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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
[Docket No. N-94-3636; FR-3501-N-05]
Notice of Fund Availability for HOPE for Public and Indian
Housing Homeownership Program (HOPE 1); Amendment to NOFA and
Announcement of Funding Awards
AGENCY: Offices of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This Notice announces that the amount of funds made available
for implementation grants for the HOPE 1 under the NOFA published
August 2, 1993 was increased by $1,087,628 using HOPE 1 funds
previously awarded for planning and implementation grants in FY 1992
that either were not obligated or were deobligated. In addition, HUD is
announcing through this Notice that it extended the deadline for
submission of responses to deficiency letters in the HOPE 1 program for
those applicants located within the jurisdiction of HUD's former Region
Three (since renamed the Mid-Atlantic Region) who were adversely
affected in their preparation of responses to deficiency letters as a
result of the extraordinarily severe winter weather and consequent
office closings during the period January 14-28, 1994. Finally, in
accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this Notice announces the funding
award decisions made by the Department for the HOPE 1 program. The
announcement contains the names and addresses of the award winners and
the amount of the awards.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20410: Gary Van
Buskirk, Office of Resident Initiatives, room 4112, telephone (202)
708-4233. 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. (Telephone numbers, other than ``800'' TDD numbers, are not
toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Purpose and Substantive Description
The HOPE 1 program is authorized by title III of the U.S. Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa), which was added by section 411 of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Pub. L. 101-625,
approved November 28, 1990) (NAHA). The law was subsequently amended by
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550,
approved October 28, 1992) (1992 Act).
On August 2, 1993 (58 FR 41126), the Department published a NOFA
announcing the availability of $182,047,160 in funding for
implementation grants for the HOPE for Public and Indian Housing
Homeownership Program (HOPE 1). On September 1, 1993 (58 FR 46209), the
Department published an amendment to the NOFA increasing the funding
being made available by $24,000,000 from $182,047,160 to $206,047,160
due to the conclusion of the processing of a reprogramming request. The
funds were appropriated by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriation
Acts for fiscal year 1992 (Pub. L. 102-139, approved October 28, 1991)
and fiscal year 1993 (Pub. L. 102-389, approved October 6, 1992). In
its Fiscal Year 1994 appropriations bill for the Department of Housing
and Urban Development, Congress rescinded $45,000,000 from the amounts
remaining available for the HOPE 1 program under the Department's
fiscal year 1992 appropriation (Pub. L. 102-139) and $130,000,000 from
the amounts remaining available under the Department's fiscal year 1993
appropriation (Pub. L. 102-389) for a total rescission of $175,000,000
in the amount of funds made available under the previously published
NOFA and amendment. After the rescission, $31,047,160 remained to fund
applications pursuant to the NOFA.
On April 13, 1994 (59 FR 17560), the Department published a Notice
of award based on procedural error announcing the award of $24,882,854
to the New Community Corporation in Newark, New Jersey based on a
procedural error. The Department allocated $9,692,854 of the
$31,047,160 available under the NOFA to partially fund the New
Community Corporation application. The remainder of the New Community
Corporation application was funded using amounts appropriated in 1994.
After the award announcement, $21,354,306 remained available to fund
applications pursuant to the NOFA.
This Notice announces that the amount of funds remaining available
for implementation grants for the HOPE 1 under the NOFA was increased
from $21,354,306 by $1,087,628 using HOPE 1 funds previously awarded
for planning and implementation grants in FY 1992 that either were not
obligated or were deobligated. After taking all of the adjustments into
account, the total amount available for funding the grants announced by
this Notice was $22,441,934.
This Notice also announces that HUD extended the deadline for
submission of responses to deficiency letters in the HOPE 1 program for
those applicants located within the jurisdiction of HUD's former Region
Three (since renamed the Mid-Atlantic Region) who were adversely
affected in their preparation of responses to deficiency letters as a
result of the extraordinarily severe winter weather and consequent
office closings during the period January 14-28, 1994. For qualified
applicants, the deadline for submitting responses to deficiency letters
was extended from January 28 to February 4, 1994.
In order to qualify for an extension of the deadline for submitting
a response to a deficiency letter for Implementation Grants under the
HOPE 1 program, the following requirements had to have been met:
(A) The applicant must have submitted a certification with its
response to its deficiency letter describing the reasons which justify
a delayed submission pursuant to this Notice; and
(B) HUD must have determined that the certification adequately
demonstrated that the applicant's ability to prepare or submit the
required response to a deficiency letter was substantially impaired as
a result of the extraordinarily severe winter weather and consequent
office closings during the period January 14-28, 1994. Once HUD
approved the certification, the application would be accepted for
review.
Only one applicant requested an extension of the deadline for
responding to deficiency letters and complied with the requirements:
The Housing Authority of the County of Chester in Pennsylvania. HUD
accepted the Housing Authority of the County of Chester's deficiency
response and continued to process its application in accordance with
the established procedures for the HOPE 1 program.
In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement
also notifies the public of funding award decisions made by the
Department for the HOPE 1 program. The announcement contains the names
and addresses of the award winners and the amount of the awards. This
information is provided in appendix A to this document.
Dated: May 20, 1994.
Joseph Shuldiner,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
Appendix A.-- Recipients of HOPE 1 Implementation Grant Awards for FY
1993
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Amount of
Applicant name City award
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Westbrook Housing Authority... Westbrook, ME........... $717,000
Housing Authority of the City Hartford, CT............ 1,669,140
of Hartford.
New York City Housing New York, NY............ 5,671,800
Authority.
Petersburg Redevelopment and Petersburg, VA.......... 1,257,725
Housing Authority.
Housing Authority of Greene Eutaw, AL............... 3,296,266
County.
Housing Authority of the City Evansville, IN.......... 348,381
of Evansville.
Housing Authority of St. Louis St. Louis, MO........... 1,736,625
County.
Housing Authority of the City Lubbock, TX............. 1,750,000
of Lubbock.
Housing Authority of the City Pueblo, CO.............. 312,438
of Pueblo.
Housing Authority of the Bakersfield, CA......... 4,453,759
County of Kern.
Lummi Indian Business Council. Bellingham, WA.......... 1,228,800
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