District Of Columbia 2023-2024 Regular Session

District Of Columbia Council Bill PR25-0156 Compare Versions

Version 1 (Old)

Version 2 (New)

Old	New		Differences
1		-
2		-	ENROLLED ORIGINAL
3		-
4		-
5		-
6		-	A RESOLUTION
7		-
8		-	25-99
9		-
10		-	IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
11		-
12		-	April 4, 2023
13		-
14		-
15		-	To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve an agreement to
16		-	enter into a long-term subsidy contract, Contract No. 2021-LRSP-01A, with Fort Totten
17		-	Limited Partnership for 15 years in support of the District’s Local Rent Supplement
18		-	Program to fund housing costs associated with affordable housing units at Fort Totten
19		-	Senior Housing located at 5543 South Dakota Avenue, NE.
20		-
21		-	RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
22		-	resolution may be cited as the “Local Rent Supplement Program with Fort Totten Senior
23		-	Apartments Contract No. 2021-LRSP-01A Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”.
24		-
25		-	Sec. 2 (a) There exists an immediate need to approve Contract No. 2021-LRSP-01A
26		-	between Fort Totten Limited Partnership and the District of Columbia Housing Authority to
27		-	authorize payment to support local rent supplement program housing supports.
28		-	(b) Council approval of the measure is necessary to support the District of Columbia
29		-	Housing Authority’s supports for extremely low-income households.
30		-
31		-	Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
32		-	emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Local Rent Supplement Program with
33		-	Fort Totten Senior Apartments Contract No. 2021-LRSP-01A Emergency Approval Resolution
34		-	of 2023 be adopted after a single reading.
35		-
36		-	Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
	1	+	1
	2	+	1
	3	+	Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr. 2
	4	+	3
	5	+	4
	6	+	5
	7	+	A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 6
	8	+	7
	9	+	______ 8
	10	+	9
	11	+	IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10
	12	+	11
	13	+	__________________ 12
	14	+	13
	15	+	To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve an 14
	16	+	Agreement to enter into a Long-Term Subsidy Contract (2021-LRSP-01A) for 15 15
	17	+	years between the District of Columbia Housing Authority and Fort Totten 16
	18	+	Limited Partnership, to support the District’s Local Rent Supplement Program by 17
	19	+	funding housing costs associated with affordable housing units to be located at 18
	20	+	5543 South Dakota Avenue, N.E. 19
	21	+	20
	22	+	RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That 21
	23	+	this resolution may be cited as the “Local Rent Supplement Program Contract No. 2021-22
	24	+	LRSP-01A Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”. 23
	25	+	Sec. 2(a) The Local Rent Supplement Program (LRSP) is designed to provide 24
	26	+	affordable housing and supportive services to District households making 30% or less of 25
	27	+	the area median income (“extremely low-income” households), including those who are 26
	28	+	homeless or in need of supportive services such as elderly individuals or those with 27
	29	+	disabilities, through project-based, tenant-based, and sponsor-based affordable housing 28
	30	+	subsidies. 29
	31	+	(b) The D.C. Housing Authority Rent Supplement Act of 2006, effective March 2, 30
	32	+	2007 (D.C. Law 16-192), established the LRSP and made the District of Columbia 31
	33	+	Housing Authority (DCHA) responsible for its administration by amending the District of 32 2
	34	+	Columbia Housing Authority Act of 1999, effective May 9, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-105; 33
	35	+	D.C. Official Code § 6-201 et seq.). 34
	36	+	(c) In 2021, the DCHA participated in a request for proposals issued by the 35
	37	+	District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). Of 36
	38	+	the multiple proposals received, 10 developers were chosen to work with DCHA and 37
	39	+	other District agencies to develop affordable housing and permanent supportive housing 38
	40	+	units for extremely low-income households, chronically homeless people, and people 39
	41	+	with mental or physical disabilities. 40
	42	+	(d) One of the projects that DHCD and its partner agencies wish to support would 41
	43	+	involve the construction of a new mixed-use building, Fort Totten Senior Apartments 42
	44	+	(FTSA), at 5543 South Dakota Avenue, N.E. The project sponsor is Fort Totten Limited 43
	45	+	Partnership (FTLP).The project would feature 93 rental housing units for seniors. 52 units 44
	46	+	would be for extremely low-income seniors, and 10 of those 52 units would serve as 45
	47	+	permanent supportive housing. The remaining units would be for seniors making up to 46
	48	+	60% of the area median income. FTSA would also feature retail space and underground 47
	49	+	parking. 48
	50	+	(e) Under proposed contract 2021-LRSP-01A, DCHA would provide an annual 49
	51	+	subsidy to FTLP to support operating costs associated with 39 of the rental housing units 50
	52	+	for extremely low-income senior households. The term of the proposed contract is 15 51
	53	+	years and the initial annual subsidy amount is $723,888. 52
	54	+	(f) Section 451(c) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved 53
	55	+	December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.51(c)), requires active 54
	56	+	Council approval of multiyear contracts. 55 3
	57	+	(g) There exists an immediate need to approve contract 2021-LRSP-01A between 56
	58	+	DCHA and FTLP to allow development of FTSA to proceed on schedule. 57
	59	+	Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 58
	60	+	enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the 59
	61	+	“Local Rent Supplement Program Contract No. 2021-LRSP-01A Emergency Approval 60
	62	+	Resolution of 2023” be adopted on an emergency basis. 61
	63	+	Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 62