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Part V





Department of Housing and Urban Development





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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner



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NOFA for Preservation Support Grants and Paperwork Submission: 
Amendment, Announcement of Paperwork Control Number, and Extension of 
Application Deadline; Notice
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner
[Docket No. N-94-3762; FR-3613-N-02]

 

NOFA for Preservation Support Grants and Notice of Paperwork 
Submission: Amendment, Announcement of Paperwork Control Number, and 
Extension of Application Deadline

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Amendment of NOFA, announcement of paperwork control number, 
and extension of deadline.

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SUMMARY: The Department is amending its NOFA for Preservation Support 
Grants, published on June 14, 1994 (59 FR 30640), and, therefore, is 
extending the deadline for applications. In addition, because at the 
time of publication the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) had not 
issued a control number for the information collection requirements 
contained in that NOFA, the Department advised potential applicants 
that the paperwork requirements were subject to OMB approval. Those 
requirements have now been approved by OMB and the Department is 
publishing the control number assigned to that paperwork collection.

DATES: The new deadline for submission of applications is September 12, 
1994. Applications must be physically received in the Preservation 
Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 6286, 451 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, by 4:30 p.m., EST, on or 
before the due date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Malone, Director, Office of 
Preservation and Property Disposition, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Room 6284, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; 
telephone (202) 708-3555. 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. (Except for the TDD number, telephone 
numbers are not toll-free.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 14, 1994, the Department published 
its NOFA for Preservation Support Grants and Notice of Paperwork 
Submission (59 FR 30640). As a result of questions that have been 
raised by potential applicants, in this notice the Department is 
amending certain parts of the NOFA. For further clarification, the 
Department also is advising potential applicants of changes that have 
been made in the application kit. Under section 102 of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545) 
and the requirements of 24 CFR 12.12, the Department therefore is 
extending the deadline for submitting applications for funds made 
available under the NOFA until 30 days from today's publication. In 
addition, the Department announces that the information collection 
requirements contained in the NOFA have been approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) and have been assigned control number 2502-
0504.
    Potential applicants have raised several questions about some of 
the certifications contained in the NOFA and application kit. As a 
result, one of the certifications (see item 8 in Section V.C, 
``Submission Requirements,'' 59 FR at 30648 of the NOFA) has been 
revised to clarify that, although an applicant should not apply for 
these funds with the intention of purchasing properties that are to be 
assisted with these funds, the Department recognizes that future 
circumstances may warrant the applicant or its affiliate to seek an 
ownership interest as purchaser of last resort in such properties. In 
these cases and in recognition of the Department's overriding goal to 
maintain the greatest possible number of affordable housing units 
available for moderate-, low- and very low-income families, special 
dispensation of this rule, on a case by case basis, may be granted by 
the Department.
    Another certification, included in the application kit as Exhibit 8 
(pursuant to item 9 in Section V.C of the NOFA), has been revised to 
clarify that recipients of Preservation Technical Assistance or 
Resident Capacity Grants are eligible applicants for Preservation 
Support Grant funds. The applicant must certify that it will perform 
activities described in its application, and the proscription against 
the applicant serving as a pass-through intermediary applies to 
administering allocations of both components of the Preservation 
Support Grant.
    These revised certifications are available from the Multifamily 
Housing Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6424, Rockville, MD 20850, telephone 
number: 1-800-955-2232. Please refer to FR-3613 and specify that you 
are seeking the revised certifications. However, applicants may also 
prepare, execute, and submit their own certifications for these two 
items, based on the following examples (these certifications may be 
combined):

Exhibit 8--Certification

    As Chief Executive Officer of the organization identified below, I 
hereby certify that as an applicant for Preservation Support Grant 
funds, the organization will perform activities described in its 
application and will not serve as a pass-through intermediary to 
administer an allocation of the Preservation Support Grant.

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[Name of Organization]

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[Address of Organization]

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[Signature of Chief Executive Officer]

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[Date]

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[Print or Type Name and Title of CEO]

Certification Regarding Ownership Interest

    As Chief Executive Officer of the organization identified below, I 
hereby certify that as an applicant for Preservation Support Grant 
funds, the organization and its affiliates do not have, and do not 
intend to seek, an ownership interest in developments that the 
organization would be assisting with these funds.

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[Name of Organization]

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[Address of Organization]

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[Signature of Chief Executive Officer]

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[Date]

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[Print or Type Name and Title of CEO]
    The Department also advises applicants that on the first page of 
Exhibit 1 in the application kit, item 4 should be corrected: (1) In 
the first box, to ask a resident-controlled group to indicate whether 
it is a local group; and (2) to delete from the second box the phrase 
``with a majority of board participation by tenants in HUD-assisted 
projects.'' This change is needed to correct the discrepancy between 
the NOFA and the application kit definition of a CBO. The correct 
definition is in 24 CFR 248.101, which requires that the CBO maintain 
at least one-third of its governing board's membership for low-income 
neighborhood residents, other low-income community residents, or 
elected representatives of low-income neighborhood organizations. In 
addition, page 2 of Exhibit 1 in the application kit is to be deleted; 
that page was inadvertently included in the application kit and does 
not apply to this competition.
    Accordingly, the Department announces that the information 
collection requirements contained in FR Doc. 94-14344, the NOFA for 
Preservation Support Grants, published on June 14, 1994 (59 FR 30640), 
have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and 
have been assigned control number 2502-0504. Further, FR Doc. 94-14344 
is amended as follows:
    1. On page 30640, column 2, the first sentence in the second 
paragraph under the heading DATES: is revised to read as follows:
DATES: * * *
    The deadline for submission of applications is September 12, 1994. 
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    2. On page 30648, column 3, paragraphs 8 and 9 of Section V.C, 
``Submission Requirements,'' are revised to read as follows:
V. Grant Application Process
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C. Submission Requirements

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    (8) Certification that the applicant and any of its affiliates do 
not have, and do not intend to seek an ownership interest in 
developments that the organization would be assisting with these funds; 
and
    (9) Other information and materials as may be described in the 
application kit, including a certification that the applicant will 
perform activities described in its application and will not serve as a 
pass-through intermediary to administer an allocation of the 
Preservation Support Grant.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

    Dated: August 10, 1994.
Jeanne K. Engel,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 94-19971 Filed 8-11-94; 8:54 am]
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