The Moving to Work program lets local housing agencies choose where to spend their money. Boulder County's is the latest to join the exclusive group.
The Moving to Work program lets local housing agencies choose where to spend their money. Boulder County's is the latest to join the exclusive group.As Ronald Reagan once famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.”.
“Imagine that you’re a housing provider, you want to build new housing — something that I know is needed here in this region — and you have all your clients, but you just need a little bit more money to make the deal work,” Todman said. “You know you have HUD funds to do it, but you’re not allowed to. Imagine if one day HUD said to you, ‘Guess what? You now can control how you're going to use your funds and you're able to close that deal.
Housing authorities also get exemptions from certain public housing and voucher rules, but they are required to serve as many low-income families as they would have if the funds hadn’t been shifted around. Ultimately, the program’s goal is to promote innovative solutions specific to regions that help people get housing and stay housed, according to HUD.
Boulder Housing Partners, the housing authority for the City of Boulder, has been part of the MTW program since 2011. Frank Alexander, deputy director of Boulder Housing Partners, says the agency has used MTW flexibility to streamline application processes.
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