Metropolitan Council
Notice of Public Hearing
on Adoption of Public Housing Agency Plan
and Admission Preferences
for the Public Housing and Section 8 Program
The Metropolitan Council’s
Community Development Committee will conduct a public hearing to
receive public comment on the proposed 2006 Public Housing Agency
(PHA) Plan. Included in the plan are local preference changes for
the Public Housing and Section 8 Rental Assistance Program. Admission
preferences are included in the PHA Plan, Section 3. PHA Policies
Governing Eligibility, Selection, and Admissions.
The PHA Plan is a comprehensive
guide to public housing agency policies, programs, operations and
strategies for meeting local housing needs and goals. Required
by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) the
PHA Plan includes two parts, the Five-Year Plan and the Annual
Plan. Both parts of the PHA Plan require PHA’s to examine
their existing operations and needs and to design long-range and
short-range strategies to address those needs.
The public hearing will be held:
• 4:00 p.m., Monday, August 15, 2005
• Metropolitan Council
• Mears Park Centre Building, Room 1A
• 230 East Fifth St., St. Paul, MN 55101
The Housing Agency Plan
is available for public review at the HRA administrative offices
located at 230 East Fifth Street in St. Paul, and on the Metropolitan
Council’s website at www.metrocouncil.org.
All interested persons are encouraged to attend the hearing and offer
comments. People may register in advance to speak by calling Sue
Putz at 651-602-1584 or TTY at 651-291-0904. Upon request, the Council
will provide a reasonable accommodation to persons with disabilities.
In addition to speaking at the hearing, comments may be made in
the following ways:
• Send comments to: Sue Putz, Metro HRA, Mears Park Centre,
230 East Fifth St., St. Paul, MN 55101
• FAX comments to: Sue Putz at 651-602-1313
• Send comments electronically to: data.center@metc.state.mn.us
• Record comments on the Council’s Public Comment Line: 651-602-1500
• TTY: 651-291-0904
Comments must be received by 4:00 p.m., Monday, August 15, 2005.
