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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 14-76. HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM: WAITING LISTS, LOCAL PREFERENCES, AND APPLICANT SELECTION |
Section 14-7603. SPECIAL ADMISSIONS
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7603.1Special HUD Admissions. DCHA receives special allocations of vouchers that are identified for families living in buildings funded through HUD. DCHA administers these vouchers in accordance with any conditions imposed by HUD and for those families in categories (a) and (b) exception to the income limits set forth in subsection 7602.1 hereof. Moreover, the families receiving assistance under the Special Admissions do not have to qualify for a Local Preference. The following are examples of types of Special Admissions programs:
(a)Housing covered by the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Home-ownership Act of 1990;
(b)A family residing in a property covered by a project-based Section 8 HAP contract at or near the end of the HAP contract term for which DCHA receives a special allocation of vouchers; and
(c)A non-purchasing family residing in a HOPE I or HOPE II project.
7603.2Special Targeted Admissions. In response to joint applications from DCHA and social service providers, HUD awards grants of vouchers for Targeted Admissions toward certain family types. The grant applications specify whether the families to be targeted will be from DCHA's waiting list or from the waiting list of the social service provider. The families receiving assistance under Targeted Admissions do not have to qualify for a Local Preference. DCHA has the following targeted programs which use the waiting list of the social service provider:
(a)Veteran's Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) - Subsidizes one bedroom vouchers for disabled veterans referred from the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs Supportive Housing Program.
(b)Family Unification - Subsidizes families whose children have been placed in the foster care system and who are referred by the D.C. Department of Human Services, Child and Family Services Administration.
(c)Mainstream Housing - Subsidizes disabled families who are referred from organizations such as Deaf-Reach, the Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind, DC Care Consortium, DC Arc, the DC Center for Independent Living, and the Commission on Mental Health.
7603.3Special DCHA Admissions. Families receiving voucher assistance under Special DCHA Admissions as specified in this subsection 7603.3 must qualify under the DCHA's eligibility conditions, and where applicable, any admissions criteria, preferences and priorities of a particular project for project-based vouchers, but do not have to qualify otherwise for a local preference under Section 7604 hereof, or be drawn from the DCHA waiting list, for the following categories:
(a)Vouchers issued in connection with development and redevelopment projects and programs undertaken by DCHA or its subsidiaries, including vouchers for (i) families being relocated in connection with development or redevelopment activities by DCHA, its subsidiaries, or its joint venture partners, and (ii) families relocated, with or without a voucher, in connection with such activities, electing to participate in HCVP's Partnership Program or Home Ownership Assistance Program, provided they meet the other eligibility requirements of those programs.
(b)Vouchers issued for current occupants of existing, occupied housing units that are awarded subsidy assistance through the project-based Partnership Program for Affordable Housing, or other project-based programs locally funded or as may be funded by HUD from time to time, provided the occupant otherwise meets the eligibility requirements of those programs.
(c)Vouchers issued for public housing waiting list applicants who have been determined eligible for selection as mobility impaired and in need of a housing opportunity with accessibility features.
7603.4Project-based assistance admissions. For units in the Partnership Program, the Moderate Rehabilitation program or other project-based housing, that become vacant and where there are no returning prior tenant, existing tenant, or mobility impaired preferences governing the project, the owner or manager may refer applicants to HCVP who are not on the HCVP Waiting List. Such referred applicants, will not be required to be processed through the waiting list or qualify for a Local Preference, provided, however, that eligible applicants from the applicable HCVP Waiting List have not been referred by DCHA within 30 days of notification of such vacancy from the owner or manager.