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DHS, DCHA numbers diverge on voucher MOA; DHS plans to add funds, pauses matches briefly

3789631 · June 12, 2025

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Summary

DHS told the Committee on Human Service it believes the initial FY25 MOA allocation to the D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) was $50 million, of which DHS had spent about $41 million and expects to add $17 million to bring total transfers to $67 million for the fiscal year; DCHA reported a different calculation. DHS paused voucher matches for about a

DHS and the D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) presented different snapshots June 12 of how much funding remains under the voucher memorandum of agreement (MOA). DCHA reported the MOA is currently about $17,000,000 over its initial FY25 allocation of $50,000,000; DHS told the committee it is about $8,400,000 under the initial allocation and expects to provide an additional $17,000,000 later in the fiscal year.

Interim Director Rachel Pierre said “the current allocation that they have is 50,000,000. I think we've spent about 41,000,000 of it. We do expect…to increase it for another 17,000,000 for the rest of this fiscal year,” bringing the total to $67,000,000. DHS said those increment payments are common and that DCHA has been informed DHS plans to modify the MOA to add funds.

The committee asked if DHS had drawn dollars from other budget lines to meet obligations; DHS said it had paused matches for about a week to ensure projections and budget alignment but had not otherwise reallocated budget lines to cover voucher obligations.

Fruman noted the timing of incremental payments can create temporary mismatches between matches and lease-ups; DHS said it is monitoring matches and lease-ups and that some short pauses were intended to align projections with available budget and to prevent overcommitment.

Ending: DHS said it will work with DCHA to finalize the MOA modification and provide updated projections; Council asked both agencies for reconciled accounting so the Committee can track expected payments and lease-up pacing.