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Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr.
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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to provide an option of relief to 18
Family Re-Housing Stabilization Program (FRSP) participants who are exited from the 19
program without having been approved for permanent housing and who have shown good 20
cause. 21
RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
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resolution may be cited as the “ Family Re-Housing Stabilization Program Protection Emergency 23
Declaration Resolution of 2024”. 24
Sec. 2. (a) The Family Re-Housing Stabilization Program Protection Emergency 25
Amendment Act of 2023 was unanimously approved by the Council on June 11, 2023 to ensure 26
due process protections remained in place for families exiting the Family Re -Housing 27
Stabilization Program, otherwise known as rapid rehousing. 28
(b) The prior emergency legislation was accompanied by the Family Re-Housing 29
Stabilization Protection Temporary Amendment Act of 2023, which is slated to expire on July 30
10, 2024. 31
(c) No subsequent legislation or proposed legislation has repealed the existing emergency 32
and temporary legislation, which apply specifically if funding is available within the program to 33
support extensions beyond 12 months for participants in the program. 34 2
(d) Legislation continuing these e xisting protections is necessary to maintain the status 35
quo and to allow extensions for families facing termination of housing assistance where funding 36
is available and circumstances warrant doing so. 37
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 38
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Family 39
Re-Housing Stabilization Program Protection Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 should be 40
adopted after a single reading.
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Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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