E9-14628. Notice of Availability: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Housing Counseling Program

AGENCY:

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

HUD announces the availability on its Web site of the applicant information, submission deadlines, funding criteria and other requirements for HUD's Housing Counseling Program NOFA for FY2009. Approximately $58 million appropriated under the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 111-8, approved March 11, 2009) for HUD's Housing Counseling Program is available through this NOFA. Applicants for HUD's Housing Counseling Program must address the requirements established by HUD's Fiscal Year 2009 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Policy Requirements and General Section to HUD's FY2009 NOFAs for Discretionary Programs (General Section) published on December 29, 2008 (73 FR 79548), as amended April 16, 2009 (74 FR 17685). Applicants should take particular note that they must follow the application instructions contained in the FY2009 Housing Counseling NOFA and not use those in the General Section. The notice providing information regarding the application process, funding criteria and eligibility requirements is available on the HUD Web site at http://www.hud.gov/​offices/​adm/​grants/​fundsavail.cfm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions regarding specific program requirements should be directed to the agency contact identified in the program NOFA. Questions regarding the 2009 General Section should be directed to the Office of Departmental Grants Management and Oversight at 202-708-0667 (this is not a toll-free number) or the NOFA Information Center at 1-800-HUD-8929 (toll-free). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access these numbers via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

Dated: June 12, 2009.

Brian D. Montgomery,

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner.