2012-1511. Announcement of Funding Awards for the Assisted Living Conversion Program; Fiscal Year 2010

AGENCY:

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION:

Announcement of funding awards.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with section 102 (a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Assisted Living Conversion Program (ALCP). This announcement contains the names of the grantees and the amounts of the awards made available by HUD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Aretha Williams, Acting Director, Office of Housing Assistance and Grant Administration, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; telephone [phone] (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing- and speech-impaired persons may access this number via TTY by calling the Federal Relay Service toll-free at 1-[phone]. For general information on this and other HUD programs, visit the HUD Web site at http://www.hud.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The ALCP is authorized by Section 202b of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q-2) and the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117 approved December 16, 2009).

The competition was announced in the SuperNOFA published in the Federal Register on January 24, 2010. Applications were rated and selected for funding on the basis of selection criteria contained in that Notice.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program is 14.314.

The Assisted Living Conversion Program is designed to provide funds to private nonprofit Owners to convert their projects (that is, projects funded under Section 202, Section 8 project-based [including Rural Housing Services' Section 515], Section 221(d)(3) BMIR, Section 236, and unused and underutilized commercial properties) to assisted living facilities. Grant funds are used to convert the units and related space for the assisted living facility.

A total of $23,690,096 was awarded to 7 projects for 183 units nationwide. In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987. 42 U.S.C. 3545), the Department is publishing the grantees and amounts of the awards in Appendix A of this document.

Dated: January 19, 2012.

Carol J. Galante,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.

Appendix A

List of Awardees

Fiscal Year 2010 Assisted Living Conversion Program

Connecticut

New Haven, New Haven Jewish Federation Housing Corporation, $2,855,069.

Norwalk , King's Daughter and Sons, $2,836,302.

Indiana

Avilla, Laverna Terrace Housing, $2,251,361.

Minneapolis

Rochester, High Pointe a/k/a Rochester VOA Elderly, $2,005,760.

Saint Paul, Seabury, $1,310,020.

New York

Syracuse, Bernardine Apartments, $8,587,883.

Ohio

Johnstown, NCR of Johnstown, $3,573,701.