1. (a) Repealed.

2. (b)

   1. (1) DHCD shall maintain and publish a Program dashboard, which shall include, at a minimum:

      1. (A) The total Program funding available, excluding administrative costs, as of the date of updating the dashboard;
      2. (B) The underwriting guidelines and program rules for each Program administrator;

      3. (C) For each fiscal year, the average amount of time it takes for each Program administrator and DHCD to:

         1. (i) Issue a notice of eligibility after receiving an application for assistance;
         2. (ii) Issue a notice to proceed after issuing a notice of eligibility; and
         3. (iii) Enter into a final loan agreement after issuing a notice to proceed.
   2. (2) DHCD shall update the dashboard every 5 business days when the level of available Program funding is at $5 million or above and every 2 business days when the level of available Program funding is below $5 million.

3. (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section:

   1. (1) Applicants required by Program rules to receive housing counseling to receive assistance shall be permitted no less than 2 years after the completion of housing counseling to receive financial assistance from the Program;
   2. (2) Priority in the allocation of assistance through the Fund shall be given to District of Columbia residents who are low income, elderly, displaced applicants, or residents with disabilities;
   3. (3) The Mayor shall distribute Program funding to eligible applicants on a rolling basis upon availability of funding and shall not select applicants for funding based on a lottery or other similar randomization method;
   4. (4) The Mayor shall not use loan-to-value ratio nor the amount of a participant's first trust mortgage on a housing unit to decide whether a participant will receive Program funding; and
   5. (5) If Program funding is depleted before the end of the fiscal year in which an applicant receives a notice of eligibility, the notice of eligibility shall remain valid through at least the end of the next fiscal year with available funding.

Repeal of Law

Section 1101 of D.C. Law 12-60 repealed the District of Columbia Employer-Assisted Housing Act of 1992, D.C. Law 9-118.

Repeal of Law 9-118

History

Sept. 12, 1978, D.C. Law 2-103, § 4, 25 DCR 1977

Oct. 24, 1981, D.C. Law 4-44, § 2(c), 28 DCR 4265

June 11, 1992, D.C. Law 9-118, § 8(c), 39 DCR 3189

Mar. 20, 1998, D.C. Law 12-60, § 1101, 44 DCR 7378

May 9, 2000, D.C. Law 13-96, § 9(c), 47 DCR 1081

Sept. 18, 2024, D.C. Law 25-217, § 2152(c)

Dec. 6, 2025, D.C. Law 26-55

Editor's Notes

Section 11 of D.C. Law 13-96 provided: “This act shall apply as of October 1, 1997.”

Emergency Legislation

For temporary (90-day) amendment of section, see § 9(c) of the Government Employer-Assisted Housing Legislative Review Emergency Amendment Act of 1999 (D.C. Act 13-258, February 9, 2000, 47 DCR 1124).

For temporary (90-day) amendment of section, see § 9(c) of the Government Employer-Assisted Housing Emergency Amendment Act of 1999 (D.C. Act 13-188, December 1, 1999, 46 DCR 10407).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2152(c) of Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25-506, July 15, 2024, 71 DCR 8406).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2182(a) of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-146, Sept. 3, 2025, 72 DCR 9623).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 7104(c) of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-146, Sept. 3, 2025, 72 DCR 9623).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2182(a) of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-210, Nov. 24, 2025, 72 DCR 13514).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 7104(c) of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-210, Nov. 24, 2025, 72 DCR 13514).

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 13-96 rewrote the first sentence which formerly provided: “The Fund shall be available without fiscal year limitation for the purpose of providing financial assistance for down payments or interim financing to recipients for the purpose of purchasing or securing housing, including single family homes, condominium units, or occupancy rights to cooperative housing in the District of Columbia as their principal place of residence and of providing financial assistance to District of Columbia government employees eligible under the District of Columbia Employer-Assisted Housing Program to purchase a home in the District of Columbia.”

Prior Codifications

1973 Ed., § 45-1803.

1981 Ed., § 45-2203.