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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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