The Mayor may authorize an expenditure for repairs to a home which a recipient of TANF, POWER, or GAC owns or is buying, when there has been no assignment or transfer to the District of such property, if:
(1) A determination has been made that: (A) The home is so defective that continued occupancy is not warranted;(B) Unless repairs are made the recipient would have to move to rental quarters; and(C) The rental cost of quarters for the recipient and his family over a period of 2 years would exceed the cost of repairs needed to make the home habitable together with other costs attributable to continued occupancy of the home; and(2) There has been no expenditure for repairs prior to the determination described in paragraph (1) of this section. Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 1101, 29 DCR 1060; Mar. 20, 1998, D.C. Law 12-60, § 701(v), 44 DCR 7378; Apr. 20, 1999, D.C. Law 12-241, § 2(mmm), 46 DCR 905.Application of Law 12-60: Section 2002 of D.C. Law 12-60 provided that the act shall apply as of October 1, 1997.