§ 6–226.01(Perm). Rent Supplement Program Funds.

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(a) Housing Authority Rent Supplement Program Fund.

(1) There is established as a special fund the Housing Authority Rent Supplement Program Fund, which shall be administered by the Authority in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection.

(2) There shall be deposited into the Housing Authority Rent Supplement Program Fund:

(A) Money appropriated for sponsor-based voucher assistance;

(B) Money appropriated for capital-based assistance;

(D) Money appropriated to the Authority for the ongoing provision of project-based voucher assistance previously awarded by the Department of Housing and Community Development;

(E) Money for project-based voucher assistance transferred to the Housing Authority Rent Supplement Program Fund pursuant to § 6-227(b-1)(3);

(F) Money for tenant-based voucher assistance transferred to the Housing Authority Rent Supplement Program Fund pursuant to subsection (c)(4) of this section; and

(G) Money remaining in the Rent Supplement Fund, established by § 6-226(d)(1) [repealed], at the end of Fiscal Year 2021.

(3) Money in the Housing Authority Rent Supplement Program Fund shall be used solely to:

(A) Provide sponsor-based voucher assistance and capital-based assistance;

(B) Provide project-based voucher assistance to projects awarded such assistance by the Authority before October 1, 2021;

(C) Provide project-based voucher assistance to projects awarded such assistance by the Department of Housing and Community Development after September 30, 2021, including assistance from funds transferred to the Housing Authority Rent Supplement Program Fund from the Rent Supplement Program Project-Based Allocation Fund established by subsection (b) of this section;

(D) Provide tenant-based voucher assistance, including assistance from funds transferred from the Rent Supplement Program Tenant-Based Allocation Fund established by subsection (c) of this section; and

(E) Provide new tenant-based voucher assistance to families on the Housing Choice Voucher Program wait list.

(4)(A) The money deposited into the Housing Authority Rent Supplement Program Fund but not expended in a fiscal year shall not revert to the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of any fiscal year or at any other time.

(B) Subject to authorization in an approved budget and financial plan, any funds in the Housing Authority Rent Supplement Program Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation.

(b) Rent Supplement Program Project-Based Allocation Fund.

(1) There is established as a special fund the Rent Supplement Program Project-Based Allocation Fund, which shall be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection.

(2) Amounts appropriated for new project-based voucher assistance shall be deposited into the Rent Supplement Program Project-Based Allocation Fund.

(3)(A) Money in the Rent Supplement Program Project-Based Allocation Fund shall be used to fund awards to applicants selected for project-based voucher assistance as defined in § 6-201(39A) and shall be transferred to the Housing Authority Rent Supplement Program Fund as described in § 6-227(b-1)(3).

(B) Money in the Rent Supplement Program Project-Based Allocation Fund may be used to increase the amount of project-based voucher assistance previously awarded to an applicant to account for a documented need to increase the proposed rent charged on a rental unit.

(4)(A) The money deposited into the Rent Supplement Program Project-Based Allocation Fund shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time.

(B) Subject to authorization in an approved budget and financial plan, any funds appropriated in the Rent Supplement Program Project-Based Allocation Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation.

(1) There is established as a special fund the Rent Supplement Program Tenant-Based Allocation Fund, which shall be administered by the Department of Human Services in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection.

(2) The following funds shall be deposited into the Rent Supplement Program Tenant-Based Allocation Fund:

(A) Amounts appropriated to the Department of Human Services for new tenant-based voucher assistance; and

(B) Any unspent local dollars appropriated for supportive services, as that term is defined in § 4-751.01(39), for the Targeted Affordable Housing Program or a permanent housing program, as that term is defined in § 4-751.01(27C), in the operating budget of the Department of Human Services at the end of each fiscal year.

(3) Money in the Rent Supplement Program Tenant-Based Allocation Fund shall be used in a fiscal year to fund awards to applicants selected for tenant-based voucher assistance, to the extent that the dollar amount of all new or previously awarded tenant-based voucher assistance awarded to applicants in that fiscal year or a prior fiscal year, for which the Authority continues to be obligated to make payments, exceeds the amount of money deposited into the Housing Authority Rent Supplement Program Fund during the then-current fiscal year for the ongoing provision of tenant-based voucher assistance pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(C) of this section.

(4) Money in the Rent Supplement Program Tenant-Based Allocation Fund shall, at the direction of the Director of the Department of Human Services, be transferred to the Housing Authority Rent Supplement Program Fund when such funding is necessary to fund the award of new tenant-based vouchers because the dollar amount of tenant-based vouchers for which the Authority would be obligated to make payments would otherwise exceed the amount of money deposited into the Housing Authority Rent Supplement Program Fund during the applicable fiscal year for the ongoing provision of tenant-based voucher assistance pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(C) of this section.

(5)(A) The money deposited into the Rent Supplement Program Tenant-Based Allocation Fund shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time.

(B) Subject to authorization in an approved budget and financial plan, any funds appropriated in the Rent Supplement Program Tenant-Based Allocation Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation.

(6) For the purposes of this subsection, the phrase "new tenant-based voucher assistance" means, with respect to the amount of money to be deposited into the Rent Supplement Program Tenant-Based Allocation Fund, the amount of money appropriated to the Department of Human Services in a fiscal year for the provision of tenant-based voucher assistance.