[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4090-4146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1941]



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Part VI





Department of Housing and Urban Development





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Notice of Annual Factors for Determining Public Housing Agency 
Administrative Fees for the Section 8 Rental Voucher, Rental 
Certificate and Moderate Rehabilitation Programs; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4290-N-01]


Notice of Annual Factors for Determining Public Housing Agency 
Administrative Fees for the Section 8 Rental Voucher, Rental 
Certificate and Moderate Rehabilitation Programs

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

ACTION: Notice of factors for determining public housing agency 
administrative fees for operation of the Section 8 rental voucher, 
rental certificate and moderate rehabilitation (including moderate 
rehabilitation single room occupancy and shelter plus care single room 
occupancy) programs.

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SUMMARY: This Notice transmits the schedule of monthly per unit fee 
amounts for use in determining the on-going administrative fee for 
housing agencies (HAs) administering the rental voucher, rental 
certificate and moderate rehabilitation programs during Federal Fiscal 
Year 1998. The procedures for calculating the earned administrative 
fees will be issued in an ensuing Notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Procedures in this Notice will be used to review and 
approve the administrative fees stated in the HA's year-end financial 
statements for appropriateness for HA fiscal years ending on December 
31, 1997; March 31, 1998; June 30, 1998; and September 30, 1998. These 
procedures may also be used to project earned administrative fees in 
the annual HA budget. This Notice applies to that portion of the HA 
fiscal year that falls within Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 (October 1, 
1997 to September 30, 1998).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerald J. Benoit, Senior Program 
Advisor, Office of Public and Assisted Housing Program Delivery, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 4220, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410-8000, telephone number (202) 708-0477. 
Hearing or speech impaired individuals may call HUD's TDD number (202) 
708-4594. (These numbers are not toll-free.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

    The information collection requirements contained in this notice 
have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), under 
section 3204 (h) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), and have been assigned OMB control number 2577-0149. An 
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information unless the collection displays 
a valid control number.

I. Purpose and Substantive Description

    (a) The HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 
1997 (P.L. 104-204) changed the method to be used in calculating HA 
administrative fees (see PIH Notice 97-11 issued March 11, 1997). The 
HA earns an administrative fee for the rental voucher, rental 
certificate, and moderate rehabilitation programs based on the total 
number of units under a housing assistance payments contract. This 
includes the moderate rehabilitation single room occupancy and shelter 
plus care single room occupancy programs.
    The law also provides that HUD may approve preliminary fees of $500 
per unit for the initial funding increment for the cost of expenses the 
HAs incur in the first year an HA administers a tenant-based rental 
voucher or rental certificate program. This provision applies to HAs 
that did not administer a tenant-based rental voucher or certificate 
program before September 26, 1996. The law does not provide for 
preliminary fees for the regular moderate rehabilitation program or the 
moderate rehabilitation single room occupancy program or the moderate 
rehabilitation shelter plus care single room occupancy program.
    Additional administrative fees may be approved by HUD Headquarters 
for costs incurred in assisting families who experience difficulty in 
obtaining appropriate housing and for extraordinary costs as determined 
by HUD Headquarters.

II. Method to Determine Per Unit On-Going Administrative Fee

(a) Published Fee Amounts

    The following is a schedule of monthly per unit fee amounts to be 
used by HAs in preparing annual operating budgets and by HUD in 
approving fiscal year-end financial statements. The tables are 
organized by the HUD established fair market rent areas and show the 
monthly fee amounts a HA will earn for each unit under a housing 
assistance payments contract on the first day of the applicable month.
    HUD determined the per-unit monthly fee amounts using Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS) data on local government wages (ES 202 Series). 
HUD adjusted the FY 97 monthly administrative fee per unit to develop 
the FY 98 administrative fee, effective for units assisted during the 
period from October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998. The FY 98 
administrative fee is calculated by multiplying the administrative fee 
amounts published in the Federal Register on March 12, 1997, by the 
percentage of change in the government wages using the most recent BLS 
data.

III. Monthly Fee Schedule

(a) Column A: Fees for 600 Units or Less

    The amount in column A is the monthly per unit fee amount to be 
applied to the first 7,200 unit months (600 units) for the rental 
certificate and rental voucher programs combined and the first 7,200 
unit months (600 units) for housing assistance payment contracts a HA 
has executed for moderate rehabilitation, including the moderate 
rehabilitation single room occupancy program and the shelter plus care 
single room occupancy program, during Federal FY 98 (October 1, 1997 to 
September 30, 1998).
    Based on the applicable fiscal year end (FYE), a HA must use the 
following number of unit months to calculate its ongoing administrative 
fee for FY 98:

FYE December 31--1st quarter FY 98--Up to 1,800 unit months
FYE March 31--2nd quarter FY 98--Up to 3,600 unit months
FYE June 30--3rd quarter FY 98--Up to 5,400 unit months
FYE September 30--4th quarter FY 98--Up to 7,200 unit months

(b) Column B: Fees for Units in Excess of 600 Units

    The amount in column B must be used to determine the administrative 
fee for FY 98 unit months in excess of the administrative fees for the 
first 600 units, for which fees were calculated in accordance with 
paragraph (a). The excess unit months, based on the HA's FYE and the 
number of rental voucher, rental certificate, and moderate 
rehabilitation units under housing assistance payment contracts during 
FY 98, are multiplied by the monthly fee per unit in column B. Column A 
and column B are not used for HA-owned units.

(c) Column C: Fees for HA-Owned Units

    The monthly per unit fee amount in column C will be multiplied by 
the number of unit months available for the rental voucher, rental 
certificate, and moderate rehabilitation units owned by the HA and that 
are under housing assistance payments contracts during Federal FY 98. 
Column A and column B fee amounts are not used for HA-owned units.

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(d) Future Year Publication Date

    For subsequent fiscal years, HUD will publish an annual Notice in 
the Federal Register establishing the monthly per unit fee amounts for 
use in determining the on-going administrative fees for HAs operating 
the rental voucher, rental certificate and moderate rehabilitation 
programs in each metropolitan and each non-metropolitan fair market 
rent area for that Federal fiscal year. The annual change in the per-
unit-month fee amounts will be based on changes in wage data or other 
objectively measurable data, as determined by HUD, that reflect the 
costs of administering the program.
    The amounts shown on the attached schedule do not reflect the 
authority given to HUD to approve additional fees if necessary to 
reflect extraordinary expenses such as the higher costs of 
administering small programs and programs operating over large 
geographic areas or expenses incurred because of difficulties some 
categories of families are having in finding appropriate housing. HUD 
will consider HA requests for such increased Section 8 administrative 
fees. Furthermore, the amounts shown do not include preliminary fees.
    Accordingly, the Department publishes the monthly per unit fee 
amounts to be used for determining HA administrative fees under the 
rental voucher, rental certificate and moderate rehabilitation programs 
as set forth on the following schedule:

IV. Findings and Certifications

Environmental Impact

    In accordance with 24 CFR 50.19(c)(6) of the HUD regulations, the 
policies and procedures contained in this notice set forth rate 
determinations and related external administrative requirements and 
procedures which do not constitute a development decision that affects 
the physical condition of specific project areas or building sites, and 
therefore are categorically excluded from the requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act.

Executive Order 12612, Federalism

    The General Counsel, as the Designated Official under section 6(a) 
of Executive Order 12612, Federalism, has determined that the policies 
contained in this notice will not have substantial direct effects on 
States or their political subdivisions, or the relationship between the 
Federal government and the States, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities among the various levels of government. As a result, 
the notice is not subject to review under the Order. The notice 
pertains to the determination of administrative fees for HAs 
administering the rental voucher, rental certificate and moderate 
rehabilitation programs during Federal FY 98, and does not alter the 
established roles of the Department, the States, and local governments.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number for this program 
is 14.850.

    Dated: January 13, 1998.
Kevin Emanuel Marchman,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.

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[FR Doc. 98-1941 Filed 1-26-98; 8:45 am]
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