title
Authorization to award contracts for Hearing Officers for the Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Hearings.
presenter
Presenter Elizabeth Silas, Deputy General Counsel
Recommendation
The Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of the Chicago Housing Authority ("CHA") recommends that the CHA Board of Commissioners ("Board") approve the award of contracts to the below listed contractors in the approximate aggregate value of $2,520,000 consisting of an aggregate original contracts value of $504,000 for a one (1) year base term from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025; and four (4) option years in the combined amount of $2,016,000 to Hearing Officer services for the CHA's Housing Choice Voucher ("HCV") program.
The Board further authorizes the CEO to approve each request to exercise the options awarded under the contracts.
Recommended Awardee
Base Contract Value
Base Term
Option Terms
Total Contract Value
Yolaine Marie Dauphin
$504,000
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
1st Option: $504,000
2nd Option: $504,000
3rd Option: $504,000
4th Option: $504,000
$2,520,000
Rhonda Walker
Joseph Chico
Margaret Fitzpatrick
Denis Guest Attorney at Law
Mark Moreno
Dennis M. Fleming
Total:
$504,000
Aggregate Total:
$2,016,000
$2,520,000
The requested action complies in all material respects with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, and CHA policies. CHA staff has completed all necessary due diligence to support the submission of this initiative.
Funding
MTW Fund
Background
Pursuant to the Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") rules and regulations, 24 CFR 982.555 et.al, and the CHA Administrative Plan, CHA must provide Housing Choice Voucher participants due process hearings, at their request, prior to taking certain adverse actions that impact participants' assistance.
HUD regulations also provide that the hearing officer that presides over a hearing may not be the same individual (or a subordinate of that indi...
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