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PR26-0082 • 2025

Local Rent Supplement Program Contract No. 2025-LRSP-01A with 2151 California Associates LLC Approval Resolution of 2025

Local Rent Supplement Program Contract No. 2025-LRSP-01A with 2151 California Associates LLC Approval Resolution of 2025

Housing
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
at the request of the District of Columbia Housing Authority
Last action
2025-03-14
Official status
Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify the exact duration of the subsidy contract beyond it being long-term.

Approval of Rent Supplement Contract for Affordable Housing

The bill approves a long-term subsidy contract with 2151 California Associates LLC to support affordable housing units in the District of Columbia.

What This Bill Does

  • Approves a long-term subsidy contract between the District of Columbia and 2151 California Associates LLC for 3 affordable housing units at The Bobbi on California Street, NW.
  • Provides an annual operating subsidy not exceeding $125,400 to support the affordable housing units.
  • Requires the Council to send a copy of this resolution to the District of Columbia Housing Authority and the Mayor after adoption.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The District of Columbia Housing Authority
  • 2151 California Associates LLC
  • Residents living in the affordable housing units at The Bobbi

Terms To Know

Subsidy Contract
An agreement where one party (the government) provides financial support to another party (a company or organization) for a specific purpose, like providing affordable housing.
Affordable Housing Units
Housing that is priced so that people with low to moderate incomes can afford it without spending more than 30% of their income on rent and utilities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the subsidy will be distributed or managed.
  • It is unclear what happens if the annual operating cost exceeds $125,400.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-14 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Resolution R26-0046, Effective from Mar 04, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 002670

  2. 2025-03-05 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council with comments from the Committee on Housing

  3. 2025-03-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  4. 2025-03-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Approved with Resolution Number R26-0046

  5. 2025-02-28 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Intent to Act on PR26-0082 Published in the District of Columbia Register

  6. 2025-02-20 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0082 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Local Rent Supplement Program Contract No. 2025-LRSP-01A with 2151 California Associates LLC Approval Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL

1

A RESOLUTION

26-46

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

March 4, 2025

To approve an agreement to enter into a long-term subsidy contract for 20 years in support of the
District’s Local Rent Supplement Program to fund housing costs associated with
affordable housing units for Contract No. 2025-LRSP-01A with 2151 California
Associates LLC for program units at The Bobbi located at 2151 California Street, NW.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Local Rent Supplement Program Contract No. 2025-LRSP-01A
with 2151 California Associates LLC Approval Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 451 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.51), and section 202 of the
Procurement Practices Reform Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18- 371; D.C.
Official Code § 2- 352.02), the Council approves Contract No. 2025- LRSP-01A, a long- term
subsidy contract, with 2151 California Associates LLC to provide an operating subsidy in
support of 3 affordable housing units in an i nitial amount not to exceed $125,400 annually.

Sec. 3. Transmittal.
The Council shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its adoption, to the District of
Columbia Housing Authority and the Mayor.

Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement.
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Chief Financial Officer as the fiscal
impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975,
approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a).

Sec. 5. Effective date.
This resolution shall take effect immediately.