5776658 Public Hearing on B21-462, Minimum Wage, Living Wage, and Millennial Tiny Housing Amendment Act of 2015
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Council of the District of Columbia
Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs
Notice of a Public Hearing
John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 119 Washington, DC 20004
Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr., Chair
Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs
Announces a Public Hearing
on
- B21-462, the “Minimum Wage, Living Wage, and Millennial Tiny Housing Amendment Act of 2015”
Monday, February 1, 2016, 10:00 A.M.
John A. Wilson Building, Room 500
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr., announces the scheduling of a public hearing by the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs on B21-462, the “Minimum Wage, Living Wage, and Millennial Tiny Housing Amendment Act of 2015”. The public hearing is scheduled for Monday, February 1, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20004.
B21-462, the “Minimum Wage, Living Wage, and Millennial Tiny Housing Amendment Act of 2015”, would require the Deputy Mayor for Greater Economic Opportunity to establish the Minimum Wage, Living Wage, and Millennial Tiny Housing Initiative. The bill would require the construction of 1,000 new homes, no less than 600 square feet each, for eligible applicants. In addition, the houses would be constructed by District small business enterprises at a cost of no more than $50,000. Finally, the bill would amend the Housing Production Trust Fund of 1998 to fund the Initiative.
Individuals and representatives of organizations who wish to testify at the public hearing are asked to contact Faye Caldwell of the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs at (202) 727-6683 or by email at fcaldwell@dccouncil.us and provide their name(s), address, telephone number, email address and organizational affiliation, if any, by close of business Friday, January 29, 2016. Each witness is requested to bring 20 copies of his/her written testimony. Representatives of organizations and government agencies will be limited to 5 minutes in order to permit each witness an opportunity to be heard. Individual witnesses will be limited to 3 minutes.
If you are unable to testify at the public hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. The official record will remain open until close of business Monday, February 15, 2016. Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite 119 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004.
