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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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Notice of Funding Availability for Intermediaries To Administer 
Preservation Technical Assistance Grants: Limited Reissuance; Notice
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner
[Docket No. N-94-3719; FR-3473-N-04]

 

NOFA for Intermediaries To Administer Preservation Technical 
Assistance Grants: Limited Reissuance

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

ACTION: Notice of funding availability.

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SUMMARY: The Department previously published a NOFA requesting 
applications from intermediaries seeking to administer technical 
assistance grant funds as described in an April 6, 1994, Federal 
Register publication (59 FR 16366). In that NOFA, the Department 
requested applications from intermediaries to administer funds on a 
State-by-State basis; it also requested applications from any 
intermediary interested in administering funds as a national 
intermediary to cover States for which acceptable State and regional 
intermediaries had not applied. The selection process for the April 6, 
1994, NOFA is complete. However, because no national intermediary was 
selected and the Department is now aware of intermediaries interested 
in administering these grant funds in geographic areas not covered by 
selections under the April 6, 1994, NOFA, the Department is reissuing 
the NOFA for intermediaries interested in administering funds in those 
uncovered areas (a copy of that NOFA is included in the application 
kit). In addition, the Department is establishing a mandatory training 
program for intermediaries selected under the NOFA.

DATES: The deadline for submission of intermediary applications under 
the reissued NOFA is 4:30 p.m.(EST) on December 8, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Application kits for intermediaries contain a copy of the 
NOFA and may be obtained from the Multifamily Housing Clearinghouse, 
P.O. Box 6424, Rockville, MD 20850, telephone 1-800-685-8470. Completed 
applications must be physically received in the Preservation Division, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 6284, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410, by the submission deadline.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Mulholland, Acting Chief, 
Affordable Housing Branch, Preservation Division, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, Room 6164, 451 Seventh Street, NW, Washington, 
DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-2300. 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 ``800'' number, telephone 
numbers are not toll-free.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose and Substantive Description

    The funding made available under this NOFA is authorized by section 
312 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-
550, approved October 28, 1992), in order to provide assistance to 
resident groups and Community-Based Nonprofit Housing Developers (CBDs) 
involved in projects proceeding under the provisions of the Emergency 
Low-Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 (title II of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1987; Pub. L. 100-242, approved 
February 5, 1988) (ELIHPA) or the Low Income Housing Preservation and 
Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (title VI of the National Affordable 
Housing Act (NAHA); Pub. L. 101-625, approved November 28, 1990) 
(LIHPRHA).
    On April 6, 1994, the Department published a NOFA requesting 
applications from intermediaries seeking to administer technical 
assistance grant funds (59 FR 16366). The requirements of the April 6, 
1994, NOFA are incorporated into this reissuance, except for Section 
II.C, ``Allocation and Funding,'' and Section III.B, ``Fees.'' Both 
Sections II.C and III.B have been revised to encourage additional 
intermediary applicants in certain geographic areas to apply for funds. 
The Department is also adding a training requirement, whereby selected 
intermediaries will be required to attend an intermediary training 
session in Washington, D.C.
    The April 6, 1994, NOFA has a complete description of the authority 
and background, eligibility of intermediaries, intermediary 
responsibilities, and program requirements for technical assistance 
applicants applying for funds through selected intermediaries (see 
Appendix A of the April 6 NOFA).
    Because the intermediary program is already in place, 
intermediaries applying for funds under this reissuance will be given 
only 30 days to submit applications. Likewise, the Department will 
review and approve applications in 30 days. The following are the 
States and territories for which the Department is seeking additional 
intermediaries and the amounts (rounded) that are available in each of 
those areas: 

ALASKA................................................         67,807.00
ARIZONA...............................................        524,817.01
ARKANSAS..............................................        793,800.05
CARIBBEAN.............................................        396,854.21
COLORADO..............................................        725,901.42
DELAWARE..............................................         67,807.00
FLORIDA...............................................      2,480,819.88
GEORGIA...............................................        911,316.91
HAWAII................................................        396,854.21
IDAHO.................................................        652,779.82
IOWA..................................................        509,148.10
KENTUCKY..............................................      1,135,904.69
LOUISIANA.............................................        778,131.14
MAINE.................................................        156,597.52
MISSISSIPPI...........................................        224,496.15
MISSOURI (EAST).......................................        156,597.52
MONTANA...............................................        164,431.97
NEBRASKA..............................................        300,229.24
NEVADA................................................        214,050.20
NEW HAMPSHIRE.........................................        156,597.52
NORTH DAKOTA..........................................        289,783.29
OKLAHOMA..............................................        422,969.07
SOUTH CAROLINA........................................      1,156,796.58
SOUTH DAKOTA..........................................        600,550.10
TEXAS.................................................      3,253,819.68
UTAH..................................................        310,675.18
VIRGIN ISLANDS........................................         33,857.68
WEST VIRGINIA.........................................        133,094.14
WYOMING...............................................        185,323.86
    Total.............................................     17,201,811.15
                                                                        

Training

    The Department will conduct a two-day training program for 
intermediaries selected under both this NOFA and the April 6, 1994 
NOFA. At least one staff person from each selected intermediary will be 
required to attend. The Department will reimburse each intermediary for 
allowable expenses related to attendance by its staff person. The 
intermediary, at its option, may send an additional staff person; 
however the Department will not reimburse the intermediary for expenses 
related to attendance of the additional person.
    Accordingly, FR Doc. 94-8065, NOFA for Intermediaries to Administer 
Preservation Technical Assistance Grants, published on April 6, 1994 
(59 FR 16366), is amended as follows:
    1. On page 16372, in the second column, the first paragraph of 
Section II.C, ``Allocation and Funding,'' is amended by adding two new 
sentences after the third sentence, to read as follows:

C. Allocation and Funding

    * * * However, the Department will guarantee sufficient funds for 
each State to cover Intermediary start-up fees, in accordance with 
Section III.B (``Fees'') of this NOFA. Also, to the extent necessary, 
the Department may maintain a reserve of funds to assure the 
availability of funds in geographic areas where there is the potential 
for Preservation activity, but no such activity currently exists.
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    2. On page 16373, in the first column, the first paragraph of 
Section III.B, ``Fees,'' is revised to read as follows:

B. Fees

    Each selected intermediary will receive processing fees. The fees 
will include a start-up fee. For any intermediary that was selected 
under the April 6, 1994, NOFA (59 FR 16366) to administer funds and 
that seeks, under the November 8, 1994, reissuance of the NOFA, to 
expand its coverage and administer funds in additional States, the 
start-up fee shall include $15,000, plus an appropriate adjustment for 
the required training of one staff person, under the April 6 NOFA and 
an additional $5,000 per State under the November 8, 1994, reissuance 
of the NOFA. For any intermediary that did not receive funds under the 
April 6 NOFA and that applies under the November 8, 1994, reissuance of 
the NOFA to administer funds for one State or an area smaller than one 
State, the start-up fee shall be $15,000. For any intermediary that did 
not receive funds under the April 6 NOFA and that applies under the 
November 8, 1994, reissuance of the NOFA to administer funds in more 
than one State, the start-up fee will be $15,000 for the first State 
and $5,000 for each additional State in which the intermediary is 
selected to administer funds. These fees are based on the intermediary 
performing the following activities: announcing the availability of 
grant funds; producing and distributing application kits; accepting, 
reviewing and approving and/or rejecting grant applications; executing 
grant agreements; disbursing grant funds; monitoring the grantees' 
activities under the grant award; monitoring compliance with the grant 
agreement through the term of the grant; and maintaining documentation 
of grant activities for the Department's monitoring of the 
intermediary.

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

    Dated: November 2, 1994.
Nicolas P. Retsinas,
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 94-27642 Filed 11-7-94; 8:45 am]
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