District of Columbia Housing Authority
300 th Street, SW, 10
th
Floor, Washington, DC 20024
202-535-1000
June 27, 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 ("ALTSC") between the District
of Columbia Housing Authority ("DCHA") and
Jubilee Ontario Place LP (the "Owner"). DCHA proposes to provide a housing subsidy to the Owner
in the amount
of $830,688 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 Jubilee
Ontario Apartments located at 2400 Ontario Road NW.
Concurrently, I have also enclosed for consideration by the Council the Local Rent Supplement
Program Contract No. 2022-ALRSP-04A with Jubilee Ontario Place LP Approval Resolution
of 2023.
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 AL TSC agreement.
Brenda Donald
Executive Director, District
of Columbia Housing Authority
Enclosures
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4 at the request of District of
5 Columbia Housing Authority
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10 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
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13 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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19 To approve an agreement to enter into a long-term subsidy contract for 15 years in support of the
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District's Local Rent Supplement Program to fund housing costs associated with affordable
21 housing units for Contract No. 2022-LRSP-04A with Jubilee Ontario Place LP for
22 program units at Jubilee Ontario Apartments located at 2400 Ontario
Road, NW.
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RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
25 resolution
may be cited as the "Local Rent Supplement Program Contract No. 2022-LRSP-04A
26 with Jubilee Ontario Place LP Approval Resolution
of 2023".
27 Sec. 2. (a) In 2007, the District passed Title II
of the Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Support
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Act of 2006 ("BSA") to provide funding for affordable housing for extremely low-income
29 households in the District. The passage
of the BSA created the Local Rent Supplement Program
30 ("LRSP"), a program designed to provide affordable housing and supportive services to
31 extremely low-income District residents, including those who are homeless or in need of
32 supportive services, such as elderly individuals or those with disabilities, through project-based,
33 tenant-based, and sponsored-based
LRSP affordable housing units. The BSA provided for the
34 District
of Columbia Housing Authority ("OCHA") to administer the LRSP on behalf of the
35 District.
{0030893
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2 Community Development ("DHCD") issued a Request for Proposals ("RFP") regarding the
3 availability
of funds from multiple district agencies, including DCHA, DHCD, the Department
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of Behavioral Health, the Department of Human Services, and the District of Columbia Housing
5 Finance Agency.
Of the total proposals received, eleven (11) developers were chosen to work
6 with DCHA and others
to develop affordable housing and permanent supportive housing units
7 for extremely low income families making zero to thirty percent (30%)
of the area's median
8 income,
as well as the chronically homeless and individuals with mental or physical disabilities
9 throughout Washington, DC.
10 Upon approval of the contract by the Council, DCHA will enter into an agreement to
11 enter into a long-term subsidy contract ("ALTSC") with the selected housing providers under the
12 LRSP for housing services.
13 (c) There exists an immediate need to approve the long term subsidy contract with Jubilee
14 Ontario Place LP under the LRSP in order
to provide long-term affordable housing units for
15 extremely low-income households for units located at 2400 Ontario Road NW.
16 ( d) The legislation to approve the contract will authorize an ALTSC between the District
17 of Columbia Housing Authority and Jubilee Ontario Place LP with respect to the payment of a
18 rental subsidy and allows the owner to lease the rehabilitated units at Jubilee Ontario Apartments
19 and house extremely low-income households with incomes at 30% or less of the area median
20 mcome.
21 Sec. 3. Pursuant to section 451 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved
22 December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code
§ 1-204.51 ), and section 202 of the
23 Procurement Practices Reform Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-371; D.C.
{0030893 -}2 1 Official Code§ 2-352.02), the Council approves the ALTSC with Jubilee Ontario Place LP to
2 provide an operating subsidy in support twenty-three (23) affordable housing units in an
3 initial amount not to exceed $830,688 annually.
4 Sec.
4. Transmittal.
5 The Council shall transmit a copy
of this resolution, upon its adoption, to the District of
6 Columbia Housing Authority and the Mayor.
7 Sec.
5. Fiscal impact statement.
8 The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement
of the Chief Financial Officer as the
9 fiscal impact statement required by section 4a
of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975,
10 approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code§ 1-301.47a).
11 Sec. 6. Effective date.
12 This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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