QSP 22-014 – Hearing Officer

The Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) administers the Housing Choice voucher program to over 13,000 households. OHA must offer an informal hearing for certain OHA determinations relating to the individual circumstances of a participant family. A participant is defined as a family that has been admitted to the OHA’s HCV program and is currently assisted in the program.

The purpose of the informal hearing is to consider whether the OHA’s decisions related to the family’s circumstances are in accordance with the law, HUD regulations and OHA policies. OHA’s Administrative Plan Chapter 16 provides an overview and details of the federal regulation and OHA policy about informal hearings.

OHA must provide an informal hearing before an impartial individual, other than a person who made or approved the decision under review, and other than a person who is a subordinate of the person who made or approved the decision.