{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-2505.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 42-2505.01","heading":"First-responder and educator grant.","body":"(a)\nIn addition to the assistance provided in § 42-2504(b-1) and § 42-2505, the Department shall make available a grant of up to $10,000 to provide financial assistance for the purchase of a housing unit to each first-responder or educator who is a Participant.\n\n(b)\nIn order to receive financial assistance for the purchase of a housing unit under this section, a first-responder or educator Participant must agree to a 5-year service obligation, which shall begin at the date of settlement on the purchase of the housing unit, or, if the first-responder or educator Participant is not yet a District employee or employee of a District public charter school on the date of settlement, on the first-responder's or educator's first day of employment with the District or with a District public charter school.\n\n(c)\nThe grant shall convert into a loan to be repaid by the Participant if:\n(1)\nWithin 5 years after the date of settlement on the purchase of the housing unit, the housing unit is sold, transferred, or ceases to be the principal residence of the first-responder or educator Participant; or\n(2)\nThe first-responder or educator Participant does not complete the 5-year service obligation required by subsection (b) of this section.\n\n(d)\nFor the purposes of this section, the term \"service obligation\" means employment as a first-responder or educator.","path":["Title 42. Real Property.","Chapter 25. District Government Employee Housing Assistance.","Subchapter I. Government Employer-Assisted Housing Program."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-2505.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"914a1562f92ed75bb9803bf87a0356b000ba37d455d7668e012457753494f02d","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-2505","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-2506"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}