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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 14-93. PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING |
Section 14-9302. SCOPE AND SIZE OF THE PROGRAM
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9302.1DCHA will provide Partnership Program subsidy to units within privately or public/private partnership owned and developed rental housing properties that help DCHA accomplish the purposes and objectives of the program, as listed in Sections 9300 and 9301 of this title, respectively, and meet the criteria described in Sections 9306, 9307 and 9308 of this title.
9302.2The Partnership Program is available to existing units that meet Housing Quality Standards or those that require substantial rehabilitation to do so, and new construction.
(a)Existing unit is defined as any existing rental housing unit that requires less than $1,000 in improvements to meet the standards necessary to receive Housing Assistance Payments.
(b)Substantial rehabilitation is defined as any rental housing unit that requires more than $1,000 in improvements to meet the standards necessary to receive Housing Assistance Payments and for which rehabilitation has not yet started before the execution of the Agreement to Enter into a Housing Assistance Payment Contract.
(c)New construction is defined as any new rental housing unit not under construction before the award of the Agreement to Enter into a Housing Assistance Payment Contract.
9302.3DCHA, annually, may make up to twenty percent (20%) of its total Housing Choice Voucher Program allocation available for the Partnership Program. The allocation figure may be adjusted from time to time subject to approval by the Board of Commissioners and is available by contacting the DCHA Office of Planning and Development or DCHA's Housing Choice Voucher Program.