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Joint Meeting: Glendale City Council and Glendale Housing Authority

2026-04-28 · agenda-only view · official agenda ↗ · watch on YouTube ↗

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1:50:08

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Public comment (general) from video ▶ 45:33

~4 speakers (counted from clerk hand-offs)

Residents misled that the EHV program was permanent, not temporary 2 speakers

“Uh nobody told us that this was temporary. I spent a lot of money on renovating that apartment.” ▶ 1:13:03

“because I have refused another program that I was waiting for that for 11 years.” ▶ 1:16:48

Landlords exploited EHV payment standards to charge maximum rents 2 speakers

“her rent went up to 2,400. Why did her rent go up to 2,400? Um it went up because that was the maximum he could get from EHVs.” ▶ 1:10:18

“It was 700 in 2 years it's 2,400 my one bedroom. Not even renovated. In old condition. And now they give” ▶ 1:17:57

Urgency: 188 vulnerable families face homelessness without concrete city action 2 speakers

“practical. 188 families in this city are going to be left on the streets at some point if we do nothing.” ▶ 1:00:45

“that we need to make sure, and I say we because I like to make sure that my city is uh wheelchair accessible, especially in the bathroom areas. So, the bathrooms” ▶ 1:23:05

Glendale should apply for the federal waiver as Long Beach did rather than wait 1 speakers

“Long Beach adopted this. They kept it simple. They took on the federal pathway as a mechanism, not as a symbolic gesture, but as a concrete availability” ▶ 1:02:58

“that creates more work for us, I think we can find a way forward and say that we did something concretely rather than just keep waiting.” ▶ 1:04:58

Federal budget cuts to HUD are eroding institutional capacity and worsening local housing crises 1 speakers

“a lot of those employees um took early retirement and they were also and that and then HUD lost a lot of institutional memory.” ▶ 1:08:40

“always think is this a harbinger of things to come and how can we be prepared or what can we do to shore up?” ▶ 1:09:17

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Agenda items & public comment

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[1] Community Development, re: Report on Emergency Housing Choice Voucher Transition Plan report ▶ 1:11 · 0 min

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[1a] City Council Motion directing staff on the Section 8 waitlist strategy other ▶ 1:18 · 0 min

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[1b] City Council Motion approving the Parkview Selection Plan other not discussed on camera

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[1c] City Council Motion approving the tiered prioritization strategy and approving the deployment of available local and regional resources, HOME, Homeless Services funds, as a temporary subsidy to prevent immediate displacement for the most vulnerable households resolution ▶ 1:26 · 44 min

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