[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33952-33957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16249]
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Part II
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Notice of Fiscal Year 1997 Funding for the Section 8 Rental Certificate
and Rental Voucher Programs; Notice
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 120 / Monday, June 23, 1997 /
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4220-N-01]
Notice of Fiscal Year 1997 Funding for the Section 8 Rental
Certificate and Rental Voucher Programs
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 funding for the Section 8
Rental Certificate and Rental Voucher Programs.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides general information about the Section 8
certificate and voucher program budget authority made available by
HUD's FY 1997 Appropriations Act and additional carryover budget
authority that is available for use in FY 1997. This notice also
describes the application process for making these Section 8 funds
available to public housing agencies (HAs), including Indian housing
authorities, during FY 1997 (October 1, 1996 to September 30, 1997).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerald J. Benoit, Director, Operations
Division, Office of Rental Assistance, Office of Public and Indian
Housing, Room 4220, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20410-8000, telephone (202) 708-
0477. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may call HUD's TTY
number (202) 708-4594, or the Federal Information Relay Service at
(800) 877-8339. (With the exception of the ``800'' number, these
telephone numbers are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Promoting Comprehensive Approaches to Housing and Community Development
HUD is interested in promoting comprehensive, coordinated
approaches to housing and community development. Economic development,
community development, public housing revitalization, homeownership,
assisted housing for special needs populations, supportive services,
and welfare-to-work initiatives can work better if linked at the local
level. Toward this end, HUD in recent years has developed the
Consolidated Planning process designed to help communities undertake
such approaches.
In this spirit, it may be helpful for applicants under this NOFA to
be aware of related HUD NOFAs, other than those specifically mentioned
above, that have recently been published or are expected to be
published in the near future. By reviewing these NOFAs with respect to
their program purposes and the eligibility of applicants and
activities, applicants may be able to relate the activities proposed
for funding under this NOFA to the recent and upcoming NOFAs and to the
community's Consolidated Plan.
In addition to today's notice of funding, HUD has recently
published four other NOFAs regarding housing revitalization. On April
14, 1997 (62 FR 18242), HUD published in the Federal Register the NOFA
for the Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE VI).
On May 1, 1997 (62 FR 23928), HUD published the NOFA for the
Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program. On June 3, 1997, HUD
published the Lead-based Paint Hazard Reduction NOFA (62 FR 30380) and
the Public Housing Demolition NOFA (62 FR 30402).
To foster comprehensive, coordinated approaches by communities, HUD
intends for the remainder of FY 1997 to continue to alert applicants to
upcoming and recent NOFAs as each NOFA is published. In addition, a
complete schedule of NOFAs to be published during the fiscal year and
those already published appears under the HUD Homepage on the Internet,
which can be accessed at http://www.hud.gov/nofas.html. HUD may
consider additional steps on NOFA coordination for FY 1998.
For help in obtaining a copy of your community's Consolidated Plan,
please contact the community development office of your municipal
government.
I. FY 1997 Section 8 Certificate and Voucher Unit Funding Categories
and Amounts
This notice provides general information about the Section 8
certificate and voucher program budget authority made available by the
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Pub. L. 104-204,
approved September 26, 1996; 110 Stat. 2874, 2882) and additional
carryover budget authority that is available for use in fiscal year
(FY) 1997. The following are the categories for which Section 8
certificate and voucher funds will be offered during FY 1997 (October
1, 1996 to September 30, 1997): (1) Relocation units for families
currently living in public housing (a) for which the HA has submitted a
demolition/disposition application, or (b) subject to the distressed
public housing conversion requirements of section 202 of the Omnibus
Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-
134, approved April 26, 1996), hereafter referred to as distressed
public housing conversion units; (2) Replacement units in exchange for
the recapture of unused public housing development funds (including
major reconstruction of obsolete projects (MROP) or comprehensive
improvement assistance program (CIAP) funds approved by HUD for
conversion to development usage); (3) Replacement units for (a) public
housing approved by HUD for demolition/disposition, or (b) distressed
public housing conversion units; (4) Units for families currently
living in a Section 23 leased housing project with an HA lease (or HAP
contract if under the Section 23 housing assistance payments program)
expiring during FY 1997; (5) Units for the family unification program;
(6) Family self-sufficiency (FSS) service coordinators; (7) Units for
the relocation of witnesses involved in law enforcement and criminal
prosecution; (8) Units for persons with disabilities in support of
designated public housing allocation plans and preferences for
nonelderly disabled families in certain project-based Section 8
projects; (9) Units for the mainstream program for persons with
disabilities; (10) Units for families currently living in HUD-owned,
Section 8 project-based HAP contract termination, Section 8 project-
based opt-out, and FHA insured prepayment projects; (11) Counseling to
achieve broader housing opportunities; (12) Units for litigation; (13)
Certificate and voucher renewals; and (14) Certificate cost amendments.
The approximate amount of funds and Section 8 units for each category,
identification of the sources for application information, and the
application due dates are summarized in the chart below.
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Approx. funding Approx. No. of Application info Application due
Funding category amount units source date
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1. Public housing relocation.... Category 1, 2 & 3: 12,400 units...... This notice....... 3 p.m. (local FO
$147.5M ($77.5M 2- time) August 22,
yr carryover BA & 1997.
$70M 1-yr HOPE VI
BA).
2. Public housing development See funding See funding This notice....... 3 p.m. (local FO
funds recapture exchange. category 1. category 1. time) August 22,
1997.
3. Public housing replacement... See funding See funding This notice....... 3 p.m. (local FO
category 1. category 1. time) August 22,
1997.
4. Sec. 23 conversions.......... $2.8M............. 645 units......... HUD FO............ n/a.
5. Family unification.......... $58.8M............ 6,400 units....... 4/18/97 NOFA...... 3 p.m. (local FO
time)
6/17/97.
6. FSS coordinators............. $15M.............. n/a............... 5/1/97 NOFA....... 3 p.m. (local FO
time)
6/2/97.
7. Witness relocation........... $2M............... 300 units......... Notice PIH-96- n/a.
83(HA) dated 10/
11/96.
8. Designated public housing $50M.............. 8,400 units....... 4/10/97 NOFA...... None, unless later
alloc plans & Sec. 8 project- estab.
based disabled preferences.
9. Mainstream program for $48.5M 5-yr BA.... 2,000 units....... 4/10/97 NOFA...... 3 p.m. (local FO
persons with disabilities. time)
6/9/97.
10. HUD-owned, Sec. 8 project- $176M............. 26,800 units...... HUD FO............ n/a.
based termin & opt-outs, &
prepayment relocation.
11. Counseling.................. $12.4M carry-over n/a............... HUD HQ............ n/a.
2-yr BA.
12. Litigation.................. $30M carryover 2- 1,700 units....... HUD HQ............ n/a.
yr BA.
13. Renewals.................... $2.5B............. n/a............... HUD FO............ n/a.
14. Cost amendments............. $152.2M........... n/a............... HUD FO............ n/a.
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II. Applications for Funding Category 1 (Public Housing Relocation),
Funding Category 2 (Public Housing Development Funds Recapture
Exchange), and Funding Category 3 (Public Housing Replacement)
A. Eligibility for Funding Category 1 (Public Housing Relocation) and
Funding Category 3 (Public Housing Replacement)--Prohibition Against
Receiving Section 8 Relocation or Replacement Assistance if HA Has
Received Other Relocation or Replacement Funds for the Same Unit
To be eligible for funding categories 1 and 3 relocation/
replacement assistance, the HA must not have received Section 8 funds,
public housing development funds, MROP, vacancy consolidation funds,
Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing Grant Program
(hereafter referred to as the HOPE VI program) funds, condemnation
proceeds, or replacement insurance funds for relocation or replacement
housing for the public housing units that are the subject of the
application. For example, if an HA received Section 8 funding for
relocation of a public housing resident living in a public housing unit
to be demolished, the HA is not eligible to receive Section 8
replacement funding for the same unit. Similarly, if an HA received
public housing development funds to replace a demolished public housing
unit, the HA is not eligible to receive either Section 8 relocation or
replacement funding for the same unit.
Receipt of Section 8 relocation assistance does not affect the
eligibility of the HA to receive subsequent HOPE VI replacement
construction funding for the same units.
B. Eligibility for Funding Category 1 (Public Housing Relocation),
Funding Category 2 (Public Housing Development Funds Recapture
Exchange), and Funding Category 3 (Public Housing Replacement)--
Requirement to Submit a Demolition/Disposition Application and Use
Section 8 Funding by September 30, 1998
To be eligible for funding categories 1 and 3 relocation/
replacement assistance other than the conversion of distressed public
housing units: if a demolition/disposition application has not been
previously submitted or the application previously submitted was
incomplete, the HA must simultaneously submit copies of the initial or
amended demolition/disposition application to the HUD field office and
the appropriate HUD processing center. The demolition application must
be complete and in accordance with 24 CFR part 970. (A demolition/
disposition application is not required for public housing developments
that meet the statutory requirements for the mandatory conversion of
distressed public housing units, as certified by the HA under the terms
of this notice.) To be eligible for funding categories 1, 2, and 3
relocation/replacement assistance, the HA must demonstrate that the
Section 8 certificates or vouchers will be issued by September 30, 1998
or provide good cause justification for an exception to this deadline.
C. Eligibility for Funding Category 1 (Public Housing Relocation),
Funding Category 2 (Public Housing Development Funds Recapture
Exchange), and Funding Category 3 (Public Housing Replacement)--
Ineligibility Due to Civil Rights, Litigation, Inspector General, and
Management Review Findings or Actions
HUD will not process applications that fall into any of the
following categories:
1. There is a pending civil rights suit against the HA instituted
by the Department of Justice, or there is a pending administrative
action for civil rights violations instituted by HUD.
2. There has been an adjudication of a civil rights violation in a
civil action brought against the HA by a private individual, unless the
HA is operating in compliance with a court order or implementing a HUD-
approved resident selection and assignment plan or
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compliance agreement designed to correct the areas of noncompliance.
3. There are outstanding findings of noncompliance with civil
rights statutes, Executive Orders, or regulations, as a result of
formal administrative proceedings, or the Secretary has issued a charge
against the applicant under the Fair Housing Act, unless the applicant
is operating under a conciliation or compliance agreement designed to
correct the areas of noncompliance.
4. HUD has denied application processing under Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and HUD regulations (24 CFR 1.8) or procedures
(HUD Handbook 8040.1), the Attorney General's Guidelines (28 CFR 50.3),
or under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and HUD
regulations (24 CFR 8.57).
5. The HA has: (a) Serious unaddressed, outstanding Inspector
General audit, Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity monitoring and
compliance review, or HUD management review findings for its
certificate or voucher programs; (b) serious underutilization of
certificates or vouchers or certificates not attributable to the 3-
month statutory delay for the reissuance of rental vouchers and
certificates; or (c) significant program compliance problems, unless
the HA application designates a subcontractor acceptable to HUD to
administer the new funding increment on behalf of the HA. The HA's
application must include: (i) An agreement by the subcontractor to
administer the new funding increment and a statement that outlines the
steps the HA is taking to resolve the program findings, or (ii) a
proposal for management improvements that the HA will implement to
remedy the program findings. Immediately after the publication of this
Notice, the HUD field office will notify, in writing, those HAs that
are not eligible to apply without a subcontractor acceptable to HUD or
a proposal for management improvements acceptable to HUD.
6. HUD determines that any pending litigation described in this
section II.C. of this notice may seriously impede the ability of the HA
to administer the certificates or vouchers.
HA Responsibilities: HAs that receive certificate or voucher funds
must affirmatively further fair housing by conducting activities such
as explaining the advantages of moving to an area that does not have a
high concentration of poor families if the family is currently living
in a high poverty census tract in the HA's jurisdiction.
D. Application Deadline for Funding Category 1 (Public Housing
Relocation), Funding Category 2 (Public Housing Development Funds
Recapture Exchange), and Funding Category 3 (Public Housing
Replacement)
Section 8 applications for public housing relocation and
replacement funding categories 1 through 3 must be submitted to the HUD
field office on or before 3 p.m. (local field office time) on August
22, 1997.
E. Application Content for Funding Category 1 (Public Housing
Relocation), Funding Category 2 (Public Housing Development Funds
Recapture Exchange), and Funding Category 3 (Public Housing
Replacement)
1. Application Requirements for all Funding Category 1 (Relocation) and
Funding Category 3 (Replacement) Applications
A Section 8 application for funding categories 1 and 3 must
include: (a) Form HUD-52515, Funding Application for Section 8 Tenant-
Based Assistance dated 9/95; (b) identification of each public housing
development by name, project number, and the number of units by
development being demolished, disposed, or subject to the distressed
public housing conversion requirements; (c) the time schedule for the
issuance of certificates/vouchers and relocation of the public housing
tenants, or the public housing demolition or disposition and the
issuance of certificates/vouchers; (d) except for distressed public
housing conversion applications, the submittal date of the HA's
demolition/disposition application and the actual or anticipated date
of approval of the HA demolition/disposition request; (e) a statement
indicating whether Section 8 funding for relocation or replacement was
previously provided for the public housing units for which the HA is
submitting an application; (f) identification of any funds committed to
the development that could be used for hard replacement of the units;
and (g) a statement indicating whether there is any, and the amount of,
Section 8 funding previously provided by HUD to the HA for relocation
or replacement of any public housing development that is no longer
needed.
2. Requirements for Funding Category 2 Public Housing Development Funds
Recapture Exchange
A Section 8 application for funding category 2 must include: (1)
Form HUD-52515, Funding Application for Section 8 Tenant-Based
Assistance dated 9/95; (2) identification of each public housing
development from which development funds will be recaptured by name,
project number, the number of units and the date that HUD approved the
funds (the HUD field office can assist the HA in determining this
date); (3) the status of development fund usage; (4) an HA Executive
Director agreement that the remaining development funds may be
recaptured by HUD if Section 8 replacement units are provided; and (5)
the time schedule for the issuance of certificates/vouchers.
3. Additional Application Requirements for Funding Category 1
(Relocation) Applications
For relocation applications, the following information is also
required: an assessment of the availability of vacant public housing
units which could be used for relocation, and the extent to which the
HA will use public housing vacancies and Section 8 certificates and
vouchers for relocation.
4. Additional Application Requirements for Funding Category 3
(Replacement) Applications
For replacement applications, the following information is also
required: a statement indicating whether the public housing units were
occupied or vacant at the time of the demolition/disposition approval
or the date of the certification that the development meets the
statutory requirement for distressed public housing conversion (see
discussion on conversion applications below).
5. Additional Application Requirements for Funding Category 1 and
Funding Category 3 Distressed Public Housing Conversion Applications
For conversion-related applications only, the following information
is also required: (a) A dated HA Executive Director certification that
the Section 8 units are being requested for distressed public housing
units that the HA has determined are subject to the conversion
requirements of section 202 of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and
Appropriations Act of 1996; and (b) an HA Executive Director
certification that the distressed public housing units that are the
subject of the replacement housing application will be replaced with
Section 8 certificate or voucher assistance and will not be
rehabilitated and reoccupied as public housing or replaced with new or
acquired public housing units.
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6. Additional Application Requirements for Funding Category 1 and
Funding Category 2 Applications When the HA Has a Pending HOPE VI
Proposal
For applications related to pending (submitted but not yet funded)
HOPE VI proposals only, the following information is also required: A
statement indicating whether the demolition, disposition, or conversion
plans are contingent upon receipt of HOPE VI funds (i.e., whether these
plans will proceed if the HOPE VI program application is not funded).
F. HUD Approval Process for Funding Category 1 (Public Housing
Relocation), Funding Category 2 (Public Housing Development Funds
Recapture Exchange), and Funding Category 3 (Public Housing
Replacement)
1. HUD Field Office Review Actions
Immediately after publication of this notice, the HUD field office
must notify any PHA that is ineligible to apply for certificates or
vouchers unless there is an agreement by a subcontractor acceptable to
HUD to administer the funding increment or a proposal for management
improvements acceptable to HUD. The HUD field office must complete a
Section 8 fund reservation worksheet for each Section 8 application
received, and forward each worksheet to the Operations Division in the
Office of Rental Assistance in Headquarters with a cover memorandum
indicating the status of the HA demolition/disposition request or
distressed public housing conversion; a target date for completion of
the HUD processing center review of any demolition/disposition request
and whether the application is complete, both as confirmed by
contacting Ainars Rodins at (212) 264-1945; an assessment of the
reasonableness of the HA time schedule for issuing certificates/
vouchers and whether it is likely that certificates or vouchers will be
issued by September 30, 1998; an assessment of the reasonableness of
the HA justification of the need for Section 8 relocation resources and
whether the description of public housing vacancies which could be used
as relocation resources is accurate; and an assessment of the accuracy
or reasonableness of any other information submitted by the HA. No
further HUD field office review of the Section 8 application is
necessary except for initiating the Section 213 local government
comment process for funding categories 2 and 3 public housing
replacement applications. (Section 213 reviews are not required for
funding category 1 public housing relocation applications.)
2. HUD Headquarters Funding Actions
HUD headquarters will award the Section 8 funds to HAs for category
1 applications until all category 1 applications are funded, or all the
funds are awarded. If there are insufficient Section 8 funds to approve
all category 1 applications, funding preference will first be given to
relocation applications with the earliest certificate/voucher issuance
date that HUD determines the HA is likely to achieve.
If any funds are remaining after the category 1 fund awards are
decided, HUD will award funds for category 2 applications until all
category 2 applications are funded or all the funds are awarded. If
there are insufficient Section 8 funds to approve all category 2
applications, funding preference will first be given to applications
with the earliest date of public housing development fund approval and,
second, to applications with the earliest certificate/voucher issuance
date that HUD determines the HA is likely to achieve.
If any funds are remaining after the category 2 fund awards are
decided, HUD will award funds for category 3 applications until all
category 3 applications are funded, or all the funds are awarded. If
there are insufficient Section 8 funds to approve all category 3
applications, funding preference will be given first to applications
for replacement units for public housing occupied at the time of the
demolition/disposition approval or the date of the certification that
the public housing development in question meets the statutory
distressed public housing conversion requirements, and second to
applications with the earliest certificate/voucher issuance date that
HUD determines the HA is likely to achieve and HA need as determined by
HUD.
If any funds targeted for funding categories 1, 2, and 3 are
remaining after the category 3 fund awards are decided, HUD will
determine whether to invite additional Section 8 applications (e.g.,
for HOPE VI or distressed public housing conversion relocation/
replacement needs) or award the excess funds for other HOPE VI program
purposes. HUD does not intend to award any remaining category 1, 2, or
3 funds for funding categories 4 through 14 purposes.
3. Rejection or Partial Funding of Applications
HUD may reject an HA Section 8 application if: (a) The application
is incomplete; (b) the application does not meet the category
eligibility criteria specified in this Notice or is otherwise
deficient; or (c) HOPE VI funds were not approved and the HA has
indicated that the demolition, disposition, or conversion plans are
contingent upon receipt of HOPE VI funds. HUD may reject or partially
fund an HA Section 8 application if HUD determines that the HA will not
be able to provide the Section 8 rental assistance to the affected
public housing residents in a timely manner, funds were committed for
hard replacement of the units, the HA has Section 8 funding previously
provided to the HA for public housing relocation/replacement that is no
longer needed, or the HA otherwise does not need the additional funds
(e.g., the HA has vacant public housing units suitable for relocation).
If Section 8 funding previously reserved for relocation or replacement
is no longer needed or will not be used in a timely manner, the FY 1997
Section 8 funding requests may be offset by such amount.
4. Early Approval of Funding Category 1 Relocation Applications
HUD may approve a funding category 1 relocation application prior
to making all funding categories 1, 2, and 3 funding awards when there
is a compelling reason to provide the relocation units quickly.
Summary of Funding Categories 1, 2, and 3 Application Requirements
The funding categories 1, 2, and 3 application requirements are
summarized in the chart below.
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Eligibility Application content
Funding category threshold summary checklist
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1. Public housing relocation HA cannot have Form HUD-52515; ID
previously received proj name, #, & #
relocation or units; C/V
replacement $ for issuance, demo/
same units; except dispo, & relocation
for distressed schedule; demo/
conversions, must dispo applic dates
have submitted a & approval letter;
complete demo/dispo statement re: prior
applic; must Sec. 8 funding for
demonstrate that C/ same units; ID
V will be issued by prior replacement
9/30/98; unless $; ID prior
meet any exception unneeded Sec. 8 $;
criteria, must not statement re:
have civil rights, occupancy status
litigation, IG, & when demo/dispo
mgt review findings approved or
described in this distressed
Notice. conversion certif
submitted;
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ID PH relocation
resources; certif
that units meet
statutory
distressed
conversion
requirements &
certif that units
will not be
reoccupied or
replaced with new
public housing;
HOPE VI statement.
2. Public housing Must demonstrate Form HUD-52515; ID
development funds recapture that C/V will be proj name, proj #,
exchange. issued by 9/30/98; # units & date $
unless meet any approved; PH dev $
exception criteria, usage status;
must not have civil recapture
rights, litigation, agreement; C/V
IG, & mgt review issuance schedule.
findings described
in this Notice.
3. Public housing HA cannot have Form HUD-52515; ID
replacement. previously received proj name, #, & #
reloc or units; C/V
replacement $ for issuance, demo/
same units; except dispo, & relocation
for distressed schedule; demo/
conver, must have dispo applic dates
submitted a & approval letter;
complete demo/dispo statement re: prior
applic; must Sec. 8 funding for
demonstrate that C/ same units; ID
V will be issued by prior replacement
9/30/98; unless $; ID prior
meet any exception unneeded Sec. 8 $;
criteria, must not statement re
have civil rights, occupancy status
litigation, IG, & when demo/dispo
mgt review findings approved or
described in this distressed
Notice. conversion certif
submitted;
Certif that units
meet statutory
distressed
conversion
requirements &
certif that units
will not be
reoccupied or
replaced with new
public housing;
HOPE VI statement.
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III. Applications for Funding Category 4, Section 23 Conversions
Headquarters will allocate certificate funds directly to the HUD
field offices to assist tenants of Section 23 leased housing for which
leases (or HAP contracts, if under the Section 23 housing assistance
payments program) are expiring during FY 1997. An HA that has a Section
23 leased housing project with a lease or HAP contract expiring during
FY 1997 should submit a Section 8 application to the HUD field office.
Funds under this category will be provided on a first-come, first-
served basis.
IV. Applications for Funding Category 5, Family Unification Program
On April 18, 1997 (62 FR 19208), HUD published a NOFA detailing the
application procedures for requesting Section 8 funding for the family
unification program. The FY 1997 competition has been extended
nationwide.
V. Applications for Funding Category 6, FSS Service Coordinators
On May 1, 1997 (62 FR 23912), HUD published a NOFA detailing the
application procedures for requesting funding for Section 8 Family
Self-Sufficiency program coordinators.
VI. Applications for Funding Category 7, Relocation of Witnesses
Involved in Law Enforcement and Criminal Prosecution
HUD will provide funding for vouchers to accommodate requests from
law enforcement agencies for relocation assistance to families that
have cooperated in efforts to combat crime in public, Indian, and other
assisted housing. Notice PIH-96-83(HA), issued October 11, 1996,
specifies the process for obtaining Section 8 funding for witness
relocation purposes.
VII. Applications for Funding Category 8, Designated Public Housing
Allocation Plans and Section 8 Project-Based Disabled Preferences
HUD will provide certificates and vouchers to HAs in connection
with allocation plans for designated public housing developments, and
in connection with certain Section 8 project-based projects. On April
10, 1997 (62 FR 17672), HUD published a NOFA detailing the procedures
for requesting Section 8 funding for these purposes.
VIII. Applications for Funding Category 9, Mainstream Program for
Persons With Disabilities
On April 10, 1997 (62 FR 17666), HUD published a NOFA detailing the
procedures for requesting funding for general mainstream tenant-based
rental assistance for persons with disabilities.
IX. Applications for Funding Category 10, Relocation of Families
Living in HUD-Owned, Section 8 Project-Based Termination, Section 8
Opt-Out, and FHA Insured Prepayment Projects
HUD Headquarters will assign funds for Section 8 tenant-based
assistance directly to the HUD field offices for eligible families
living in these projects. HUD field office requests to Headquarters for
funding under this category will be approved on a first-come, first-
served basis.
X. Funding Category 11, Section 8 Counseling to Achieve Broader
Housing Opportunities
HUD Headquarters may provide Section 8 counseling funding to
provide special counseling or housing search assistance to certificate
and voucher holders. In addition, HUD may provide a portion of the
funding available for Section 8 counseling activities to achieve
broader housing opportunities. Housing agencies that are eligible for
the special administrative fees for counseling activities will be
notified by HUD.
XI. Applications for Funding Category 12, Litigation
HUD will continue to provide funds for settlement of litigation.
When negotiations of the litigation settlement are complete, HUD
Headquarters will notify the HUD field offices of the number of
vouchers/certificates to be provided to the HA. The HUD field office
will invite Section 8 applications from the HAs eligible for these
funds.
XII. Funding Category 13, Section 8 Certificate and Voucher
Renewals
HUD Headquarters will allocate funds directly to the HUD field
offices for the renewal of certificate and voucher funding increments
expiring in FY 1997. Renewal funding will be provided on an ``as-
needed'' basis.
XIII. Funding Category 14, Section 8 Certificate Cost Amendments
HUD Headquarters will allocate certificate cost amendments within
the original 15-year term of the ACCs to provide budget authority
increases to HA certificate programs. HUD Headquarters will allocate
the funds on an ``as needed'' basis.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
The information collection requirements contained in this notice
have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in
accordance with the Paperwork
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Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), and assigned OMB control
number 2577-0169. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is
not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the
collection displays a valid control number.
Environmental Impact
This Notice provides funding under, and does not alter
environmental requirements of, regulations in 24 CFR part 882 subparts
A, B, C and F; part 887; and part 982; which have been previously
published in the Federal Register. This Notice provides funding only
for tenant-based assistance, which is a categorical exclusion not
subject to the individual compliance requirements of the Federal laws
and authorities cited in Sec. 50.4, and therefore those regulations do
not contain environmental review requirements. Accordingly, under 24
CFR Sec. 50.19(c)(5), this notice is categorically excluded from
environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321).
Federalism Impact
The General Counsel, as the Designated Official under section 6(a)
of Executive Order 12612, Federalism, has determined that the policies
contained in this notice will not have substantial direct effects on
States or their political subdivisions, or the relationship between the
Federal Government and the States, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various levels of government. As a result,
the notice is not subject to review under the Order. This notice is a
funding notice and does not substantially alter the established roles
of HUD, the States, and local governments, including HAs.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance numbers for the
certificate and voucher programs are 14.855 and 14.857.
Dated: June 16, 1997.
Kevin Emanuel Marchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 97-16249 Filed 6-20-97; 8:45 am]
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