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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 14-6111. TENANT ASSIGNMENT
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6111.1 When an Applicant has been deemed eligible and a unit has become available for offer, DCHA shall review the Applicant's file to determine whether the information is current and correct. Information shall be considered current if it was verified by DCHA within no more than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to tenant assignment.
6111.2 If updated information is required, the Applicant shall be required to submit information in accordance with Section 6106 of this chapter before a unit is offered.
6111.3 Eligible Applicants shall be offered an appropriate unit, when available, consistent with the priorities and requirements of this title.
6111.4 Unit offers shall be made to Applicants with the earlier application date and time regardless of whether the Applicant selected the First Available Waiting List or a Site-Based Waiting List for the particular site selected.
6111.5 Suitable vacancies arising at a given time at any location shall be offered to the selected Applicant first in sequence at the time of vacancy; provided, that referrals may be made out of sequence in the following situations:
(a) For Applicants with a preference or in the emergency category, assignments shall be made to units in sequence based upon the date and time of application, as indicated in Section 6105;
(b) For low income families, pursuant to Section 6105;
(c) For disabled families, pursuant to Section 6112; and
(d) For comprehensive modernization properties and new developments, pursuant to Section 6113.
6111.6 Each Applicant shall be assigned an appropriate unit in sequence based upon the date and time of application, suitable type or size or unit, preference, consistent with the objectives of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and applicable HUD regulations and requirements.
6111.7SELECTION FROM THE FIRST AVAILABLE WAITING LIST
(a) Eligible applicants with the earliest application date and time selecting a First Available Unit shall be offered the next available unit that matches the family bedroom size and required needs regardless of the development pursuant to this section.
(b) When an Applicant is offered a unit from the First Available Unit waiting list, DCHA shall send the Applicant an offer letter and identify the development where the unit is available. The Applicant must contact the property and view the unit within ten (10) calendar days of the offer letter.
(c) If the Applicant fails to show up at the appointment or refuses the unit offer, the Applicant shall be offered one (1) additional unit for selection. If the Applicant refuses the second unit offer, the Applicant shall be removed from the public housing waiting list(s) but shall remain on the Housing Choice Voucher Program and Moderate Rehabilitation Program waiting lists.
(d) If an Applicant fails to show up at an appointment or refuses a unit offer, DCHA shall offer the unit to the next Applicant on the public housing waiting list(s) in accordance with this section.
(e) If the Applicant accepts an offered unit, the Applicant shall be removed from all public housing waiting lists but shall remain on the Housing Choice Voucher and Moderate Rehabilitation Waiting Lists.
6111.8 SELECTION FROM THE SITE-BASED WAITING LIST
(a) Applicants on the Site-Based Waiting List unit shall with the earliest date and time if deemed eligible shall be offered the next available unit that matches the family bedroom size and unit characteristics pursuant to this section.
(b) When an Applicant is offered a unit from the Site-Based Waiting List, DCHA shall send the Applicant an offer letter and identify the development where the unit is available. The Applicant must contact the property and view the unit within ten (10) calendar days of the offer letter.
(c)If the Applicant fails to show up at the appointment or refuses the unit offer, the Applicant shall be offered one (1) additional unit for selection at any of their selected sites when their name reaches the top of the waiting list(s). If the Applicant refuses the second unit offer, the Applicant shall be removed from all DCHA public housing waiting list(s).
(d)If an Applicant fails to show up at an appointment or refuses a unit offer, DCHA shall offer the unit to the next eligible Applicant on the public housing waiting list(s) in accordance with this section.
(e)If the Applicant accepts an offered unit, the Applicant shall be removed from all public housing waiting lists but shall remain on the Housing Choice Voucher and Moderate Rehabilitation Waiting Lists.
6111.9 If the Applicant is willing to accept the unit offered but is unable to move at the time of the offer, and presents clear evidence to DCHA's satisfaction of his or her inability to move, refusal of the offer shall not count as one of the number of allowable refusals permitted the Applicant before removing the Applicant from the public housing waiting list(s).
6111.10 If the Applicant presents evidence to the satisfaction of DCHA that acceptance of a given offer of a suitable vacancy may result in undue hardship not related to considerations of race, sex, color, or national origin, such as inaccessibility to employment, children's day care, refusal of such an offer shall not be counted as one of the number of allowable refusals permitted an applicant before removing the Applicant from the public housing waiting list(s).
6111.11 If a non-disabled family refuses to accept a vacancy in an accessible unit, the refusal shall not be counted as one of the allowable refusals.
6111.12 The following requirements shall be applicable to any offered vacancies:
(a) The unit offer shall be in writing and shall include the following:
(1) Identification of the property;
(2) Address and phone number of the property management office;
(3) The bedroom size and unit characteristics; and
(4) The time to contact the property and to view the unit.
(b) The Applicant must contact the property in accordance with this section; and
(c) After the Applicant has viewed the offered unit, the Applicant shall accept or reject the unit at that time.
6111.13 Applicants with preferences who reject two units for reasons other than those allowed in this section shall be removed from the public housing waiting list(s). If they are on the Housing Choice Voucher Program or the Moderate Rehabilitation waiting lists, the Applicant shall be permitted to remain on the list(s).
6111.14 Applicants with preferences who reject two units for reasons other than those allowed in section shall lose their preference provided in Subsection 6105.2 and shall be withdrawn from the waiting list. If the Applicant is on the Housing Choice Voucher Program or the Moderate Rehabilitation waiting lists, the Applicant shall be permitted to remain on the list(s).
6111.15SELECTION FROM THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM WAITING LIST
(a)Applicants seeking a Housing Choice Voucher shall be placed on the Housing Choice Voucher Program waiting list according to the date and time of the application and any application preferences selected by the Applicant on the application pursuant to Chapter 76 of this title.
(b)When selecting Applicants from the waiting list for a Housing Choice Voucher, Applicants who have been deemed eligible shall be issued a voucher pursuant to Chapter 76 of this title.
6111.16SELECTION FROM THE MODERATE REHABILITATION PROGRAM WAITING LIST
(a)Applicants seeking admission to the Moderate Rehabilitation Program shall be placed on the Moderate Rehabilitation Program waiting list according to the date and time of the application, and any application preferences selected by the Applicant on the application pursuant to Chapter 76 of this title.
(b) When selecting Applicants from the waiting list for the Moderate Rehabilitation Program, Applicants who have been deemed eligible shall be referred to the next available unit based on the family composition, pursuant Chapter 76 of this title.