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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 14-95. RENT SUBSIDY PROGRAMS: LOCAL RENT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM |
Section 14-9504. PROJECT AND SPONSOR BASED HOUSING ASSISTANCE
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9504.1Project-based and Sponsor-based housing shall be operated and administered in accordance with DCHA HCVP rules and regulations governing HCVP project based assistance and the Partnership Program for Affordable Housing described in Chapter 93 of Title 14 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, including, but not limited to, the execution of Long Term Subsidy Contracts with the Housing Provider unless specified otherwise in this Chapter.
9504.2Pending LRSP funding availability, Long Term Subsidy Contracts for Project-based and Sponsor-based rental units shall have an initial term of up to fifteen (15) years.
9504.3Payments under a Long Term Subsidy Contract may be paid as each rental unit in a project is leased to an eligible household as opposed to waiting until the project is fully occupied.
9504.4LRSP funding is available for up to one hundred percent (100%) of the eligible rental units in any Project-based or Sponsor-based housing or such lesser percentage as may be determined by DCHA without regard to the type of households being served.
9504.5LRSP funding may be available for eligible rental units in any Project-based or Sponsor-based housing with some or all operating costs subsidized by some other source of funds besides the LRSP, but for which the other subsidy(s) alone does not make the rental units affordable to income-eligible households unless prohibited or determined by DCHA otherwise.
9504.6To maintain consistency for households receiving the LRSP funding, the DCHA shall, to the extent possible given funding resources available in the LRSP, continue to fund Project-based and Sponsor-based Housing Providers at rent levels, with adjustments from year to year, in accordance with the procedures and the amount of adjustments authorized in the HCVP or as determined by DCHA. Such continued funding shall also be based on continued compliance by the Housing Provider with this Chapter and HCVP rules and regulations.
9504.7Project-based and Sponsor-based funds left "unobligated" at the end of each DCHA fiscal year shall be added to the LRSP funding for next fiscal year. Funds are left unobligated when there are no applications pending and there are no outstanding Requests for Proposals (RFPs) in which the respondents could use LRSP funding.
9504.8Dollars allocated to Project-based and Sponsor-based housing assistance shall be based on a sum of the new fiscal year funding plus any "unobligated" Project-based and Sponsor-based carryover funds from the previous fiscal year.
9504.9Single Resident Occupancy (SROs) units are eligible for Project-based and Sponsor-based housing assistance.
9504.10Long Term Subsidy Contracts for Project-based and Sponsor-based housing assistance shall be awarded on a competitive basis as currently provided in Chapter 93 of Title 14 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, as amended, which identifies the HCVP Partnership Program for Affordable Housing application and award process. Also, in furtherance of providing Project- based and Sponsor-based housing assistance, DCHA shall coordinate with District of Columbia agencies and departments, including, but not limited to, the Department of Housing and Community Development, District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency, Department of Human Services, and Department of Mental Health.