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PR26-0411 • 2025

Housing Authority Resident Empowerment Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Housing Authority Resident Empowerment Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Housing
Enacted

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

Sponsor
R. White
Last action
2025-12-12
Official status
Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on updates to training rules and changes in stipends, so these claims were removed.

Emergency Housing Authority Changes

This resolution declares an emergency to allow the District of Columbia Housing Authority to continue transitioning to a new board structure while waiting for congressional approval.

What This Bill Does

  • Declares that there is an emergency situation related to changes in how the Housing Authority is run.
  • Allows the Mayor and the Housing Authority to keep working on changing the way the board works until Congress reviews and approves these changes.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The District of Columbia Housing Authority
  • People on the Housing Authority board

Terms To Know

Emergency Declaration
A statement that says there is an urgent situation requiring quick action.
Congressional Review
The process where Congress looks at and decides whether to approve laws made by the District of Columbia.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This resolution only allows temporary changes until Congress reviews and approves them.
  • It does not specify what will happen if Congress disagrees with these changes.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-12 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Resolution R26-0257, Effective from Dec 02, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 013875

  2. 2025-12-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  3. 2025-12-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  4. 2025-12-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Approved with Resolution Number R26-0257

  5. 2025-11-25 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0411 Introduced by Councilmember R. White at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Housing Authority Resident Empowerment Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL

1

A RESOLUTION

26-257

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

December 2, 2025

To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need
to amend the District of Columbia Housing Authority Act of 1999 to revise the structure
of the board of the District of Columbia Housing Authority, provide flexibility for board
and executive director training, and update the public housing resident bill of rights; to
amend the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of
1978 to adjust District of Columbia Housing Authority board stipends; and to amend the
Confirmation Act of 1978 to conform terminology regarding the District of Columbia
Housing Authority board.

RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Housing Authority Resident Empowerment Congressional
Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. (a) The Rebalancing Expectations for Neighbors, Tenants, and Landlords
(RENTAL) Amendment Act of 2025, enacted on November 13, 2025 (D.C. Act 26-199; 72 DCR
12894) (“RENTAL Act”), sets forth a new permanent structure for the independent governing
board of the District of Columbia Housing Authority (“Authority”), to take the place of the
Stabilization and Reform Board that has led the Authority’s work since the end of 2022.
(b) On July 28, 2025, in addition to approving the RENTAL Act on first reading, the
Council passed the Housing Authority Resident Empowerment Emergency Amendment Act of
2025, effective September 4, 2025 (D.C. Act 26-145; 72 DCR 9614), to allow the Mayor and the
Authority to begin preparing for the board transition during the Council’s summer recess.
(c) The current emergency law will expire before the permanent RENTAL Act completes
congressional review.
(d) Emergency legislation is necessary to ensure that the Mayor and the Authority have a
clear mandate to continue working on the transition to the new board structure.

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

ENROLLED ORIGINAL

2

Housing Authority Resident Empowerment Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act
of 2025 be adopted after a single reading.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.