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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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