[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7702]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4448-N-02]
Notice of Funding Availability for the Welfare-to-Work Section 8
Tenant-Based Assistance Program for Fiscal Year 1999; Technical
Correction
AGENCY: Office of Public and Indian Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA); technical correction.
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SUMMARY: On January 28, 1999, at 64 FR 4496, HUD published a NOFA that
announced Fiscal Year (FY) 1999 funding of approximately $248.2 million
to provide tenant-based rental assistance that will help eligible
families make the transition from welfare to work. This notice makes
technical corrections to that NOFA to remove an inconsistent
requirement and clarify the eligibility of applicants for funding.
DATES: The original April 28, 1999 application deadline date and time
is not changed. Please see the January 28, 1998 NOFA for specific
details.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For answers to your questions, you may
contact the Public and Indian Housing Information and Resource Center
at 1-800-955-2232, or contact the Director of Public Housing, the
Program Center Coordinator or the Office of Native American Program
Administrator in your local HUD Office. Hearing-or speech-impaired
individuals may call HUD's TTY number (202) 708-0770 or 1-800-877-8339
(the Federal Information Relay Service TTY). (Other than the ``800''
number, these numbers are not toll-free.) Information can also be
accessed via the Internet through the HUD web site at http://
www.hud.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) that
announced HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 1999 Welfare-to-Work (WTW) Section 8
Tenant-Based Assistance Program funding of approximately $248.2 million
was published on January 28, 1999 (64 FR 4496). This notice clarifies
the program compliance and subcontractor designation requirements in
section IV of that FY 1999 WTW NOFA. The introductory text of section
IV.(E) is made consistent with paragraph IV.(E)(2)(b) by requiring a
statement that outlines steps to resolve compliance instead of a
proposal for management improvements. The term ``unaddressed'' is added
to modify the conditions listed in paragraphs IV.(E)(1)(a) and
redesignated IV.(E)(1)(b), as explained below, that trigger the
compliance requirements.
Finally, the provision in paragraph IV.(E)(1)(b), which appears to
be inconsistent with the threshold requirement at paragraph V.(B)(6, is
removed. Paragraph IV.(E)(1)(b) would trigger the compliance
requirements if the applicant demonstrated ``[s]erious underutilization
evidenced by fewer than 85 percent of budgeted rental certificates or
vouchers under lease''. The threshold requirement at paragraph V.(B)(6)
would require an applicant to demonstrate a 90 percent leasing rate to
be eligible for funding. To avoid any confusion that the designation of
a subcontractor may make eligible an applicant that does not meet the
90 percent leasing rate threshold, paragraph IV.(E)(1)(b) is removed,
and paragraph IV.(E)(1)(c) is redesignated as paragraph IV.(E)(1)(b).
Accordingly, FR Doc. 99-1985, the FY 1999 Welfare-to-Work (WTW)
Section 8 Tenant-Based Assistance Program NOFA, published in the
Federal Register on January 28, 1999 (64 FR 4496) is amended on page
4498, in column 2, by revising the introductory text and paragraph
IV.(E)(1)(a), removing paragraph IV.(E)(1)(b), redesignating paragraph
IV.(E)(1)(c) as paragraph IV.(E)(1)(b) and revising redesignated
paragraph IV.(E)(1)(b), to read as follows:
(E) Program Compliance and Designation of Subcontractor.
Immediately after the publication of this NOFA, the local HUD field
office will notify, in writing, those HAs that are not eligible to
apply without a subcontractor acceptable to HUD and a statement that
outlines the steps being taken to resolve the compliance problems, as
explained in this section.
(1) * * *
(a) Unaddressed material weaknesses or reportable conditions
outstanding from Inspector General audit findings, or HUD management
review findings for one or more of your Section 8 rental voucher,
rental certificate or moderate rehabilitation programs; or
(b) Significant unaddressed findings in program compliance reviews.
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Dated: March 23, 1999.
Harold Lucas,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 99-7702 Filed 3-29-99; 8:45 am]
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