[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 10399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4628]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. N-95-3862; FR-3846-N-03]


Funding Availability for Fiscal Year 1995 for Innovative Project 
Funding Under the Innovative Homeless Initiatives Demonstration 
Program; Notice of Waiver

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of waiver.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a waiver, granted by the Secretary, of 
the minimum 30-day application period required under section 102(a) of 
the HUD Reform Act for the Innovative Homeless Initiatives 
Demonstration, which was announced in the Federal Register notice, 
published on January 25, 1995 (60 FR 4996). A notice extending the 
deadline for applications was published in the Federal Register on 
January 27, 1995 (60 FR 5434).

DATES: February 24, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Pollack, Director, Program 
Development Division, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, 
Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 7262, Washington, DC 
20410. Telephone (202) 708-1234 (voice) or (202) 708-9300 or 1-800-877-
8339 (only the 800 number is a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 102(a) of the HUD Reform Act (42 
U.S.C. 3545(a)) sets out the requirements for notice to the public 
regarding assistance available from HUD. Section 102(a)(3) requires 
Federal Register publication of selection criteria not less than 30 
days before the deadline for applications or requests for assistance. 
On January 25, 1995, the Department announced the availability of $25 
million in funds under the Innovative Homeless Initiatives 
Demonstration Program, which was authorized by the HUD Demonstration 
Act of 1993 (Pub.L. 103-120, approved October 27, 1993). The January 
25, 1995 notice (NOFA) announced that all applications received at HUD 
Headquarters, Office of Community Planning and Development, at the 
address shown in the Addresses section of the January 25, 1995 NOFA by 
6 p.m. local time on February 6, 1995, would be considered for funding. 
In a notice published in the Federal Register on January 27, 1995 (60 
FR 5434), the application deadline date was extended until 6:00 p.m. 
local time on February 13, 1995, with the same requirements as listed 
above. The time period was less than the 30-day minimum application 
requirement under section 102(a)(3).
    Section 102(a)(5) of the Reform Act permits the Secretary to waive 
the minimum 30-day application period ``if the Secretary determines 
that the waiver is required for appropriate response to an emergency.'' 
The Secretary is also required to publish, in the Federal Register, his 
reasons for granting such a waiver.
    The Department established a short application period for this NOFA 
in an effort to make funding quickly available to applicants who are in 
need of funding to assist homeless persons, especially during this time 
when harsh weather conditions necessitate greater and more immediate 
assistance to homeless persons. The Secretary determined that the 
continuing tragedy of homelessness, the desperate need for innovative 
solutions, the availability of funding under the Innovative Homeless 
Initiatives Demonstration, the unprecedented demand for assistance from 
HUD to fight homelessness, and the harsh weather conditions, when 
considered in combination, demonstrate that an emergency existed that 
justified the granting of a waiver of the 30-day application period 
required under section 102 of the HUD Reform Act.

    Dated: February 21, 1995.
Henry G. Cisneros,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-4628 Filed 2-23-95; 8:45 am]
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