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A RESOLUTION
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
February 18, 2025
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve multiyear Contract
No. DHCD-2025-50 between the Department of Housing and Community Development
and Jubilee Housing, Inc.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Multiyear Contract No. DHCD-2025-50 with Jubilee Housing,
Inc. Approval Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.
Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve Contract No. DHCD-2025-50
between the Department of Housing and Community Development (“DHCD”) and Jubilee
Housing, Inc. (“Jubilee”).
(b) On February 10, 2022, DHCD amended the Consolidated Request for Proposals for
Affordable Housing Projects (“RFP”) issued on September 30, 2021, to add a funding source for
sponsor-based reentry housing projects. The amendment was based on the funding and
authorization provided in the Fiscal Year 2022 budget and financial plan and by the Reentry
Housing and Services Program Act of 2021, effective November 13, 2021 (D.C. Law 24-45;
D.C. Official Code § 42-2231 et seq.).
(c) In response to the amended RFP, Jubilee submitted a funding proposal for a project to
be located at 1721-1725 Kalorama Road, NW, (the “Project”) that will include 44 units of
reentry supportive housing, of which 18 will be permanently affordable to households with
incomes at 30% of the median family income. Under the proposal, Jubilee will also provide rent
subsidies and supportive services to the 18 permanently affordable reentry supportive housing
units.
(d) DHCD determined that the Project proposal had high merit, due to creating the first-
in-kind continuum of housing and supportive services targeted for returning citizens located in
the Mid-City Planning area, and DHCD selected the Project for further underwriting review.
(e) Since the underwriting review resulted in a positive determination, and DHCD
continues to consider the Project to be of high merit due to the vulnerable population the Project
will serve, DHCD now wishes to enter into a 20-year contract with Jubilee, in the amount of $1.4
million in Fiscal Year 2025, and in the total amount of $33,679,648 during the 20-year contract
period.
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(f) Under section 451(b) and (c) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.51(b) and (c)), Council approval is
necessary because the proposed contract involves expenditures in excess of $1 million during a
12-month period and has a multiyear term.
(g) Approval on an expedited basis is necessary to allow these important reentry housing
units and services to be provided on a more timely basis.
Sec 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the
Multiyear Contract No. DHCD-2025-50 with Jubilee Housing, Inc. Emergency Approval Act of
2025 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.