2005-2010: Cayce Five Year Plan

The Cayce Housing Authority completed its first Five-Year Plan in 2000 (for fiscal years 2000-2005) HUD requires each housing authority in 2005 to create goals for the next five year period, 20005-2010. The following are the goals for the new Five Year Plan:

 Goal #1: Increase the availability of quality, affordable housing by improving the quality of assisted housing.

 Objectives:

• Continue public housing high performing status with a PHAS (Public Housing Assessment Strategy) of 90% or greater.

Five Year: PHAS scores will be higher than 90%.

Year One: PHAS Score will be greater than 90% with designation as a high-performing Authority.

• Maintain public housing vacancies at a rate of 2% or less.

Five Year: Vacancy rate will be less than 2%.

Year One: CHA will have a vacancy rate of less than 2%.

• Renovate and modernize public housing units according to the HUD Capital Fund.        

Five Year: All activities of the Capital Fund will be expensed as scheduled and completed.

Year One: All activities of the Capital Fund will be expensed as scheduled and completed.

• Continue to renovate and maintain units to mirror the private market.

Five Year: The Capital Fund will be utilized to improve the quality of housing by making improvements in an effort to mirror the private market.

Year One: CHA will continue to renovate the kitchen and bathrooms to more marketable standards. This will be done in calendar year 2005.

•  Improve customer service.

Five Year: Satisfactory scores in all categories in years of Resident Assessment Satisfaction Survey (RASS).

Year One: Satisfactory cumulative scores in all 5 categories on the Resident Assessment Satisfaction (RASS) HUD surveys in 2005.

• Encourage homeownership as a goal for Cayce public housing residents.

Two persons will become homeowners by the end of the five year period. Year one: The CHA will conduct an introduction to homeownership class for Cayce residents.

• Continue to improve public housing security.

Five Year: Decrease in number of police reports in Cayce properties.

Year One: Work with local police to identify problem areas in the security of public housing units.

• Review opportunities for increasing the number of affordable housing units in Cayce through acquisition of Section 8 certificates, construction, or renovation. All expansion will be dependent on HUD regulations.

            Five Year: Consider different options available for creating more affordable housing.

 Goal #2: Promote self-sufficiency and assessment development of families and individuals in assisted households.

Objectives:

• Increase the percentage of employed persons in assisted families.

Five Year: Identify all persons who are not employed (excluding disabled, handicapped or elderly residents) and encourage them to participate in the Columbia Housing Authority’s employment training program.

Year one: Identify all unemployed persons and make initial contact.

• Formalize the partnerships with community service providers and the private market through contracts and Memorandums of Understanding.

Five Year: Contact service providers in Lexington County to provide additional services to Cayce residents.

Year One: Create Memorandums of Understanding with identified agencies as needed.

• Continue and expand supportive services to increase independence for the elderly and/or families with disabilities.

Year One: Parish Nurse will make an assessment on each individual living in Spencer Place.

Goal #3: Ensure equal opportunity and affirmatively further fair housing for all Americans.

Objectives:

• Continue affirmative measures to ensure access and to provide a suitable living environment for families living in assisted housing, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status and disability.  

No specific action planned.

• Continue affirmative measures to ensure accessible housing to persons with disabilities, regardless of unit size required.  
  

• Review housing needs on annual basis to insure 504 Compliance for persons living in Cayce.