Section 14-9204. PARTICIPANT SELECTION PROCESS

 

9204.1The HCV/HOAP program may select participants for the homeownership program in one of the following two ways:

 

(a)Designation of a pool of interested current HCV participants, which may be determined by phone, in-person, or paper application, who shall be selected by a lottery or assignment of a random number for a predetermined number of program participants, or

 

(b)Designation of all HOAP applicants that meet the threshold and eligibility criteria and selection from such group on the following basis:

 

(1)HCVP Families participating in the Family Self-Sufficiency Program with homeownership as a stated goal;

 

(2)HCVP Families or public housing residents participating in the Community Self Sufficiency Program (or a similar program with homeownership being a stated goal of their program participation), in connection with public housing development or redevelopment efforts of DCHA, its subsidiaries, or its joint venture partners.

 

(3)Participating HCVP Families who otherwise do not qualify under (1) or (2) above and are income eligible and are pre-approved for credit by a lender,

 

(4)Families who wish to exercise their "right of first refusal" to purchase a unit that they currently occupy with a housing subsidy under a housing assistance payment contract

 

9204.2Those individuals or families selected for participation, who meet the eligibility requirements stated under Section 9203, above, shall proceed to homeownership by those steps identified beginning in Section 9205 through Section 9212.

 

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Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 5767 (June 21, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 6180 (July 1, 2005).