Press Release: District of Columbia Housing Authority Receives Nearly $12 Million in Emergency Housing Vouchers

News Release — DC Housing Authority

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 10, 2021     

Contact: Tony Robinson

Christy Goodman

HUD Funding Part of Biden Administration American Rescue Plan

Today, the District of Columbia Housing Authority received nearly $12 million in Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development as part of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. The vouchers will be used to house families facing homelessness in the nation’s capital.

“This emergency allocation by HUD comes at time in which DCHA needs to assist our most vulnerable residents.  I am creating a plan that will move as expeditiously as possible to support not only the mission of the Authority, but assist other District homelessness prevention initiatives where possible,” said DCHA Executive Director Tyrone Garrett.

As part of the American Rescue Plan HUD allocated approximately 70,000 EHVs to public housing agencies nationwide valued at nearly $5 billion. To facilitate and expedite leasing, DCHA will receive an allocation of administrative fee funding for other expenses that are not normally eligible under the Housing Choice Voucher program.