[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 155 (Friday, August 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41646-41647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20385]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4066-N-02]


Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing; 
NOFA for FY 1996 for the Public and Indian Housing Tenant Opportunities 
Program Technical Assistance; Amendment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Amendment of notice of funding availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends a NOFA that was published in the Federal 
Register on July 3, 1996 (61 FR 35022), to: (1) decrease the amount of 
funds made available for basic and additional grants for resident 
organizations; (2) correspondingly increase the amount of funds made 
available for the provision of technical assistance by national, 
regional, or statewide resident organizations (NROs/RROs/SROs); and (3) 
extend the eligibility and the deadline for NROs/RROs/SROs to apply for 
funding under the other requirements and criteria set out in the July 3 
NOFA. NRO/RRO/SRO applicants that have already submitted an application 
in accordance with the instructions of the July 3 NOFA may amend their 
applications before the extended deadline date of September 9, 1996.

DATES: The deadline for applications from NROs/RROs/SROs is 3:00 p.m., 
local time, on September 9, 1996. NRO/RRO/SRO applicants that have 
already submitted an application in accordance with the instructions of 
the July 3 NOFA also may amend their applications before this date. The 
deadline for applications for basic and additional grants remains 3:00 
p.m., local time, on August 9, 1996. The application deadlines are firm 
as to date and time.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the application kit, please write the 
Resident Initiatives Clearinghouse, Post Office Box 6424, Rockville, MD 
20850, or call the toll free number 1-800-955-2232. Requests for 
application kits must include your name, mailing address (including zip 
code), telephone number (including area code), and should refer to 
document FR-4066. Applicants may access the TOP Application Kit through 
HUD's World Wide Web site at http://www.hud.gov/pih. This NOFA cannot 
be used as the application.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Jenkins or Barbara J. 
Armstrong, Office of Community Relations and Involvement, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, S.W., Room 4112, 
Washington, D.C. 20410; telephone: (202) 708-3611. All Indian Housing 
applicants may contact Tracy Outlaw, Office of Native American 
Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, S.W., Room B-133, Washington, D.C. 20410; telephone: (202) 755-
0088. For hearing- and speech-impaired persons, these numbers may be 
accessed via TTY (text telephone) by calling the Federal Information 
Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339. (Other than the ``800'' TTY number, 
telephone numbers are not toll-free.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The changes made in this document to the 
NOFA for FY 1996 for the Public and Indian Housing Tenant Opportunities 
Program (TOP) Technical Assistance, published on July 3, 1996 (61 FR 
35022), reflect the Department's recognition that the statutory 
limitation on technical assistance funding under TOP is applicable to 
any ``public housing project'' (see 42 U.S.C. 1437r(f)(2)). Thus, for 
purposes of this NOFA the Department is adopting a policy that this 
limitation, although still applicable, does not necessarily limit to 
$100,000 the total funding available in all years to an intermediary 
applicant, which may agree to provide technical assistance and training 
to multiple eligible resident groups.
    In addition to the changes to the NOFA that are set out in this 
amendment document, NROs/RROs/SROs are advised that nonprofit documents 
(i.e., certification of nonprofit status, by-laws, and other 
organizational documents) and a listing of RCs/RMCs/ROs that an 
applicant organization proposes to train or provide technical 
assistance to will be considered documentation necessary to HUD's 
assessment of the merits of an application. Therefore, under Section V, 
Corrections to Deficient Applications, in the NOFA, an application that 
does not include this documentation will be considered ineligible.
    Accordingly, FR Doc. 96-17007, NOFA for FY 1996 for the Public and 
Indian Housing Tenant Opportunities Program Technical Assistance, 
published at 61 FR 35022 (July 3, 1996), is amended as follows:
    1. On page 35022, column 1, the first paragraph following the 
heading ``Dates'' is revised to read as follows:
    The deadline for applications from NROs/RROs/SROs is 3:00 p.m., 
local time, on September 9, 1996. The deadline for applications for 
basic and additional grants is 3:00 p.m., local time, on August 9, 
1996. The application deadlines are firm as to date and time.
    2. On page 35023, column 1, the second paragraph is revised by 
removing the amount ``$500,000'' and adding in its place the amount 
``$1 million''.
    3. On page 35024, column 1, item 7 under the heading ``D. New 
Features of this NOFA'' is amended by revising the last sentence to 
read as follows:
    (7) * * * The NROs/RROs/SROs cannot list RCs/RMCs/ROs that have 
previously received the maximum of $100,000 or that were previously 
trained by the NRO/RRO/SRO.
* * * * *
    4. On page 35024, column 1, item 10 under the heading ``D. New 
Features of this NOFA'' is revised to read as follows:
    (10) RCs/RMCs/ROs and city-wide/jurisdiction-wide organizations 
that previously were funded the maximum of $100,000 under the TOP 
cannot reapply for funding under this NOFA. This restriction is in 
accordance with section 20(f)(2) of the 1937 Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437r(f)(2)), which states ``the financial assistance provided under 
this subsection with respect to any public housing project may not 
exceed $100,000.'' A NRO/RRO/SRO that previously was funded under the 
TOP may reapply for a maximum of $100,000 in funding under this NOFA, 
without regard to amounts awarded to that NRO/RRO/SRO under previous 
NOFAs, but its application may not include any RC/RMC/RO that either: 
(1) was previously trained by the NRO/RRO/SRO; or (2) was previously 
funded the maximum total of $100,000 under the TOP.
    5. On page 35024, column 3, under the heading ``F. Funding'', the 
second paragraph is revised by removing the amount ``$500,000'' and 
adding in its place the amount ``$1 million'', and the third paragraph 
is revised by removing the amount ``$14,475,000'' and adding in its 
place the amount ``$13,975,000''.
    6. On page 35025, column 1, the second paragraph under the heading 
``NROs/RROs/SROs Grants'' is amended by revising the last sentence to 
read as follows:
    * * * A NRO/RRO/SRO cannot list RCs/RMCs/ROs that have already 
received the maximum of $100,000 or

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that the NRO/RRO/SRO had trained previously.''
    7. On page 35026, column 3, item (9) under the heading ``J. 
Eligibility'' is amended by revising the second sentence to read as 
follows:
    * * * A NRO/RRO/SRO that previously was funded under the TOP may 
reapply for funding under this NOFA, but its application may not 
include any RC/RMC/RO that was previously trained by the NRO/RRO/SRO or 
was previously funded the maximum total of $100,000 under the TOP.
* * * * *
    8. On page 35033, column 2, the second and third sentences in the 
second paragraph in item (1) under the heading ``B. Application 
Submission and Development'' are revised to read as follows:
    * * * The Appendix lists addresses of HUD Field Offices and Offices 
of Native American Programs that will accept completed applications. 
The deadline for applications for basic and additional grants is 3:00 
p.m., local time, on August 9, 1996; the deadline for applications from 
NROs/RROs/SROs is 3:00 p.m., local time, on September 9, 1996. All 
NROs/RROs/SROs must submit by the deadline date completed applications 
or amendments to previously submitted applications to the local HUD 
Field Offices and Office of Native American Programs. After 
applications are screened by the Field Offices, all applications will 
be forwarded to HUD Headquarters for review and scoring.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1437r; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

    Dated: August 6, 1996.
Kevin Emanuel Marchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 96-20385 Filed 8-8-96; 8:45 am]
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