6039528 Housing Authority, DC- Notice of Final Rulemaking- Amending Chapter 95 to apply the LRSP Sponsor-based entry criteria to referrals from DHS to DCHA.

THE 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. & 2015 Supp.)), hereby gives notice of the adoption 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.

 

The emergency and proposed rulemaking was published in the D.C. Register on March 25, 2016, at 63 DCR 4498.  This rulemaking was adopted as final at the Board of Commissioners regular meeting on May 11, 2016. The final rules will become effective upon 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:

9505.1             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             Notwithstanding § 9505.1, 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.

9505.3             LRSP Voucher 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.

9505.4             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.

9505.5             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.