Redondo Beach Housing Authority adopts FY 2026–27 annual plan as HUD promises temporary EHV funding

The Redondo Beach Housing Authority on Wednesday adopted its fiscal year 2026–27 annual plan and heard staff warn the agency remains in a funding shortfall even after a recent HUD commitment that staff says should fund emergency housing vouchers through May 31.

Housing manager Imelda Delgado told the board the plan details goals and compliance efforts for the coming year and carries forward changes the board approved in January. “HUD’s intention is to help ensure that all agencies that administer emergency housing vouchers will be able to keep families in the program through calendar year 2026,” Delgado said, describing a HUD “get‑ready” notice and a subsequent funding commitment to Redondo Beach.

The authority received a HUD set‑aside for calendar 2025 of $165,617, Delgado said, and reported 22 emergency housing voucher participants, seven of whom live outside the city. That funding was intended to respond to growing obligations in 2025; HUD is reconciling agency leasing and cost data for 2025 to determine renewal funding for 2026 and has not provided a firm completion date for that reconciliation.

Delgado said HUD’s shortfall prevention team could reallocate unused service fees from other PHAs to agencies like Redondo Beach that report shortfalls. “On 02/23/2026, the Redondo Beach Housing Authority received notification from HUD that additional funds were committed to Redondo Beach, increasing the authority’s budget authority and projected to support emergency housing voucher participants through May 31,” she said, adding that the agency will continue to monitor reconciliation outcomes.

Delgado also described regulatory waivers HUD approved that allow current emergency housing voucher participants to be added immediately to the housing choice voucher (Section 8) waiting list without the standard application process; newly adopted local preferences will prioritize EHV families on that waiting list when funding becomes available.

Board members pressed staff for clarity on timing and risk. One council member said the lack of a firm HUD reconciliation date is “wildly frustrating” for participants who face uncertainty about long‑term funding; Delgado reiterated that the letter HUD sent indicates an expectation of funding through the calendar year but that final reconciliation remains pending.

The Housing Authority adopted Resolution HA‑2026‑O3 approving the annual plan and authorized the chair to execute required certification forms for submission to HUD.

What’s next: Staff will continue monitoring HUD’s reconciliation, apply HUD waivers to move current EHV families onto the Section 8 waiting list, and report back to the board as funding details firm up.