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United States Department of the Treasury

Homeowner Assistance Fund Plan

Submitted by Government of the District of Columbia

HAF Grantee Plan Name

HAFP-0056
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United States Department of the Treasury

Homeowner Assistance Fund Plan For Participants 

with Allocations $5 million or Greater

Allocation Amount $5 Million or Greater

Submission Date 12/18/2021 10:24 AM

Total Plan Requested Amount $50,000,000.00

Record Type State

Application Record SLT-0041

HAF Grantee Plan Status (external) Funded
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Homeowner Needs and Community Engagement

What Quantitative Data Has Informed the Participant’s Planning?

Treasury will assess the extent to which a Participant has, in the course of its HAF planning process, relied on

quantitative data, including from community-based organizations or organizations that serve potentially

eligible homeowners. 

In its HAF planning process, has the Participant obtained quantitative data from mortgage servicers, private

data providers, government entities, community-based organizations, or other sources to inform its planning

about how to target and best serve eligible homeowners with mortgage delinquencies, defaults, foreclosures?

Yes

If yes, please list and, briefly describe each source of quantitative data.

- Atlanta Fed calculations using Black Knight’s McDash Flash daily mortgage performance data

(available with a two-day lag).

- District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development loan data provided

by the department's loan Servicer TCAM

In its HAF planning process, has the Participant obtained and reviewed quantitative data or studies regarding

which demographic segments in its jurisdiction have historically experienced discrimination in the housing or

housing finance market?

Yes

If yes, please list and, briefly describe each source of quantitative data.

- US Census Bureau Decennial Census data 

- US Census Bureau American Community Survey data

- Zickhur, K. 2018. Discriminatory housing practices in the District: A brief history. DC Policy

Center. Retrieved 9/15/2021 from 

https://www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications/discriminatory-housing-practices-in-the-district-a-brief-histo

- Kijakazi, K et al. 2016. The Color of Wealth in the Nation’s Capital. Urban Institute. Retrieved

9/15/2021 from https://www.urban.org/research/publication/color-wealth-nations-capital

In its HAF planning process, has the Participant obtained quantitative data from utility providers or entities

charged with assessing and collecting property taxes or relied on quantitative data or studies to inform its

planning about how to target and best serve eligible homeowners at risk of displacement due to utility

arrearage or tax foreclosure?

Yes

If yes, please list and, briefly describe each source of quantitative data.
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- District of Columbia Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Tax and Revenue property

tax data on property tax delinquency among properties claiming the District's Homestead

Deduction.

- District of Columbia Utilities - Washington Gas, DC Water, Pepco

In the following text box, please list any source not listed above of quantitative information, including

sources of data on the performance of any of the Participant’s previously implemented programs, that the

Participant used to inform its HAF planning process, briefly describe how the data informed the Participant’s

planning.

- District of Columbia, Department of Housing and Community Development, DC Home

Purchase Assistance Program data, TCAM Asset Management

- District of Columbia Office of Planning property information on the addresses/locations of

condominium units

Did the Participant communicate with mortgage servicers regarding the development of its program design?

Yes

Did the Participant communicate with other HAF participants regarding the development of its program

design?

Yes

How Has Community Engagement and Public Participation Informed the

Participant’s Planning?

Treasury will assess the extent to which a Participant’s assessment of homeowner needs has been informed

by and reflects input from organizations and individuals representing eligible homeowners, including any

opportunities for public participation in the development of the Participant’s plan. Treasury will pay

particular attention to the extent of the Participant’s engagement with populations that are the subject of

statutory targeting requirements.

Has the Participant requested and received input on its HAF planning process from providers of housing

counseling services or providers of legal assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure or displacement?

Yes

Provider information

If yes, please list such providers, including the providers’ address and website. Please indicate by checking

the appropriate box below if the provider’s primary purpose is to serve low- and moderate-income

households or to address the impacts of housing discrimination on one or more demographic groups in the

Participant’s jurisdiction.
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Provider Name 

Provider Address 

Provider Website

Provider

Primarily

Serves

LMI

Households

Provider

Addresses

Impact of

Housing

Discrimination

Legal Counsel for the Elderly/AARP

601 E Street, NW ,Washington,District of Columbia 20049

http://www.aarp.org/legal-counsel-for-the elderly/

Legal Aid DC

1331 H Street, NW Suite 350,Washington,District of Columbia 20005

http://www.legalaiddc.org

Housing Counseling Services, Inc.

2410 17th Street, NW #100,washington,District of Columbia 20009

http://www.housingetc.org

University Legal Services

1800 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE First Floor,Washington,District

of Columbia 20018

http://www.uls-dc.org

Has the Participant requested and received input regarding its HAF planning process from community-based

organizations or organizations that serve potentially eligible homeowners?

Yes

Community Information

If yes, please list such organizations, including the providers’ address and website if available. Please

indicate by checking the appropriate box below if the provider’s primary purpose is to serve low- and

moderate-income households or to address the impacts of housing discrimination on one or more

demographic groups in the Participant’s jurisdiction.

Organization Name 

Organization Address 

Organization Website

Organization

Primarily

Serves LMI

Households

Provider

Addresses

Impact of

Housing

Discrimination

Manna

6856 Eastern Avenue, NWSuite 100, Washington, District of Columbia

20012

http://www.mannadc.org

Latino Economic Development Center

1401 Columbia Road, NWUnit C-1, Washington, District of Columbia

20009

http://www.ledcmetro.org
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Has the Participant consulted with localities or tribal governments (cities, counties, or rural communities) in

its jurisdiction regarding the needs of eligible homeowners in its jurisdiction?

No

Has the Participant provided an opportunity for public input regarding its HAF Plan through public hearings

or published materials?

Yes

If yes, please indicate whether a proposed or draft plan was published, please describe where details about the

comment solicitation were posted, for how long, in what languages, and whether any efforts were made to

make the posting accessible to persons with disabilities or individuals without reliable internet access.

The District presented the draft plan to the community. The notice of the draft plan and hearing

was published in the District Register on September 17, 2021. It was also published on the

Department of Housing and Community Development’s website (https://dhcd.dc.gov/haf). Upon

publication, the District also distributed the draft plan directly to the organizations listed above,

Council of the District of Columbia offices and others to illicit comment and make their

communities aware of the draft HAF plan. The District held a virtual public hearing on the Draft

Plan on September 22, 2021 at 6:30 PM there were two organization-affiliated and a single

individual that provided spoken testimony. Eleven members of the public attended the hearing in

addition to the government representatives. Translation services were offered at the hearing. The

public comment period for written comments was open from September 17 until September 27,

2021 and the District accepted physical and digital comments.

How Will the Participant Continue to Assess the Needs of Eligible

Homeowners?

Treasury anticipates that an ongoing process of assessing the needs of eligible homeowners will help address

the needs of potentially eligible homeowners as economic conditions change over time.

Does the Participant plan to update its assessment of community needs within the next year to determine

whether its HAF program design should be updated to address changing needs of potentially eligible

homeowners?

Yes

What additional data would be helpful to the Participant as it seeks to assess homeowner needs over time?

Monthly data from servicers on loan delinquency or Black Knight or another source of highly

localized (ZIP Code or lower) industry delinquency and forbearance data.
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Program Design

What are the Program Design Elements Through Which the Participant Will

Deliver HAF Assistance to Eligible Homeowners?

A program design element is a specific activity or program, which is consistent with a qualified expense

category, under which a Participant will disburse HAF funds in accordance with the HAF Plan. Please note

that multiple program design elements may fit under a single qualified expense category; for example, a

mortgage assistance program that has different terms for federally backed mortgages and manufactured-home

mortgages may constitute two separate program design elements, for which case the Participant provides a

separate term sheet or other description for each program design element. 

HAF participants must have at least one program design element intended to reduce mortgage delinquency

among targeted populations. Treasury encourages HAF participants to consider program design elements that

address homeownership preservation for targeted populations in areas where there is a sustained trend of

increasing property taxes or utility costs, including for households that do not have mortgages.

Please identify each qualified expense category in which the Participant will offer a program design element

by checking the boxes below.

mortgage payment assistance 

 mortgage principal reduction, including with respect to a second mortgage provided by a nonprofit

or government entity 

 payment assistance for homeowner’s utilities, including electric, gas, home energy, and water 

 payment assistance for homeowner’s insurance, flood insurance, and mortgage insurance 

 payment assistance for delinquent property taxes to prevent homeowner tax foreclosures 

 payment assistance for down payment assistance loans provided by nonprofit or government

entities 

 financial assistance to allow a homeowner to reinstate a mortgage or to pay other housing-related

costs related to a period of forbearance, delinquency, or default 

facilitating mortgage interest rate reductions 

 payment assistance for homeowner’s internet service, including broadband internet access service,

as defined in 47 CFR 8.1(b) 

 payment assistance for homeowner’s association fees or liens, condominium association fees, or

common charges 

 measures to prevent homeowner displacement, such as home repairs to maintain the habitability of

a home or assistance to enable households to receive clear title to their properties 
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For each program design element that the Participant will offer, the Participant is required to upload a term

sheet or other description, that, at a minimum, provides the following information regarding that program

design element. Term sheets for all of Participant’s HAF programs may be uploaded together as one

document.

Title Upload Date

District_of_Columbia_HAFP-0056_Feedback_12-16-2021 12/17/2021 4:50 PM

DC Updated-Sample-Term-Sheets-for-HAF-Program-Design-Elements 9-30-21 10/1/2021 8:58 AM

A HAF participant may elect to revise its HAF Plan over time to add or subtract program design elements.

Does the Participant anticipate adding additional program design elements to this HAF Plan within one year

of this submission?

Yes

Treasury has provided sample term sheets to assist HAF participants in developing their HAF plans.

Participants may use these sample term sheets, in whole or in part, as part of their submission. To the extent

the Participant intends to structure the program differently with respect to significant program terms

described in the Sample Term Sheets, Treasury will, in the course of its review of the HAF Plan, request a

justification for how the alternate approach will further the objectives of the HAF, including targeting and

prioritization requirements. In the chart below, the HAF Participant may provide a justification for significant

deviations from the terms described in the sample term sheets upon initial submittal. (optional for initial

submission)
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Program

Design

Element

Deviation from sample

terms Justification

Mortgage

Reinstatement

The District has opted to

allow households to be

eligible and to not

condition receipt of

assistance under this

program element upon the

conclusion of other loss

mitigation options offered

to them

For many of our most vulnerable households time is of the

essence to avoid foreclosure and eviction. Reinstatement

may be necessary before other loss mitigation opportunities

are fully identified or realized. While completing loss

mitigation will not be a requirement to receive assistance,

the policies and procedures for this program element will

emphasize that HAF will complement these other

opportunities.

Multiple

The District has removed

reference to “loans secured

by manufactured homes”

where it appeared.

The District of Columbia is not aware of such loans within

its jurisdiction.

Multiple

The District has added

language to make explicit

that heirs, equitable

owners, or

successors-in-interest may

be eligible but must

provide documentation to

meet the ownership

requirement

Heirs property is an important concern in the District of

Columbia and we want to be able to stabilize these

households and refer them to assistance to resolve any

property complications. At the same time we want to be

certain we are assisting legitimate occupants and owners.

All

In addition to the program

element limits anticipated

by the example term

sheets, the District has set a

lifetime limit on HAF

assistance across all

program elements

As a high-cost housing market, the District must be

prepared to devote significant resources to reinstate and

stabilize households and have them avoid involuntary

displacement. However, these costs can mount quickly and

therefore to assure we can assist a significant number of

households, a limit of $120,000 has been set.

Documentation of Homeowner Income

Homeowners are eligible to receive amounts allocated to a HAF participant under the HAF only if they have

incomes equal to or less than 150% of the area median income or 100% of the median income for the United

States, whichever is greater. In addition, not less than 60% of amounts made available to each HAF

participant must be used for qualified expenses that assist homeowners having incomes equal to or less than

100% of the area median income or equal to or less than 100% of the median income for the United States,

whichever is greater. The HAF guidance describes permissible ways for HAF participants to determine

homeowner income.

Under the HAF guidance, one permissible approach for determining income is for (1) the household to

provide a written attestation as to household income and (2) the HAF participant to use a reasonable

fact-specific proxy for household income, such as reliance on data regarding average incomes in the

household’s geographic area. Will the Participant allow income to be determined in this way?

Yes
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If yes, please describe the fact-specific proxy or proxies to be used for the income determination.

The District will use Qualified Census Tracts as a fact based proxy. This readily available

measure fit well with the geographic patterns of homeowner distress and disadvantage identified

in the draft HAF Plan.

Under the HAF guidance, HAF participants may provide waivers or exceptions to this documentation

requirement as reasonably necessary to accommodate extenuating circumstances, such as disabilities,

practical challenges related to the pandemic, or a lack of technological access by homeowners; in these cases,

the HAF participant is still responsible for making the required determination regarding household income

and documenting that determination. Will the Participant allow applicants to request such waivers or

exceptions?

Yes

Eligible Mortgage Types

Please indicate which of the following mortgage types are eligible to be assisted under one or more of the

Participant’s program design elements.

 First Mortgages 

 Reverse Mortgages (Home Equity Conversion Mortgages, Single-Purposes Reverse Mortgages, or

Proprietary Reverse Mortgages) 

 Contracts for Deed or Land Contract (if it is a credit transaction secured by a consensual security

interest in a dwelling) 

 Second Mortgages 

 Loans Secured by Manufactured Housing (secured by real estate or dwelling) 

If the Participant excludes any of the forgoing mortgage types from one or more program design elements,

explain the exclusion.

The District of Columbia is not aware of any loans secured by manufactured housing with its

jurisdiction.

How Will the Participant Target HAF Resources Consistent with Statutory

Requirements? 

The Participant must describe how it will target HAF resources in accordance with the HAF guidance.

Targeting strategies are affirmative efforts to inform, encourage the participation of, and facilitate access to

resources for targeted households, including by offering multiple intake formats, engaging with nonprofit

organizations (e.g., housing counselors or legal services organizations) to provide additional pathways into

the program, and providing community outreach, partnerships with housing counseling agencies or legal aid

organizations, or other educational services that are aligned with the HAF participant’s program design, in a

manner that is culturally and linguistically relevant to the targeted communities.

Defining Socially Disadvantaged Individual
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Please describe the process the Participant will use to determine whether a homeowner is a “socially

disadvantaged individual” as defined in the HAF guidance.

Applicants will self-attest to their status as socially disadvantaged. The attestation will contain

the definition of "socially disadvantaged" and list non-White and Hispanic race and ethnicity

and disability categories prevalent within the District that have historically been subjected to

racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias within American society. It will also have a free

response option for applicant to identify additional qualifying characteristics within their

household.

Public Communications

Will the Participant engage in a public communications campaign to raise awareness among targeted

populations about the availability of HAF resources, in media such as television, newspapers, online media,

or social media?

Yes

If yes, please indicate whether the public communications campaign will include communications that

primarily target the following populations:

 Homeowners earning less than 100% of area median income 

 member of a group that has been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias within

American society; 

 resident of a majority-minority Census tract; (3) 

 resident of a U.S. territory, Indian reservation, or Hawaiian Home Land 

 homeowners in persistent poverty counties; 

 individual with limited English proficiency 

Please indicate in which languages, in addition to English, public communications to targeted populations

will be undertaken:

Spanish; Chinese; Vietnamese; Korean; Other

Please list any other languages.

Amharic

Outreach

Will the Participant engage in outreach through partnerships with organizations that focus primarily on

serving homeowners earning incomes below 100% of area median income or socially disadvantaged

individuals and that have the capacity to engage targeted communities in a culturally and linguistically

relevant manner to encourage the submission of applications for HAF resources from targeted populations?

Yes
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If yes, please indicate whether the community outreach efforts will include partnerships with organizations

that primarily target the following populations:

 member of a group that has been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias within

American society; 

 resident of a majority-minority Census tract; (3) individual with limited English proficiency; 

 resident of a U.S. territory, Indian reservation, or Hawaiian Home Land;

 homeowners that reside in persistent poverty counties; 

 individual with limited English proficiency. 

Please list any other languages.

Amharic

Housing Counseling and Legal Services

Will the Participant facilitate access for eligible households to housing counseling or legal services?

Yes

If yes, please identify below the providers of housing counseling or legal services that have indicated to the

Participant that they are willing and able to support homeowners receiving assistance under the Participant’s

HAF programs. 
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Provider Name 

Provider Address 

Provider Website

Provider

Primarily

Serves

LMI

Households

Provider

Addresses

Impact of

Housing

Discrimination

Emory Beacon of Light

6100 Georgia Avenue, NW , Washington, District of Columbia 20011

http://www.emorybeaconoflight.org

Neighborhood Legal Services

64 New York Avenue NE Suite 180, Washington, District of Columbia

20002

http://www.nlsp.org

Legal Counsel for the Elderly

601 E Street NW , Washington, District of Columbia 20049

http://www.aarp.org/legal-counsel-for-elderly/

University Legal Services

220 I Street NE Suite 130, Washington, District of Columbia 20002

http://www.uls-dc.org

Housing Counseling Services

2410 17th Street NW Adams Alley, Suite 100, Washington, District of

Columbia 20009

http://www.housingetc.org

Lydia’s Housing

414 Martin Luther King Avenue, SE , Washington, District of Columbia

20032

http://www.lh4us.org

Marshal Heights Community Development Organization

3939 Benning Road, NE , Washington, District of Columbia 20019

http://www.mhcdo.org

Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)

1460 Columbia Rd, NW #C-1, Washington, District of Columbia 20009

http://www.carecendc.org

United Planning Organization

301 Rhode Island Avenue NW , Washington, District of Columbia 20001

http://www.upo.org

Greater Washington Urban League

2901 14th street, NW , Washington, District of Columbia 20009

http://www.gwul.org

Targeting specific groups of homeowners

Will the Participant conduct outreach specifically tailored to target potentially eligible households that:
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 have mortgages or mortgage assistance contracts held or backed by the Participant? 

 have mortgages backed by any of the following agencies: Federal Housing Administration;

Department of Veterans Affairs; U.S. Department of Agriculture? 

 have privately held mortgages? 

What Efforts will be Made to Address Barriers to HAF Program Participation for

Potentially Eligible Homeowners, Including Those with Limited English

Proficiency or Who are Disabled?

Targeted outreach may be needed to reach homeowners who are likely to experience barriers to access,

including persons with limited English proficiency and those with disabilities.

Indicate all of the languages, in addition to English, in which the Participant’s HAF application and other

program documents will be made available.

Spanish; Chinese; Vietnamese; Korean; Other

Please list any other languages.

Amharic

Will the Participant’s HAF applications and other program documents be provided in forms that are

accessible to persons with disabilities?

Yes
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Performance Goals

Treasury will consider the goals and benchmarks the Participant proposes to use to measure the effectiveness

of its programs, including whether those goals address the homeowner needs identified by the Participant, the

extent to which the goals are disaggregated by key homeowner characteristics as appropriate for the

jurisdiction, and whether they include a goal focused on reducing mortgage delinquency.

Please describe Participant’s goals and benchmarks for each of its programs with the following program

design elements.

Program Design

Element Metric of Success Goal

Mortgage Payment

Assistance Households unable to pay held current 200 householdsassisted in 1 year

Mortgage Reinstatement Delinquent households reinstated 500 in the first year

Mortgage Principal

Reduction

Number of households assisted with loans recast or paid

down

20 loans in year

two, if funds are

available

Facilitate Mortgage

Interest Rate Reduction

Number of households with reduced interest rate as

loans are recast or refinanced

20 households

assisted in year two

Payment Assistance for

Homeowners Utilities Number of households fully caught up on utilities

Assist 500

households over

two years

Payment Assistance for

Homeowner’s Internet

Service

Households reinstated with at least a basic broadband

internet connection

Assist 250

households over

two years

Payment Assistance for

HOA fees or liens

Number of households reinstated and current on their

HOA, Condominium, and Cooperative Association

Charges

500 households

over two years

Payment Assistance for

Delinquent Property

Taxes

Number of households removed from the potential tax

sale list

Assist 200

households in year

one

Payment Assistance for

Homeowner’s Insurance

Number of households that are made current on their

insurance

50 households over

two years

Payment Assistance for

Down Payment Assist.

Loans

Number of households with current payments due

assisted through pay-off or refinance (most DHCD

loans deferred)

Assist 25

households over

two years
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Readiness

Staffing, Systems and Contractors 

Treasury seeks information regarding the Participant’s organizational capacity to implement its HAF Plan.

Does the Participant anticipate needing to hire additional staff to implement this HAF Plan?

Yes

Does the Participant anticipate significant information technology system upgrades to implement this HAF

Plan?

Yes

Does the Participant have policies or procedures that govern the implementation of each HAF program

design element described in this HAF Plan?

Yes

Will the Participant use HAF funds to assist eligible households through a program that was operational

before the Participant first received HAF funds?

No

Will the Participant use any third-party contractor or partner to conduct program administration (such as

reviewing applications, determining eligibility, processing payments, conducting reporting, and reviewing

compliance) for some or all of the Participant’s HAF programs?

Yes

If yes, has the Participant entered into all necessary arrangements with all of the third-party contractors or

partners that will conduct program administration?

No

Use of Initial Payment

If the Participant has already received any HAF funds from Treasury, provide the following information

about the use of such funds as of June 30, 2021.

What amount of the HAF funds that the Participant has received been disbursed to eligible homeowners?

$0.00

Has the Participant begun accepting applications from homeowners for any HAF-funded programs?
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No

How much of the HAF funds that the Participant has received been obligated?

$0.00

Provide a brief description of how the Participant has used the HAF funds it has received.

The District of Columbia is implementing a pilot program (HAF-Pilot) funded initially with $3

million of the $5 million (10%) in HAF funds previously distributed to the District. The

HAF-pilot program targets condominium owner-occupants in Zip Codes 20019, 20020, 20024

and 20032, containing some of the lowest income communities in the city, that have been

pre-identified for inclusion and invited to participate in the pilot through DHCD mortgage

records. In addition to allowing DHCD to use existing relationships to test program

implementation, particularly as it relates to paying condominium associations, research for the

HAF plan found households meeting these characteristics to be some of the most immediately at

risk of foreclosure in the District. Thus, the HAF-Pilot is a limited enrollment and duration

program intended to reach some of the most vulnerable District homeowners in a timely way and

provide valuable insight to guide the implementation of the regular HAF program. Because of

the District's budget cycle, the funds are set to be available to be obligated on October 1, 2021,

and the pilot portal will open on that date. Once implemented, based on the success of the pilot

program roll out, demand among targeted households, the status of foreclosure actions in the

District, and the availability of funds, either from the initial allocation or the full funds being

requested in this plan, the pilot may be expanded to assist additional households before being

integrated into the regular HAF program.
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Budget

Budgeting of HAF Funds by Program Design Element 

Specify the amounts of HAF funds that the Participant proposes to allocate to each of the following program

design elements, if offered:

Measure Amount

Mortgage Payment Assistance $6,400,000.00

Mortgage Principal Reduction $2,000,000.00

Payment Assistance for Homeowner’s Internet Service $1,000,000.00

Payment Assistance for HOA fees or liens $2,000,000.00

Payment Assistance for Delinquent Property Taxes $500,000.00

Mortgage Reinstatement $21,000,000.00

Facilitate Mortgage Interest Rate Reduction $1,500,000.00

Payment Assistance for Homeowner’s Insurance $700,000.00

Payment Assistance for Down Payment Assist. Loans $0.00

Payment Assistance for Homeowners Utilities $5,000,000.00

Other measures to prevent homeowner displacement

Measure Amount

Reasonable home repair to preserve homeownership $500,000.00

Displacement Prevention Sub-Total $40,600,000.00

Counseling or Legal Services

The Participant may allocate up to 5% of its HAF funds for counseling or educational efforts by housing

counseling agencies approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development or a tribal government,

or legal services, target to households eligible to be served with funding from the HAF related to foreclosure

prevention or displacement.
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Specify the Participant’s allocations for the following Amount

Counseling or Educational Services $2,000,000.00

Legal Services $500,000.00

Services Sub-Total $2,500,000.00

Reimbursement of Funds Expended After January 21, 2020

As described in the HAF guidance, HAF funds may be used for reimbursement of certain expenses between

January 21, 2020 and the date when the first HAF funds are disbursed by the HAF participant under the HAF

for a qualified expense (with certain limitations, as set forth in the HAF guidance).

Type of Expense Amount

None $0.00

Reimbursement Sub-Total $0.00

Allocation of Administrative Expenses

Type of Expense Amount

Housing Counseling grants for application processing FY 22-FY25 (rounded) $2,000,000.00

2 Delinquency Specialists, DS 13 FY22-FY25 (rounded) $1,000,000.00

1 Single Family Manager, DS 14 FY22-FY25 (rounded) $600,000.00

2 Compliance Specialists, DS 13 FY22-FY25 (rounded) $1,000,000.00

1 Program Support Spec, DS 9 FY22-FY25 (rounded) $300,000.00

Administration for utility payments FY22-FY25 (rounded) $200,000.00

Software purchase/licensing/modification/support FY22-FY25 (rounded) $500,000.00

Communications and outreach FY22-FY25 (rounded) $300,000.00

Indirect FY22-FY25 (rounded) $1,000,000.00

Administrative Expenses Sub-Total $6,900,000.00

Total Plan Requested Amount $50,000,000.00
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Amount Requested Confirmation:

Yes
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Contacts

Please identify up to three contacts for the Participant- a primary contact, a designated point of contact for

reporting, and an additional contact.

Primary Contact

Name: Kevin Donahue

Agency/Office: Office of the City Administrator

Email: kevin.donahue@dc.gov

Phone Number: 2022573068

Reporting Contact

Name: Genee Hayes

Agency/Office: DC DHCD, Portfolio and Asset Management

Email: genee.hayes@dc.gov

Phone Number: 2024427284

Additional Contact

Name: Danilo Pelletiere

Agency/Office: DC DHCD, Office of the Director

Email: danilo.pelletiere@dc.gov

Phone Number: 2024425681

Proprietary or Otherwise Non-Public Information

Does your plan submission include any information or materials that are proprietary or otherwise non-public?

No

If "Yes," please indicate which information or materials are proprietary or otherwise non-public.
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Title VI Assurances

You must provide on behalf of the HAF Participant assurances that the HAF Participant will comply with

Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964. Please download the assurances, then review, sign, and upload the

signed copy to this page before submitting the HAF Plan.

Title Upload Date

6. HAF-Title VI Assurance (5-18-2021) (DC 12-14-2021) KDSigned 12/17/2021 4:47 PM
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Official Certification

I (the undersigned) certify that the information provided in the HAF submission is accurate and complete

after reasonable inquiry of people, systems, and other information available to the HAF Participant. The HAF

participant and I acknowledge that any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation

(or concealment or omission of material fact) in this submission may be the subject of criminal prosecution

under the False Statements Accountability Act of 1996, as amended, 18 U.S.C. § 1001 and also may subject

me and HAF Participant to civil penalties and/or administrative remedies for false claims or otherwise,

(including 31 U.S.C. §3729 et seq.). I am an authorized representative of HAF Participant with authority to

make the above certifications and representations on behalf of the HAF Participant.

Name of HAF Participant:

Government of the District of Columbia

Name and Title of Certifying Official

Name: Kevin Donahue

Title: City Administrator

Telephone: 2022573068

Email: kevin.donahue@dc.gov