Access to Public Housing for Formerly Incarcerated People (Santa Clara County Housing Authority)
| Multi Request | Access to Public Housing for Formerly Incarcerated People |
| Submitted | Oct. 20, 2018 |
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From: Sarika Ram
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
-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
Please provide materials on a rolling basis, as they become available.
If you have any 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 the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Sarika Ram
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 20, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From:
Sarika Ram,
Your public records request dated October 24, 2018 was received on October 29, 2018.
1. Currently valid policies/procedures relating to public housing and Section 8 housing assistance eligibility for applicants on the basis of arrest/conviction record
2. Currently valid eviction policies/procedures for tenants in public housing and Section 8 housing units
3. 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
In response to items 1-3, please see our Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan found on our website at https://www.scchousingauthority.org/section-8-housing-programs/housing-choice-voucher-administrative-plan/
4. Any reports compiling the data of applicants to public housing and Section 8 housing assistance from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
In response to item 4, please see the reports attached.
5. Any reports compiling the data of public housing and Section 8 assistance denials and the basis of those denials between January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
In response to item 5, below is a table regarding the denial reasons for 2017 for applicants from the Waiting List.
Denial reasons
#
Over income
58
Criminal
1
Non-complaint
1
6. Any logs of police reports related to activity in public housing and Section 8-subidized units between January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
In response to items 6, the agency does not keep any logs of police reports or any police reports.
7. Any grievances/complaints of discrimination submitted between January 1, 2017 to 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
In response to item 7, the agency does not have any grievances/complaints of discrimination submitted between January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017.
Kim Cespedes
Executive Assistant
Santa Clara County Housing Authority
505 W. Julian Street
San José, CA 95110
Tel 408-993-2911
Fax 408-993-4311
kimberly.cespedes@scchousingauthority.org<mailto:kimberly.cespedes@scchousingauthority.org>
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