6112 TENANT SELECTION AND ASSIGNMENT: FAMILIES WITH DISABILITIES

6112.1 In the selection of a family to occupy a UFAS-Accessible Unit, as such units become available in the appropriate bedroom size in DCHA-owned properties, DCHA shall offer the UFAS-Accessible Unit to a family that is qualified for the available bedroom size of the Unit and has a verified need for the features of a UFAS-Accessible Unit in the following order of priority, with date and time of application or transfer request where there are multiple applicants within any one priority:

1. (a) First, to any current resident requesting, and eligible for, a transfer to a UFAS-Accessible Unit;
2. (b) Second, to an applicant household eligible for a UFAS-Accessible Unit in, which applicant is designated for interim assistance under the terms of DCHA's Amended Voluntary Compliance Agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, dated May 1, 2006, hereinafter referred to as the Amended VCA.
3. (c) Third, to the next applicant household eligible for a UFAS-Accessible Unit;

6112.2 In the selection of a family to occupy a Reasonable Accommodation Unit, as such units become available in the appropriate bedroom size in DCHA-owned properties, DCHA shall offer the Reasonable Accommodation Unit as follows, based on the earliest date and time of application:

1. (a) First, to the next applicant household of the appropriate size, whose application indicates a household member is mobility impaired and uses a walker, crutches or cane and is qualified for a Reasonable Accommodation Unit;
2. (b) Second, if there is not an eligible, qualified applicant under 6112.2(a) above who wishes to reside in the available Reasonable Accommodation Unit, then it will be offered to an applicant household of the appropriate size, whose application indicates a household member is mobility impaired and uses a walker, crutches or cane, but who does not need the accessible features of the unit.

6112.3 If a UFAS-Accessible Unit or a Reasonable Accommodation Unit are vacant for a period of more than thirty (30) days, and there are no families with mobility disabilities requesting the reasonable accommodation on the transfer or waiting lists, then DCHA may offer the unit to an applicant who does not need the accessibility features of the unit.

6112.4 Households electing to occupy either a UFAS-Accessible Unit or a Reasonable Accommodation Unit that do not require the accessibility features of the unit, will be

required to execute a Special Supplement to the Lease that legally obligates the household to relocate to a vacant unit of an appropriately sized without accessibility features within ten (10) days of written notice from DCHA that there is an eligible applicant or existing resident with disabilities who requires the accessibility features of the unit.

SOURCE: Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 7973, 8000 (December 26, 1986); and Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 603 (January 22, 1999), incorporating by reference the text of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published at 45 DCR 7913, 7914 (November 6, 1998); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 10308 (November 15, 2002); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 5739 (July 18, 2003); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 10364 (December 5, 2003); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 9290 (November 17, 2006).