{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-6-1110.02","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 6-1110.02","heading":"Targeted Homeowner Grant Program.","body":"(a)\nThe Mayor may use authorized funds to establish a targeted homeowner grant program to assist homeowners with the rehabilitation of their historic property.\n\n(b)\nA grant under this program may be used to rehabilitate a structure that contributes to the character of any historic district or historic landmark.\n\n(c)\nA grant shall be limited to structural repairs or work on the exterior of a qualified structure;\n\n(d)\nA grant shall not exceed $50,000.\n\n(e)\n(1)\nA grant may be made to a taxpayer, as defined in § 47-1801.04(7), who has a household income of 120% or less of the area median income; provided, that:\n(A)\nThe grant is for rehabilitation of the taxpayer’s principal place of residence or a structure that will be the taxpayer’s principal place of residence within 60 days after the rehabilitation is completed;\n(B)\nThe taxpayer submits an application showing that the taxpayer meets the applicable household income criteria and is listed on the Office of Tax and Revenue’s records as currently receiving the homestead deduction for property taxes, and includes written consent from each person in the applicant’s household to disclosure by Office of Tax and Revenue to the Historic Preservation Office of his or her gross income; which disclosure shall be used solely for consideration of grant applications under this section.\n(2)\nThe Office of Tax and Revenue shall report the gross income of each of the persons in the taxpayer’s household at the time the grant application is made pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) based upon the most recent income tax return of each person to the Historic Preservation Office prior to the award of a grant.\n\n(f)\nA taxpayer who has a household income of more than 60% but no more than 90% of area median income shall be required to match the grant by contributing a minimum of 25% of the cost of the rehabilitation.\n\n(g)\nA taxpayer who has a household income of more than 90% of area median income shall be required to match the grant by contributing a minimum of 50% of the cost of the rehabilitation.\n\n(h)\nThe Mayor shall:\n(1)\nApprove the scope of rehabilitation work prior to award of a grant;\n(2)\nEnsure that all work is consistent with the purposes of this subchapter and implementing regulations; and,\n(3)\nAward grants and disburse grant funds pursuant to rules and procedures the Mayor shall establish for this purpose.\n\n(i)\n(1)\nThe taxpayer shall enter into a preservation covenant with the State Historic Preservation Officer against the property on which the structure is located. The covenant shall run with the land and shall require that the rehabilitation improvements be maintained in good repair satisfactory to the State Historic Preservation Officer for 10 years after the date on which the grant is fully disbursed.\n(2)\nIf the taxpayer does not maintain the certified rehabilitation improvements in good repair for any period of time covered by the covenant, the Mayor may take any enforcement action authorized under this subchapter and may assess the amount of the grant as a tax on the property, and shall:\n(A)\nCarry the tax on the regular tax rolls; and\n(B)\nCollect the tax in the same manner as real property taxes are collected provided; that a lien shall not be valid as against any bona fide purchaser, or holder of a security interest, mechanic’s lien, or other such creditor interested in the property, without notice, until notice by filing the lien in the Recorder of Deeds.\n\n(j)\n(1)\nAn action may be brought in the name of the District at any time within 3 years after the expiration of 60 days from the date that the tax was assessed to recover the amount of the unpaid tax.\n(2)\nA lien shall be satisfied by payment of the amount of the lien to the State Historic Preservation Officer.\n\n(k)\nRepealed.\n\n(l)\n(1)\nThere is established as a special fund the Targeted Homeowner Grant Fund (\"Fund\"), which shall be administered by the Mayor in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection.\n(2)\nThere shall be deposited in the Fund any funds appropriated for the purposes of the targeted homeowner grant program (\"Program\") authorized to be established by subsection (a) of this section.\n(3)\nMoney in the Fund shall be used to:\n(A)\nFund grants issued under the Program; and\n(B)\nPay the costs of administering the Program; provided, that no more than 5% of the amount of the money authorized for expenditure from the Fund in a fiscal year may be expended in that fiscal year for this purpose.\n(4)\nAny money remaining available in the Fund at the end of a fiscal year, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer in the fiscal year-end close, shall be transferred to the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia as part of the fiscal year-end close.","path":["Title 6. Housing and Building Restrictions and Regulations.","Chapter 11. Historic Landmark and Historic District Protection.","Subchapter I. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/6-1110.02","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"1f921093b44fa628defa0f0d90b3be3e88cb706721b80da7504a7dd4448c3ac9","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-6-1110.01","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-6-1110.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}