5874531 Resolution 21-400, Local Rent Supplement Program Contract No. 2014-LRSP-05A Approval Resolution of 2016

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-400

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

February 2, 2016        

 

 

To approve an agreement to enter into a long term subsidy contract for 15 years in support of the District’s Local Rent Supplement Program to fund housing costs associated with affordable housing units for Contract No. 2014-LRSP-05A with Plaza West, LLC, for program units located at 1035 4th Street, N.W., and 307 K Street, N.W.  

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Local Rent Supplement Program Contract No. 2014-LRSP-05A Approval Resolution of 2016”.

 

Sec. 2.  (a) In 2007, the District passed title II of the Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Support Act of 2006 (“BSA”) to provide funding for affordable housing for extremely low-income households in the District.  The passage of the BSA created the Local Rent Supplement Program (“LRSP”), a program designed to provide affordable housing and supportive services to extremely low-income District residents, including those who are homeless or in need of supportive services, such as elderly individuals or those with disabilities, through project-based, tenant-based, and sponsored-based LRSP affordable housing units. The BSA provided for the District of Columbia Housing Authority (“DCHA”) to administer the LRSP on behalf of the District. 

 

(b)  In April 2014, DCHA participated in a Request for Proposals (“RFP”) issued by the District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development (“DHCD”). Of the total proposals received, 12 developers were chosen to work with DCHA and other District agencies to develop affordable housing and permanent supportive housing units throughout the District for extremely low-income families making from 0% to 30% of the area’s median income, as well as the chronically homeless and individuals with mental or physical disabilities. Upon approval of the agreement to enter into a long-term contract (“ALTSC”) by the Council, DCHA will execute the agreement with the selected housing provider under the LRSP.

 

(c) There exists an immediate need to approve the ALTSC with Plaza West, LLC, in order to provide long-term affordable housing units for extremely low-income households in the District for units located at 1035 4th Street, N.W., and 307 K Street, N.W. (“Plaza West”).

            (d) The Council’s approval authorizes the ALTSC between the DCHA and Plaza West, LLC, with respect to the payment of rental subsidy, and allows the owner to lease 11 newly constructed units at Plaza West and house District extremely low-income households with incomes at 30% or less of the area median income. For the eleven units, 6 households will be referred by the Department of Behavioral Health and 5 grandfamilies will be referred by the owner.

 

Sec. 3. Pursuant to section 451 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.51), and section 202 of the Procurement Practices Reform Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-371; D.C. Official Code § 2-352.02), the Council approves the ALTSC with Plaza West, LLC for the creation of 11 affordable housing units in an initial amount not to exceed $166,200 annually.

 

            Sec. 4. The Council shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its adoption, to DCHA and the Mayor.

 

Sec. 5. The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Chief Financial Officer as the fiscal impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a).

 

Sec. 6. This resolution shall take effect immediately.