District of Columbia Council Period 26 Status: Enacted

PR 26-0152 — Foreclosure Moratorium and Homeowner Assistance Fund Coordination Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Last action — Resolution R26-0088, Effective from Apr 01, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 004099

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 27, 2025. Enacted.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

31 added · 41 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of the resolution adds a specific emergency declaration to continue protections against foreclosure for homeowners who applied to the DC Homeowner Assistance Fund before September 30, 2022, and whose applications are still being processed. It emphasizes the importance of notifying these homeowners about their assistance status before any foreclosure actions are taken. This change is critical because it aims to prevent homeowners from losing their homes during a time when their funding applications have not yet been resolved.

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2 Councilmember Robert C.
ENROLLED ORIGINAL A RESOLUTION 26-88 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA April 1, 2025 To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to continue foreclosure protections for homeowners who applied for funding from the DC Homeowner Assistance Fund program before September 30, 2022, and whose applications remain under review, pending approval, pending payment, or under appeal, and to require that notices continue to be sent to homeowners informing them of the DC Homeowner Assistance Fund before a foreclosure action.
White, Jr.
4 6 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 8 __________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________ To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to continue foreclosure protections for homeowners who applied for funding from the DC Homeowner Assistance Fund (“DC HAF") program before September 30, 2022 and whose applications remain under review, pending approval, pending payment, or under appeal, and to require that notices continue to be sent to homeowners informing them of the DC HAF program before a foreclosure action.
(a) The Council has passed a series of emergency and temporary measures that, among other things, have protected from foreclosure certain homeowners who applied for DC HAF no later than 2022 and whose applications were still unresolved.
(a) The Council has passed a series of emergency and temporary measures that, among other things, have protected from foreclosure certain homeowners who applied for the DC Homeowner Assistance Fund (“DC HAF”) no later than 2022 and whose applications were still unresolved.
(b) The most current such legislation, the Foreclosure Moratorium and Homeowner Assistance Fund Coordination Temporary Amendment Act of 2024, enacted July 26, 2024 (D.C.
(b) The most current legislation, the Foreclosure Moratorium and Homeowner Assistance Fund Coordination Temporary Amendment Act of 2024, effective September 18, 2024 (D.C.
Law 25-212), will expire on May 1, 2025.
Law 25-212;
D.C.
Official Code § 42-851.11), will expire on May 1, 2025.
The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Foreclosure Moratorium and Homeowner Assistance Fund Coordination 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 emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Foreclosure Moratorium and Homeowner Assistance Fund Coordination Emergency Act of 2025 be adopted after a single reading.
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Action History

  1. Resolution R26-0088, Effective from Apr 01, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 004099

  2. Approved with Resolution Number R26-0088

  3. Final Reading

  4. Retained by the Council

  5. PR26-0152 Introduced by Councilmember R. White at Office of the Secretary

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

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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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