DC Landlord Partnership Fund, LLC

The District of Columbia is facing a severe shortage of affordable housing and a shortage of landlords willing to lease affordable units to households with histories of homelessness. Without more housing units accessible to these households, it will be extremely challenging for the District to match the households with available apartment units that meet their needs—resulting in longer stays in shelter and fewer exits to permanent housing.

The District of Columbia has undertaken the following initiatives to achieve the goals of the District’s Strategic Plan to End Homelessness (Homeward DC). Through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Emergency Housing Vouchers Program (EHV) as well as the Coordinated Assistance and Resources for Encampments Pilot (CARE) program were established in efforts to expand supports to the current District of Columbia’s Department of Human Services (DHS) and The Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness (TCP) funded programs.  The Landlord Partnership Fund provides financial support to landlords who lease units in the District as a means to facilitate housing solutions for residents.

The Fund is supported by private funding. Local business groups and philanthropic organizations donate the resources to sustain this effort.

The Fund is managed and administered through the Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development (CNHED), an organization whose primary focus is devising, implementing, and advocating for affordable housing and community economic development solutions to serve the needs of low- and moderate-income District residents.

This Fund is modeled on programs already in place in several cities in the United States, particularly the Landlord Liaison Project that has been established in Seattle and featured in the US Interagency Council on Homelessness solutions database. Landlords who enter into leases with families and individuals under CARE, with PSH/TAH vouchers, and RRH subsidies are eligible to participate in the Fund. Enrollment for the fund can be completed through DHS and TCP authorized provider, who will be available and ready to assist both the landlord and the tenant at all steps of the relationship.

The Fund covers claims specifically and exclusively on units located in the District of Columbia and leased to tenants who receive rental assistance from RRH programs, and housed under CARE, PSH, TAH and EHV vouchers.

• PSH or TAH leases that began January 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019: the maximum amount of the claims is limited to $2,500 for physical damages, $5,000 for rent claims, and $5,000 for all claims that include both physical damages and rent claims.
• PSH or TAH leases that began July 1, 2019 or later: the maximum amount of the claims is limited to $2,500 for physical damages, $2,500 for rent claims, and $2,500 for all claims that include both physical damages and rent claims.
• RRH leases: the maximum amount of the claims is limited to $2,500 for physical damages, $5,000 for rent claims, and $5,000 for all claims that include both physical damages and rent claims.
• CARE & EHV leases: the maximum amount of the claim is limited to $2,500 for physical damages, $2,500 for rent claims, and $2,500 for all claims that include both physical damages and rent claims.

Have questions about the program? Email info@dclandlordpartnershipfund.org.