Access to Public Housing for Formerly Incarcerated People (Phoenix Housing Department)

Hello,
Thank you for contacting the City of Phoenix Housing Department. Can you please submit your request through an online Public Records Request Form found on this website: www.phoenix.gov/prr<http://www.phoenix.gov/prr>? After the online submission, your request will enter a workflow and be assigned to the appropriate department. If you have any questions with the online form, please feel free to let me know.
Thank you,
-Elenia

Elenia Sotelo
Management Assistant II
Housing Department
City of Phoenix
251 W. Washington St., 4th Floor
Phoenix, AZ 85003
602-534-1065 | elenia.sotelo@phoenix.gov
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Thank you for contacting the Cityof Phoenix.  Your request number is: Ram-10/23/2018-8:07AM. If you would like to submit an attachmentto accompany your request, please forward this email with your attachmentto PRR@phoenix.gov. (mailto:PRR@phoenix.gov) Maximumfile size is 20MB, attachment types: PDF, TIFF, JPG, GIF, DOC, or DOCX. The City of Phoenix responds to public records requestsin accordance with ARS §39-121.  If you have any questions, please contactus at (602)262-1623 or at PRR@phoenix.gov and reference the request number above.
Descriptionof Public Request: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the ArizonaPublic Records Law, I hereby request the following records:
-Currentlyvalid policies/procedures relating to public housing and Section 8 housingassistance eligibility for applicants on the basis of arrest/conviction record
-Currently valid eviction policies/procedures for tenants in public housingand Section 8 housing units
-Currently valid policies/procedures regardingobtaining criminal conviction records from law enforcement agencies and sexoffender registration information from the appropriate state/local agencyresponsible for the maintenance of sex offender registration program
-Any reports compiling the data of applicants to public housing and Section8 housing assistance from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
-Any reportscompiling the data of public housing and Section 8 housing assistance denialsand the basis of those denials between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017
-Any logs of police reports related to activity in public housing and Section8-subsidized units between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017
-Anygrievances/complaints of discrimination submitted between January 1, 2017and December 31, 2017 including any of the following words/phrases:
-crime
-crimes
-criminal
-convict
-convicted
-sex offense
-sexoffender
-jail
-prison
-correctional facility
-probation
-parole
-conviction record
-arrest record
Please providematerials on a rolling basis, as they become available.
If you haveany questions, please feel free to clarify via phone at 610-637-7745.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public,and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In theevent that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me ofthe total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer therequest filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROMif not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation inthis matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within10 business days.
Sincerely,
Sarika Ram
Thankyou, City of Phoenix Communications Office
Thisis a system-generated email, please do not reply.

Hello,

Thank you for your request. This email is in response to the Public Records Request submitted on October 23, 2018 for:

-Currently valid policies/procedures relating to public housing and Section 8 housing assistance eligibility for applicants on the basis of arrest/conviction record
-Currently valid eviction policies/procedures for tenants in public housing and Section 8 housing units
-Currently valid policies/procedures regarding obtaining criminal conviction records from law enforcement agencies and sex offender registration information from the appropriate state/local agency responsible for the maintenance of sex offender registration program
-Any reports compiling the data of applicants to public housing and Section 8 housing assistance from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
-Any reports compiling the data of public housing and Section 8 housing assistance denials and the basis of those denials between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017
-Any logs of police reports related to activity in public housing and Section 8-subsidized units between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017
-Any grievances/complaints of discrimination submitted between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017 including any of the following words/phrases:
-crime
-crimes
-criminal
-convict
-convicted
-sex offense
-sex offender
-jail
-prison
-correctional facility
-probation
-parole
-conviction record
-arrest record

The follow links provide information regarding current policies and procedures concerning areas mentioned in your request. For Public Housing policies and procedures, please review the Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy<https://www.phoenix.gov/housingsite/Documents/2018-2019_ACOP_FINAL.pdf>. You can also copy and paste the following link into a web browser: https://www.phoenix.gov/housingsite/Documents/2018-2019_ACOP_FINAL.pdf. For Section 8 policies and procedures, please review the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan<https://www.phoenix.gov/housingsite/Documents/HCV_2018-2019_AdminPlan.pdf>. You can also copy and paste the following link into a web browser: https://www.phoenix.gov/housingsite/Documents/HCV_2018-2019_AdminPlan.pdf. Further inquiry is being conducted to identify other responsive documents within the scope of your request. A follow-up email will be sent with any additional response documents.

Thank you,
-Elenia

Elenia Sotelo
Management Assistant II
Housing Department
City of Phoenix
251 W. Washington St., 4th Floor
Phoenix, AZ 85003
602-534-1065 | elenia.sotelo@phoenix.gov
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Hello,

As a follow-up to the previous email regarding your Public Records Request number Ram-10/23/2018-8:07AM, attached please find the additional responsive records for your request. Additionally, hard copies of Crime Analysis and Research Unit reports from 2017 are available for review at the Housing Department office. Please contact Bill Suttle at 602-495-0106 or william.suttle@phoenix.gov<mailto:william.suttle@phoenix.gov> to schedule a date/time to view the files.

This completes your request.

Thank you,
-Elenia

Elenia Sotelo
Management Assistant II
Housing Department
City of Phoenix
251 W. Washington St., 4th Floor
Phoenix, AZ 85003
602-534-1065 | elenia.sotelo@phoenix.gov
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