5474988 Housing Authority, DC - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Amend the payment standard of the Fair Markets Rents

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.)), hereby gives notice of the adoption of the amended Chapter 83 (Rent and Housing Assistance Payments) of Title 14 (Housing) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR). 

 

The purpose of the rulemaking is to amend the payment standard to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the Fair Market Rents for all sized units in the District of Columbia.

 

An emergency and proposed rulemaking was published in the D.C. Register on March 20, 2015, at 62 DCR 3484.  This rulemaking was adopted as final at the Board of Commissioners regular meeting on May 13, 2015.  The final rules will become effective upon publication of this notice in the D.C. Register. 

 

Chapter 83, RENT AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS, of Title 14 DCMR, HOUSING, is amended as follows:

 

Section 8300, PAYMENT STANDARD AMOUNT, is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 8300.2(e) is amended to read as follows:

 

(e)        The Payment Standard is up to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the Fair Market Rents for all size units in all areas of the District of Columbia. Any change to the Payment Standard shall be implemented by regulatory action of the Commission and shall apply to all vouchers issued after the date of the adoption of any regulation modifying the Payment Standard.