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Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr. 2
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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 6
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10
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To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to continue foreclosure 14
protections for homeowners who applied for funding from the DC Homeowner 15
Assistance Fund (“DC HAF") program before September 30, 2022 and whose 16
applications remain under review, pending approval, pending payment, or under appeal, 17
and to require that notices continue to be sent to homeowners informing them of the DC 18
HAF program before a foreclosure action. 19
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RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 21
resolution may be cited as the “Foreclosure Moratorium and Homeowner Assistance Fund 22
Coordination Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”. 23
Sec. 2. (a) The Council has passed a series of emergency and temporary measures that, 24
among other things, have protected from foreclosure certain homeowners who applied for DC 25
HAF no later than 2022 and whose applications were still unresolved. 26
(b) The most current such legislation, the Foreclosure Moratorium and Homeowner27
Assistance Fund Coordination Temporary Amendment Act of 2024, enacted July 26, 2024 (D.C. 28
Law 25-212), will expire on May 1, 2025. 29
(c) As of March 2025, District legal services providers report that payment administration30
and communication issues have prevented final resolution of a small number of cases for 31
homeowners who continue to benefit from foreclosure protection. 32
(d)Emergency legislation is necessary to prevent a lapse in the law prior to the33 2
fulfillment of its purpose. 34
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute 35
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Foreclosure Moratorium and Homeowner 36
Assistance Fund Coordination Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 be adopted after a single 37
reading. 38
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 39