Effective March 17, 2020 BHA is closed to the public.
The Berkeley Housing Authority Office is closed to the public until further notice.
The City of Berkeley Health Officer has ordered residents to shelter in place, leaving only for essential needs. Most City facilities are closed to the public. Read the latest changes to City services and COVID-19 information from Berkeley Public Health.
The Berkeley Housing Authority is closed to the public until further notice.
The Berkeley Housing Authority is implementing the following
temporary measures to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, in compliance with
the City of Berkeley’s Health Officer’s Order to Shelter in Place:
Effective March 17
until further notice, the agency will be closed.
Staff will check
email and voice mail periodically and will be able to respond. Please be
patient; the response will not be immediate. See below for contact information
of specific BHA staff.
BHA will pay April and
May HAP on time to Landlords.
Tenants must continue
paying their monthly rent portion to their landlords.
Move in Inspections
(“RTA”) will proceed, in order to allow new tenancies.
If you need an
emergency inspection, please call 510-981-5490 or 510-981-5485.
All other inspections
will be on hold, however, if you have a reinspection for which you have made repairs,
please send evidence of the repairs (photos or receipts for work/supplies) to: rgonzales-levine@cityofberkeley.info
and tpumphrey@cityofberkeley.info.
We take our obligation of service to our
community, partners, clients, and employees, seriously. We apologize for any inconvenience, and we
thank you for your patience during this time.
Again, our staff will continue to be
available via phone messages and emails.
Please visit our website for updated information at https://www.cityofberkeley.info/bha/.
Please drop off any paperwork through the
mail slot or by regular mail. If you
need a form, most of them can be found on our website:
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/BHA/Home/Forms_for_Owners_and_Tenants.aspx
Position
|
Name
|
Phone
|
Email
|
Receptionist/Office Asst. I
|
Temp – Rose Dong
|
510-981-5470
|
rdong@cityofberkeley.info
|
Administrative Assistant/
FSS Coordinator
|
Celinda Aguilar-Vasquez
|
510-981-5483
|
caguilar-vasquez@
cityofberkeley.info
|
Acting Executive Director
Finance Manager
|
Jesy Yturralde
|
510-981-5488
|
jyturralde@
cityofberkeley.info
|
Office Asst. II/Accounting
|
Jayla Fuentecilla
|
510-981-5474
|
bfuentecilla@
cityofberkeley.info
|
Accountant
|
Vacant
|
Vacant
|
Vacant
|
Office
Asst. II/Inspections (HQS)
|
Tyra Pumphrey
|
510-981-5490
|
tpumphrey@
cityofberkeley.info
|
Acting Deputy Director
Management Analyst
|
Rachel Gonzales-Levine
|
510-981-5485
|
rgonzales-levine@
cityofberkeley.info
|
Section 8/Housing Choice Voucher
Supervisor
|
Tilda Barnes
|
510-981-5484
|
tbarnes@
cityofberkeley.info
|
Housing
Specialists
|
First letter in last
name determines Housing Specialist (Section 8)
|
Phone
|
Email
|
Lynda
DeShazier
|
Last Name begins with
A, B, C, D, K, L and O
|
510-981-5482
|
ldeshazier@ cityofberkeley.info
|
Tracy
Jackson
|
Last Name begins with
E, F, G, H, I, J, M and N
|
510-981-5486
|
tjackson@ cityofberkeley.info
|
Althea
Maybon
|
Last Name begins with
Mc, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z
|
510-981-5478
|
amaybon@ cityofberkeley.info
|
Tilda
Barnes
|
New Contracts/ Portability/Mod Rehab
|
510-981-5484
|
tbarnes@ cityofberkeley.info
|
This is
an evolving situation and may change as new directives are received from the
City of Berkeley, the State of California, or the federal government.