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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity
[Docket No. N-94-3755; FR-3622-N-02]

 

NOFA for Fair Housing Initiatives Program; FY 1994 Competitive 
Solicitation Technical Correction

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability (NOFA)--Technical correction.

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SUMMARY: This notice makes technical corrections to the FY 1994 FHIP 
NOFA published on May 16, 1994 (59 FR 25532).

DATES: The application due date is specified in the application kit. 
However, applicants will be given at least 60 days from the original 
NOFA publication date, until July 15, 1994, to submit their 
applications. Applications will be accepted if they are received on or 
before the application due date, or are received within 7 days after 
the application due date, but with a U.S. postmark or receipt from a 
private commercial delivery service (such as, Federal Express or DHL) 
that is dated on or before the application due date.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the application kit, please write the 
Fair Housing Information Clearinghouse, Post Office Box 6091, 
Rockville, MD 20850 or call the toll free number 1-800-343-3442. Please 
also contact this number if information concerning this NOFA is needed 
in an accessible format.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacquelyn J. Shelton, Director, Office of Fair Housing Assistance and 
Voluntary Programs, room 5234, 451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 
20410-2000. Telephone number (202) 708-0800. A telecommunications 
device (TDD) for hearing and speech impaired persons is available at 
(202) 708-0455. (These are not toll-free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Fiscal Year (FY) 1994 Fair Housing 
Initiatives Program (FHIP) Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 
published on May 16, 1994 (59 FR 25532) contained two errors that are 
being corrected in this notice. The first correction concerns the 
amount of funding available. The total amount listed as available, 
$14,881,000, is corrected to read $18,481,000. The additional $3.6 
million reflects the determination that $2 million to be used for the 
second year of two-year FY 1993 Private Enforcement Initiative awards, 
and $1.6 million to be used for the second year of two-year FY 1993 
Fair Housing Organizations Initiative awards, will be funded out of FY 
1995 funds. This is because the second year of funding is subject to 
not only the availability of funds, but to an annual performance 
review. The amounts of funding under these two Initiatives are 
corrected accordingly.
    In addition, the sequence of eligible activities under the Private 
Enforcement Initiative is also corrected.
    Accordingly, the following corrections are made in FR Doc. 94-11762 
to the NOFA titled, ``NOFA for Fair Housing Initiatives Program; FY 
1994 Competitive Solicitation'', published on May 16, 1994 (59 FR 
25532):
    1. On page 25532, the SUMMARY paragraph, which appears in the first 
column, is revised to read as follows:

SUMMARY: This NOFA announces the availability of up to $18,481,000 of 
1994 Fiscal Year (FY) funding for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program 
(FHIP). This program assists projects and activities designed to 
enforce and enhance compliance with the Fair Housing Act and 
substantially equivalent State and local fair housing laws. In the body 
of this document is information concerning the purpose of the NOFA, 
eligibility, available amounts, selection criteria, how to apply for 
funding, and how selections will be made.
    2. On page 25533, paragraph I.(b), which appears in the first and 
second columns, is revised to read as follows:

(b) Allocation Amounts

    For FY 1994, the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 
(approved October 28, 1993, Pub. L. 103-124), (94 App. Act) 
appropriated $20,481,000 for the FHIP program. Of this amount, 
$2,000,000 of Private Enforcement Initiative funds will be made 
available for special projects to be announced in a separate NOFA. The 
remaining $18,481,000 is being made available on a competitive basis to 
eligible organizations that submit timely applications and are selected 
in response to this NOFA. The funding selections will be made on the 
basis of criteria for eligibility, factors for award, and completeness 
of budget information. The Department retains the right to shift funds 
between FHIP Initiatives, listed below, within statutorily prescribed 
limitations. The amounts included in this NOFA are subject to change 
based on fund availability. The total amount available under this NOFA 
will be divided among the four FHIP Initiatives as follows:
    (1) Administrative Enforcement Initiative. The amount of $1.5 
million in FY 1994 funds is available under this NOFA for the 
Administrative Enforcement Initiative.
    (2) Education and Outreach Initiative. The amount of $3 million in 
FY 1994 funds is available under this NOFA for the Education and 
Outreach Initiative. Of this amount, $1.5 million is available for 
national programs, of which $200,000 is designated for Fair Housing 
Month activities. Of the remaining $1.5 million, $1 million is 
available for regional and local programs, and $500,000 is for 
community-based programs.
    (3) Private Enforcement Initiative. The amount of $6,981,000 in FY 
1994 funds is available under this NOFA for the Private Enforcement 
Initiative. Of this amount, $3,981,000 will be available for two-year 
projects, with the commitment of second year funding, in an amount not 
to exceed the first year's funding, subject to annual appropriations 
and annual performance reviews. The remaining $3 million is for one-
year projects.
    (4) Fair Housing Organizations Initiative. This NOFA makes $7 
million in FY 1994 funds available for activities under the Fair 
Housing Organizations Initiative. Of this amount, $3.3 million in FY 
1994 funds is available for the purpose of the continued development of 
existing organizations under the Fair Housing Organizations Initiative. 
The remaining $3.7 million will be available for two-year projects for 
the purpose of establishing new organizations, with the commitment of 
second year funding subject to annual appropriations and annual 
performance reviews.
    3. On page 25535, paragraph I.(c)(3)(ii), which appears in the 
first and second columns, is revised to read as follows:
    (ii) Eligible activities. Applications are solicited for one- and 
two-year project proposals as described in 24 CFR 125.403 and in this 
NOFA. Applications may designate up to 10% of requested funds to 
promote awareness of the services provided by the project, but such 
promotion must be necessary for the successful implementation of the 
project. Project applications may involve:
    (A) Discovering and providing remedies for discrimination in the 
public and private real estate markets and real estate-related 
transactions, including, but not limited to, the making or purchasing 
of loans, the provision of other financial assistance for sales or 
rentals of housing, including insurance redlining and appraisal 
practices, and housing advertising;
    (B) Conducting investigations of systemic housing discrimination 
for further enforcement processing by State or local agencies, or for 
referral to private attorneys or to HUD and the Department of Justice;
    (C) Professionally conducting testing of other investigative 
support for administrative and judicial enforcement;
    (D) Linking fair housing organizations regionally in enforcement 
activities designed to combat broader housing market discriminatory 
practices;
    (E) Establishing effective means of meeting legal expenses in 
support of litigation of fair housing cases;
    (F) Testing and other investigative activities, including building 
the capacity for housing investigative activities in unserved or 
underserved areas;
    (G) Building the capacity to investigative, through testing and 
other investigative methods, housing discrimination complaints covering 
all protected classes, including persons with mental and physical 
disabilities;
    (H) Carrying out special projects, including the development of 
prototypes to respond to new or sophisticated forms of discrimination 
against persons protected under title VIII, such as in the areas of 
independent living and architectural barriers;
    (I) Providing funds for the costs and expenses of litigation, 
including expert witness fees.

    Dated: May 31, 1994.
Paul Williams,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity.
[FR Doc. 94-13730 Filed 6-6-94; 8:45 am]
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