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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 14-91. HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM: RENT REFORM DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM |
Section 14-9110. DELAYED FAMILY SHARE AT INITIAL CERTIFICATION UNDER THE RENT REFORM DEMONSTRATION
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9110.1To help protect households from unreasonable increases in TTP when the alternative rent policy is implemented, the following safeguards shall apply:
(a) When a household’s anticipated monthly income for the coming year is substantially lower (i.e., by more than 10 percent) than its retrospective monthly income for the past year, a “temporary” TTP based on the anticipated income (or the minimum rent, whichever is higher) shall be set for a six-month “grace period.” This grace period shall only apply, at the beginning of the three-year period and at any subsequent triennial recertifications.
(b) At the end of the six-month grace period, unless the household qualifies for an interim recertification (see below), the temporary TTP shall expire, and the household shall be switched automatically to the “regular” TTP amount that was previously determined based on retrospective income. No interim is required or offered.
(c) If, however, at the end of the grace period, the household has not fully restored its income to the original retrospective gross income level, the household may request and shall be granted an interim recertification interview. The new 12-month look-back period for that interim recertification (counting back from the end of the grace period) shall take into account the more recent period of lower income. The new TTP calculated at this interim shall apply until the next triennial recertification, unless an intervening interim recertification is required or the family receives a lower TTP as part of a hardship waiver.
(d) If this interim recertification (after the grace period) results in a new TTP that is higher than the grace-period temporary TTP, the Family may qualify for a hardship waiver pursuant to Section 9118.
(e) If a working-age/non-disabled household that is enrolled in the Rent Reform Demonstration subsequently becomes a fixed-income household due to disability by the time of its next triennial recertification, its new TTP shall be based on its fixed current/anticipated gross income.