Placement of first-priority homeless families.
When funds that have been allocated for tenant-based assistance under § 6-228 are made available because a family that has been receiving tenant-based assistance no longer requires or has become ineligible for the assistance, the Mayor and the District of Columbia Housing Authority shall use those funds to provide tenant-based assistance to homeless families referred by the Department of Human Services and determined to have first priority to shelter pursuant to 29 DCMR § 2508.01(a)(1). The referrals shall be made in accordance with the special eligibility criteria set forth in 29 DCMR § 2556 through 29 DCMR § 2558. Funding for tenant-based assistance that has been made available due to reasons other than the circumstances described in subsection (a) of this section shall not be subject to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section. Applicability of D.C. Law 20-117: Section 18 of D.C. Law 20-117 provided that the act shall apply as of October 1, 2013. Applicability of D.C. Law 20-61: Section 11001 of D.C. Law 20-61 provided that, except as otherwise provided, the act shall apply as of October 1, 2013.
Annotations
Oct. 22, 2005, D.C. Law 16-35, § 8c as added Dec. 24, 2013, D.C. Law 20-61, § 2092, 60 DCR 12472 June 26, 2014, D.C. Law 20-117, § 2, 61 DCR 2032 Section 2091 of D.C. Law 20-61 provided that Subtitle J of Title II of the act may be cited as the “Local Rent Supplement Sustainment Amendment Act of 2013”. For temporary (90 days) addition of this section, see §§ 2092 and 2093 of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-204, October 17, 2013, 60 DCR 15341, 20 DCSTAT 2311). For temporary (90 day) addition of D.C. Law 16-35, § 8c, see §§ 2(a), 2(c), 3(a), and 3(c) of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Support Technical Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-180, October 4, 2013, 60 DCR 14949). For temporary (90 days) addition of this section, see §§ 2092 and 2093 of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-130, July 30, 2013, 60 DCR 11384, 20 DCSTAT 1827). For temporary (90 days) addition of D.C. Law 16-35, § 8c, concerning placement of first priority homeless families for the 2012-2013 hypothermia season, see § 2 of the Local Rent Supplement Program Voucher Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-12, February 20, 2013, 60 DCR 3960, 20 DCSTAT 466). For temporary addition of D.C. Law 16-35, § 8c, concerning placement of first priority homeless families for the 2012-2013 hypothermia season, see § 2 of the Local Rent Supplement Program Voucher Emergency Amendment Act of 2012 (D.C. Act 19-545, November 16, 2012, 59 DCR 13590). For temporary (225 days) addition of D.C. Law 16-35, § 8c, concerning placement of first priority homeless families, see § 2 of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Support Technical Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2013 (D.C. Law 20-56, December 13, 2013, 60 DCR 15165). Section 4(b) of D.C. Law 19-236 provided that the act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect. “For fiscal year 2013, the Mayor and the District of Columbia Housing Authority may fill vacant Rent Supplement Program tenant-based vouchers, established by section 26c of the District of Columbia Housing Authority Act of 1999, effective March 2, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-192; D.C. Official Code § 6-228), with homeless families referred by the Department of Human Services and determined to have first priority to shelter pursuant to 29 DCMR § 2508.01(a)(1), through the end of the 2012-2013 hypothermia season. The referrals shall be made in accordance with the special eligibility criteria set forth in 29 DCMR § 2556 through 29 DCMR § 2558.” “Sec. 8c. Placement of first priority homeless families for the 2012-2013 hypothermia season. Section 2 of D.C. Law 19-236 added D.C. Law 16-35 § 8c to read as follows: The 2014 amendment by D.C. Law 20-117 rewrote this section. The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 20-61 added this section.
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