Title 6 — Housing and Building Restrictions and Regulations.

(a) It is hereby declared to be a matter of legislative determination that the conditions existing in the District of Columbia with respect to the use of buildings in alleys as dwellings for human habitation are injurious to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and it …

(a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia may designate, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subchapter and subchapter II of this chapter, such official or agency of the government of the United States or of the District of Columbia (hereinafter referred to as …

(a) The Mayor is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to make immediately available to the Authority for its lawful uses and as needed, from the allocation made from the appropriation to carry out the purposes of the National Industrial Recovery Act, contained in the Fourth Defi…

The objects set forth in § 6-101.01 shall be accomplished as rapidly as feasible and to this end the Authority shall, in each annual report, set forth what it proposes to do during the next succeeding fiscal year.

(a) The Authority shall make a report to the Mayor of the District of Columbia, which he shall transmit to Congress at the beginning of each regular session, giving a full and detailed account of all operations under the provisions of this subchapter and subchapter II of this cha…

There shall be published 3 times each year during the month of January in a newspaper of general circulation published in the District of Columbia a notice to owners and tenants of alley dwellings and of other property in squares containing inhabited alleys that alley dwellings i…

As used in this subchapter and subchapter II of this chapter: (1) The term “alley” means: (A) Any court, thoroughfare, or passage, private or public, less than 30 feet wide at any point; and (B) Any court, thoroughfare, or passage, private or public, 30 feet or more in width, tha…

As used in this subchapter: (1) The term “housing project” shall mean any low-rent housing (as defined in the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. § 1437 et seq.]), the development or administration of which is assisted by the United States Department of Housing and Urban…

In addition to its other powers, the Authority shall have the power to acquire sites for and to prepare, carry out, acquire, lease, and operate housing projects, as defined in § 6-102.01, and to construct or provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, o…

For the purposes of this subchapter, the Authority shall be considered a public housing agency within the meaning of, and to carry out the purposes of, the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. § 1437 et seq.]; and as such, the Authority is empowered to borrow money or acc…

For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of housing projects, the District of Columbia, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine, as a …

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to lend to the Authority such amounts as may be necessary to enable the Authority to comply with the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. § 1437 et seq.] and appropriations for such purpose are h…

All projects now operated and maintained by the National Capital Housing Authority pursuant to subchapter I of this chapter are deemed to be low-rent housing projects and may be consolidated, pursuant to § 1437 et seq. of Title 42, United States Code, into any contract for annual…