Transportation & the Environment, Committee of the Whole, & Housing Joint Public Hearing

Council of the District of Columbia COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & THE ENVIRONMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 COUNCILMEMBER CHARLES ALLEN, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & THE ENVIRONMENT CHAIRMAN PHIL MENDELSON, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT C. WHITE, JR., CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON HOUSING ANNOUNCE A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING ON B25-0119, THE “HEALTHY HOMES AND RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIFICATION AMENDMENT ACT OF 2023” Tuesday, May 9, 2023, 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Virtual Hearing via Zoom To Watch Live: https://dccouncil.us/council-videos/ http://video.oct.dc.gov/DCC/jw.html https://www.facebook.com/CMcharlesallen/ On Tuesday, May 9, 2023, Councilmember Charles Allen, Chairperson of the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, Chairman Phil Mendelson, Chairperson of the Committee of the Whole, and Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr., Chairperson of the Committee on Housing, will convene a joint public hearing to consider Bill 25-0119, the “Healthy Homes and Residential Electrification Amendment Act of 2023”. The hearing will be conducted virtually via the Zoom platform from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The stated purpose of B25-0119, the “Healthy Homes and Residential Electrification Amendment Act of 2023”, is to create the Healthy Homes Program to install electric appliances for low- and moderate-income households. The bill would make the purchase and installation of electric appliances cost-free for households earning 80% AMI or less and reduced-cost for households earning 80-150% of AMI. The bill would also increase permit fees for installing appliances or other systems that combust fossil fuels on site and prohibit the District of Columbia Housing Authority from installing appliances or other systems that combust fossil fuels on site when making a conversion through the Rental Assistance Demonstration program. 1 The Committees invites the public to provide oral and written testimony. Public witnesses seeking to provide oral testimony at the Committees’ hearing must thoroughly review the following instructions: • Anyone wishing to provide oral testimony must email the Committee on Transportation and the Environment at cote@dccouncil.gov with their name, email address, telephone number, organizational affiliation, and title (if any), by the close of business on Friday, May 5, 2023. Please indicate that you are requesting to testify at this hearing in the subject line of your email. • The Committees will approve witnesses’ registrations based on the total time allotted for public testimony. The Committees will also determine the order of witnesses’ testimony. • Representatives of organizations will be allowed a maximum of five minutes for oral testimony, and individuals (and any subsequent representatives of the same organizations) will be allowed a maximum of three minutes. In order to accommodate additional public witnesses, the Committees may reduce witnesses’ allotted time for testimony but will inform witnesses if it plans to do so. • Witnesses are not permitted to yield their time to, or substitute their testimony for, the testimony of another individual or organization. • If possible, witnesses should submit a copy of their testimony electronically in advance to cote@dccouncil.gov. • Witnesses who anticipate needing language interpretation, including ASL interpretation, are requested to inform the Committee on Transportation and the Environment as soon as possible, but no later than five business days before the hearing. The Committees will make every effort to fulfill timely requests; however, requests received fewer than five business days before the hearing may not be fulfilled and alternatives may be offered. For witnesses who are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements will be made part of the official record. Copies of written statements should be emailed to the Committee at cote@dccouncil.gov. Please indicate that you are submitting testimony for this hearing in the subject line of the e-mail. The record will close at the end of the business day on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. 2