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File #: 25-7902    Version: 1 Name: Housing Board Appointments
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 10/1/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/1/2025 Final action:
Title: Consider appointment of three Regular Members (Position Nos. 1, 3 and 5) and one Alternate Member (Alternate No. 1) to the Housing Board for terms to expire December 31, 2027, and one Alternate Member (Alternate No. 2) for a term to expire December 31, 2026.
Attachments: 1. List of Eligible Applicants

Title

Consider appointment of three Regular Members (Position Nos. 1, 3 and 5) and one Alternate Member (Alternate No. 1) to the Housing Board for terms to expire December 31, 2027, and one Alternate Member (Alternate No. 2) for a term to expire December 31, 2026.

 

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Currently, the Housing Board has two vacancies - Regular Member (Position No. 1) and Alternate Member (Alternate No. 2).  Regular Members Brandy Baxter (Position No. 3) and Yolanda Rodriguez (Position No. 5) and Alternate Member Tasheara Smith-Perkin (Alternate No. 1) are eligible for reappointment and are willing to serve another term, if reappointed.  All members serve alternating two-year terms with a limit of three terms.

 

Alternate members shall attend at least one meeting every six months.

 

The Housing Board acts in an advisory capacity conducting informal hearings for participant families in the Housing Choice Voucher Program.

 

Meeting attendance since January 1, 2025:

                                                                                                         Possible                     Meetings

                     Name                     Appointed                     Expiration                     Meetings                     Attended

Regular Members

Position No. 1                     Vacant                                                               12/31/2025                     

Position No. 2                     Wanda Gray                     08/01/2022                     12/31/2026                     8                     6

Position No. 3                     Brandy Baxter                     12/20/2021                     12/31/2025                     8                     8

Position No. 4                     Faraz Wood                     05/20/2024                     12/31/2026                     8                     8

Position No. 5                     Yolanda Rodriguez                     05/20/2024                     12/31/2025                     8                     7

 

Alternate Members

Alternate No. 1                     Tasheara Smith-Perkin                     02/03/2025                     12/31/2025                     8                     8

Alternate No. 2                     Vacant                                                                                    12/31/2026

 

Current board members eligible for reappointment include:

Brandy Baxter

Yolanda Rodriguez

Tasheara Smith-Perkin

 

Applications on file for service on this board include:

Kiauna Maha

Alfonso Hernandez

 

Recommended/Desired Action

Staff recommends appointment of three Regular Members (Position Nos. 1, 3 and 5) and one Alternate Member (Alternate No. 1) to the Housing Board for terms to expire December 31, 2027, and one Alternate Member (Alternate No. 2) for a term to expire December 31, 2026.

 

Attachment(s)

List of Eligible Applicants

 

Drafter

Sonja Land

 

Head of Department

Anthony V. Cao