5919248 Housing Authority, DC - Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking - To apply Local Rent Supplement Program Sponsor-based housing assistance eligibility criteria to households referred by the Department of Human Services (“DHS”) to DCHA for ...
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THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSING AUTHORITY
NOTICE OF EMERGENCY AND PROPOSED 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, on an emergency basis, of the following amendments to Chapter 95 (Rent Subsidy Programs: Local Rent Supplement Program) of Title 14 (Housing) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).
The purpose of the amendments is to apply Local Rent Supplement Program (LRSP) Sponsor-based housing assistance eligibility criteria to households referred by the Department of Human Services (DHS) to DCHA for LRSP Tenant-based housing assistance.
Per D.C. Official Code § 2-505(c) emergency rulemakings are promulgated when the action is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, welfare, or morals. There is an urgent need to adopt these emergency regulations to decrease the rate of homelessness in the District of Columbia.
These emergency regulations were adopted by the Board on March 9, 2016 and became effective immediately. They will remain in effect for up to one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of adoption, until July 8, 2016, or upon publication of a Notice of Final Rulemaking in the D.C. Register, whichever occurs first. The Board of Commissioners of DCHA also gives notice of intent to take rulemaking action to adopt these proposed regulations as final in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
Chapter 95, RENT SUBSIDY PROGRAMS: LOCAL RENT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM, of Title 14 DCMR, HOUSING, is amended as follows:
Section 9505, TENANT-BASED HOUSING ASSISTANCE, is amended to read as follows:
9505 TENANT-BASED HOUSING ASSISTANCE
9505.1 LRSP Tenant-based housing assistance shall be administered in accordance with the DCHA HCVP rules and regulations except as provided in this chapter.
9505.2 When determining eligibility to receive LRSP Tenant-based housing assistance for households referred to DCHA by the Department of Human Services, DCHA shall use the eligibility guidelines set forth in § 9508.
9505.2 3 LRSP Vouchers shall not be eligible for portability as such term is defined and utilized in 24 C.F.R. §§ 982.351 and 982.353, as amended.
9505.3 4 LRSP Tenant-based funds left “unobligated” at the end of each DCHA fiscal year shall be added to the LRSP funding for the next fiscal year. Funds are left unobligated when there are no Extremely Low Income households who could use LRSP funding.
9505.4 5 Dollars allocated to Tenant-based housing assistance shall be based on a sum of the new fiscal year funding plus any “unobligated” carryover funds from the previous fiscal year.
Interested persons are encouraged to submit comments regarding this Proposed Rulemaking to DCHA’s Office of General Counsel. Copies of this Proposed Rulemaking can be obtained at www.dcregs.gov, or by contacting Chelsea Johnson at the Office of the General Counsel, 1133 North Capitol Street, NE, Suite 210, Washington, DC 20002-7599 or via telephone at (202) 535-2835. All communications on this subject matter must refer to the above referenced title and must include the phrase “Comment to Proposed Rulemaking” in the subject line. There are two methods of submitting Public Comments:
1. Submission of comments by mail: Comments may be submitted by mail to the Office of the General Counsel, Attn: Chelsea Johnson, 1133 North Capitol Street, NE, Suite 210, Washington, DC 20002-7599.
2. Electronic Submission of comments: Comments may be submitted electronically by submitting comments to Chelsea Johnson at: PublicationComments@dchousing.org.
3. No facsimile will be accepted.
Comments Due Date: April 25, 2016
