HOUSING AUTHORITY REPORT ON
HOUSING SERVICES ACTIVITIES
2025-2026
The City of American Canyon annually contracts with
the Housing Authority to provide a variety of housing
services.
Housing Authority’s work program is designed to
provide:
◦ Countywide Activities: rental assistance and homeless services and projects.
◦ Base Housing Services: regulatory agreement monitoring, review development projects, loan servicing, & affordable housing regulatory agreements.
◦ Additional Housing Services: housing development financial analysis and other services mutually agreed upon.
Countywide Activities:
Section 8 Housing Services
◦ Housing Authority administers $15 million Section
8 Housing Choice Voucher program
◦ 1158 rental assistance vouchers county wide
154 American Canyon households receiving rental
assistance a 5% increase from 2024-2025
12% all vouchers issued are being used in American
Canyon
Includes 34 project-based vouchers for Valley View
Senior Apts. and 8 project-based vouchers Napa Cove
Apts. Of these 17 are VASH vouchers for chronically
homeless veterans.
Section 8 Housing Services-cont’d
◦ 13 of the 154 American Canyon Voucher holders
participate in the Family Self Sufficiency Program.
Participants receive services & counseling to become
fully employed and independent.
◦ 6 American Canyon households received NEDS
vouchers.
◦ 6+10+ American Canyon households received FUP
vouchers.
Homelessness Services & Projects:
◦ Continuum of Care
HACN represents the City at monthly committee
meetings
Through a competitive application HUD renewed all
Continuum of Care grants this past year. Napa
County’s share is $973,104
Funds are used to assist homeless population with
case management and rental assistance
Base Housing Services:
◦ Regulatory Agreement Monitoring:
Annual for-sale affordable housing monitoring:
Verify owner occupancy, insurance coverage, & property taxes are current.
Annual rental project monitoring :
Compliance review of City’s Affordable Housing
Agreements.
Tenant income certifications & affordable unit count. Compliance with Local Housing Preference Policy.
Provided technical assistance with affordable housing properties
Base Housing Services:
◦ Loan Servicing:
Conducted annual owner occupancy monitoring
of all first-time homebuyer and rehabilitation
loans.
Verified homeowner insurance coverage and
property taxes and/or HCD title fees are paid
current.
Responded to loan payoff and refinance and
subordination requests.
Additional Housing Services
◦ 2019 HOME grant for $1million was awarded to
continue the down payment assistance and
homeowner repair program.
◦ Maintained grant financial records for the HOME,
CDBG, CalHome, and BEGIN grants. Submitted
required quarterly & annual grant reporting to HCD.