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[FR Doc No: 94-19698]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
[Docket No. N-94-3679; FR-3329-N-04]
NOFA for the Rental Voucher Set-Aside for Homeless Persons With
Disabilities for FY 94; Amendment
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of fund availability for FY 1994; Amendment.
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SUMMARY: The Department published a Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA)
on February 1, 1994, that announced the availability of a set-aside of
rental voucher funds of up to $147.7 million for very low-income
homeless persons with disabilities and their families in a regional
competition. The deadline date for applications was May 2, 1994 at the
HUD State or Area Office. The Department received a large number of
applications in response to the NOFA and began the review and ratings
process. During the review process, HUD determined that many housing
agencies (HAs) did not submit a request for a specific amount of
Section 8 budget authority in addition to a request for the number of
units, shown in the Form HUD-52515. The lack of a budget authority
request, or, in the case of some HAs, an inadequate budget authority
request based on the number of units listed in the Form HUD-52515, led
to circumstances in which the certification in Attachment 7A of the
NOFA was either rendered meaningless (in the absence of a budget
authority request) or the application was rendered unacceptable, since
the dollar-for-dollar match requirement was not met. Based upon the
information originally submitted by the HAs by the May 2, 1994,
deadline, HUD determined that a large number of applications would be
rejected.
The Department has decided through this amendment to the February
1, 1994, NOFA to allow HAs to submit an initial or revised request for
Section 8 budget authority. This request must equal the amount of
Section 8 budget authority necessary to fund the number of units
requested in the Form HUD-52515. The HA may request that the HUD Office
calculate this amount for the HA if the HA provides to HUD the number
of units by bedroom size and the average monthly adjusted income. It
will also be used as the amount of supportive services commitments to
which the HA, or other entity, commits itself in the Attachment 7A
certification. If the new request for Section 8 budget authority does
not match the amount of budget authority needed to fund the full
request for units, as shown in the Form HUD-52515, the application will
be rejected. HAs should be aware that the new request for Section 8
budget authority may affect the value of the supportive services
certified by the HA in Attachment 7A of the NOFA. HAs should also be
aware that the first year firm financial commitments may not be
modified although the change in the request for Section 8 budget
authority may affect the score received under Selection Criterion 5:
Documentation of First Year Supportive Services. HAs will not be
allowed to revise any other aspect of their applications and any other
information submitted by HAs under this amendment will not be accepted.
DATES: Revised data must be received by 3:00 p.m., local time,
September 12, 1994, in the HUD Office to which the original application
was received.
ADDRESSES: Submit revised data to the same HUD State or Area Office/
Native American Programs Office to which the original application was
submitted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerald J. Benoit, Director, Operations
Branch, Rental Assistance Division, 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. Hearing- or speech-impaired individuals may call HUD's TDD number
(202) 708-4594. (These telephone numbers are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Accordingly, FR Docket No. N-93-3679; FR
3329-N-01, the Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year 1993,
for the Section 8 Set-Aside for Homeless Persons with Disabilities,
published in the Federal Register on February 1, 1994 (59 FR 4758), is
amended as follows:
1. On page 4761, in column three, paragraph (10) is deleted and the
following is inserted to read:
II. Application Process * * *
(B) Unacceptable Applications * * *
(10) The HA has not provided an estimate of the amount of Section 8
budget authority required to fund the number of units requested in Form
HUD-52515.
(11) The HA has not submitted an Attachment 7A certification.
2. On page 4764, Section III(B) is revised to add item (8) to read:
III. Checklist for Application Submission Requirements * * *
(B) Required Application Contents * * *
(8) HA Request for Budget Authority
Each HA in its application must state in dollars the amount of
Section 8 Budget Authority necessary to fund the number of units
requested on Form HUD-52515. The HA may request that the HUD Office
calculate this amount for the HA if the HA provides to HUD the number
of units by bedroom size (see Section B of Form HUD-52515) and the
average monthly adjusted income (see Section H of Form HUD-52515).
Dated: August 4, 1994.
Joseph Shuldiner,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 94-19698 Filed 8-11-94; 8:45 am]
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