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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 10. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
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SubTilte 10-B. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
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Chapter 10-B45. LAND ACQUISITION FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM |
Section 10-B4500. GENERAL PROVISIONS
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4500.1This chapter shall set forth rules governing the operation of the Land Acquisition for Housing Development Opportunities (LAHDO) program, administered by the District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).
4500.2The purpose of the LAHDO program shall be to provide financial assistance to developers to acquire vacant land or land improved with buildings resulting in the rehabilitation of existing residential structures, conversion of existing structures to residential use, or construction of new residential or mixed use structures on vacant land. The LAHDO program is designed to increase the stock of safe, sanitary and affordable housing in the District of Columbia.
4500.3The LAHDO program may also provide funds for the design and installation or renovation of site improvements as defined in §4501.2 to be located on the property to be developed or rehabilitated as housing.
4500.4The LAHDO program may also assist developers of housing in negotiating a framework for additional financial assistance available from the District of Columbia under other programs designed to promote the development or rehabilitation of economically feasible housing.
4500.5LAHDO program funds shall be available to private for-profit and not-for-profit developers to facilitate the development of the type of housing as defined in §4503.5, including the following:
(a)Rental housing;
(b)Cooperative housing;
(c)Mixed-use residential housing in which not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the net usable floor space is devoted to residential use and occupancy and not more than forty-nine percent (49%) is devoted to commercial or retail use; and
(d)Other types of eligible housing described in §4503.5.
4500.6The LAHDO Program funds shall not be used by a developer for any facility expressly deemed ineligible for the LAHDO Program, as defined in §4503.6.
4500.7The LAHDO Program is established under the authority of the District of Columbia Community Development Act of 1975, D.C. Law 1-39 (D.C. Code 5-901 et seq. (1988 Repl. Vol.)).
4500.8The Director may, for good cause shown in writing, waive any provision of this chapter, except the provisions of §§ 4501.5, 4503.4, 4503.7, 4503.9, 4503.10, 4503.11, 4503.12, 4503.13, 4506.2, 4506.4, 4506.6, 4506.11, 4506.14, 4507.4 and 4508.12, consistent with applicable law. All waivers shall be justified by a determination that undue hardship will result from applying the requirement and where application of the requirement would adversely affect the purpose and objectives of the LAHDO Program.