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Part V
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing
Commissioner
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Notice of Funding Availability for Intermediaries To Administer
Preservation Technical Assistance Grants: Limited Reissuance; Notice
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing
Commissioner
[Docket No. N-94-3719; FR-3473-N-04]
NOFA for Intermediaries To Administer Preservation Technical
Assistance Grants: Limited Reissuance
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of funding availability.
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SUMMARY: The Department previously published a NOFA requesting
applications from intermediaries seeking to administer technical
assistance grant funds as described in an April 6, 1994, Federal
Register publication (59 FR 16366). In that NOFA, the Department
requested applications from intermediaries to administer funds on a
State-by-State basis; it also requested applications from any
intermediary interested in administering funds as a national
intermediary to cover States for which acceptable State and regional
intermediaries had not applied. The selection process for the April 6,
1994, NOFA is complete. However, because no national intermediary was
selected and the Department is now aware of intermediaries interested
in administering these grant funds in geographic areas not covered by
selections under the April 6, 1994, NOFA, the Department is reissuing
the NOFA for intermediaries interested in administering funds in those
uncovered areas (a copy of that NOFA is included in the application
kit). In addition, the Department is establishing a mandatory training
program for intermediaries selected under the NOFA.
DATES: The deadline for submission of intermediary applications under
the reissued NOFA is 4:30 p.m.(EST) on December 8, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Application kits for intermediaries contain a copy of the
NOFA and may be obtained from the Multifamily Housing Clearinghouse,
P.O. Box 6424, Rockville, MD 20850, telephone 1-800-685-8470. Completed
applications must be physically received in the Preservation Division,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 6284, 451 Seventh
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410, by the submission deadline.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Mulholland, Acting Chief,
Affordable Housing Branch, Preservation Division, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, Room 6164, 451 Seventh Street, NW, Washington,
DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-2300. To provide service for persons who
are hearing- or speech-impaired, this number may be reached via TDD by
dialing the Federal Information Relay Service on 1-800-877-TDDY (1-800-
877-8339) or 202-708-9300. (Except for the ``800'' number, telephone
numbers are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Substantive Description
The funding made available under this NOFA is authorized by section
312 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-
550, approved October 28, 1992), in order to provide assistance to
resident groups and Community-Based Nonprofit Housing Developers (CBDs)
involved in projects proceeding under the provisions of the Emergency
Low-Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 (title II of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1987; Pub. L. 100-242, approved
February 5, 1988) (ELIHPA) or the Low Income Housing Preservation and
Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (title VI of the National Affordable
Housing Act (NAHA); Pub. L. 101-625, approved November 28, 1990)
(LIHPRHA).
On April 6, 1994, the Department published a NOFA requesting
applications from intermediaries seeking to administer technical
assistance grant funds (59 FR 16366). The requirements of the April 6,
1994, NOFA are incorporated into this reissuance, except for Section
II.C, ``Allocation and Funding,'' and Section III.B, ``Fees.'' Both
Sections II.C and III.B have been revised to encourage additional
intermediary applicants in certain geographic areas to apply for funds.
The Department is also adding a training requirement, whereby selected
intermediaries will be required to attend an intermediary training
session in Washington, D.C.
The April 6, 1994, NOFA has a complete description of the authority
and background, eligibility of intermediaries, intermediary
responsibilities, and program requirements for technical assistance
applicants applying for funds through selected intermediaries (see
Appendix A of the April 6 NOFA).
Because the intermediary program is already in place,
intermediaries applying for funds under this reissuance will be given
only 30 days to submit applications. Likewise, the Department will
review and approve applications in 30 days. The following are the
States and territories for which the Department is seeking additional
intermediaries and the amounts (rounded) that are available in each of
those areas:
ALASKA................................................ 67,807.00
ARIZONA............................................... 524,817.01
ARKANSAS.............................................. 793,800.05
CARIBBEAN............................................. 396,854.21
COLORADO.............................................. 725,901.42
DELAWARE.............................................. 67,807.00
FLORIDA............................................... 2,480,819.88
GEORGIA............................................... 911,316.91
HAWAII................................................ 396,854.21
IDAHO................................................. 652,779.82
IOWA.................................................. 509,148.10
KENTUCKY.............................................. 1,135,904.69
LOUISIANA............................................. 778,131.14
MAINE................................................. 156,597.52
MISSISSIPPI........................................... 224,496.15
MISSOURI (EAST)....................................... 156,597.52
MONTANA............................................... 164,431.97
NEBRASKA.............................................. 300,229.24
NEVADA................................................ 214,050.20
NEW HAMPSHIRE......................................... 156,597.52
NORTH DAKOTA.......................................... 289,783.29
OKLAHOMA.............................................. 422,969.07
SOUTH CAROLINA........................................ 1,156,796.58
SOUTH DAKOTA.......................................... 600,550.10
TEXAS................................................. 3,253,819.68
UTAH.................................................. 310,675.18
VIRGIN ISLANDS........................................ 33,857.68
WEST VIRGINIA......................................... 133,094.14
WYOMING............................................... 185,323.86
Total............................................. 17,201,811.15
Training
The Department will conduct a two-day training program for
intermediaries selected under both this NOFA and the April 6, 1994
NOFA. At least one staff person from each selected intermediary will be
required to attend. The Department will reimburse each intermediary for
allowable expenses related to attendance by its staff person. The
intermediary, at its option, may send an additional staff person;
however the Department will not reimburse the intermediary for expenses
related to attendance of the additional person.
Accordingly, FR Doc. 94-8065, NOFA for Intermediaries to Administer
Preservation Technical Assistance Grants, published on April 6, 1994
(59 FR 16366), is amended as follows:
1. On page 16372, in the second column, the first paragraph of
Section II.C, ``Allocation and Funding,'' is amended by adding two new
sentences after the third sentence, to read as follows:
C. Allocation and Funding
* * * However, the Department will guarantee sufficient funds for
each State to cover Intermediary start-up fees, in accordance with
Section III.B (``Fees'') of this NOFA. Also, to the extent necessary,
the Department may maintain a reserve of funds to assure the
availability of funds in geographic areas where there is the potential
for Preservation activity, but no such activity currently exists.
* * * * *
2. On page 16373, in the first column, the first paragraph of
Section III.B, ``Fees,'' is revised to read as follows:
B. Fees
Each selected intermediary will receive processing fees. The fees
will include a start-up fee. For any intermediary that was selected
under the April 6, 1994, NOFA (59 FR 16366) to administer funds and
that seeks, under the November 8, 1994, reissuance of the NOFA, to
expand its coverage and administer funds in additional States, the
start-up fee shall include $15,000, plus an appropriate adjustment for
the required training of one staff person, under the April 6 NOFA and
an additional $5,000 per State under the November 8, 1994, reissuance
of the NOFA. For any intermediary that did not receive funds under the
April 6 NOFA and that applies under the November 8, 1994, reissuance of
the NOFA to administer funds for one State or an area smaller than one
State, the start-up fee shall be $15,000. For any intermediary that did
not receive funds under the April 6 NOFA and that applies under the
November 8, 1994, reissuance of the NOFA to administer funds in more
than one State, the start-up fee will be $15,000 for the first State
and $5,000 for each additional State in which the intermediary is
selected to administer funds. These fees are based on the intermediary
performing the following activities: announcing the availability of
grant funds; producing and distributing application kits; accepting,
reviewing and approving and/or rejecting grant applications; executing
grant agreements; disbursing grant funds; monitoring the grantees'
activities under the grant award; monitoring compliance with the grant
agreement through the term of the grant; and maintaining documentation
of grant activities for the Department's monitoring of the
intermediary.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).
Dated: November 2, 1994.
Nicolas P. Retsinas,
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 94-27642 Filed 11-7-94; 8:45 am]
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