4272382 Resolution 20-79, "Permanent Supportive Housing Application Streamlining Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2013"

  • A RESOLUTION

     

    20-79 

     

    IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

     

    March 19, 2013

     

     

    To declare the existence of an emergency with the respect to the need to expand the Department of Human Services and the Department of Housing and Community Development’s ability to contract services for permanent supportive housing.  

     

    RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, that That this resolution may be cited as the “Permanent Supportive Housing Application Streamlining Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2013”.

     

    Sec. 2. (a) The Department of Housing and Community Development (“DHCD”) (DHCD) and the Department of Human Services (“DHS”) has have encountered difficultyies:  (i) procuring permanent supportive housing and related services in a timely manner, and (ii) releasing an initial Consolidated Request for Proposals, which will involve the District of Columbia  Housing Finance Agency (DCHFA), District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA), DC Department of Human ServicesDHS (DHS), along with DHCD and the Department of Mental Health (DMH),  to provide funding for the production of pPermanent sSupportive hHousing units for individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. 

    (b) The Procurement Practices Reform Act of 20102, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C.

    Law 18-371; D.C. Official Code §§ 2-351.01, et seq.), prevents consolidated procurements from being combined into one contract. 

                (c) The Permanent Supportive Housing Application Streamlining Emergency Amendment Act of 2013 would amend the Procurement Practices Reform Act of 2010 to streamline and provide a cooperative interagency structure for the coordination of capital, operating, and supportive services funding for the production of permanent supportive housing units produced through fiscal year 2018.

     

    Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Permanent Supportive Housing Application Streamlining Emergency Amendment Act of 2013 be adopted after a single reading.

     

                Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.