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| 2 | + | ______________________________1 |
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| 3 | + | Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr. 2 |
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| 7 | + | A |
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| 8 | + | PROPOSED RESOLUTION 6 |
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| 10 | + | ______________ 8 |
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| 12 | + | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10 |
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| 14 | + | ________________ 12 |
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| 16 | + | To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to continue existing 14 |
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| 17 | + | requirements for providers of commercial or residential rental property to abide by agreed 15 |
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| 18 | + | upon rent payment plans with eligible tenants. 16 |
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| 20 | + | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution 18 |
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| 21 | + | may be cited as the “Tenant Payment Plan Phasing Emergency Declaration Resolution of 19 |
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| 22 | + | 2025”. 20 |
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| 23 | + | Sec. 2. (a) As part of its response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the 21 |
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| 24 | + | Council passed emergency and temporary legislation allowing commercial and residential 22 |
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| 25 | + | tenants demonstrating financial hardship in connection with the emergency to apply for 23 |
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| 26 | + | payment plans with their landlords. 24 |
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| 27 | + | (b) The Council has kept the tenant payment plan framework in place through25 |
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| 28 | + | subsequent emergency and temporary measures. The current instance is the Tenant Payment 26 |
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| 29 | + | Plan Phasing Continuation Temporary Act of 2024, enacted July 26, 2024 (D.C. Law 25-211; 27 |
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| 30 | + | D.C. Official Code § 42-3331). That measure will expire on May 1, 2025.28 |
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| 31 | + | (c)Although eligibility to apply for payment plans pursuant to such legislation ended in29 |
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| 32 | + | July 2022, the legislation contained tenant protections and administrative provisions, including 30 |
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| 33 | + | a 3-year application record retention provision that applies to landlords. The record -keeping 31 |
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| 8 | | - | A RESOLUTION |
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| 10 | | - | 26-89 |
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| 11 | | - | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
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| 13 | | - | April 1, 2025 |
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| 15 | | - | To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to continue existing |
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| 16 | | - | requirements for providers of commercial or residential rental property to abide by agreed |
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| 17 | | - | upon rent payment plans with eligible tenants. |
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| 19 | | - | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution |
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| 20 | | - | may be cited as the “Tenant Payment Plan Phasing Emergency Declaration Resolution of |
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| 21 | | - | 2025”. |
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| 23 | | - | Sec. 2. (a) As part of its response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the |
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| 24 | | - | Council passed emergency and temporary legislation allowing commercial and residential tenants demonstrating financial hardship in connection with the emergency to apply for payment plans with their landlords. |
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| 25 | | - | (b) The Council has kept the tenant payment plan framework in place through |
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| 26 | | - | subsequent emergency and temporary measures. The most recent legislation is the Tenant |
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| 27 | | - | Payment Plan Phasing Continuation Temporary Act of 2024, effective September 18, 2024 (D.C. Law 25- 211; D.C. Official Code § 42- 3331). That measure will expire on May 1, 2025. |
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| 28 | | - | (c) Although eligibility to apply for payment plans pursuant to such legislation ended in |
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| 29 | | - | July 2022, the legislation contained tenant protections and administrative provisions, including |
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| 30 | | - | a 3-year application record retention provision that applies to landlords. The record -keeping |
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| 31 | | - | obligation was therefore intended to run through July 2025. |
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| 32 | | - | (d) Emergency legislation is necessary to avoid a gap in the law prior to the end of the |
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| 33 | | - | originally contemplated 3- year implementation timeframe. |
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| 34 | | - | Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances |
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| 35 | | - | enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Tenant |
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| 36 | | - | Payment Plan Phasing Emergency Act of 2025 be adopted after a single reading. |
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| 37 | | - | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. |
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| 36 | + | obligation was therefore intended to run through July of 2025. 32 |
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| 37 | + | (d) Emergency legislation is necessary to avoid a gap in the law prior to the end of the 33 |
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| 38 | + | originally contemplated 3- year implementation timeframe. 34 |
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| 39 | + | Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 35 |
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| 40 | + | enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Tenant 36 |
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| 41 | + | Payment Plan Phasing Emergency Act of 2025 must be adopted after a single reading. 37 |
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| 42 | + | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 38 |
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