Comments & Testimonies

Testimony for FY23 Performance Oversight Hearing for the Department of Health Care Finance

Testimony for Agency Public Oversight Hearing for the Department of Behavioral Health

Comments on DC Public Schools Proposed Regulation on Grievance Procedures for Parents, Guardians, and Visitors

Comments on Medicaid Reimbursable Autism Spectrum Disorder Services Regulations

Testimony for DC Board of Elections Public Roudtable

Comments to Proposed Rulemeaking Amending Title 14 Housing Choice Voucher Program Administrative Plan

Comments to Proposed Rulemaking Amending Title 14 Admissions and Continued Occupancy Plan

DRDC Letter to Mayor Bowser Urging Action to Ensure Healthcare Access during Covid-19 Pandemic

Testimony for DC Board of Elections Performance Oversight Hearing

Testimony for the Department of Transportation Oversight Hearing

Testimony for the Department of Health Care Finance FY23 Budget Hearing

Testimony for the Department of Health Care Finance FY21-22 Performance Oversight Hearing

3 Easy steps to see if you qualify

Step 1

ULS prioritizes its services to properties, tenants associations, and cooperatives where the majority of building residents have incomes below 80% of the Area Median Income and/or buildings that have existing loans from the DC Department of Housing and Community Development.

Step 2

If you are an eligible DC resident in need of our services, please contact us at (202) 547-4747 (Telephone), (202) 547-2083 (Facsimile), or (202) 547-2657.

Step 3

Upon hearing your specific needs, we will connect you to Tenant Purchase Program Manager Andrew Martin for further assistance.

Get Qualified today

Benefits of the Tenant Purchase Assistance Program the Tenant Purchase Program:

Managing a building is a lot of responsibility – board members with full-time jobs cannot be expected to do this work alone.
So, what can you gain from working with the Tenant Purchase Technical Assistance Program?

First-hand access to our 29 years of housing finance, renovation, and community organizing experience to help trouble-shoot problems your cooperative may be experiencing.  
Individualized short and longer-term planning for your cooperative.  
Feedback on the physical maintenance needs of your building.  
Effective strategies for reducing cooperative operating costs, responding to administrative needs, and keeping your corporate and financial affairs organized. 
Typically, ULS provides free asset management services and can provide development consultant services for a fee.

Subprograms

Affordable Housing Asset Management

Just like buying a building, managing one is no easy feat. ULS helps busy DC tenants with the ins and outs of asset management.

Tenant Purchase Technical Assistance

Since the 1980s, under the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), tenants in DC have had the legal right to organize and submit a matching offer to purchase their building from their landlord when it was offered for sale. ULS helps tenant groups through this complicated and long process.

Benefits of the Tenant Purchase Assistance Program the Tenant Purchase Program:

First-hand access to our 29 years of housing finance, renovation, and community organizing experience to help trouble-shoot problems your cooperative may be experiencing.  
Individualized short and longer-term planning for your cooperative.  
Feedback on the physical maintenance needs of your building.  
Effective strategies for reducing cooperative operating costs, responding to administrative needs, and keeping your corporate and financial affairs organized. 
Typically, ULS provides free asset management services and can provide development consultant services for a fee.