1. (a) The Rent Supplement Program is established to provide housing assistance to extremely low-income District residents, including those who are homeless and those in need of supportive services, such as elderly individuals or those with disabilities. The funding of this program is subject to appropriation. Rent Supplement Program assistance shall not constitute an entitlement.

2. (b)

   1. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the Authority shall award the funds appropriated for the Rent Supplement Program's sponsor-based voucher assistance.
   2. (2) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall award the funds appropriated for the Rent Supplement Program's project-based voucher assistance.
   3. (3) The Authority shall award the funds appropriated for ongoing tenant-based Rent Supplement Program voucher assistance.
   4. (4) The Authority shall award the funds appropriated for new tenant-based voucher assistance, including funds transferred by the Department of Human Services to the District of Columbia Housing Authority for the purposes of providing tenant-based voucher assistance.
3. (c) Except as otherwise provided in District law, the Authority shall administer the Rent Supplement Program according to the same policies and procedures as the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program, including any administrative plan regulations that the Authority promulgates pursuant to federal law, as applicable. The Authority shall promulgate any additional rules, which are specific to the Rent Supplement Program and are needed to conform to District law, including the eligibility requirements in § 6-229.04 and the limitation to extremely low-income households. Such additional rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed rules, in whole or in part, by resolution within this 45-day review period, the proposed rules shall be deemed approved. Nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted to limit the applicability of § 6-229.04 prior to the promulgation of such additional rules.
4. (d) Repealed.
5. (e) Repealed.

Short Title

Short title: Section 2031 of D.C. Law 19-21 provided that subtitle D of title II of the act may be cited as “Rent Supplement Prioritization and Funding Act of 2011”.

Short title: Section 2240 of D.C. Law 18-111 provided that subtitle Y of title II of the act may be cited as the “Local Rent Supplement Amendment Act of 2009”.

History

May 9, 2000, D.C. Law 13-105, § 26a

as added Mar. 2, 2007, D.C. Law 16-192, § 2142(b), 53 DCR 6899

Mar. 3, 2010, D.C. Law 18-111, § 2241(a), 57 DCR 181

Sept. 14, 2011, D.C. Law 19-21, § 2032, 58 DCR 6226

Nov. 13, 2021, D.C. Law 24-45, § 2042(b)

Sept. 18, 2024, D.C. Law 25-217, § 2022(c)

Mar. 7, 2025, D.C. Law 25-261, § 2(b)

Resolutions

Resolution 18-453, the “District of Columbia Housing Authority Rent Supplement Proposed Rulemaking Emergency Approval Resolution of 2010”, was approved effective April 20, 2010.

Emergency Legislation

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2241(a) of Fiscal Year Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-260, January 4, 2010, 57 DCR 345).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2241(a) of Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Support Second Emergency Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-207, October 15, 2009, 56 DCR 8234).

For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 2142(b) of Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-1, January 16, 2007, 54 DCR 1165).

For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 2142(b) of Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-499, October 23, 2006, 53 DCR 8845).

For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 2142(b) of Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-477, August 8, 2006, 53 DCR 7068).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(a) of Local Rent Supplement Program Eligibility Emergency Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Act 24-522, July 27, 2022, 0 DCR 0).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(a) of Local Rent Supplement Program Eligibility Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Act 24-635, Nov. 3, 2022, 0 DCR 0).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(a) of Local Rent Supplement Program Eligibility Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 (D.C. Act 25-168, July 10, 2023, 70 DCR 9743).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(a) of Local Rent Supplement Program Eligibility Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25-471, May 7, 2024, 71 DCR 6119).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2022(c) of Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25-506, July 15, 2024, 71 DCR 8406).

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 19-21 added subsec. (e).

D.C. Law 18-111 rewrote subsec. (b), which had read as follows: “(b) The Authority shall allocate the funds appropriated for the program annually toward project-based and sponsor-based voucher assistance, as described in § 6-227, and tenant-based assistance, as described in § 6-228.”

Section References

This section is referenced in § 4-753.04, § 4-756.01, § 6-201, § 6-227, § 6-228, § 6-229, and § 42-2802.

Temporary Legislation

For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(a) of Local Rent Supplement Program Eligibility Temporary Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-199, Dec. 13, 2022, 69 DCR 12679).

For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(a) of Local Rent Supplement Program Eligibility Temporary Amendment Act of 2023 (D.C. Law 25-57, Sept. 16, 2023, 70 DCR 10706).

For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 2(a) of Local Rent Supplement Program Eligibility Temporary Amendment Act of 2024 (D.C. Law 25-197, July 19, 2024, 71 DCR 6767).