[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 10399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4628]
[[Page 10399]]
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. N-95-3862; FR-3846-N-03]
Funding Availability for Fiscal Year 1995 for Innovative Project
Funding Under the Innovative Homeless Initiatives Demonstration
Program; Notice of Waiver
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of waiver.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a waiver, granted by the Secretary, of
the minimum 30-day application period required under section 102(a) of
the HUD Reform Act for the Innovative Homeless Initiatives
Demonstration, which was announced in the Federal Register notice,
published on January 25, 1995 (60 FR 4996). A notice extending the
deadline for applications was published in the Federal Register on
January 27, 1995 (60 FR 5434).
DATES: February 24, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Pollack, Director, Program
Development Division, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs,
Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 7262, Washington, DC
20410. Telephone (202) 708-1234 (voice) or (202) 708-9300 or 1-800-877-
8339 (only the 800 number is a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 102(a) of the HUD Reform Act (42
U.S.C. 3545(a)) sets out the requirements for notice to the public
regarding assistance available from HUD. Section 102(a)(3) requires
Federal Register publication of selection criteria not less than 30
days before the deadline for applications or requests for assistance.
On January 25, 1995, the Department announced the availability of $25
million in funds under the Innovative Homeless Initiatives
Demonstration Program, which was authorized by the HUD Demonstration
Act of 1993 (Pub.L. 103-120, approved October 27, 1993). The January
25, 1995 notice (NOFA) announced that all applications received at HUD
Headquarters, Office of Community Planning and Development, at the
address shown in the Addresses section of the January 25, 1995 NOFA by
6 p.m. local time on February 6, 1995, would be considered for funding.
In a notice published in the Federal Register on January 27, 1995 (60
FR 5434), the application deadline date was extended until 6:00 p.m.
local time on February 13, 1995, with the same requirements as listed
above. The time period was less than the 30-day minimum application
requirement under section 102(a)(3).
Section 102(a)(5) of the Reform Act permits the Secretary to waive
the minimum 30-day application period ``if the Secretary determines
that the waiver is required for appropriate response to an emergency.''
The Secretary is also required to publish, in the Federal Register, his
reasons for granting such a waiver.
The Department established a short application period for this NOFA
in an effort to make funding quickly available to applicants who are in
need of funding to assist homeless persons, especially during this time
when harsh weather conditions necessitate greater and more immediate
assistance to homeless persons. The Secretary determined that the
continuing tragedy of homelessness, the desperate need for innovative
solutions, the availability of funding under the Innovative Homeless
Initiatives Demonstration, the unprecedented demand for assistance from
HUD to fight homelessness, and the harsh weather conditions, when
considered in combination, demonstrate that an emergency existed that
justified the granting of a waiver of the 30-day application period
required under section 102 of the HUD Reform Act.
Dated: February 21, 1995.
Henry G. Cisneros,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-4628 Filed 2-23-95; 8:45 am]
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