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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 14. HOUSING |
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Chapter 14-61. PUBLIC HOUSING: ADMISSION AND RECERTIFICATION |
Section 14-6103. MAINTENANCE OF THE WAITING LIST(S)
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6103.1The waiting list(s) shall be maintained to ensure that Applicants are referred to appropriate developments, unit types (for example for public housing, Mixed Population, General Population or accessible) and sizes or housing programs.
6103.2 Applicants are responsible for updating their application when there are changes in the family composition, income, address, telephone number, and acceptance of housing assistance. Failure to update the application timely may result in a delay in housing, being deemed eligible for housing or the Applicant being changed to inactive status from the waiting list(s).
6103.3DCHA shall update its waiting list(s) periodically and to meet the needs of those requiring housing assistance as needed. When this occurs, DCHA will send update forms to the affected Applicants.
(a)The request for an update to a housing application shall provide a deadline by which the Applicant must respond and shall state that failure to respond shall result in the Applicant’s being withdrawn from the waiting list(s) or changed to inactive status.
(b)Applicants must complete an update form electronically, by telephone or mail, or by any other means established by DCHA within the time frame specified in the request for update package. Once the update is received the appropriate changes shall be made to the Applicant’s file and the Applicant shall maintain their application date and time.
6103.4Applicants who do not return the completed update form within the specified time frame shall have their waiting list status changed to inactive:
(a) An Applicant whose status is inactive will not be actively considered for DCHA housing assistance.
(b) If an inactive Applicant submits a completed update form at any time after the expiration of the specified update time frame, then the Applicant shall be restored to an active status on the waiting list based on the Applicant's original application date and time provided that the Applicant was deemed inactive after October 1, 2003.
6103.5Changes in an Applicant’s circumstances while on any of DCHA’s waiting list(s) may affect the family’s qualification for a particular development, bedroom size or entitlement to a preference. When an Applicant reports a change that affects their placement on the waiting list(s), the waiting list(s) shall be updated accordingly.
6103.6When selecting Applicants from the waiting list(s) for public housing, DCHA shall use the Applicant’s family composition and any reasonable accommodations requests to determine the appropriate bedroom size and unit characteristics.
6103.7Applicants on the Waiting List who have requested a fully accessible unit, a unit with accessible features of any other reasonable accommodation through the reasonable accommodation process must meet all requirements of the accommodation prior to being deemed eligible. All reasonable accommodations shall be verified and approved by the Office of the ADA/504 Coordinator prior to a unit offer.
6103.8Applicant families with members with disabilities who have verified and approved reasonable accommodations for fully accessible units or units with accessible features shall receive priority for those units that are designated as fully accessible units or designed with specific accessibility features.
6103.9The only other system for assigning priority to eligible public housing Applicants is date and time of application, unless otherwise specified in this chapter including Sections 6111, 6112 and 6113 of this chapter.
6103.10Applicants housed in public housing, Housing Choice Voucher or Moderate Rehabilitation programs do not qualify for the “homeless” preference category and shall have the preference removed.
6103. 11SELECTION FOR PUBLIC HOUSING
(a)Applicants seeking housing assistance in the public housing program shall choose either the Public Housing First Available Unit Waiting list or the Site-Based Waiting list.
(b) Applicants shall not be placed on the First Available Unit waiting list and the Site-Based Waiting List at the same time. Applicants who select both shall be listed only on the Site-Based Waiting lists that the Applicant selected.
(c) Applicants who do not select developments on the Site-Based waiting list or the First Available Waiting Unit Waiting List shall be placed automatically on the First Available Unit Waiting list.
(d)Applicants shall only be listed at developments that have bedroom size and unit characteristics for which the family is authorized to occupy based on family composition and any reasonable accommodation requests.
(e)Applicants may select up to three (3) developments on the Site-Based Waiting list. An Applicant who has selected multiple developments on the Site-Based Waiting List, and has the earliest application date and time, shall be offered the first available unit of their site(s) selection.
(f)An Applicant who has selected the Site-Based Waiting List may not change his/her development selection after the application is received unless there is a change in their family circumstances that would require a change in bedroom size or unit characteristics. However, if the site selected can accommodate the required change DCHA shall not approve a change in the site selection. The Applicant shall maintain his/her original application date and time for the newly selected site.
(g)An Applicant on the Site-Based Waiting List may elect to voluntarily remove their selection from the Site-Based Waiting List to the First Available Waiting List and maintain their original application date and time.
(h)Any Applicant on the First Available Waiting List may not change their selection from the First Available Waiting List to the Site-Based Waiting List.