Register to Learn How District Will Implement Latest Affordable Housing Preservation Tool
On January 9, Learn more about proposed regulations issued on December 22 that will implement the District Opportunity to Purchase Act (DOPA).
DOPA promotes affordable rental housing by maintaining the affordable status of existing affordable rental units as well as increasing the total number of affordable rental units within the District. To this end, DOPA requires rental property owners to provide the District with the opportunity to purchase housing accommodations consisting of five or more rental units, as long as a certain percentage are deemed “affordable.”
A November 2016 report by the Housing Preservation Strike Force listed the implementation of DOPA regulations as one of six strategies the District should use to preserve affordable housing stock.
A 30-day public comment period ends on Monday, January 22, 2018. As part of this process, DHCD is hosting this informational briefing on Tuesday, January 9 at 10 a.m., where agency representatives will be available to summarize the proposed changes to the regulations.
To register, please visit https://tinyurl.com/DOPArulesbriefing or call 202-442-7100. The briefing will be held at DHCD's Housing Resource Center, 1800 Martin Luther King. Jr. Avenue SE.
Written comments should be sent to Danilo Pelletiere, Department of Housing and Community Development, 1800 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, D.C. 20020, or mailto:dopa.input@dc.gov, no later than January 22, 2018.
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