District of Columbia Housing Authority
300 ih Street, SW, 10
th
Floor, Washington, DC 20024
202-535-1000
June 22, 2023
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Council
of the District of Columbia
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004-3003
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
Brenda Donald, Executive Director
Pursuant to D.C. Official Code§ 2-352.02, I have enclosed, for consideration by the Council of the
District
of Columbia, the Council Contract Summary for the Agreement to Enter into a Long Term
Subsidy Contract ("AL TSC") between the District
of Columbia Housing Authority ("DCHA") and
Lisner Senior Independent Owner LP (the "Owner") and the proposed "Local Rent Supplement
Program Contract No. 2022-ALRSP-0lA with Lisner Senior Independent Owner LP Approval
Resolution
of 2023." DCHA proposes to provide a housing subsidy to the Owner in the amount of
$1,652,352 annually for a multi-year term of fifteen (15) years, in support of the District's Local Rent
Supplement Program ("LRSP") to provide affordable housing units at Lisner Senior Apartments
located at 5455 Western Avenue NW.
As always, I am available to discuss any questions you may have regarding the proposed L TSC. In
order to facilitate a response to any questions concerning this AL TSC, please have your staff contact
me at (202) 535-1513.
I look forward to your favorable consideration
of this proposed ALTSC agreement.
Brenda Donald
Executive Director, District
of Columbia Housing Authority
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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
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-thairman Phil Mendelson
at the request
of District of
Columbia Housing Authority
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
To approve an agreement to enter into a long-term subsidy contract for 15 years in support of the
District's Local
Rent Supplement Program to fund housing costs associated with affordable
housing units for Contract
No. 2022-ALRSP-0lA with Lisner Senior Independent Owner LP for
program units at Lisner Senior Apartments located at 5455
Western Avenue, NW.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution
may be cited as the "Local Rent Supplement Program Contract No. 2022-ALRSP-0 lA
with Lisner Senior Independent Owner LP Approval Resolution of 2023".
Sec. 2. (a) In 2007, the District passed Title
II of the Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Support
Act of 2006 ("BSA") to provide funding for affordable housing for extremely low-income
households in the District.
The passage of the BSA created the Local Rent Supplement Program
("LRSP"), a program designed to provide affordable housing and supportive services to
extremely low-income District residents, including those who are homeless
or in need of
supportive services, such as elderly individuals or those with disabilities, through project-based,
tenant-based, and sponsored-
based LRSP affordable housing units. The BSA provided for the
District
of Columbia Housing Authority (" DCHA") to administer the LRSP on behalf of the
District.
{0030893
-} 1 1 (b) In September of 2021, the District of Columbia's Department of Housing and Community
2 Development ("DHCD") issued a Request for Proposals ("RFP") regarding the availability
of
3 funds from multiple district agencies, including DCHA, DHCD, the Department of Behavioral
4 Health, the Department
of Human Services, and the District of Columbia Housing Finance
5 Agency.
Of the total proposals received, thirty-four developers were chosen to work with DCHA
6 and others to develop affordable housing and permanent supportive housing units for extremely
7 low income families making zero to thirty percent (30%)
of the area's median income, as well as
8 the chronically homeless and individuals with mental or physical disabilities throughout
9 Washington, DC.
10 ( c) There exists an immediate need to approve the long term subsidy contract with Lisner Senior
11 Independent Owner LP under the LRSP in order to provide long-term affordable housing units
12 for extremely low-income households for units located at 5445 Western Avenue NW.
13 ( d) The legislation to approve the contract will authorize an AL TSC between the District of
14 Columbia Housing Authority and Lisner Senior Independent Owner LP with respect to the
15 payment of a rental subsidy and allows the owner to lease the rehabilitated units at Lisner Senior
16 Apartments and house extremely low-income households with incomes at 30% or less of the area
17 median income.
18 Sec. 3. Pursuant to section 451 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved
19 December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code§ 1-204.51), and section 202 of the
20 Procurement Practices Reform
Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-371; D.C.
21 Official Code § 2-352.02), the Council approves the ALTSC with Lisner Senior Independent
22 Owner LP to provide an operating subsidy in support fifty-two (52) affordable housing units
23 in an initial amount not to exceed $1,652,352 annually.
{ 0030893 -} 2 1 Sec. 4. Transmittal.
2 The Council shall transmit a copy
of this resolution, upon its adoption, to the District of
3 Columbia Housing Authority and the Mayor.
4 Sec.
5. Fiscal impact statement.
5 The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement
of the Chief Financial Officer as the
6 fiscal impact statement required
by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975,
7 approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official
Code§ 1-301.47a).
8 Sec.
6. Effective date.
9 This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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