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PILOT SUPPLEMENTAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM FOR SENIORS AT-RISK OF
BECOMING HOMELESS
City Council
April 23, 2024
Housing and Human Services
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2 BACKGROUND
1/3
of the Nation’s
Homeless
Population
CALIFORNIA
Fastest Growing Group: Seniors
7%
Increase in California’s
Senior Population
2017 – 2021
Increase in
Senior Requests for
Homelessness Services
84%
2023 Riverside County Homeless Point-in-Time Count
Homeless Seniors
Between 55 to 64109
Homeless Seniors
Over the Age of 65
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3 Must be renting a residential unit in the City of Riverside Prioritizes households at or below 30% of area median income Provides up to three months of assistance with past due rent
HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAM
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4 DISCUSSION
1,535
Seniors At or Over
the Age of 62
346
70 Years
or Older
First Level Preference:
• Veterans,
• Widows of Veterans
• Those Who Are 70
Years and Older
6 MONTH – ONE YEAR
Wait Time for Seniors 70 Years or Older
Section 8 Wait List
$1,767.03
Average Social Security
Income Payment
December 2023
$1,782
Average One-Bedroom
Apartment Rent
$2,345
Cost of Living for
One Person
$600
Funding Gap for
Cost of Living
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5 Provide up to $600 for up to
12 months of supplemental
senior rental assistance
payments
• Must be at or over 70
years old
• Income at or below
50% of Area Median
Income (AMI)
• Prioritize households at
or below 30% of AMI
PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL SENIOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
• Must submit a Riverside County
Housing Authority Section 8
pre-application
• Must be added to affordable
senior housing wait lists
• After six month, if there are no
applications pending, open the
program to seniors at or above 62
• Assist a minimum of 125 seniors
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6 Envision Riverside 2025 Strategic Plan Priorities
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
Cross-Cutting Threads
#2 Community Well-Being,
Goal No. 2.2
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7 That the City Council:
1. Authorize the establishment of a
pilot Supplemental Rental
Assistance Program for seniors at-risk
of becoming homeless;
2. With at least five affirmative votes,
authorize the Chief Financial
Officer, or designee, to:
a. Allocate American Rescue Plan
Act Expenditure Plan interest
earnings in the amount of
$900,000 to General Fund
revenue replacement;
RECOMMENDATIONS
b. Record a supplemental appropriation in the
Grants and Restricted Fund, American
Rescue Plan Act accounts in the amount of
$900,000 and record an interfund transfer of
the same amount to the General Fund to
effectuate the American Rescue Plan Act
revenue replacement allocation; and
c. Record a supplemental appropriation in the
General Fund in the amount of $900,000
and record an interfund transfer and
supplemental appropriation of the same
amount in the Grants and Restricted Fund,
Senior Rental Assistance Program account.
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