District of Columbia legislation · 26th Council
District of Columbia B545: River East at Grandview Homeownership Relief and Restoration Amendment Act of 2025
Status: Signed into law, August 28, 2026
As introduced, Bill 26-545 would provide housing relief to certain owners and former owners of the River East at Grandview Condominiums by establishing eligibility for Home Purchase Assistance Program grants, converting existing Home Purchase Assistance Program loans to grants, and limiting the affordability covenant period for former owners Inclusionary Zoning ownership units to15 years. It would also require coordination between the Department of Housing and Community Development and the District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency.
What the bill says
To amend Chapter 18ofTitle 47ofthe District ofColumbia Official Code to exempt relieffrom District incometax. BEITENACTED BYTHE COUNCIL OFTHE DISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA, That this. act may be cited as the"River Eastat GrandviewHomeownership Reliefand Restoration Amendment Actof2026". Sec. 2. The Relieffor River Eastat Grandview Condominium Owners Act of2024, effective September 18, 2024 (D.C. Law 25-217; D.C. Official Code § 42-2081 efseq.), is amended as follows: (a) Section2132 (D.C. Official Code § 42-2081) is amended as follows: (1)Anew subsection (c-1) isadded toread as follows: "(c-1)"Former Pro.
From the enrolled text, July 2, 2026:
to amend Chapter 18ofTitle 47ofthe District ofColumbia Official Code to exempt relieffrom District incometax. BEITENACTED BYTHE COUNCIL OFTHE DISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA, That this. act may be cited as the"River Eastat GrandviewHomeownership Reliefand Restoration Amendment Actof2026". Sec. 2. The Relieffor River Eastat Grandview Condominium Owners Act of2024, effective September 18, 2024 (D.C. Law 25-217; D.C. Official Code § 42-2081 efseq.), is amended as follows: (a) Section2132 (D.C. Official Code § 42-2081) is amended as follows: (1)Anew subsection (c-1) isadded toread as follows: "(c-1)"Former Property Owner" means an individual who purchasedacondominium unit at theRiver EastatGrandview Condominiums between July 2017 and March 2019 and who no longerowns that unit. (2) Paragraph (1) is amended by strikingthephrase "Property." and insertingthe phrase "Property and purchased the condominium unit betweenJuly 2017 and March 2019."in, its place. (b) Section2134(d) (D.C. Official Code § 42-2083(d)) isrepealed. (c)A newsection 2135 isadded to read as follows: "Sec. 2135. HPAP loanconversionto grant and shorteningthelength ofIZ orADU affordability covenant forProperty Owners and Former Property Owners. "(a)(1) DHCD shall make Property OwnersorFormer Property Ownerswho have not purchased anotherprimary residencesince leaving the Property eligible forHPAP assistance, pursuantto theHome Purchase Assistance Fund Act of 1978, effective September 20, 1978 (D.C. Law2-135; D.C. Official Code § 42-2601 etseq.), inthe form ofagranttoward the ENROLLED ORIGINAL purchaseof a primary residence in the District, and exclude them from the HPAP program's …