[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1941]
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Part VI
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Notice of Annual Factors for Determining Public Housing Agency
Administrative Fees for the Section 8 Rental Voucher, Rental
Certificate and Moderate Rehabilitation Programs; Notice
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 17 / Tuesday, January 27, 1998 /
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4290-N-01]
Notice of Annual Factors for Determining Public Housing Agency
Administrative Fees for the Section 8 Rental Voucher, Rental
Certificate and Moderate Rehabilitation Programs
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of factors for determining public housing agency
administrative fees for operation of the Section 8 rental voucher,
rental certificate and moderate rehabilitation (including moderate
rehabilitation single room occupancy and shelter plus care single room
occupancy) programs.
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SUMMARY: This Notice transmits the schedule of monthly per unit fee
amounts for use in determining the on-going administrative fee for
housing agencies (HAs) administering the rental voucher, rental
certificate and moderate rehabilitation programs during Federal Fiscal
Year 1998. The procedures for calculating the earned administrative
fees will be issued in an ensuing Notice.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Procedures in this Notice will be used to review and
approve the administrative fees stated in the HA's year-end financial
statements for appropriateness for HA fiscal years ending on December
31, 1997; March 31, 1998; June 30, 1998; and September 30, 1998. These
procedures may also be used to project earned administrative fees in
the annual HA budget. This Notice applies to that portion of the HA
fiscal year that falls within Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 (October 1,
1997 to September 30, 1998).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerald J. Benoit, Senior Program
Advisor, Office of Public and Assisted Housing Program Delivery,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 4220, 451 Seventh
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410-8000, telephone number (202) 708-0477.
Hearing or speech impaired individuals may call HUD's TDD number (202)
708-4594. (These numbers are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
The information collection requirements contained in this notice
have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), under
section 3204 (h) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), and have been assigned OMB control number 2577-0149. An
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information unless the collection displays
a valid control number.
I. Purpose and Substantive Description
(a) The HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year
1997 (P.L. 104-204) changed the method to be used in calculating HA
administrative fees (see PIH Notice 97-11 issued March 11, 1997). The
HA earns an administrative fee for the rental voucher, rental
certificate, and moderate rehabilitation programs based on the total
number of units under a housing assistance payments contract. This
includes the moderate rehabilitation single room occupancy and shelter
plus care single room occupancy programs.
The law also provides that HUD may approve preliminary fees of $500
per unit for the initial funding increment for the cost of expenses the
HAs incur in the first year an HA administers a tenant-based rental
voucher or rental certificate program. This provision applies to HAs
that did not administer a tenant-based rental voucher or certificate
program before September 26, 1996. The law does not provide for
preliminary fees for the regular moderate rehabilitation program or the
moderate rehabilitation single room occupancy program or the moderate
rehabilitation shelter plus care single room occupancy program.
Additional administrative fees may be approved by HUD Headquarters
for costs incurred in assisting families who experience difficulty in
obtaining appropriate housing and for extraordinary costs as determined
by HUD Headquarters.
II. Method to Determine Per Unit On-Going Administrative Fee
(a) Published Fee Amounts
The following is a schedule of monthly per unit fee amounts to be
used by HAs in preparing annual operating budgets and by HUD in
approving fiscal year-end financial statements. The tables are
organized by the HUD established fair market rent areas and show the
monthly fee amounts a HA will earn for each unit under a housing
assistance payments contract on the first day of the applicable month.
HUD determined the per-unit monthly fee amounts using Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) data on local government wages (ES 202 Series).
HUD adjusted the FY 97 monthly administrative fee per unit to develop
the FY 98 administrative fee, effective for units assisted during the
period from October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998. The FY 98
administrative fee is calculated by multiplying the administrative fee
amounts published in the Federal Register on March 12, 1997, by the
percentage of change in the government wages using the most recent BLS
data.
III. Monthly Fee Schedule
(a) Column A: Fees for 600 Units or Less
The amount in column A is the monthly per unit fee amount to be
applied to the first 7,200 unit months (600 units) for the rental
certificate and rental voucher programs combined and the first 7,200
unit months (600 units) for housing assistance payment contracts a HA
has executed for moderate rehabilitation, including the moderate
rehabilitation single room occupancy program and the shelter plus care
single room occupancy program, during Federal FY 98 (October 1, 1997 to
September 30, 1998).
Based on the applicable fiscal year end (FYE), a HA must use the
following number of unit months to calculate its ongoing administrative
fee for FY 98:
FYE December 31--1st quarter FY 98--Up to 1,800 unit months
FYE March 31--2nd quarter FY 98--Up to 3,600 unit months
FYE June 30--3rd quarter FY 98--Up to 5,400 unit months
FYE September 30--4th quarter FY 98--Up to 7,200 unit months
(b) Column B: Fees for Units in Excess of 600 Units
The amount in column B must be used to determine the administrative
fee for FY 98 unit months in excess of the administrative fees for the
first 600 units, for which fees were calculated in accordance with
paragraph (a). The excess unit months, based on the HA's FYE and the
number of rental voucher, rental certificate, and moderate
rehabilitation units under housing assistance payment contracts during
FY 98, are multiplied by the monthly fee per unit in column B. Column A
and column B are not used for HA-owned units.
(c) Column C: Fees for HA-Owned Units
The monthly per unit fee amount in column C will be multiplied by
the number of unit months available for the rental voucher, rental
certificate, and moderate rehabilitation units owned by the HA and that
are under housing assistance payments contracts during Federal FY 98.
Column A and column B fee amounts are not used for HA-owned units.
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(d) Future Year Publication Date
For subsequent fiscal years, HUD will publish an annual Notice in
the Federal Register establishing the monthly per unit fee amounts for
use in determining the on-going administrative fees for HAs operating
the rental voucher, rental certificate and moderate rehabilitation
programs in each metropolitan and each non-metropolitan fair market
rent area for that Federal fiscal year. The annual change in the per-
unit-month fee amounts will be based on changes in wage data or other
objectively measurable data, as determined by HUD, that reflect the
costs of administering the program.
The amounts shown on the attached schedule do not reflect the
authority given to HUD to approve additional fees if necessary to
reflect extraordinary expenses such as the higher costs of
administering small programs and programs operating over large
geographic areas or expenses incurred because of difficulties some
categories of families are having in finding appropriate housing. HUD
will consider HA requests for such increased Section 8 administrative
fees. Furthermore, the amounts shown do not include preliminary fees.
Accordingly, the Department publishes the monthly per unit fee
amounts to be used for determining HA administrative fees under the
rental voucher, rental certificate and moderate rehabilitation programs
as set forth on the following schedule:
IV. Findings and Certifications
Environmental Impact
In accordance with 24 CFR 50.19(c)(6) of the HUD regulations, the
policies and procedures contained in this notice set forth rate
determinations and related external administrative requirements and
procedures which do not constitute a development decision that affects
the physical condition of specific project areas or building sites, and
therefore are categorically excluded from the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act.
Executive Order 12612, Federalism
The General Counsel, as the Designated Official under section 6(a)
of Executive Order 12612, Federalism, has determined that the policies
contained in this notice will not have substantial direct effects on
States or their political subdivisions, or the relationship between the
Federal government and the States, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various levels of government. As a result,
the notice is not subject to review under the Order. The notice
pertains to the determination of administrative fees for HAs
administering the rental voucher, rental certificate and moderate
rehabilitation programs during Federal FY 98, and does not alter the
established roles of the Department, the States, and local governments.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number for this program
is 14.850.
Dated: January 13, 1998.
Kevin Emanuel Marchman,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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[FR Doc. 98-1941 Filed 1-26-98; 8:45 am]
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