City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: APRIL 4, 2018
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of Approval of the Alexandria Community Services Board's Revised Housing Plan FY 2018 to FY 2025.
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ISSUE: City Council's Consideration of Approval of the Alexandria Community Services Board's Revised Housing Plan FY 2018 to FY 2025.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council receive and approve the proposed Department of Community and Human Services ("DCHS")/Community Services Board ("CSB" or "Board") Housing Plan for FY 2018 to FY 2025 (Attachment 1).
BACKGROUND: Community Services Board Policy #13 (Attachment 2), "Residential Services Development," requires that "The Board shall periodically develop a Housing Plan that identifies the highest priority supported housing needs and offers a proposed means by which these housing needs can be met and that the Housing Plan shall be approved by City Council." This revised plan updates the Board Housing Plan FY 2010 to FY 2025 and proposes continuation of all current CSB supportive residential services. The current plan proposes that all future housing and residential services expansion will be congruent with best practice, i.e., housing will be uncoupled from treatment and supportive services; clients will be able to exercise choice to the greatest extent possible in deciding where they live; and clients will have increased access to single occupancy units. To operationalize these best practices, the CSB has shifted from buying and directly operating homes and other properties to providing consumer services and affordable housing of their choice through partnerships with non-CSB housing providers.
DISCUSSION: At the October 5, 2017 meeting, the CSB unanimously approved the draft Housing Plan FY 2018 to FY 2025. Per Board Policy #13, "Res...
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