[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
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Part II





Department of Housing and Urban Development





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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
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Congregate Housing Services Program: Cancellation of Notice of Funding 
Availability for the Department of Housing and Urban Development's 
Competition; Fiscal Year 1995; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner
[Docket No. FR-3839-N-02]


Congregate Housing Services Program: Cancellation of Notice of 
Funding Availability for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development's Competition; Fiscal Year 1995

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

ACTION: Notice of Cancellation of the Notice of Funding Availability 
(NOFA) for HUD's competition for the Congregate Housing Services 
Program (CHSP), Fiscal Year (FY) 1995.

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SUMMARY: On May 10, 1995, at 60 FR 25092, HUD issued a NOFA of 
$38,480,150 for FY 1995 for the CHSP.
    On July 27, 1995, the President approved the ``Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations for Additional Disaster Assistance, for 
Anti-terrorism Initiatives, for Assistance in the Recovery from the 
Tragedy that Occurred at Oklahoma City, and Rescissions Act, 1995'' 
(Pub. L. 104-19, 109 Stat. 194) (the Rescissions Act). The Rescissions 
Act rescinded $37 million from the CHSP--approximately $23 million of 
the funds appropriated in FY 1995 and approximately $14 million in 
unobligated funds for prior years.
    After rescission, HUD has approximately $1.8 million available to 
fund CHSP grants. HUD received 33 applications for CHSP grants, but HUD 
has decided not to fund any additional CHSP grants for FY 1995 because 
of the limited amount of funds available. Instead, HUD has decided to 
use the $1.8 million to fund further the 52 CHSP grantees already 
funded under the Congregate Services Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 8001) for 
an additional four and one-half (4\1/2\) months each.1 Under the 
Department of Veteran Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 (Pub.L. 103-327), HUD is 
authorized to use up to $6,267,000 for entities operating the CHSP in 
accordance with the 1978 Act, as amended. Prior to the rescission of 
CHSP funds, HUD made $142,592 in FY 1995 funds available for the 1978 
Act grantees.

    \1\Based upon the experience of grantees funded under the 1978 
Act, Congress created a revised CHSP under the National Affordable 
Housing Act (Pub.L. 101-625) (NAHA), to be administrated in 
coordination with the RHCDS. Under NAHA, eligible housing projects 
that were receiving assistance under the 1978 Act were to continue 
to receive priority for assistance.
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    Therefore, HUD is cancelling the FY 1995 CHSP NOFA with respect to 
the funds allocated for HUD's competition. Applications received by 
RHCDS will continue to be processed in accordance with the May 10, 1995 
NOFA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning this NOFA 
cancellation, applicants with HUD projects may contact the appropriate 
Asset Management, Public and/or Indian Housing Management Specialist in 
the HUD State/Area office which has jurisdiction for the projects.
    Applicants for HUD projects should not contact HUD Headquarters; 
such calls will be referred to the appropriate HUD State/Area office.
    Accordingly, HUD's competition for the Congregate Housing Services 
Program that was offered under the NOFA published on May 10, 1995, at 
60 FR 25092, is cancelled.

    Dated: September 7, 1995.
Nicolas P. Retsinas,
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 95-24468 Filed 10-2-95; 8:45 am]
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