Justiceand Courage Housing Committee Meeting with San Francisco Housing Authority

October 31, 2013            1:00 pm – 2:00 pm   1815 Egbert Street, San Francisco, CA 

Handouts:  September 2013 letter from HUD; Proposedlanguage for back of Transfer Form; e-mail from HUD on Housing Choice Voucherwaitlist;

AGENDA

I.                

Introductions                                                                                              Dr. Emily Murase            (5 min.]

II.              

OpeningHousing Choice Voucher List for Emerg. Transfers       Minouche Kandel           [10min.]

III.            

OnSite Domestic Violence Advocate at SFHA                                  Lindsay Sweetnam         [10 min.]

IV.            

DomesticViolence Referrals on Back of Transfer Application    Minouche Kandel           [5min]

V.              

MaintainingEligibility for Transfer When Vacating Unit              JiaMin Cheng                   [5 min]

VI.            

VAWA2013 Implementation                                                                Karlo Ng                            [5 min.]

VII.          

Trainingon Domestic Violence                                                             JillZawisza                       [10 min.]

VIII.        

InterjurisdictionalTransfers                                                                BarbaraSmith                 [5 min.]

IX.             

Next Steps –Setting Next Meeting and Timetables                        ALL                                     [5 min.]

Participants from Justice &Courage HousingCommittee:

Jia Min Cheng, Bay Area Legal Aid

Minouche Kandel, Director of Women’sPolicy, Department on the Status of Women

Emily Murase, Executive Director,Department on the Status of Women

Karlo Ng, National Housing LawProject

Lindsay Sweetnam, La Casa de las Madres

Jill Zawisza, WOMAN, Inc.