{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-2102","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 42-2102","heading":"Purpose.","body":"In enacting this chapter, the Council supports the following statutory purposes:\n\n(1)\nTo provide decent and affordable rental opportunities for low-income persons and homeownership opportunities to low-and moderate-income persons;\n\n(2)\nTo enable organized groups of low-and moderate-income persons to obtain skills to repair, maintain, and manage residential property;\n\n(3)\nTo afford highly-motivated low-and moderate-income persons the opportunity to participate fully in the production of their own decent and affordable homes;\n\n(4)\nTo facilitate community development that would create jobs for low and moderate income District of Columbia residents, as well as enhance the quality of life in residential areas by establishing businesses and other community services designed to meet the needs of the neighborhood;\n\n(5)\nTo provide nonprofit organizations and developers the opportunity to purchase property in the program in exchange for providing needed community service to District residents; and\n\n(6)\nTo strengthen neighborhoods by returning blighted, vacant, and neglected properties to productive use.","path":["Title 42. Real Property.","Chapter 21. Homestead Housing Preservation."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-2102","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"e8197d089534a28fd72a4096556776afb8b11d99530ff610c026af596a424379","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-2101","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-2103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}