Section 14-6400. TRANSFER POLICY

 

6400.1It shall be the policy of the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) to transfer tenants from one dwelling unit to another to alleviate conditions of hardship caused by physical conditions or to address changed family circumstances. Transfers may result from actions mandated by DCHA or result from requests by its tenants.

 

6400.2It is DCHA’s policy that transfers will be made without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, or familial status. Residents can be transferred to accommodate a disability.

 

6400.3Residents will receive one offer of a transfer. Refusal of that offer without good cause will result in lease termination for mandatory transfers or the removal of the household from the transfer list for tenant requested transfers. The good cause standard applicable to new admissions shall apply to transfers.

 

6400.4Transfers will be processed by the Director of Housing Management. Residents may apply to their resident manager for a transfer, but all paperwork, verifications and unit assignments shall be made by the Director of Housing Management.

 

6400.5Mandatory transfers initiated by DCHA shall take precedence over new admissions. New admissions shall take precedence over transfers requested by tenants. Except as noted in § 6402.8, DCHA shall assign vacant units that it does not need to house mandatory transferees, using a ratio of five units for initial occupancy by applicants on the DCHA waiting list, to one unit for a tenant from the DCHA Transfer List.

 

6400.6Upon acceptance of the new dwelling unit, the Lessee must execute a new Dwelling Lease. All causes of action of any nature whatsoever available to DCHA at the previous Leased Premises governed by the Dwelling Lease, shall be automatically transferred to, and actionable by, DCHA at the new unit after transfer, whether such transfer is mandatory or voluntary. This regulation does not waive any statute of limitations otherwise applicable to such claims.

 

authority

Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is the District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act, as amended, Public, No. 307, 48 Stat. 930, approved June 12, 1934; Executive Order 11401, effective March 13, 1968, 33 F.R. 4559 (March 15, 1968); section 5 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1975, 21 DCR 2793 (July 3, 1975); and part III.B.(1) of Reorganization Plan No. I of 1987, December 15, 1987.

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 2462 (March 15, 2002); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 12303(December 21, 2007).

EditorNote

"DCHA" has been substituted for the acronym "HMA" wherever it appeared in this chapter in the July 1991 edition. For explanation, see Editor’s Note under § 6000 of this title.