Housing and Planning Agency

Misson Statement

Our goal is to provide the highest standard of quality of life for the residents of our community by ensuring issues of health; safety, and property preservation are distributed fairly and equitably as a means of building inclusive and vibrant neighborhoods. Our department continually strives to develop strategies that enhance the economic well-being and growth of our community.

Operations

Who We Are

Table 1 provides an overview of the HPA workforce overall, by position, and broken out by characteristics of interest to the public.

Table 1: Housing and Planning Agency Staffing Descriptive Statistics (FTE)

	Maintenance	Central office	Managers	Review Board	Total
White	125	139	104	7	375
Non-white	30	122	70	3	225
Male	65	113	122	8	308
Female	90	148	52	2	292
Non-resident	66	104	122	0	292
College degree+	55	217	174	10	456
Total	155	261	174	10	600

How We’re Doing

Table 2 summarizes our preliminary performance assessment on our newly adopted performance metrics separately by ward. City-wide, we process 1,200 grants per year and 2,000 code enforcement calls per year.

Table 2: Housing and Planning Agency Performance Indicators by Ward

	NW	SW	NE	SE
Eligible resident:Affordable unit ratio	80:1	25:1	35:1	60:1
Number of grants < 3 month delay	150	375	120	235
Maintenance calls < 2 week response	120	300	250	20

Current Operations Budget

Table 4 presents our operating budget for FY25.

Table 3: Budget Overview FY25

(a) Housing and Planning Operations (in 1,000s)

Housing and Planning Agency	233,000
Planning	22,000
Housing subsidies	16,000
Rehabilitation and Maintenance	11,000
Homeless services	9,000
Vouchers	79,000
Supportive Housing	40,000
Affordable Housing Families	33,000
Affordable Housing Indiv.	10,000
Rental Assistance	13,000

(b) Housing and Planning Expenditures (in 1,000s)

Housing and Planning Agency	208,705
Personnel FT Pay	130,480
Pay - Other	2,770
Fringe benefits	55,226
Overtime	44,524

FY24 Operations Budget

Table 4 provides an overview of the FY24 budget for Housing and Planning broken out by operations and the source of the expenditure.

Table 4: Budget Overview FY24

(a) Housing and Planning Operations (in 1,000s)

Housing and Planning Agency	141,143
Planning	12,834
Housing subsidies	8,547
Rehabilitation and Maintenance	1,024
Homeless services	4,721
Vouchers	53,859
Supportive Housing	25,017
Affordable Housing Families	21,264
Affordable Housing Indiv.	5,330
Rental Assistance	8,547

(b) Housing and Planning Expenditures (in 1,000s)

Housing and Planning Agency	141,143
Personnel FT Pay	86,856
Pay - Other	482
Fringe benefits	19,467
Overtime	32,834