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REPROG26-0064 • 2025

FY 2025 Reprogramming Request $1,072,008.86 of Local Funds within the Department of Housing & Community Development DHCD

FY 2025 Reprogramming Request $1,072,008.86 of Local Funds within the Department of Housing & Community Development DHCD

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Sponsor
at the request of the Mayor
Last action
2025-09-17
Official status
Deemed Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed information on how the funds will be used or which programs might face funding gaps if delayed until next year.

FY 2025 Reprogramming Request for DHCD Funds

The bill requests to reprogram $1,072,008.86 of local funds within the Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD) to better align with approved budgetary needs.

What This Bill Does

  • Requests to move $1,072,008.86 in local funds from DHCD's existing programs to other areas where they are needed more.
  • Funds will be reprogrammed as outlined on the attached attributes sheet and additional details are contained in the agency’s submission.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD) in the District of Columbia.

Terms To Know

Reprogramming
Moving funds from one budget category to another within an organization or department.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The exact details of how the funds will be used are not provided and may require further documentation.
  • It does not specify what programs or services might face funding gaps if this reprogramming request is delayed until next year.

Bill History

  1. 2025-09-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    REPROG26-0064 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

  2. 2025-09-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council with comments from the Committee on Housing

Official Summary Text

FY 2025 Reprogramming Request $1,072,008.86 of Local Funds within the Department of Housing & Community Development DHCD

Current Bill Text

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M
URIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
September 17, 2025
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004-3001
SUBJECT: FY 2025 Reprogramming Request: $1,072,008.86 of Local Funds – within the Department of
Housing & Community Development (DHCD)
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
Pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 47- 363(a), I am transmitting the enclosed request to reprogram to $1,072,008.86 of
FY 2025 Local Funds – (1010001) within the Department of Housing & Community Dev elopment. The attached
reprogramming memorandum provides a detailed justification for why funds are needed.
Thank you for your consideration of this request. I look forward to the Council’s favorable action.
Sincerely,
Muriel Bowser
Mayor of the District of Columbia
Enclosure
cc: K
evin Donahue, City Administrator
Glen Lee, Chief Financial Officer
Jennifer Budoff, Budget Director, Council of the District of Columbia
Jennifer Reed, Director, Office of Budget and Performance Management, Office of the City Administrator
Angell Jacobs, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Staff, Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Eric M. Cannady, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of Budget and Planning
Sherrie Greenfield, Associate Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of Budget and Planning
Stacy-Ann White, Director, Operating Budget Office of Budget and Planning
Kenneth Evans, Director, Capital Improvements Program, Office of Budget
and Planning
Leroy Clay III, Associate Chief Financial Officer, Economic Development and Regulation Cluster
M
URIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
September 17, 2025
Glen Lee
Chief Financial Officer
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 203
Washington, D.C. 20004
Dear Mr. Lee:
Pursuant to the Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980, (D.C. Official Code § 47-363 et seq.), I am
submitting a request to reprogram FY 2025 Local Funds – 1010001 in the amount of 1,072,008.86
within the Department of Housing & Community Development. The funds are being moved to the
various programs within the Agency to align the budget with the approved waivers . The funds
will be reprogrammed as outlined on the attached attribute s sheet and additional details are
contained in the agency’s submission.
Thank you for your consideration of this request. I look forward to the Chief Financial Officer’s
favorable review.
Sincerely,
Muriel Bowser
Enclosure
cc: Eric M. Cannady, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of Budget and Planning
S
herrie Greenfield, Associate Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of Budget and
Planning
Stacy-Ann White, Director, Operating Budget, Office of Budget and Planning
Kenneth Evans, Director, Capital Improvements Program, Office of Budget and Planning
GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Glen Lee
Chief Financial Officer

September 15, 2025

John A. Wilson Building * 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW * Suite 203 * Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 727-2476 * Fax: (202) 727-1643 * www.cfo.dc.gov
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004-3001

Dear Chairman Mendelson:

Pursuant to the Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980, D.C. Official Code § 47-363(a) and the Full-
Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, approved March 15, 2025, Pub. L. No.
119-4, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) has reviewed the Mayor’s request to
reprogram Fiscal Year 2025 Local funds budget authority in the amount of $1,072,009 within the
Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). The funds are needed to support
programmatic needs with approved budgetary waivers.

This action will reprogram budget authority from DHCD’s Agency Management Program,
Affordable Housing, Community Development, Housing Preservation and Housing Regulation
divisions, Account Groups 713100C (Other Services and Charges), 713200C (Contractual
Services – Other), and 714100C (Government Subsidies and Grants), to the Agency Management
Program, Community Development and Housing Regulation divisions, Account Groups 713100C
(Other Services and Charges) and 713200C (Contractual Services - Other), 714100C (Government
Subsidies and Grants), and 717100C (Purchasing Equipment and Machinery). Funds are available
based on the original appropriation but require reallocation to meet the programmatic needs.

The Honorable Phil Mendelson, Chairman
FY 2025 Reprogramming Request for $1,072,009 of Local Funds Budget Authority within the Department of
Housing and Community Development
Page 2

The Office of Budget and Planning’s analysis indicates that the reprogramming will not have an
adverse impact on DHCD’s budget or the District’s financial plan. The OCFO has no objection to
this reprogramming request.

Sincerely,

Glen Lee
Chief Financial Officer

Enclosure

cc: Muriel Bowser, Mayor of the District of Columbia
Kevin Donahue , City Administrator
Jennifer Budoff, Budget Director, Council of the District of Columbia
Jennifer Reed, Director, Office of Budget and Performance Management, Office of the
City Administrator
Angell Jacobs, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Staff, Office of the Chief
Financial Officer
Eric M. Cannady, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of Budget and Planning
Sherrie Greenfield, Associate Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of Budget and
Planning
Colleen Green, Director, Department of Housing and Community Development
Leroy Clay III, Associate Chief Financial Officer, Economic Development and
Regulation Cluster
Abukar Abdirahman, Budget Director, Economic Development and Regulation Cluster
Beth Spooner, Agency Fiscal Officer, Department of Housing and Community
Development
Tomas Talamante, Director, Office of Policy and Legislative Affairs, Executive Office of
the Mayor

Abukar
Abdirahman
Digitally signed by Abukar
Abdirahman
Date: 2025.06.27 21:12:04 -04'00'
Howwillthefundsbereprogrammed?
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Why arethefundsavailable?
Thefundsareavailableasaresultofthespendingfreeze,perMayor’sOrder.
WhathardshipwilltheDistrictfaceiftheactionispostponeduntilthesubsequentfiscalyear?
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Noprograms,servicesorotherpurchaseswillbedelayedasaresultoftheaction,
Ifyouhaveanyquestions,pleasecontactBethSpoonerat(202)442-7173.
Attachment

ce: Cannady,DeputyCFOforBudgetandPlanningAbukarAbdirahman,EDRC BudgetDirector
Abukar Abdirahman
Digitally signed by Abukar Abdirahman
Date: 2025.06.27 21:12:24 -04'00'