On Friday, November 14, 2014, the DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) issued the second wave of draft regulations for District’s Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) Program to streamline the regulatory process, address building permit issues, enhance the outreach to qualified residents, and make it easier for developers to build affordable housing units. The proposed Regulations will be open for public comments until 12/13/2014.

All persons desiring to comment on the subject matter of this proposed rulemaking should submit comments in writing to Taura Smalls, Legislative Affairs Specialist, Department of Housing and Community Services, 1800 Martin Luther King, Jr, Ave, SE, Washington, D.C. 20020, not later than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register. Copies of the proposed rules can be obtained from the Department at the address listed above. A copying fee of one dollar ($1) will be charged for each requested copy of the proposed rulemaking requested.