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District Of Columbia Council Bill PR25-0095

District Of Columbia 2023-2024 Regular Session

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5+Councilmember Janeese Lewis George 3
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10+A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 8
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15+IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 13
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21+To declare the existence of an emergency, with respect to congressional review, with respect to 19
22+the need to continue foreclosure protections for homeowners who applied for funding from 20
23+the DC Homeowner Assistance Fund program before September 30, 2022 and whose 21
24+application remains under review, pending approval, pending payment, or under appeal, 22
25+and to require notices continue to be sent to homeowners informing them of the DC HAF 23
26+program prior to a foreclosure action. 24
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28+RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 26
29+resolution may be cited as the “Foreclosure Moratorium and Homeowner Assistance Fund 27
30+Coordination Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023.” 28
31+Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to continue pandemic-related foreclosure 29
32+moratorium for certain homeowners who applied for funding from the DC Homeowner 30
33+Assistance Fund (“DC HAF”) program before September 30, 2022, and whose application 31
34+remains under review, pending approval, pending payment, or under appeal, and to require 32
35+regular application status updates be provided to those homeowners until their applications are 33
36+resolved. 34
37+(b) The District received $50 million in federal assistance through the American Rescue 35
38+Plan Act to assist low- and moderate-income homeowners who experienced new or exacerbated 36 2
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8-A RESOLUTION
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12-IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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14-February 7, 2023
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17-To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need
18-to preserve foreclosure protections for homeowners who applied for funding from the DC
19-Homeowner Assistance Fund program before September 30, 2022 and whose application
20-remain under review, pending approval, pending payment, or under appeal, and to require
21-that notices continue to be sent to homeowners informing them of the DC Homeowner
22-Assistance Fund program before a foreclosure action.
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24-RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
25-resolution may be cited as the “Foreclosure Moratorium and Homeowner Assistance Fund Coordination Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023.”
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27-Sec. 2. (a) The Foreclosure Moratorium and Homeowner Assistance Fund Coordination
28-Emergency Amendment Act of 2022, effective November 22, 2022 (D.C. Act 24- 674; D.C.
29-Official Code § 42- 851.01), is set to expire on February 20, 2023.
30-(b) The Foreclosure Moratorium and Homeowner Assistance Fund Coordination
31-Temporary Amendment Act of 2022, enacted on December 8, 2022 (D.C. Act 24- 693; 69 DCR
32-15121), is not projected to become law until March 8, 2023, due to a delay in congressional
33-transmittal because of the change of sessions.
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35-(c) A congressional review emergency is necessary to prevent a gap in the law and
36-protect homeowners from foreclosures as they continue to await approvals and payments from the Department of Housing and Community Development .
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38-Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
39-enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Foreclosure Moratorium and Homeowner Assistance Fund Coordination Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 should be adopted after a single reading.
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41-Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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40+financial hardships as a result of the pandemic and, in June, the Department of Housing and 37
41+Community Development (“DHCD”) opened applications for DC’s Homeowner Assistance 38
42+Fund program. 39
43+(c) In June 2022, the Council extended the pandemic-related foreclosure moratorium to 40
44+align with the opening of the DC HAF program and required homeowners to submit an 41
45+application for DC HAF assistance to cure housing debts by September 30, 2022 in order to 42
46+remain eligible for foreclosure protections beyond that initial deadline; as of September 30, 43
47+2022, DHCD had approximately 1,000 applications under review and awaiting potential payment 44
48+necessitating the Council to extend the foreclosure moratorium protections previously guaranteed 45
49+to those homeowners who met the September 30, 2022 deadline for their DC HAF applications. 46
50+(d) The Foreclosure Moratorium and Homeowner Assistance Fund Coordination 47
51+Emergency Amendment Act of 2022 was passed November 1, 2022 and is set to expire February 48
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53+(e) The Foreclosure Moratorium and Homeowner Assistance Fund Coordination 50
54+Temporary Amendment Act of 2022, passed November 15, 2022, is not projected to become law 51
55+until March 8 due to delays in congressional transmittals at the change of sessions. 52
56+(f) A congressional review emergency is necessary to prevent a gap in the law and protect 53
57+homeowners from foreclosures as they continue to await approvals and payments from DHCD. 54
58+Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 55
59+enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the 56
60+Foreclosure Moratorium and Homeowner Assistance Fund Coordination Emergency 57
61+Amendment Act of 2022 should be adopted after a single reading. 58
62+Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 59