98-31663. Announcement of Funding Awards for Intermediaries to Administer Preservation Technical Assistance Grants for FY 1998-1999

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 228 (Friday, November 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65604-65605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31663]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4363-FA-05]


Announcement of Funding Awards for Intermediaries to Administer 
Preservation Technical Assistance Grants for FY 1998-1999

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of funding awards.

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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 of funding under the Notice of Funding Availability for 
Intermediaries to Administer Mark-to-Market (M2M) Intermediary 
Technical Assistance Grants (ITAGs). This announcement contains the 
names and addresses of the award winners and the amount of the awards.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arthur Goldstein, Mark-to-Market 
program, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone [phone], ext. 2657 
(this is not a toll-free number). The TTY number for the hearing 
impaired is 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mark-to-Market, Intermediary Technical 
Assistance Grant program is authorized by section 514 of the FY 1998 
HUD Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 105-65, approved October 27, 1997).
    The purpose of the competition was to promote the ability of 
residents of eligible M2M properties to participate meaningfully in the 
M2M process established by section 514 of the FY 1998 HUD 
Appropriations Act.
    The 1998 awards announced in this Notice were selected for funding 
in a competition announced in a Federal Register Notice published on 
April 30, 1998 (63 FR 23933). Applications were scored and selected for 
finding on the basis of selection criteria contained in that Notice.
    A total of $9.0 million has been awarded to three (3) Intermediary 
Technical Assistance Grant applicants. The program covers the entire 
country which has been divided into 5 geographic regions. The three 
applicants that were selected are: Low Income Housing Fund that will 
cover the Southwest (Arizona, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Nevada, 
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas) and Southeast (Alabama, Caribbean, 
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, 
Virginia) regions, Amador Tuolumne will cover the Northwest (Alaska, 
Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, 
Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, 
Wyoming) and Midwest (Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin) regions, and 
Georgetown-National Center for Tenant Ownership will cover the 
Northeast (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, DC,

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Vermont, West Virginia) region. For each region that the applicant has 
been selected for, they will be given $1.8 million to be dispersed as 
grants over a 2-year period.
    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 names, addresses, 
geographic responsibility and amounts of those awards as follows:

Recipients of the Intermediaries To Administer Preservation 
Technical Assistance Grants for FY 1998-1999

Amador Toulumne Community Action Agency: $3.6 million
    935 South State Highway 49, Jackson, CA 95642, Contact: Ms. Diane 
Bennett, Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone]

Geographic Responsibility

    Northwest: Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, 
Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, 
Washington, Wyoming.
    Midwest: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin.

Low Income Housing Fund: $3.6 million
    605 Market Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94105, Contact: Mr. 
John Klein, Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone]

Geographic Responsibility

    Southwest: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Nevada, New 
Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas.
    Southeast: Alabama, Caribbean, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, 
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.

National Center for Tenant: $1.8 million
    Ownership--Georgetown University Law School, 777 N. Capital St., 
NE, Suite 405, Washington, DC 20002-4239, Contact: Mr. Peter Clare, 
Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone]

Geographic Responsibility

    Northeast: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, 
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, 
Washington, DC, Vermont, West Virginia.

    Dated: November 23, 1998.
William C. Apgar,
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 98-31663 Filed 11-25-98; 8:45 am]
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