6200839 Housing Authority, DC - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Regulations to expand the availability of vouchers to applicants residing in units declared unfit for habitation  

  • DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSING AUTHORITY

    NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

     

    The Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA), pursuant to the District of Columbia Housing Authority Act of 1999, effective May 9, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-105; D.C. Official Code § 6-203 (2012 Repl.)), hereby gives notice of the adoption of the following amendment to Chapter 61 (Public Housing: Admission and Recertification) of Title 14 (Housing) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).

    The purpose of the amendment is to expand the availability of vouchers to applicants residing in units declared unfit for habitation.

    The emergency and proposed rulemaking was published in the District of Columbia Register on July 22, 2016, at 63 DCR 9717. This rulemaking was adopted as final at the Board of Commissioners regular meeting on September 14, 2016. The final rules will become effective upon publication of this notice in the District of Columbia Register.

     

    Chapter 61, PUBLIC HOUSING: ADMISSION AND RECERTIFICATION, of Title 14 DCMR, HOUSING, is amended as follows:

    Section 6125, PREFERENCES FOR PLACEMENT ELIGIBILITY HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER APPLICANTS, Subsection 6125.4, is amended to read as follows:

    6125.4             DCHA shall give placement priority to referrals to DCHA from the Executive Office of the Mayor or designated District of Columbia agency of households who currently reside in substandard housing and units declared unfit for habitation. The aggregate number of outstanding vouchers authorized for use is set by the Board of Commissioners from time to time.

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14-6125