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Committee seeks clarity on $77M in unspent DCHA capital funds and offline units
Summary
Members asked nominees how DCHA plans to obligate $77 million in unspent capital funding across FY26 and FY27, and pressed for details on 1,827 HUD-approved offline units and timelines for bonds and redevelopment.
Committee members pressed nominees about unspent capital funds and the increase in HUD-approved offline units, seeking clarity on how the agency will obligate money and keep redevelopment projects moving during a board and executive transition.
Chair White cited agency reporting that DCHA has about $77,000,000 in unspent capital funding and said the agency planned to obligate roughly half in FY26 and half in FY27; nominees said staff provide reports on planned obligations, and Skinner said the first bonds for redevelopment could be issued in late summer with shovels in the ground by fall.
Members worried that leadership transitions and incomplete boards could stall the IRP/ redevelopment timeline, and asked whether redevelopment plans will preserve or reduce the number of public housing units; nominees said planners generally try to keep at least the same number of units and that offline units are often taken to allow full building rehabilitation or demolition-and-rebuild approaches.
The committee asked the nominees to follow up with detailed schedules for bonding, contract signings and unit-restoration plans.
