District of Columbia Council Period 26 Status: Enacted

PR 26-0215 — District of Columbia Housing Authority Stabilization and Reform Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Last action — Resolution R26-0133, Effective from Jun 03, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 006618

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 29, 2025. Enacted.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

47 added · 51 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to the bill mainly clarifies that the temporary Stabilization and Reform Board will oversee the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) to ensure necessary reforms are implemented. It also emphasizes the authority of both the Board and the Executive Director of DCHA to take specific actions to improve operations, particularly following concerns raised by a HUD report regarding DCHA's inefficiencies. This change is significant because it aims to enhance housing services for many low-income residents who rely on DCHA.

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL A RESOLUTION 26-133 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA June 3, 2025 To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the District of Columbia Housing Authority Act of 1999 to establish a temporary Stabilization and Reform Board to govern the District of Columbia Housing Authority and to require that the Board and the Executive Director of the District of Columbia Housing Authority take specific actions to reform and revitalize the operations of the District of Columbia Housing Authority.
White, Jr.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “District of Columbia Housing Authority Stabilization and Reform Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.
4 6 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 8 ____________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________ To declare an emergency with respect to the need to amend the District of Columbia Housing Authority Act of 1999 to establish a temporary Stabilization and Reform Board to govern the District of Columbia Housing Authority (“DCHA”) and to require that the Board and the Executive Director of DCHA take specific actions to reform and revitalize the operations of DCHA.
RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “District of Columbia Housing Authority Stabilization and Reform Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.
(d) In December 2022, the Council passed and the Mayor signed the District of Columbia Housing Authority Stabilization and Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2022.
(d) In December 2022, the Council passed and the Mayor signed the District of Columbia Housing Authority Stabilization and Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2022, effective December 22, 2022 (D.C.
Pursuant to this legislation, a new Stabilization and Reform Board (“STAR Board”) took office and assumed control over DCHA’s operations at the start of 2023.
Act 24-702;
70 DCR 164).
Pursuant to this legislation, a new Stabilization and Reform Board (“STAR Board”) took office and assumed control over DCHA’s ENROLLED ORIGINAL operations at the start of 2023.
Further emergency and temporary legislation are required to maintain the current governance structure and allow the STAR Board’s 2-year term to continue.
Further emergency and temporary legislation are required to maintain the current governance structure and allow the STAR Board to continue.
The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute an emergency making it necessary that the District of Columbia Housing Authority Stabilization and Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 be adopted after a single reading.
The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute an emergency making it necessary that the District of Columbia Housing Authority Stabilization and Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 be adopted after a single reading.
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Action History

  1. Resolution R26-0133, Effective from Jun 03, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 006618

  2. Approved with Resolution Number R26-0133

  3. Final Reading

  4. Retained by the Council

  5. PR26-0215 Introduced by Councilmember R. White at Office of the Secretary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 13 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (13)

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Votes

Final Reading

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12000
Total 12000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (12)
Member Party Vote
Anita Bonds — Yea
Brianne K. Nadeau — Yea
Brooke Pinto — Yea
Charles Allen — Yea
Christina Henderson — Yea
Janeese Lewis George — Yea
Kenyan R. McDuffie — Yea
Matthew Frumin — Yea
Phil Mendelson — Yea
Robert C. White, Jr. — Yea
Wendell Felder — Yea
Zachary Parker — Yea

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Subjects

housing
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