Placement of first-priority homeless families.

(a) When funds that have been allocated for tenant-based assistance under § 6-228 are made available because a family that has been receiving tenant-based assistance no longer requires or has become ineligible for the assistance, the Mayor and the District of Columbia Housing Authority shall use those funds to provide tenant-based assistance to homeless families referred by the Department of Human Services and determined to have first priority to shelter pursuant to 29 DCMR § 2508.01(a)(1). The referrals shall be made in accordance with the special eligibility criteria set forth in 29 DCMR § 2556 through 29 DCMR § 2558.

(b) Funding for tenant-based assistance that has been made available due to reasons other than the circumstances described in subsection (a) of this section shall not be subject to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.