Title 6, Housing and Building Restrictions and Regulations.

The order of condemnation by the Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings may be appealed to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for a review of the record and the Court may affirm, reverse, remove, or modify the decision, or take any other appropriate action…

The owner of any building or part of a building condemned under the provisions of this act may appeal the ruling by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia under § 6-913 to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

If an uninhabitable or insanitary condition which has led to the condemnation of a building or part of building has been caused in any part by the action or by the neglect of the tenant or tenants, occupant or occupants thereof, such tenant, tenants, occupant, or occupants shall …

(a) Any person violating or aiding or abetting in violating § 6-903, § 6-904, § 6-905, § 6-907, § 6-911, § 6-912, or § 6-915 shall, upon conviction thereof in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, upon information filed in the name of said District, be punished by a fin…

Except as herein otherwise authorized all expenses incident to the enforcement of this chapter shall be paid from appropriations made from time to time for that purpose in like manner as other appropriations for the expenses of the District of Columbia.

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the term “Mayor” shall mean the Mayor of the District of Columbia or his designated agent or agents; and the term “owner” shall mean: (1) Any person, or any one of a number of persons, in whom is vested all or any part of the beneficial owner…

(a) All suits and proceedings instituted by or against the Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings in the District of Columbia created by former § 6-801, or the Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings established by the Commissioners under the authority of R…

(a) The Council finds and declares that the District of Columbia faces critical social, economic, and environmental problems arising in significant measures from: (1) The concentration of poverty in areas of the city; (2) Overcrowding and deterioration of housing, exacerbated by …

(a) The Mayor annually shall prepare and submit to the Council a proposed Community Development Program (as such program is defined or may hereafter be defined in title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 [42 U.S.C. § 5301 et seq.], which: (1) Sets forth a summ…

An approved Community Development Program may include the following activities: (1) The acquisition of real property (including air rights, water rights, and other interests therein) which is: (A) Blighted, deteriorated, deteriorating, undeveloped, or inappropriately developed fr…

(a) After the approval of a Community Development Program by the Council pursuant to § 6-1002, the Mayor is authorized to submit to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development an application, meeting the requirements of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and reg…

(a) Real property acquired for the purposes of this subchapter shall be acquired pursuant to subchapter II of Chapter 13 of Title 16. No such property shall be acquired unless its acquisition be authorized by the Council after notice of public hearing. (b) Real property may also …

(a) The Mayor is hereby authorized to establish a Rehabilitation Loan and Grant Fund and to make or contract to make publicly-financed low-interest loans and grants to owners of property for the rehabilitation and improvement of such property in accordance with a Community Develo…

(a) To the extent that any provisions of this subchapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other laws within the jurisdiction of the Council, the provisions of this subchapter shall prevail and shall be deemed to supersede the provisions of such laws. (b) If any provisi…

This subchapter may be cited as the “Housing and Community Development Reform Advisory Commission Act of 2002”.

(a) There is established a Housing and Community Development Reform Advisory Commission (“Commission”). (b) The Commission shall consist of the following 7 members: (1) Three ex officio members, as follows: (A) The Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia (“Council”), …

(a) The Commission shall review the operations and administration of the Department of Housing and Community Development (“Department”) and recommend to the Council and the Mayor legislative, regulatory, and administrative changes to improve the operation and administration of th…

(a) The Mayor shall provide reasonable administrative and technical support, meeting space, and office supplies requested by the Commission to carry out its responsibilities under this subchapter. (b) The Commission may request from any department, agency, or instrumentality of t…

(a) The Director of the Department, or the Director’s designee, shall convene the first meeting of the Commission during December 2002; provided, that at least 5 appointments have been made to the Commission. (b) The Commission shall meet at least once a month, at a time and plac…

(a) Upon certification of the availability of funds by the Chief Financial Officer, there shall be authorized for expenditure by the Commission, $200,000 from the Industrial Revenue Bond special account. The Commission may expend other funds as appropriated. (b) No member of the …

The Commission shall cease to exist 90 days after the final report required by § 6-1033 is submitted to the Mayor, the Chairman of the Council, the chairperson of the Council Committee on Economic Development, and the Director.

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) "Eligible household" means a household of one or more individuals with a total annual income adjusted for household size equal to or less than 50% of the MFI, 60% of the MFI, 80% of the MFI, or other percentage of the MFI establi…

(a) No inclusionary unit may be sold or leased to any person not authorized by the Mayor to purchase or rent the unit, except as may be permitted by regulation. (b) Except as provided in Chapter 10 of Title 11-C of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, the zoning regula…

(a) The Mayor shall establish the maximum rent or purchase price for the first sale of an inclusionary unit based upon either the actual income of the household selected by the Mayor to lease or purchase the unit or based upon a rental and price schedule as follows: (1) Rents bas…

(a)(1) A violation of this subchapter or the rules issued under authority of this subchapter shall be a civil infraction for the purposes of Chapter 18 of Title 2 and be grounds for revocation of any building permit and certificate of occupancy for the market rate portions of the…

(a) No building permit shall be issued for an Inclusionary Development unless: (1) The Mayor receives and approves a Certificate of Inclusionary Zoning Compliance, signed by all owners of the Inclusionary Development, demonstrating that the Inclusionary Development will meet the …

Notwithstanding § 2-1402.21, a person enrolled as full-time student in a college or university shall not be eligible to apply to rent or purchase an inclusionary unit unless the annual income of his or her parent or guardian would qualify under the eligibility standards establish…

The Mayor is authorized to undertake all administrative activities to implement the Inclusionary Zoning Program. The activities which the Mayor shall undertake include: (1) Promulgating regulations needed to implement the Inclusionary Zoning Program, including amendments to Title…

(a)(1) The District of Columbia Housing Authority (“DCHA”) shall perform all the functions and duties under the Inclusionary Zoning Program as may be delegated to it by the Mayor. (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the Mayor from delegating any or all of…

(a) Beginning on the first anniversary of March 14, 2007, and each year thereafter, the Mayor shall submit a report to the Council and the Zoning Commission, providing: (1) The number of inclusionary units produced at each targeted income level; (2) The number of inclusionary uni…

(a) There is hereby established a Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force (“Task Force”). (b) The Task Force shall be comprised of not fewer than 23 members and not more than 30 members, including the following: (1) At least one representative from banking or financial services…

(a) The Task Force shall consider the following goals and policy objectives when developing the Comprehensive Housing Strategy: (1) Preserving and creating mixed-income neighborhoods; (2) Assessing and improving the quality, availability, and affordability of rental housing for h…

(a) Within 12 months after the Council’s confirmation of the Mayor’s nominations to the Task Force, the Task Force shall present the Comprehensive Housing Strategy to the Council and the Mayor. (b) The Task Force shall hold at least 2 public meetings, which shall be convened at t…

(a) The Mayor shall report to the Council regarding the implementation of the Comprehensive Housing Strategy on an annual basis. (b) The Mayor shall appoint a task force to update the Comprehensive Housing Strategy no later than 5 years after the Task Force presents a Comprehensi…

(a) The District of Columbia faces a severe shortage of affordable housing. Recent increases in housing prices have far outpaced the growth in wages and salaries of many workers. District government employees have not been immune from these pressures. Only 37% of the District gov…

(a) A nonprofit community land trust shall be formed pursuant to the Plan recommendation. (b) The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development shall issue a request for proposal inviting organizations which are tax-exempt pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the I…

The Plan, as amended by this part, is approved.

(a) The Mayor may make a one-time transfer of $4 million from the Housing Production Trust Fund to such accounts or sub-accounts as may be established pursuant to the trust agreement to be entered into pursuant to 6-1061.02(e) [now (f)]. (b)(1) The Mayor may make a one-time trans…

This part may be cited as the “New Town at Capital City Market Revitalization Development and Public/Private Partnership Act of 2006”.

For the purposes of this part, the term: (1) “Capital City Market” or “Market” means the approximately 24-acre site bounded by Florida Avenue on the south, 5th Street on the east, Penn Street on the north, and the railroad tracks and Metro rail on the west in northeast Washington…

(a) The Revitalization and Development Plan presented by the Developer can be used as a model for developing large tracts of underutilized land to create workforce housing, needed community facilities and services, and jobs, and to increase the District’s tax base. (b) The Market…

The Developer shall work with the Office of Planning and other appropriate agencies prior to and during the zoning process to ensure that the District’s planning and other policy objectives and goals, to the extent that the project is not jeopardized financially, are achieved to …

The Deputy Mayor for Economic Development shall have the authority and responsibility of ensuring that the District’s interests and goals, to the fullest extent possible, are achieved as set forth in this part. When the project is approved for construction, the Deputy Mayor and t…

The Council directs the Mayor through the appropriate agencies working with the Developer, the affected community (Ward 5), and the landowners and renters of the Capital City Market to develop a Final Conceptual Plan and an Agreement between the District and the Developer within …

The Mayor shall not use eminent domain for any aspect of the revitalization or development of this site without the prior approval of the Council.

(a) It is hereby declared as a matter of public policy that the protection, enhancement, and perpetuation of properties of historical, cultural, and esthetic merit are in the interests of the health, prosperity, and welfare of the people of the District of Columbia. Therefore, th…