Appendix
3
Survey
HOUSING
AGENCY SURVEY
If you have any questions, or would like
further information concerning this survey, please contact Ann O’Hara, Lexi Turner or
Sarah Gump at the Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.
The telephone number is (617) 742-5657. TAC
staff can also be reached by sending email to info@tacinc.org
We thank you in advance for your
cooperation in the following survey, and ask that you first provide us with the ID number
that was mailed to you from TAC. Survey data
will only be analyzed in the aggregate, and individual Housing Agency responses will
remain confidential.
Survey
ID Number: _____________
Questions
1.
Does your Housing Agency currently administer HUD’s Section 8 certificate
and/or voucher program?
q Yes
q No
2.
Was your Housing Agency aware of any of the following HUD Notices of Funding
Availability (NOFA) for new Section 8 certificates and vouchers set-aside for people with
disabilities? (Check all that apply)
q Section 8 NOFA for the Mainstream Housing Program for People with
Disabilities published by HUD on April 10, 1997
q Section 8 NOFA for People with Disabilities for Certain Designated
Housing published by HUD on April 10, 1997
q Section 8 NOFA for Tenant Based Assistance for Persons with
Disabilities that included funding for the Section 8 Mainstream Program for People with
Disabilities published by HUD on April 30, 1998
If you selected
any of the above, please answer all remaining survey questions.
3.
How did your agency learn about these Section 8 certificates and vouchers?
q Directly from NOFA in the Federal Register
q From another Housing Authority
q From advocates for people with disabilities
q From a newsletter or other publication
q From HUD staff
q Other ______________________________
4.
Did your Housing Agency apply to HUD for any of these new Section 8 certificates
and vouchers set-aside for people with disabilities?
In 1997?
q Yes
q No
In 1998?
q Yes
q No
5.
If your Housing Agency did not apply in either year for the new Section 8
certificates and vouchers for people with disabilities, please check the primary
reasons why you did not.
Our agency did not apply for these
Section 8 certificates and vouchers because:
q We could not demonstrate a need for new Section 8 certificates and
vouchers for people with disabilities. (e.g.,
not many people with disabilities on our Section 8 or public housing waiting lists).
q The new certificates and vouchers were linked to an expansion of the
Section 8 Family Self-Sufficiency Program.
q We had major Section 8 program management findings that were open and
unresolved with HUD.
q We were unable to obtain favorable Section 213 comments regarding the
need for this assistance from local government officials.
q We were unable to develop an operating plan for the Section 8 rental
assistance program to serve people with disabilities as specified in the HUD NOFA,
including how the Housing Agency would assist participants in locating accessible units if
needed or identifying private or public funding to help participants pay for modifications
to units if needed.
q We do not have the capacity to expand our Section 8 program beyond its
current size.
q We are not interested in obtaining new Section 8 certificates and
vouchers for people with disabilities.
q We did not understand the Notice of Funding Availability and were not
sure that the Housing Agency was eligible to apply.
q Other (Please Specify)
6.
Did any person with a disability, or organization representing people with
disabilities, request that your Housing Agency to apply?
q Yes
q No
q Don’t Know
If
you answered yes, please provide the name of the organization that encouraged your Housing
Agency to apply:
__________________________________________________________
7.
The final HUD FY ’99 budget includes $88.5 million in new rental assistance
funding for people with disabilities. Is your
Housing Agency likely to apply when the NOFA is published?
q Yes
q No
q Not Sure
8.
Do you have any other comments that you would like to share regarding the
availability of these Section 8 certificates and vouchers for people with disabilities, or
about the application process for these Section 8 certificates and vouchers?
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