D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 14, r. 14-5748
It shall be the policy of the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) to transfer Families from one dwelling unit to another to alleviate conditions of hardship caused by physical conditions or to address cha nged fa mily circumstances. Transfers may result from actions mandated by DCHA or result from requests by Families. To facilitate such transfer, DCHA may offer units in its traditional public housing or in its RAD inventory, excluding RAD units within any Private Mixed Finance Project. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Families residing within any Private Mixed Fina nce Project may also be transferred within or between any Private Mixed Finance Project in accordance with any applicable regulatory and operating agreement or RAD control agreement.
It is DCHA's policy that transfers will be made without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, or fa milial status. Families can be transferred to accommodate a disability.
Transfers will be processed by the Office of the Director of Property Management Operations. Families may apply to their property manager for a transfer, but all paperwork, verifications and unit assignments shall be processed by the Office of the Director of Property Management Operations. Applications for transfer must be made in writing, must state the reason(s) for requesting the transfer, and must provide any supporting documentation. Families may use the "Tenant Request for Transfer" form available in each property management office or at the DCHA central office.
Mandatory Transfers and Priority Transfer Requests shall take precedence over new admissions. New admissions shall take precedence over Standard Transfer Requests. DCHA shall assign vacant units that it does not need to house Mandatory Transferees or Priority Transfer Requests, using a ratio of five units for initial occupancy by applicants on the Public Housing Waiting Lists, to one unit for a Family from the DCHA Transfer Waiting List.
Upon acceptance of the new dwelling unit, the Lessee must execute a new lease
agreement. All causes of action of any nature whatsoever available to DCHA or the Project Owner at the previous dwelling unit shall be actionable by DCHA or the Project Owner of the previous dwelling unit after transfer, whether such transfer is a Mandatory Transfer or a Tenant Request for Transfer. This regulation does not waive any statute of limitations otherwise applicable to such claims.
Sections 5748 through 5751 govern all transfers initiated by DCHA or requested by participating Families in RAD Covered Projects.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 14, r. 14-5748