] ONE OF THEM THE CDBG FUNDING

[17:29] INFORMATION THE BOARD HAS

[17:32] ALREADY DISCUSSED AS PART

[17:33] OF OUR ANNUAL APPROVAL PROCESS

[17:35] FOR THAT ALLOCATION.

[17:36] THE OTHER SIDE IS NEW

[17:36] INFORMATION JUST KIND OF AN

[17:39] OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE CITY

[17:43] PROGRAM IS AND THEN SOME KIND

[17:43] OF JUST JUST SOME THINKING

[17:46] AROUND WHAT OUR OPTIONS THAT

[17:47] THE AREA WOULD HAVE IN CASE

[17:50] OF A REDUCTION OF FUNDING

[17:51] IN THAT SPACE.

[17:54] THE CITY'S FINANCE DEPARTMENT

[17:55] IS DOING A PRESENTATION TO THE

[17:58] CITY COUNCIL NEXT WEEK ON A

[17:59] LARGE FEDERAL GRANTS AND SO

[18:02] OBVIOUSLY A BIG PART OF THAT

[18:03] IS THE HRA.

[18:04] SO THESE SLIDES THESE ARE A

[18:06] DRAFT BUT VERY SIMILAR SLIDES

[18:07] WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE

[18:07] COUNCIL AT THE MEETING NEXT

[18:10] WEEK.

[18:10] SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU

[18:11] ALL AWARE OF THE INFORMATION

[18:13] THAT'S GOING OUT TO THE

[18:14] COUNCIL SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY

[18:15] QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO LET ME

[18:17] KNOW AND THAT IS ALL OF MY

[18:18] UPDATES.

[18:21] YES COMMISSIONER, I, I

[18:25] DISAPPOINT EQUIVOCATION FOR

[18:26] ME.

[18:26] SO THE MINUTES FROM THIS

[18:27] MEETING ANY MINUTES FROM MY

[18:30] LAST MEETING WILL BE PRESENTED

[18:30] WHEN YES THEY WILL BOTH BE ON

[18:32] THE AGENDA IN MAY JUST BECAUSE

[18:33] OUR LAST MEETING WAS LAST WEEK

[18:36] WE DIDN'T QUITE HAVE ENOUGH

[18:37] TIME TO GET THE MINUTES ON THE

[18:38] AGENDA FOR THIS ONE BEFORE THE

[18:40] AGENDA WAS PUBLISHED SO

[18:41] THEY'LL BOTH BE ON THE NEXT

[18:43] AGENDA.

[18:47] ALL RIGHT.

[18:47] WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR

[18:48] AGENDA.

[18:50] END OF OUR AGENDA.

[18:51] MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN

[18:55] THE TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH EACH

[18:55] HOUR A BOARD MEETING SOME

[18:59] OF TO MOVE BY WHO CAME

[19:03] IN SECOND BY MOVE.

[19:03] ALL RIGHT.

[19:06] ALL IN FAVOR I OPPOSED ALL

[19:09] RIGHT.

[19:10] MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO WE

[19:12] ARE

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