HUD Cites King County Housing Authority for Outstanding Performance.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 1999-- King County Housing Authority earns perfect score and "High Performer" status for fourth consecutive year For the fourth year in a row, the HUD Hud (h  d), a pre-Qur'anic prophet of Islam. Hud unsuccessfully exhorted his South Arabian people, the Ad, to worship the One God. Office of Public has awarded the King County Housing Authority a perfect score Housing under the Public Housing Management Assessment Program (PHMAP PHMAP Public Housing Management Assessment Program ). The King County Housing Authority is one of a handful of large housing authorities nationwide to earn this distinction. "The King County Housing Authority's continued outstanding performance is a testimony to the commitment and skill of the Authority's management, staff, and residents," said HUD Secretary's Representative Bob Santos Santos (sän`t s), city (1996 pop. 412,288), São Paulo state, SE Brazil, on the island of São Vicente in the Atlantic just off the mainland. . Over the past three years, King County Housing Authority has added approximately 998 of units to its inventory and completed $20 million of rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. work on its public housing communities. "I'm proud that we can provide such excellent service to the most vulnerable households living in King County," said KCHA Chair Doreen Cato. "The importance of the safety net that our public housing provides cannot be underestimated." Under PHMAP, HUD evaluates the performance of every Public Housing Agency in the nation at the conclusion of the PHA's fiscal year. Performance is scored in a total of eight different areas including modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, , financial management, occupancy levels, and maintenance. To be designated as a "High Performer" a PHA PHA abbr. phytohemagglutinin PHA phytohemagglutinin, a plant lectin. must achieve an overall score of 90 percent or higher. The King County Housing Authority has been designated as a high performer by HUD since the inception of the program in 1991. This assessment covered King County Housing Authority's fiscal year ending June 30, 1998. "Though our housing programs have continued to diversify diversify To acquire a variety of assets that do not tend to change in value at the same time. To diversify a securities portfolio is to purchase different types of securities in different companies in unrelated industries. to meet a continuum of needs, our public housing program is the heart and soul of our operation," said Stephen Norman, executive director of the King County Housing Authority. "We are please at the acknowledgement by HUD on the quality of the public housing communities our staff and residents maintain." KCHA administers a range of quality affordable rental housing programs for residents of King County, as well as providing homeownership opportunities to lower-income working families. The Authority serves more than 13,000 households, including families, the elderly, disabled persons, and other special-needs households. |
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