About Sanibel CHR: Board Members

The 12 member Board and its Committees provide immeasurable hours of volunteer services to the City of Sanibel's Below Market Rate Housing (BMRH) program.

The Board has several Committees. The Landlord/Tenant Committee alone donates over 300 volunteer hours a year handling all applicant and tenant-related matters. Annual reevaluations of all households in the BMRH program are required 90 days before the end of each lease. The Committee reviews each tenant’s new reevaluation application material regarding income, IRS material, confirmation by staff of job title, wage hours, and references with employers, rent and utility payment history, results of the quarterly inspections of the units, and relevant grant regulations. Committee members also accompany staff on some unit inspections, each unit being inspected four times a year.

In addition to recommending tenants and applicants for new leases, the Committee resolves other applicant and tenant matters, and also develops annual recommendations to the Sanibel City Council about the point system for selection, the rent ranges and income limits, and the semi-annual market rate rent surveys CHR is required to complete.

In 2005, Landlord/Tenant Committee members and CHR staff also personally visited over 300 businesses and offices on Sanibel, to inform employers and employees about the BMRH program and provide applications to interested persons. The Committee also submits BMRH fliers to the City of Sanibel at least twice a year to include in all the City payroll envelopes, and gives BMRH applications to the City’s Administrative Services Manager to give to current and prospective City employees.

The Executive Committee is composed of the Officers and the Chairs of the other Committees, and meets as needed prior to some monthly Board meetings to review information and develop recommendations.

Board Members

Armand Ball
Karen Bell
Michael Cuscaden (President)
Jill D. Dillon (Secretary)
Debbie Friedlund (Vice President)
John Highsmith
Jane Hudson
Richard Johnson
Phillip Marks
Allen Myers (Treasurer)
Kevin Ruane (City Council Liason)