[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 83 (Thursday, April 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23988-24047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11400]
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Part V
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for Targeted Housing
and Homeless Assistance Programs; Notice
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 83 / Thursday, April 30, 1998 /
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4364-N-01]
Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for Targeted
Housing and Homeless Assistance Programs
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.
ACTION: Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for Targeted
Housing and Homeless Assistance Programs.
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SUMMARY: This Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA)
announces the availability of approximately $1,196,920,112 in HUD
program funds covering six (6) Targeted Housing and Homeless Assistance
Programs operated and managed by HUD's Office of Community Planning and
Development (CPD) and HUD's Office of Housing-Federal Housing
Administration (FHA). The General Section of this SuperNOFA contains
the procedures and requirements applicable to all programs. The
applications for funding for these programs have been consolidated into
four applications. The Programs Section of this SuperNOFA contains a
description of the specific programs for which funding is made
available under this SuperNOFA and additional procedures and
requirements that are applicable to each.
Application Due Dates: The information contained in this APPLICATION
DUE DATES section applies to all programs contained in this SuperNOFA.
Completed applications must be submitted to HUD no later than the
deadline established for the program for which you are seeking funding.
Applications may not be sent by facsimile (FAX). See the Program Chart
for specific application due dates.
Addresses and Application Submission Procedures: Addresses. Completed
applications must be submitted to the location specified in the
Programs Section of this SuperNOFA. When submitting your application,
please refer to the program name for which you are seeking funding.
For Applications to HUD Headquarters. Applications to be submitted
to HUD Headquarters are due at: Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room ________ (See Program Chart
or Programs Section for room location), Washington DC 20410.
For Applications to HUD Field Offices. For those programs for which
applications are due to the HUD Field Offices, please see the Programs
Section for the exact locations for submission.
Applications Procedures. Mailed Applications. Applications will be
considered timely filed if postmarked on or before 12:00 midnight on
the application due date and received by the designated HUD Office on
or within ten (10) days of the application due date.
Applications Sent by Overnight/Express Mail Delivery. Applications
sent by overnight delivery or express mail will be considered timely
filed if received before or on the application due date, or upon
submission of documentary evidence that they were placed in transit
with the overnight delivery service by no later than the specified
application due date.
Hand Carried Applications. For applications submitted to HUD
Headquarters, hand carried applications delivered before and on the
application due date must be brought to the specified location and room
number between the hours of 8:45 am to 5:15 pm, Eastern time.
Applications hand carried on the application due date will be accepted
in the South Lobby of the HUD Headquarters Building at the above
address from 5:15 pm until 12:00 midnight, Eastern time. Applications
due to HUD Field Office locations must be delivered to the appropriate
HUD Field Office in accordance with the instructions specified in the
Programs Section of the SuperNOFA.
For applications submitted to the HUD Field Offices, hand carried
applications will be accepted during normal business hours before the
application due date. On the application due date, business hours will
be extended to 6:00 p.m. local time. (Please see Appendix A to this
SuperNOFA listing the hours of operations for the HUD Field Offices.)
Copies of Applications to Hud Offices. The Programs Section of this
SuperNOFA may specify that to facilitate processing and review of your
submission a copy of the application also be sent to an additional HUD
location (for example, a copy to the HUD Field Office if the original
application is to be submitted to HUD Headquarters, or a copy to HUD
Headquarters, if the original application is to be submitted to a HUD
Field Office). Please follow the requirements of the Programs Section
to ensure that you submit your application to the proper location. HUD
requests additional copies in order to expeditiously review your
application and appreciates your assistance in providing the copies.
Please note that for those applications for which copies are being
submitted to the Field Offices and HUD Headquarters, timeliness of
submission will be based on the time the application is received at HUD
Headquarters.
For Application Kits, Further Information and Technical Assistance: The
information contained in this section is applicable to all programs
contained in this SuperNOFA.
For Application Kits and SuperNOFA User Guide. HUD is pleased to
provide you with application kits and/or a guidebook to all HUD
programs. When requesting an application kit, please refer to the
program name of the application kit you are interested in receiving.
Please be sure to provide your name, address (including zip code), and
telephone number (including area code).
Requests for application kits should be made immediately to ensure
sufficient time for application preparation. We will distribute
application kits as soon as they become available.
The SuperNOFA Information Center (1-800-HUD-8929) can provide you
with assistance, application kits, and guidance in determining which
HUD Office(s) should receive a copy of your application. Persons with
hearing or speech impairments may call the Center's TTY number at 1-
800-483-2209.
Consolidated Application Submissions. Where an applicant can apply
for funding under more than one program in this SuperNOFA, the
applicant need only submit one originally signed SF-424 and one set of
original signatures for the other required assurances and
certifications, accompanied by the matrix contained in each application
kit. As long as the applicant submits one originally signed set of
these documents with an application, only copies of these documents are
required to be submitted with any additional application submitted by
the applicant. The application should identify the program for which
the original signatures for assurances and certifications is being
submitted.
For Further Information. For answers to your questions about this
SuperNOFA, you have several options. You may call the SuperNOFA
Information Center at 1-800-HUD-8929, or you may contact the HUD Office
or Processing Center serving your area at the telephone number listed
in the application kit for the program in which you are interested.
Persons with hearing or speech impairments may call the Center's TTY
number at 1-800-483-2209. Information on this SuperNOFA also may be
obtained through the HUD
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web site on the Internet at http://www.HUD.gov.
For Technical Assistance. Before the application due date, HUD
staff will be available to provide general guidance and technical
assistance about this SuperNOFA. Current law does not permit HUD staff
to assist in preparing the application. Following selection of
applicants, but prior to award, HUD staff will be available to assist
in clarifying or confirming information that is a prerequisite to the
offer of an award or Annual Contributions Contract (ACC) by HUD.
Introduction to the SuperNOFA Process
To further HUD's objective, under the direction of Secretary Andrew
Cuomo, of improving customer service and providing the necessary tools
for revitalizing communities and improving the lives of people within
those communities, HUD will publish three SuperNOFAs in 1998, which
coordinate program funding for 40 programs and cut across traditional
program lines.
(1) The first is the SuperNOFA and consolidated application process
for Housing and Community Development Programs, covering 19 Housing and
Community Development Programs. This SuperNOFA was published in the
Federal Register on March 31, 1998.
(2) The second is the SuperNOFA and consolidated application
process for Economic Development and Empowerment Programs, covering 9
programs. This second SuperNOFA was published elsewhere in today's
Federal Register.
(3) The third is the SuperNOFA and consolidated application process
for Targeted Housing and Homeless Assistance Programs. This third
SuperNOFA includes the following programs and initiatives: Housing
Opportunities for Persons with AIDS; Continuum of Care Assistance,
which includes the Supportive Housing Program, Shelter Plus Care, and
Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program for
Homeless Individuals; Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly;
and Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities.
Related to this SuperNOFA for HUD's Targeted Housing and Homeless
Assistance Programs is HUD's NOFA for Section 8 Tenant-Based Assistance
for Persons with Disabilities, published elsewhere in today's Federal
Register.
All three SuperNOFAs and consolidated applications, to the greatest
extent possible, given statutory, regulatory and program policy
distinctions, will have one set of rules that, together, offer a
``menu'' of approximately 40 programs. From this menu, communities will
be made aware of funding available for their jurisdictions. Nonprofits,
public housing agencies, local and State governments, tribal
governments and tribally designated housing entities, veterans service
organizations, faith-based organizations and others will be able to
identify the programs for which they are eligible for funding.
The National Competition NOFA. In addition to the three SuperNOFAs,
HUD is publishing in today's Federal Register a single NOFA for three
national competitions: the Fair Housing Initiatives Program National
Competition; the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control National Competition;
and the Housing Counseling National Competition.
Assisting Communities To Make Better Use of Available Resources
These SuperNOFAs represent a marked departure from, and HUD
believes a significant improvement over, HUD's past approach to the
funding process. In the past, HUD has issued as many as 40 separate
NOFAs, all with widely varying rules and application processing
requirements. This individual program approach to funding, with NOFAs
published at various times throughout the fiscal year, did not
encourage and, at times, unintentionally impeded local efforts directed
at comprehensive planning and development of comprehensive local
solutions. Additionally, the old approach seemed to require communities
to respond to HUD's needs rather than HUD responding to local needs.
Secretary Cuomo brings to the leadership of HUD the experience of
successfully implementing a consolidated planning process in HUD's
community development programs. As Assistant Secretary for Community
Planning and Development, Secretary Cuomo consolidated the planning,
application, and reporting requirements of several community
development programs. The Consolidated Plan rule, published in 1995,
established a renewed partnership among HUD, State, and local
governments, public and private agencies, tribal governments, and the
general citizenry by empowering field staff to work with other entities
in fashioning creative solutions to community problems.
The SuperNOFA approach builds upon Consolidated Planning
implemented by Secretary Cuomo in HUD's community development programs,
and also reflects the Secretary's organizational changes for HUD, as
described in the Secretary's management reform plan. On June 26, 1997,
Secretary Cuomo released the HUD 2020 Management Reform Plan, which
calls for significant consolidation of like programs to maximize
efficiency and dramatically improve customer service. The plan also
calls for HUD to improve customer service by adopting a principle of
``menus not mandates.''
By announcing the funding of these six programs in one NOFA, HUD
hopes to assist communities in making better use of available resources
to address their needs and the needs of those living within the
communities in a holistic and effective fashion. These funds are
available for eligible applicants to support individual program
objectives, as well as cross-cutting and coordinated approaches to
improving the overall effective use of available HUD program funds.
To date, HUD has been consolidating and simplifying the submission
requirements of many of its formula grant and discretionary grant
programs to offer local communities a better opportunity to shape
available resources into effective and coordinated neighborhood housing
and community development strategies that will help revitalize and
strengthen their communities, physically, socially and economically. To
complement this overall consolidation and simplification effort, HUD
designed this process to increase the ability of applicants to consider
and apply for funding under a wide variety of HUD programs in response
to a single NOFA. Everyone interested in HUD's grant programs can
benefit from having this information made available in one NOFA.
Coordination, Flexibility, and Simplicity in the HUD Funding Process
The SuperNOFA approach places heavy emphasis on the coordination of
activities to provide (1) greater flexibility and responsiveness in
meeting local housing and community development needs, and (2) greater
flexibility to eligible applicants to determine what HUD program
resources best fit the community's needs, as identified in local
Consolidated Plans and Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice
(``Analysis of Impediments'' (AI)).
The SuperNOFA approach is designed to simplify the application
process; promote effective and coordinated use of program funds in
communities; reduce duplication in the delivery of services and
economic development and empowerment programs; allow interested
applicants to seek to deliver a wider, more integrated array of
services; and improve the
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system for potential grantees to be aware of, and compete for program
funds.
HUD encourages applicants to work together to coordinate and, to
the maximum extent possible, join their activities to form a seamless
and comprehensive program of assistance to meet identified needs in
their communities, and address barriers to fair housing and equal
opportunity that have been identified in the community's Consolidated
Plan and Analysis of Impediments in the geographic area(s) in which
they are seeking assistance.
As part of the simplification of this funding process, and to avoid
duplication of effort, the SuperNOFA provides for consolidated
applications for several of the programs for which funding is available
under this NOFA. HUD programs that provide assistance for, or
complement similar activities, for example the Continuum of Care
programs have a consolidated application that reduces the
administrative and paperwork burden applicants may otherwise encounter
in submitting an application for each program. The Program Chart in
this introductory section of the SuperNOFA identifies the programs that
have been consolidated and for which a consolidated application is made
available to eligible applicants.
The funding of these six programs through this SuperNOFA will not
affect the ability of eligible applicants to seek HUD funding. Eligible
applicants are able, as they have been in the past, to apply for
funding under as few as one or as many as all programs for which they
are eligible.
The specific statutory and regulatory requirements of each of the
six separate programs continue to apply to each program. The SuperNOFA
reflects, where necessary, the statutory requirements and differences
applicable to the specific programs. Please pay careful attention to
the individual program requirements that are identified for each
program. Also, you will note that not all applicants are eligible to
receive assistance under all six programs identified in this SuperNOFA.
The SuperNOFA contains two major sections. The General Section of
the SuperNOFA contains the procedures and requirements applicable to
all applications. The Programs Section of the SuperNOFA describes each
program for which funding is made available in the NOFA. As in the
past, each program provides a description of eligible applicants,
eligible activities, factors for award, and any additional requirements
or limitations that apply to the program. Please read carefully both
the General Section and the Programs Section of the SuperNOFA for the
program(s) to which you are applying. This will ensure that you apply
for program funding for which your organization is eligible to receive
funds and you fulfill all the requirements for that program(s).
The Programs of this SuperNOFA and the Amount of Funds Allocated
The six programs for which funding availability is announced in
this SuperNOFA are identified in the following chart. The approximate
available funds for each program are listed as expected funding levels
based on appropriated funds. Should recaptured or other funds become
available for any program, HUD reserves the right to increase the
available program funding amounts by the amount available.
The chart also includes the application due date for each program,
the OMB approval number for the information collection requirements
contained in the specific program, and the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) number.
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Paperwork Reduction Act Statement. The information collection
requirements contained in this SuperNOFA have been approved by the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The preceding chart reflects the OMB
approval number for each program component of this SuperNOFA. 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. *$640,000,000 is currently available for obligation for
FY 1998, and $60,000,000 is subject to appropriations in FY 1999.
General Section of the SuperNOFA
I. Authority; Purpose; Amount Allocated; Eligible Applicants and
Eligible Activities
(A) Authorities
The authority for Fiscal Year 1998 funding availability under this
SuperNOFA is the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Pub. L.
105-65, approved October 27, 1997) (FY 1998 HUD Appropriations Act).
Where applicable, additional authority for each program in this
SuperNOFA is identified in the Programs Section.
(B) Purpose
The purpose of this SuperNOFA is to:
(1) Make funding available through a variety of programs to empower
communities and their residents, particularly the poor and
disadvantaged, to develop viable communities, provide decent housing
and a suitable living environment for all citizens, without
discrimination in order to improve themselves both as individuals and
as a community.
(2) Simplify and streamline the application process for funding
under HUD programs. By making available to State and local governments,
public housing agencies, tribal governments, non-profit organizations
and others, the application requirements for Targeted Housing and
Homeless Assistance Programs in one NOFA, HUD hopes that the result
will be a less time consuming and less complicated application process.
This new process also allows an applicant to submit one application for
funds for several programs. Except where statutory or regulatory
requirements or program policy mandate differences, the SuperNOFA
strives to provide for one set of rules, standardized rating factors,
and uniform and consolidated application procedures.
(3) Enhance the ability of applicants to make more effective and
efficient use of housing and community development funding when
addressing community needs and implementing coordinated housing and
community development strategies established in local Consolidated
Plans, which is the single application for HUD housing and community
development and other formula funds submitted by the local or State
government. Through this SuperNOFA process, applicants are encouraged
to: (i) create opportunities for strategic planning and citizen
participation in a comprehensive context at the local level in order to
establish a full continuum of housing and services; and (ii) promote
methods for developing more coordinated and effective approaches to
dealing with urban, suburban, and rural problems by recognizing the
interconnections among the underlying problems and ways to address them
through layering of available HUD programs;
(4) Promote the ability of eligible non-profit organizations to
participate in many of the programs contained in this SuperNOFA;
provide an increased opportunity to assist communities in developing
continuum of care strategies, and supportive housing programs; and
(5) Recognize and make better use of the expertise that each of the
programs, and organizations eligible for funding under this SuperNOFA,
can contribute when developing and implementing local housing and
community development plans, the Consolidated Plan, and the HUD
required Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice.
(C) Amounts Allocated
The amounts allocated to specific programs in this SuperNOFA are
based on appropriated funds. Should recaptured funds become available
in any program, HUD reserves the right to increase the available
funding amounts by the amount of funds recaptured.
(D) Eligible Applicants and Eligible Activities
The eligible applicants and eligible activities for each program
are identified and described for the program in the Programs Section of
the SuperNOFA.
II. Requirements and Procedures Applicable to all Programs
Except as may be modified in the Programs Section of this
SuperNOFA, or as noted within the specific provisions of this Section
II, the following principles apply to all programs. Please be sure to
read the program area section of the SuperNOFA for additional
requirements or information.
(A) Statutory Requirements
All applicants must meet and comply with all statutory and
regulatory requirements applicable to the program for which they are
seeking funding in order to be awarded funds. Copies of the regulations
are available from the SuperNOFA Information Center or through the
Internet at the HUD web site located at http://www.HUD.gov. HUD may
reject an application from further funding consideration if the
activities or projects proposed are ineligible, or (with the exception
of the Section 202 and 811 programs) HUD may eliminate the ineligible
activities from funding consideration and reduce the grant amount
accordingly.
(B) Threshold Requirements--Compliance With Fair Housing and Civil
Rights Laws
All applicants, with the exception of Federally recognized Indian
tribes, must comply with all Fair Housing and civil rights laws,
statutes, regulations and executive orders as enumerated in 24 CFR
5.105(a). Federally recognized Indian tribes must comply with the Age
Discrimination Act of 1975, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973, and the Indian Civil Rights Act. If an applicant (1) has been
charged with a violation of the Fair Housing Act by the Secretary; (2)
is the defendant in a Fair Housing Act lawsuit filed by the Department
of Justice; or (3) has received a letter of noncompliance findings
under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act, or section 109 of the Housing and Community
Development Act, the applicant is not eligible to apply for funding
under this SuperNOFA until the applicant resolves such charge, lawsuit,
or letter of findings to the satisfaction of the Department.
(C) Additional Nondiscrimination Requirements
Applicants must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act,
and Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972.
(D) Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
Unless otherwise specified in the Programs Section of this
SuperNOFA, each successful applicant will have a duty to affirmatively
further fair housing. Applicants should include in their applications
or work plans the specific steps that they will take to (1) address the
elimination of impediments to fair housing that were identified in the
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Choice; (2) remedy discrimination in housing; or (3) promote fair
housing rights and fair housing choice. Further, applicants have a duty
to carry out the specific activities cited in their responses to the
rating factors that address affirmatively furthering fair housing in
the Programs Section of this SuperNOFA.
(E) Economic Opportunities for Low and Very Low-Income Persons (Section
3)
Certain programs in this SuperNOFA require recipients of HUD
assistance to comply with section 3 of the Housing and Urban
Development Act of 1968, 12 U.S.C. 1701u (Economic Opportunities for
Low and Very Low-Income Persons) and the HUD regulations at 24 CFR part
135, including the reporting requirements subpart E. Section 3 provides
that recipients shall ensure that training, employment and other
economic opportunities, to the greatest extent feasible, be directed to
(1) low and very low income persons, particularly those who are
recipients of government assistance for housing and (2) business
concerns which provide economic opportunities to low and very low
income persons. The applicability of section 3 will be noted in the
Programs Section of the SuperNOFA.
(F) Relocation
Any person (including individuals, partnerships, corporations or
associations) who moves from real property or moves personal property
from real property as a direct result of a written notice to acquire or
the acquisition of the real property, in whole or in part, for a HUD-
assisted activity is covered by acquisition policies and procedures and
the relocation requirements of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and
Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended (URA), and
the implementing governmentwide regulation at 49 CFR part 24. Any
person who moves permanently from real property or moves personal
property from real property as a direct result of rehabilitation or
demolition for an activity undertaken with HUD assistance is covered by
the relocation requirements of the URA and the governmentwide
regulation.
(G) Forms, Certifications and Assurances
Each applicant is required to submit signed copies of the standard
forms, certifications, and assurances, listed in this section, unless
the program funding in the Programs Section specifies otherwise.
Additionally, the Programs Section may specify additional forms,
certifications, assurances or other information that may be required
for a particular program in this SuperNOFA.
(1) Standard Form for Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424);
(2) Standard Form for Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs
(SF-424A) or Standard Form for Budget Information-Construction Programs
(SF-424C), as applicable;
(3) Standard Form for Assurances--Non-Construction Programs (SF-
424B) or Standard Form for Assurances--Construction Programs (SF-424D),
as applicable;
(4) Drug-Free Workplace Certification (HUD-50070);
(5) Certification and Disclosure Form Regarding Lobbying (SF-LLL);
(Tribes and tribally designated housing entities (THDEs) established by
an Indian tribe as a result of the exercise of the tribe's sovereign
power are not required to submit this certification. Tribes and TDHEs
established under State law are required to submit this certification.)
(6) Applicant/Recipient Disclosure Update Report (HUD-2880);
(7) Certification that the applicant will comply with the
requirements of the Fair Housing Act, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age
Discrimination Act of 1975, and will affirmatively further fair
housing. CDBG recipients also must certify to compliance with section
109 of the Housing and Community Development Act. Federally recognized
Indian tribes must certify that they will comply with the requirements
of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Indian Civil Rights Act.
(8) Certification required by 24 CFR 24.510. (The provisions of 24
CFR part 24 apply to the employment, engagement of services, awarding
of contracts, subgrants, or funding of any recipients, or contractors
or subcontractors, during any period of debarment, suspension, or
placement in ineligibility status, and a certification is required.)
(H) OMB Circulars
The policies, guidances, and requirements of OMB Circular No. A-87
(Cost Principles Applicable to Grants, Contracts and Other Agreements
with State and Local Governments), OMB Circular No. A-122 (Cost
Principles for Nonprofit Organizations), 24 CFR part 84 (Grants and
Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and other
Non-Profit Organizations) and 24 CFR part 85 (Administrative
Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State, Local, and
Federally recognized Indian tribal governments) may apply to the award,
acceptance and use of assistance under the programs of this SuperNOFA,
and to the remedies for noncompliance, except when inconsistent with
the provisions of the FY 1998 HUD Appropriations Act, other Federal
statutes or the provisions of this SuperNOFA. Compliance with
additional OMB Circulars may be specified for a particular program in
the Programs Section of the SuperNOFA. Copies of the OMB Circulars may
be obtained from EOP Publications, Room 2200, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 10503, telephone (202) 395-7332 (this is not a
toll free number).
(I) Environmental Requirements
For programs under this SuperNOFA that assist physical development
activities or property acquisition, grantees are generally prohibited
from acquiring, rehabilitating, converting, leasing, repairing or
constructing property, or committing or expending HUD or non-HUD funds
for these program activities, until one of the following has occurred:
(1) HUD has completed an environmental review in accordance with 24 CFR
part 50; or (2) for programs subject to 24 CFR part 58, HUD has
approved a grantee's Request for Release of Funds (HUD Form 7015.15)
following a Responsible Entity's completion of an environmental review.
Applicants should consult the Programs Section for the applicable
program to determine the procedures for, timing of, and any exclusions
from environmental review under a particular program.
(J) Conflicts of Interest
Consultants or experts assisting HUD in rating and ranking
applicants for funding under this SuperNOFA are subject to 18 U.S.C.
208, the Federal criminal conflict of interest statute, and to the
Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch
regulation published at 5 CFR part 2635. As a result, individuals who
have assisted or plan to assist applicants with preparing applications
for this SuperNOFA may not serve on a selection panel or as a technical
advisor to HUD for this SuperNOFA. All individuals involved in rating
and ranking this SuperNOFA, including experts and consultants, must
avoid conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflicts. If the
selection or non-selection of any applicant under this NOFA affects the
individual's financial interests set forth in 18 U.S.C. 208 or involves
any party with whom the individual has a covered relationship
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under 5 CFR 2635.502, that individual must, prior to participating in
any matter regarding this NOFA, disclose this fact to the General
Counsel or the Ethics Law Division.
III. Application Selection Process
(A) General
To review and rate applications, HUD may establish panels including
persons not currently employed by HUD to obtain certain expertise and
outside points of view, including views from other Federal agencies.
(1) Rating. All applications for funding in each program listed in
this SuperNOFA will be evaluated and rated against the criteria in this
SuperNOFA. The rating of the ``applicant'' or the ``applicant's
organization and staff'' for technical merit or threshold compliance,
unless otherwise specified, will include any sub-contractors,
consultants, sub-recipients, and members of consortia which are firmly
committed to the project.
(2) Ranking. Applicants will be ranked within each program (or, for
Continuum of Care applicants, across the three programs identified in
the Continuum of Care section of this SuperNOFA). Applicants will be
ranked only against others that applied for the same program funding
and where there are set-asides within the competition, the applicant
would only compete against applicants in the same set-aside
competition.
(B) Threshold Requirements
HUD will review each application to determine whether the
application meets all of the threshold criteria described for program
funding made available under this SuperNOFA. Applications that meet all
of the threshold criteria will be eligible to be rated and ranked,
based on the criteria described, and the total number of points to be
awarded.
(C) Factors for Award Used To Evaluate and Rate Applications
For all of the programs for which funding is available under this
SuperNOFA, the points awarded for the rating factors total 100. Where
applicable, the program may provide for up to four bonus points as
provided in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section III(C), or other
bonus points as may be specified in the individual program in the
Programs Section of this SuperNOFA.
(1) Bonus Points. The SuperNOFA provides for the award of up to two
bonus points for eligible activities/projects that are proposed to be
located in federally designated Empowerment Zones, Enterprise
Communities, or Urban Enhanced Enterprise Communities, and/or serve the
EZ/EC residents, and are certified to be consistent with the strategic
plan of the EZs and ECs. The application kit contains a certification
which must be completed for the applicant to be considered for EZ/EC
bonus points. A listing of the federally designated EZs, Enhanced ECs
are available from the SuperNOFA Information Center, or through the HUD
web site on the Internet at http://www.HUD.gov.
(2) Court-Ordered Consideration. Due to an order of the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas, Division,
with respect to any application by the City of Dallas, Texas, for HUD
funds, HUD shall consider the extent to which the strategies or plans
in an application or applications submitted by the City of Dallas for
any program under this SuperNOFA will be used to eradicate the vestiges
of racial segregation in the Dallas Housing Authority's low income
housing programs. The City of Dallas should address the effect, if any,
that vestiges of racial segregation in Dallas Housing Authority's low
income housing programs have on potential participants in the programs
covered by this NOFA, and identify proposed actions for remedying those
vestiges. HUD may add up to 2 points to the score based on this
consideration. (This Section III(C)(2) is limited to applications
submitted by the City of Dallas.)
(3) The Five Standard Rating Factors. The factors for rating and
ranking applicants are listed in this Section III(C)(2) and maximum
points for each factor, are provided in the Programs Section of the
SuperNOFA. Each applicant should carefully read the factors for award
as described in the program area section that they are seeking funding.
While HUD has established the following basic factors for award, these
may have been modified or adjusted to take into account specific
program needs, or statutory or regulatory limitations imposed on a
program. The standard factors for award, except as modified in the
program area section are:
Factor 1: Capacity of the Applicant and Relevant Organizational Staff
Factor 2: Need/Extent of the Problem
Factor 3: Soundness of Approach
Factor 4: Leveraging Resources
Factor 5: Comprehensiveness and Coordination
The Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Programs have only two
factors that receive points: Need and Continuum of Care.
(D) Negotiation
After all applications have been rated and ranked and a selection
has been made, HUD may require, depending upon the program, that all
winners participate in negotiations to determine the specific terms of
the grant agreement and budget. In cases where HUD cannot successfully
conclude negotiations or a selected applicant fails to provide HUD with
requested information, awards will not be made. In such instances, HUD
may offer an award to the next highest ranking applicant, and proceed
with negotiations with the next highest ranking applicant.
(E) Adjustments to Funding
HUD reserves the right to fund less than the full amount requested
in any application to ensure the fair distribution of the funds and to
ensure the purposes of the programs contained in this SuperNOFA are
met. HUD may choose not to fund portions of the applications that are
ineligible for funding under applicable program statutory or regulatory
requirements, or which do not meet the requirements of this General
Section of this SuperNOFA or the requirements in the Programs Section
for the specific program, and fund eligible portions of the
applications.
If funds remain after funding the highest ranking applications, HUD
may fund part of the next highest ranking application in a given
program area. If the applicant turns down the award offer, HUD will
make the same determination for the next highest ranking application.
If funds remain after all selections have been made, remaining funds
may be available for other competitions for each program area where
there is a balance of funds.
Additionally, in the event of a HUD procedural error that, when
corrected, would result in selection of an otherwise eligible applicant
during the funding round of this SuperNOFA, HUD may select that
applicant when sufficient funds become available.
(F) Performance and Compliance Actions of Grantees
Performance and compliance actions of grantees will be measured and
addressed in accordance with applicable standards and sanctions of
their respective programs.
IV. Application Submission Requirements
As discussed earlier in the introductory section of this SuperNOFA,
part of the simplification of this funding process is to reduce the
duplication of effort involved in
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completing and submitting similar applications for HUD funded programs.
As the Program Chart shows above, this SuperNOFA provides for
consolidated applications for several of the programs for which funding
is available under this SuperNOFA.
V. Corrections to Deficient Applications
After the application due date, HUD may not, consistent with 24 CFR
part 4, subpart B, consider unsolicited information from an applicant.
HUD may contact an applicant, however, to clarify an item in the
application or to correct technical deficiencies. Applicants should
note, however, that HUD may not seek clarification of items or
responses that improve the substantive quality of the applicant's
response to any eligibility or selection criterion. Examples of curable
technical deficiencies include failure to submit the proper
certifications or failure to submit an application containing an
original signature by an authorized official. In each case, HUD will
notify the applicant in writing by describing the clarification or
technical deficiency. HUD will notify applicants by facsimile or by
return receipt requested. Applicants must submit clarifications or
corrections of technical deficiencies in accordance with the
information provided by HUD within 14 calendar days of the date of
receipt of the HUD notification. If the deficiency is not corrected
within this time period, HUD will reject the application as incomplete.
(Note that the Sections 202 and 811 Programs, by regulation, provide
for appeal of rejection of an application on technical deficiency.
Please see the programs sections for these programs for additional
information.)
VI. Promoting Comprehensive Approaches to Housing and Community
Development
(A) General
HUD believes the best approach for addressing community problems is
through a community-based process that provides a comprehensive
response to identified needs. By making HUD's Targeted Housing and
Homeless Assistance Programs funding available in one NOFA, applicants
may be able to relate the activities proposed for funding under this
SuperNOFA to the recent and upcoming NOFAs and the community's
Consolidated Plan and Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. A
complete schedule of NOFAs to be published during the fiscal year and
those already published appears under the HUD Homepage on the Internet,
which can be accessed at http://www.hud.gov/nofas.html.
(B) Linking Program Activities With AmeriCorps
Applicants are encouraged to link their proposed activities with
AmeriCorps, a national service program engaging thousands of Americans
on a full or part-time basis to help communities address their toughest
challenges, while earning support for college, graduate school, or job
training. For information about AmeriCorps, call the Corporation for
National Service at (202) 606-5000.
(C) Encouraging Visitability in New Construction and Substantial
Rehabilitation Activities
In addition to applicable accessible design and construction
requirements, applicants are encouraged to incorporate visitability
standards where feasible in new construction and substantial
rehabilitation projects. Visitability standards allow a person with
mobility impairments access into the home, but does not require that
all features be made accessible. Visitability means at least one
entrance at grade (no steps), approached by an accessible route such as
a sidewalk; the entrance door and all interior passage doors are at
least 2 feet 10 inches wide, allowing 32 inches of clear passage space.
Allowing use of 2'10'' doors is consistent with the Fair Housing Act
(at least for the interior doors), and may be more acceptable than
requiring the 3 foot doors that are required in fully accessible areas
under the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards for a small
percentage of units. A visitable home also serves persons without
disabilities, such as a mother pushing a stroller, or a person
delivering a large appliance. Copies of the UFAS are available from the
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development, Room 5230, 451 Seventh Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 755-5404 or the TTY telephone
number, 1-800-877 8399 (Federal Information Relay Service).
(D) Developing Healthy Homes
HUD's Healthy Homes Initiative is one of the initiatives developed
by the White House Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks to Children that was established under Executive Order 13045
(``Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks''). HUD encourages the funding of activities (to the extent
eligible under specific programs) that promote healthy homes, or that
promote education on what is a healthy home. These activities may
include, but are not limited to the following: educating homeowners or
renters about the need to protect children in their home from dangers
that can arise from items such as curtain cords, electrical outlets,
hot water, poisons, fire, and sharp table edges, among others;
incorporating child safety measures in the construction, rehabilitation
or maintenance of housing, which include but are not limited to: child
safety latches on cabinets, hot water protection devices, properly
ventilated windows to protect from mold, window guards to protect
children from falling, proper pest management to prevent cockroaches
which can cause asthma, and activities directed to control of lead-
based paint hazards. The National Lead Information Hotline is 1-800-
424-5323.
VII. Findings and Certifications
(A) Environmental Impact
This SuperNOFA provides funding under, and does not alter the
environmental requirements of 24 CFR parts 582, 583, and 882, subpart H
(Continuum of Care Program); part 574 (HOPWA Program); and part 891
(Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program and Section 811
Program of Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities).
Accordingly, under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(5), this SuperNOFA is categorically
excluded from environmental review under the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321). Activities under this SuperNOFA
are subject to the environmental review provisions that are specified
in the Environmental Requirements paragraph in each program section of
this SuperNOFA.
(B) Federalism, Executive Order 12612
The General Counsel, as the Designated Official under section 6(a)
of Executive Order 12612, Federalism, has determined that the policies
contained in this SuperNOFA will not have substantial direct effects on
States or their political subdivisions, or on the relationship between
the Federal Government and the States, or on the distribution of power
and responsibilities among the various levels of government.
Specifically, the SuperNOFA solicits applicants to expand their role in
addressing community development needs in their localities, and does
not impinge upon the relationships between the Federal government and
State and local governments. As a result, the
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SuperNOFA is not subject to review under the Order.
(C) Prohibition Against Lobbying Activities
Applicants for funding under this SuperNOFA are subject to the
provisions of section 319 of the Department of Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 1991, 31 U.S.C. 1352 (the
Byrd Amendment), which prohibits recipients of Federal contracts,
grants, or loans from using appropriated funds for lobbying the
executive or legislative branches of the Federal Government in
connection with a specific contract, grant, or loan. Applicants are
required to certify, using the certification found at Appendix A to 24
CFR part 87, that they will not, and have not, used appropriated funds
for any prohibited lobbying activities. In addition, applicants must
disclose, using Standard Form LLL, ``Disclosure of Lobbying
Activities,'' any funds, other than Federally appropriated funds, that
will be or have been used to influence Federal employees, members of
Congress, and congressional staff regarding specific grants or
contracts. Tribes and tribally designated housing entities (THDEs)
established by an Indian tribe as a result of the exercise of the
tribe's sovereign power are excluded from coverage of the Byrd
Amendment, but tribes and TDHEs established under State law are not
excluded from the statute's coverage.)
(D) Section 102 of the HUD Reform Act; Documentation and Public Access
Requirements
Section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545) (HUD Reform Act) and the
regulations codified in 24 CFR part 4, subpart A, contain a number of
provisions that are designed to ensure greater accountability and
integrity in the provision of certain types of assistance administered
by HUD. On January 14, 1992 (57 FR 1942), HUD published a notice that
also provides information on the implementation of section 102. The
documentation, public access, and disclosure requirements of section
102 apply to assistance awarded under this SuperNOFA as follows:
(1) Documentation and public access requirements. HUD will ensure
that documentation and other information regarding each application
submitted pursuant to this SuperNOFA are sufficient to indicate the
basis upon which assistance was provided or denied. This material,
including any letters of support, will be made available for public
inspection for a 5-year period beginning not less than 30 days after
the award of the assistance. Material will be made available in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's
implementing regulations in 24 CFR part 15.
(2) Disclosures. HUD will make available to the public for 5 years
all applicant disclosure reports (HUD Form 2880) submitted in
connection with this SuperNOFA. Update reports (also Form 2880) will be
made available along with the applicant disclosure reports, but in no
case for a period less than 3 years. All reports--both applicant
disclosures and updates--will be made available in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's implementing
regulations at 24 CFR part 5.
(3) Publication of Recipients of HUD Funding. HUD's regulations at
24 CFR 4.7 provide that HUD will publish a notice in the Federal
Register on at least a quarterly basis to notify the public of all
decisions made by the Department to provide:
(i) Assistance subject to section 102(a) of the HUD Reform Act; or
(ii) Assistance that is provided through grants or cooperative
agreements on a discretionary (non-formula, non-demand) basis, but that
is not provided on the basis of a competition.
(E) Section 103 HUD Reform Act
HUD's regulations implementing section 103 of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3537a),
codified in 24 CFR part 4, apply to this funding competition. The
regulations continue to apply until the announcement of the selection
of successful applicants. HUD employees involved in the review of
applications and in the making of funding decisions are limited by the
regulations from providing advance information to any person (other
than an authorized employee of HUD) concerning funding decisions, or
from otherwise giving any applicant an unfair competitive advantage.
Persons who apply for assistance in this competition should confine
their inquiries to the subject areas permitted under 24 CFR part 4.
Applicants or employees who have ethics related questions should
contact the HUD Ethics Law Division at (202) 708-3815. (This is not a
toll-free number.) For HUD employees who have specific program
questions, the employee should contact the appropriate field office
counsel, or Headquarters counsel for the program to which the question
pertains.
VIII. The FY 1998 SuperNOFA Process and Future HUD Funding Processes
In FY 1997, Secretary Cuomo took the first step in changing HUD's
funding process to better promote comprehensive, coordinated approaches
to housing and community development. In FY 1997, the Department
published related NOFAs on the same day or within a few days of each
other. In the individual NOFAs published in FY 1997, HUD advised that
additional steps on NOFA coordination may be considered for FY 1998.
The three SuperNOFAs to be published for FY 1998 represent the
additional step taken by HUD to improve HUD's funding process and
assist communities to make better use of available resources through a
coordinated approach. This new SuperNOFA process was developed based on
comments received from HUD clients and the Department believes it
represents a significant improvement over HUD's approach to the funding
process in prior years. For FY 1999, HUD may take even further steps to
enhance this process. HUD welcomes comments from applicants and other
members of the public on this process, and how it may be improved in
future years.
The description of program funding available under this third
SuperNOFA for Targeted Housing and Homeless Assistance Programs
follows.
Dated: April 23, 1998.
Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.,
Acting Deputy Secretary.
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Funding Availability for Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance
Programs--Supportive Housing Program (SHP), Shelter Plus Care
(S+C), Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy
Program for Homeless Individuals (SRO)
Program Description: The process of developing a Continuum of Care
system to assist homeless persons is part of the community's larger
effort of developing a Consolidated Plan. For a community to
successfully address its often complex and interrelated problems,
including homelessness, the community must marshall its varied
resources--community and economic development resources, social service
resources, housing and homeless assistance resources--and use them in a
coordinated and effective manner. The Consolidated Plan serves as the
vehicle for a community to comprehensively identify each of its needs
and to coordinate a plan of action for addressing them.
Approximately $700 million is being competed for the Continuum of
Care Homeless Assistance Programs. For this competition, approximately
$640 million is available in FY 1998, and it is anticipated that up to
an additional $60 million may be made available in FY 1999, subject to
appropriations. Any unobligated funds from previous competitions or
additional funds that may become available as a result of deobligations
or recaptures from previous awards may be used in addition to 1998
appropriations to fund applications submitted in response to this
program section of this SuperNOFA.
The funds available under this program section of this SuperNOFA
can be used under any of three programs that can assist in creating
community systems for combating homelessness. The three programs are:
(1) Supportive Housing; (2) Shelter Plus Care; and (3) Section 8
Moderate Rehabilitation for Single Room Occupancy Dwellings for
Homeless Individuals. The chart in the Attachment to this program
section of this SuperNOFA summarizes key aspects of the programs.
Program descriptions are contained in the applicable regulations cited
in the chart.
As in previous funding availability announcements for the Continuum
of Care Homeless Assistance Programs, amounts for each of the three
programs will not be specified this year. Instead, the distribution of
funds among the three programs will depend on locally determined
priorities and overall demand. HUD reserves the right to fund less than
the full amount requested in any application to ensure the fair
distribution of the funds and to ensure the purposes of these homeless
programs are met.
Application Due Date: Completed applications (an original
containing the original signed documentation and two copies) are due
before 12:00 midnight, Eastern time, on August 4, 1998 to the addresses
shown below. See the General Section of this SuperNOFA for specific
procedures governing the form of application submissions (e.g., mailed
applications, express mail, overnight delivery, or hand carried).
Electronic Submission: Applicants are highly encouraged to use a
special supplement to HUD's new Community Planning Software to prepare
the application. The special supplement has been programmed to produce
the charts and narratives that will meet both the requirements of the
homelessness sections of the Consolidated Plan and the identical
requirements of the Continuum of Care application. The supplement will
also produce the necessary project-specific information. If you choose
to use the supplement to prepare your Continuum of Care application,
you will submit the required information on 3\1/2\'' computer
diskettes, together with a paper copy of the entire application
including the signed cover sheet (SF-424), all required certifications
and other signed documentation, by the deadline. Please submit three
copies of these materials, as directed in the ADDRESSES FOR SUBMITTING
APPLICATIONS section below. The supplement may be obtained at no charge
by contacting the SuperNOFA Information Center by phone or internet as
specified below.
Addresses for Submitting Applications
To HUD Headquarters. The original completed application (containing
the original signed documentation) must be submitted to: Special Needs
Assistance Programs Office, Room 7270, Office of Community Planning and
Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410, Attention: Continuum of Care
Programs.
To the Appropriate CPD Field Office. Two copies of the completed
application must also be submitted to the Community Planning and
Development Division of the appropriate HUD Field Office for the
applicant's jurisdiction. Field Office copies must be received by the
deadline date as well, but a determination that an application was
received on time will be made solely on receipt of the application at
HUD Headquarters in Washington.
When submitting your application please refer to Continuum of Care
Programs, and include your name, mailing address (including zip code)
and telephone number (including area code).
For Application Kits, Further information, and Technical Assistance
Application Kits. For a copy of the application package, please
call the SuperNOFA Information Center at 1-800-HUD-8929 (voice) or 1-
800-483-2209 (TTY), or contact by Internet at http://www.HUD.gov.
For Further Information. For answers to your questions, you may
call the HUD Field Office serving your area, at the telephone number
shown in the application kit for this program, or you may contact the
Community Connections Information Center at 1-800-998-9999 (voice) or
1-800-483-2209 (TTY) or by Internet at: http://www.comcon.org/
ccprog.html.
Technical Assistance. Prior to the application deadline, HUD staff
will be available to provide general guidance, but not guidance in
actually preparing the application. HUD field office staff will also be
available to help identify organizations in your community that are
involved in developing the Continuum of Care system and, in the case of
renewals, to determine the HUD final year amount (e.g., leasing,
supportive services and operations for SHP, and rental assistance for
S+C). Following conditional selection, HUD staff will be available to
assist in clarifying or confirming information that is a prerequisite
to the offer of a grant agreement or Annual Contributions Contract by
HUD. However, between the application deadline and the announcement of
conditional selections, HUD will accept no information that would
improve the substantive quality of the application pertinent to the
funding decision.
Additional Information
I. Authority; Purpose; Prioritizing
(A) Authority
The Supportive Housing Program is authorized by title IV, subtitle
C, of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (McKinney Act),
42 U.S.C. 11381. Funds made available under this program section of the
SuperNOFA for the Supportive Housing Program are subject to the program
regulations at 24 CFR part 583.
The Shelter Plus Care program is authorized by title IV, subtitle
F, of the McKinney Act, 42 U.S.C. 11403. Funds made available under
this program section of the SuperNOFA for the
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Shelter Plus Care program are subject to the program regulations at 24
CFR part 582.
The Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program for Single Room
Occupancy Dwellings for Homeless Individuals (SRO) is authorized by
section 441 of the McKinney Act, 42 U.S.C. 11401. Funds made available
under this NOFA for the SRO program are subject to the program
regulations at 24 CFR part 882, subpart H.
(B) Purpose: Develop Continuum of Care Systems
The purpose of the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Programs
is to fund projects that will fill gaps in locally developed Continuum
of Care systems to assist homeless persons move to self-sufficiency and
permanent housing. A Continuum of Care system consists of four basic
components:
(1) A system of outreach and assessment for determining the needs
and conditions of an individual or family who is homeless;
(2) Emergency shelters with appropriate supportive services to help
ensure that homeless individuals and families receive adequate
emergency shelter and referral to necessary service providers or
housing finders;
(3) Transitional housing with appropriate supportive services to
help those homeless individuals and families who are not prepared to
make the transition to permanent housing and independent living; and
(4) Permanent housing, or permanent supportive housing, to help
meet the long-term needs of homeless individuals and families.
A Continuum of Care system is developed through a community-wide or
region-wide process involving nonprofit organizations (including those
representing persons with disabilities), government agencies, other
homeless providers, housing developers and service providers, private
foundations, neighborhood groups, and homeless or formerly homeless
persons. It should address the specific needs of each homeless
subpopulation: the jobless, veterans, persons with serious mental
illnesses, persons with substance abuse issues, persons with HIV/AIDS,
persons with multiple diagnoses, victims of domestic violence, youth,
and any others.
The community process used in developing a Continuum of Care system
must include interested veteran service organizations, particularly
veteran service organizations with specific experience in serving
homeless veterans, in order to ensure that the Continuum of Care system
addresses the needs of homeless veterans.
High scores under the Continuum of Care scoring criteria will be
assigned to applications that demonstrate the achievement of two basic
goals:
Have maximum participation by non-profit providers of
housing and services; homeless and formerly homeless persons; state and
local governments and agencies; veteran service organizations;
organizations representing persons with disabilities; the private
sector; housing developers; foundations and other community
organizations.
Create, maintain, and build upon a community-wide
inventory of housing and services for homeless families and
individuals; identify the full spectrum of needs of homeless families
and individuals; and coordinate efforts to obtain resources,
particularly resources sought through this program section of the
SuperNOFA, to fill gaps between the current inventory and existing
needs. This inventory must appropriately address all aspects of the
continuum, especially permanent housing.
In deciding the geographic area to be covered by a Continuum of
Care strategy, applicants should be aware that the single most
important factor in receiving funding under this competition will be
the strength of the Continuum of Care strategy when measured against
the Continuum of Care criteria described in this SuperNOFA. In
determining what jurisdictions to include in a Continuum of Care
strategy area, the applicant should include only those jurisdictions
that are involved in the development and implementation of the
Continuum of Care strategy.
Applicants should also be aware that the more jurisdictions
included in a Continuum of Care strategy area, the larger the pro rata
need share that will be allocated to the strategy area (as described in
Section III(A)(4) of this program section of the SuperNOFA). However,
it would be a mistake to include jurisdictions that are not fully
involved in the development and implementation of the Continuum of Care
strategy since this would adversely affect the Continuum of Care score.
Because most rural counties have extremely small pro rata need shares,
they may wish to consider working with larger groups of contiguous
counties to develop a region-wide or multi-county Continuum of Care
strategy covering the combined service areas of these counties.
Since the basic concept of a Continuum of Care strategy is the
creation of a single, coordinated, inclusive homeless assistance system
for an area, the areas covered by Continuum of Care strategies should
not overlap. If there are cases where the Continuum of Care strategies
geographically overlap to the extent that they are essentially
competing with each other, projects in the applications/Continuum of
Care that receive the highest score out of the possible 60 points for
Continuum of Care will be eligible for up to 40 points under Need.
Projects in the competing applications/Continuum of Care with the less
effective Continuum of Care strategies will be eligible for only 10
points under Need. In no case will the same geography be used more than
one time in assigning Need points. The local HUD field office can help
applicants determine if any of the area proposed for inclusion by one
Continuum of Care system is also likely to be claimed under another
Continuum of Care system in this competition.
(C) Prioritizing
Priority decisions are best made through a locally-driven process
and are key to the ultimate goal of reducing homelessness. As was done
in 1997, this year's application (1998) instructs that all projects
proposed for funding under this program section of the SuperNOFA be
listed in priority order from the highest priority to the lowest.
Generally, this priority order will mean, for example, that if funds
are only available to award 8 of 10 proposed projects, then funding
will be awarded to the first eight projects listed. HUD expects
nonprofit organizations to be given a fair role in establishing these
priorities.
This priority list will be used in awarding up to 40 points per
project under the ``Need'' scoring criteria. Higher priority projects
will receive more points under Need than lower priority projects. If a
complete project priority chart is not submitted for the continuum,
then all projects will receive the lowest score for Need.
Project renewals. Consistent with the Continuum of Care approach,
HUD funds that are needed to continue grants that will be expiring in
1999 (Supportive Housing grants, Supportive Housing Demonstration
Program grants, SAFAH grants, and Shelter Plus Care grants, as
described below) will only be available through the competitive process
described in this program section of the SuperNOFA.
The need for the continuation of previously funded projects must be
considered in the local needs analysis process and a decision should be
made locally on the priority to assign to the continuation of a
project. HUD will not fund renewals out of order on the priority list.
It is important that the
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applicant, regardless of the priority assigned to expiring projects,
has fully considered how persons currently being served by those
projects will continue to be served, and has addressed this issue in
its gap analysis. In last year's competition, numerous renewal projects
that were not assigned top priority by a locality did not receive
funding. To the extent a community desires to have such projects
renewed, it should give them the top priorities on the priority
projects listing in the application. Since renewal projects receive no
special consideration during the review, it is important that they meet
minimum project eligibility, capacity, and quality standards identified
in this program section of the SuperNOFA or they will be rejected. For
the renewal of a Supportive Housing Program project, Supportive Housing
Demonstration Program project or SAFAH project, you may request funding
for one (1), two (2) or three (3) years. The amount of this request can
be up to the total of HUD grant funds for leasing, operations, and
supportive services approved for the final year of the expiring grant's
term. For the renewal of a Shelter Plus Care project, the grant term is
fixed at five (5) years as required by statute. You may request up to
the amount determined by multiplying the number of units under lease at
the time of application for renewal funding under this SuperNOFA by the
applicable current Fair Market Rent(s) by 60 months. While full funding
of existing grants may be requested, there is no guarantee that the
entire amount will be awarded.
This program section of the SuperNOFA is not applicable to the
renewal of funding under the SRO program. For further guidance on SRO
renewals, please contact your local HUD Field Office.
Applicants eligible to apply for renewal of a grant are only those
that have executed a grant agreement for the project directly with HUD.
Project sponsors or subrecipients who have not signed such an agreement
are not eligible to serve as applicant for renewal of these projects.
The local HUD field office can provide assistance in determining
eligibility to apply for project renewal. To be considered an applicant
when applying as part of a consolidated application, the eligible
applicant must submit an originally signed HUD Form SF-424 and the
necessary certifications and assurances.
II. Application Requirements
The application kit provides the application materials, including
Form SF-424 and certifications, that must be used in applying for
homeless assistance under this SuperNOFA. These application materials
substitute for the forms, certifications, and assurances listed in
Section II(G) of the General Section of the SuperNOFA.
The application requires a description of the Continuum of Care
system and proposed project(s). It also contains certifications that
the applicant will comply with fair housing and civil rights
requirements, program regulations, and other Federal requirements, and
(where applicable) that the proposed activities are consistent with the
HUD-approved Consolidated Plan of the applicable State or unit of
general local government, including the Analysis of Impediments to Fair
Housing and the Action Plan to address these impediments. Projects
funded under this SuperNOFA shall operate in a fashion that does not
deprive any individual of any right protected by the Fair Housing Act
(42 U.S.C. 3601-19), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 794) or the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12101 et seq.) Section II(D) of the General Section of this SuperNOFA
regarding Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing does not apply to the
Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance programs.
There are three options for submitting an application under this
program section of the SuperNOFA.
One: A ``Consolidated Application'' is submitted when a
jurisdiction (or a consortium of jurisdictions) submits a single
application encompassing a Continuum of Care strategy and containing
all the projects within that strategy for which funding is being
requested. Individual projects are contained within the one
consolidated application. Grant funding may go to one entity which then
administers all funded projects submitted in the application, or under
this option, grant funding may go to all or any of the projects
individually. Your application will specify the grantee for each
project.
Two: ``Associated Applications'' are submitted when applicants plan
and organize a single Continuum of Care strategy which is adopted by
project sponsors or operators who choose to submit separate
applications for projects while including the identical Continuum of
Care strategy. In this case, project funding would go to each
successful applicant individually and each would be responsible to HUD
for administering its separate grant.
Three: A ``Solo Application'' is submitted when an applicant
applies for a project exclusive of participation in any community-wide
or region-wide Continuum of Care development process.
Options one and two are not substantively different and will be
considered equally competitive. Applicants are advised that projects
that are not a part of a Continuum of Care strategy will receive few,
if any, points under the Continuum of Care rating criteria.
III. Application Selection Process
(A) Review, Rating and Conditional Selection
HUD will use the same review, rating, and conditional selection
process for all three programs (S+C, SRO, and SHP). The standard
factors for award identified in the General Section of this SuperNOFA
have been modified in this program section as described below. Only the
criteria described in this program section--Continuum of Care and
Need--will be used to assign points. To review and rate applications,
HUD may establish panels, including persons not currently employed by
HUD, to obtain certain expertise and outside points of view, including
views from other Federal agencies. Two types of reviews will be
conducted. Paragraphs (1) and (2) below describe threshold reviews and
paragraphs (3) and (4) describe criteria--Continuum of Care and Need--
that will be used to assign points. Up to 104 points (including bonus
points and points for the court-ordered consideration described in
Section III(C)(1) and (2) of the General Section of the SuperNOFA) will
be assigned using these criteria.
(1) Applicant and sponsor eligibility and capacity. Applicant and
project sponsor capacity will be reviewed to ensure the following
eligibility and capacity standards are met. If HUD determines these
standards are not met, the project will be rejected from the
competition.
The applicant must be eligible to apply for the specific
program;
The applicant must demonstrate that there is sufficient
knowledge and experience to carry out the project(s). With respect to
each proposed project, this means that in addition to knowledge of and
experience with homelessness in general, the organization carrying out
the project, its employees, or its partners, must have the necessary
experience and knowledge to carry out the specific activities proposed,
such as housing development, housing management, and service delivery;
If the applicant or project sponsor is a current or past
recipient of assistance under a HUD McKinney Act program or
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the HUD Single Family Property Disposition Homeless Program, there must
be no project or construction delay, HUD finding, or outstanding audit
finding of a material nature regarding the administration of HUD
McKinney Act programs or the HUD Single Family Property Disposition
Homeless Program; and
The applicant and project sponsors must be in compliance
with applicable civil rights laws and Executive Orders, and must meet
the threshold requirements of Section II(B) of the General Section of
the SuperNOFA.
(2) Project eligibility and quality. Each project will be reviewed
to determine if it meets the following eligibility and threshold
quality standards. If HUD determines the following standards are not
met by a specific project or activity, the project or activity will be
rejected from the competition.
The population to be served must meet the eligibility
requirements of the specific program, as described in the application
instructions;
The activity(ies) for which assistance is requested must
be eligible under the specific program, as described in the program
regulations;
The housing and services proposed must be appropriate to
the needs of the persons to be served. HUD may find a project to be
inappropriate if:
--The type and scale of the housing or services clearly does not fit
the needs of the proposed participants (e.g., housing homeless families
with children in the same space as homeless individuals, or separating
members of the same family, without an acceptable rationale provided);
--Participant safety is not addressed;
--The housing or services are clearly designed to principally meet
emergency needs rather than helping participants achieve self-
sufficiency;
--Transportation and community amenities are not available and
accessible; or
--Housing accessibility for persons with disabilities is not provided
as required by applicable laws;
The project must be cost-effective in HUD's opinion,
including costs associated with construction, operations, and
administration, with such costs not deviating substantially from the
norm in that locale for the type of structure or kind of activity;
Supportive services only projects, and all others, must
show how participants will be helped to access permanent housing and
achieve self-sufficiency;
For the Section 8 SRO program, at least 25 percent of the
units to be assisted at any one site must be vacant at the time of
application; and
For those projects proposed under the SHP innovative
category: Whether or not a project is considered innovative will be
determined on the basis that the particular approach proposed is new to
the area, is a sensible model for others, and can be replicated.
(3) Continuum of Care. Up to 60 points will be awarded as follows:
(a) Process and Strategy. Up to 30 points will be awarded based on
the extent to which the application demonstrates:
The existence of a quality and inclusive community
process, including organizational structure(s), for developing and
implementing a Continuum of Care strategy which includes nonprofit
organizations (such as veterans service organizations, organizations
representing persons with disabilities, and other groups serving
homeless persons), State and local governmental agencies, other
homeless providers, housing developers and service providers, private
foundations, local businesses and the banking community, neighborhood
groups, and homeless or formerly homeless persons, as articulated in
Section I(D) of this program section of the SuperNOFA; and
That a quality and comprehensive strategy has been
developed which addresses the components of a Continuum of Care system
(i.e., outreach, intake, and assessment; emergency shelter;
transitional housing; permanent and permanent supportive housing) and
that strategy has been designed to serve all homeless subpopulations in
the community (e.g., seriously mentally ill, persons with multiple
diagnoses, veterans, persons with HIV/AIDS), including those persons
living in emergency shelters, supportive housing for homeless persons,
or in places not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular
sleeping accommodation for human beings.
(b) Gaps and Priorities. Up to 20 points will be awarded based on
the extent to which the application:
Describes the gap analysis performed, uses reliable
information and sources that are presented completely and accurately,
and establishes the relative priority of homeless needs identified in
the Continuum of Care strategy; and
Proposes projects that are consistent with the priority
analysis described in the Continuum of Care strategy, describes a fair
project selection process, explains how gaps identified through the
analysis are being addressed, and correctly completes the priority
chart.
In reviewing a community's Continuum of Care and determining the
points to assign, HUD will consider whether the community took its
renewal needs into account in preparing its project priority list.
(c) Supplemental Resources. Up to 10 points will be awarded based
on the extent to which the application demonstrates leveraging of funds
requested under this program section of the SuperNOFA with other
resources, including private, other public, and mainstream services and
housing programs.
(d) EZ/EC bonus points. As provided for in Section III(C)(1) of the
General Section of this SuperNOFA, a bonus of up to 2 points will be
added to the Continuum of Care score when some proposed homeless
assistance projects will be located within the boundaries and/or will
principally serve the residents of a federal Empowerment Zone,
Enterprise Community or Enhanced Enterprise Community (collectively
``EZ/EC'') if priority placement will be given by the project to
homeless persons living on the streets or in shelters within the EZ/EC,
or whose last known address was within the EZ/EC. In order for a
Continuum of Care system to receive any of the bonus points, the
applicant must specifically state how it meets the EZ/EC bonus
criterion, and provide a narrative describing the extent of the
linkages and coordination between proposed projects and the EZ/EC. The
greater the extent of EZ/EC involvement in and coordination with the
implementation strategy for the Continuum of Care system and projects,
the greater the likelihood that bonus points will be awarded.
(e) Court-ordered consideration. Section III(C)(2) of the General
Section is applicable to this program.
(4) Need. Up to 40 points will be awarded for need. There is a
three-step approach to determining the need scores to be awarded to
projects:
(a) Determining relative need: To determine the homeless assistance
need of a particular jurisdiction, HUD will use nationally available
data, including the following factors as used in the Emergency Shelter
Grants program: data on poverty, housing overcrowding, population, age
of housing, and growth lag. Applying those criteria to a particular
jurisdiction provides an estimate of the relative need index for that
jurisdiction compared to other jurisdictions applying for assistance
under this program section of the SuperNOFA.
(b) Applying relative need: That relative need index is then
applied to the total amount of funding estimated to
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be available under this program section of the SuperNOFA to determine a
jurisdiction's pro rata need. HUD reserves the right to adjust pro rata
need, if necessary, to address the issue of project renewals.
(c) Awarding need points to projects: Once the pro rata need is
established, it is applied against the priority project list in the
application. Starting from the highest priority project, HUD proceeds
down the list to include those projects whose total funding equals that
jurisdiction's pro rata need. Those priority projects which fall within
that pro rata need each receive the full 40 points for need.
Thereafter, HUD proceeds further down the priority project list until
two (2) times the pro rata need is reached and each of those projects
receive 20 points. Remaining projects each receive 10 points. If a
project priority chart is not submitted for the continuum, then all
projects will receive 10 points for Need.
In the case of competing applications from a single jurisdiction or
service area, projects in the application that received the highest
score out of the possible 60 points for Continuum of Care are eligible
for up to 40 points under Need. Projects in the competing applications
with lower Continuum of Care scores are eligible for only 10 points
under Need.
(5) Ranking. The score for Continuum of Care will be added to the
Need score in order to obtain a total score for each project. The
projects will then be ranked from highest to lowest according to the
total combined score.
(6) Conditional Selection and Adjustments to Funding.
(a) Conditional Selection. Whether a project is conditionally
selected, as described in Section IV below, will depend on its overall
ranking compared to others, except that HUD reserves the right to
select lower rated eligible projects that are part of comprehensive,
coordinated, and inclusive Continuum of Care systems that would not
otherwise receive funding if necessary to achieve geographic diversity.
When insufficient funds remain to fund all projects having the same
total score, HUD will break ties by comparing scores received by the
projects for each of the following scoring factors, in the order shown:
Need, Overall Continuum of Care (COC) score, COC Process and Strategy,
COC Gaps and Priorities, and COC Supplemental Resources. The final tie-
breaking factor is the priority number of the competing projects on the
applicable COC priority list(s).
(b) Adjustments to Funding. HUD may adjust funding of applications
in accordance with the provisions of Section III(E) of the General
Section of the SuperNOFA. HUD also reserves the right to ensure that a
project that is applying for and eligible for selection under this
competition is not awarded funds that duplicate activities.
(7) Additional selection considerations. HUD will also apply the
limitations on funding described below in making conditional
selections.
In accordance with section 429 of the McKinney Act, HUD will award
Supportive Housing funds as follows: not less than 25 percent for
projects that primarily serve homeless families with children; not less
than 25 percent for projects that primarily serve homeless persons with
disabilities; and not less than 10 percent for supportive services not
provided in conjunction with supportive housing. After projects are
rated and ranked, based on the criteria described above, HUD will
determine if the conditionally selected projects achieve these minimum
percentages. If not, HUD will skip higher-ranked projects in a category
for which the minimum percent has been achieved in order to achieve the
minimum percent for another category. If there are an insufficient
number of conditionally selected projects in a category to achieve its
minimum percent, the unused balance will be used for the next highest-
ranked approvable Supportive Housing project.
In accordance with section 463(a) of the McKinney Act, as amended
by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, at least 10
percent of Shelter Plus Care funds will be awarded for each of the four
components of the program: Tenant-based Rental Assistance; Sponsor-
based Rental Assistance; Project-based Rental Assistance; and Section 8
Moderate Rehabilitation of Single Room Occupancy Dwellings for Homeless
Individuals (provided there are sufficient numbers of approvable
projects to achieve these percentages). After projects are rated and
ranked, based on the criteria described below, HUD will determine if
the conditionally selected projects achieve these minimum percentages.
If necessary, HUD will skip higher-ranked projects for a component for
which the minimum percent has been achieved in order to achieve the
minimum percent for another component. If there are an insufficient
number of approvable projects in a component to achieve its minimum
percent, the unused balance will be used for the next highest-ranked
approvable Shelter Plus Care project.
In accordance with section 455(b) of the McKinney Act, no more than
10 percent of the assistance made available for Shelter Plus Care in
any fiscal year may be used for programs located within any one unit of
general local government. In accordance with section 441(c) of the
McKinney Act, no city or urban county may have Section 8 SRO projects
receiving a total of more than 10 percent of the assistance made
available under this program. HUD is defining the 10 percent
availability this fiscal year as $10 million for Shelter Plus Care and
$10 million for Section 8 SRO. However, if the amount awarded under
either of these two programs exceeds $100 million, then the amount
awarded to any one unit of general local government (for purposes of
the Shelter Plus Care program) or city or urban county (for the
purposes of the SRO program) could be up to 10 percent of the actual
total amount awarded for that program.
Lastly, HUD reserves the right to reduce the amount of a grant if
necessary to ensure that no more than 10 percent of assistance made
available under this program section of the SuperNOFA will be awarded
for projects located within any one unit of general local government or
within the geographic area covered by any one Continuum of Care. If HUD
exercises a right it has reserved under this program section of the
SuperNOFA, that right will be exercised uniformly across all
applications received in response to this program section of the
SuperNOFA.
IV. Funding Award Process
HUD will notify conditionally selected applicants in writing. As
necessary, HUD will subsequently request them to submit additional
project information, which may include documentation to show the
project is financially feasible; documentation of firm commitments for
cash match; documentation showing site control; information necessary
for HUD to perform an environmental review, where applicable; and such
other documentation as specified by HUD in writing to the applicant,
that confirms or clarifies information provided in the application.
SHP, SRO, S+C and S+C/SRO applicants will be notified of the deadline
for submission of such information. If an applicant is unable to meet
any conditions for fund award within the specified timeframe, HUD
reserves the right not to award funds to the applicant, but instead to
either: use them to select the next highest ranked application(s) from
the original competition for which there are sufficient funds
available; or add them to funds available for the next competition for
the applicable program.
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V. Program Limitations
(A) SRO Program
Applicants need to be aware of the following limitations that apply
to the Section 8 SRO program:
Under section 8(e)(2) of the United States Housing Act of
1937, no single project may contain more than 100 assisted units;
Under 24 CFR 882.802, applicants that are private
nonprofit organizations must subcontract with a Public Housing
Authority to administer the SRO assistance;
Under section 8(e)(2) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 and 24 CFR 882.802, rehabilitation must involve a minimum
expenditure of $3000 for a unit, including its prorated share of work
to be accomplished on common areas or systems, to upgrade conditions to
comply with the Housing Quality Standards.
Under section 441(e) of the McKinney Act and 24 CFR
882.805(d)(1), HUD publishes the SRO per unit rehabilitation cost limit
each year to take into account changes in construction costs. This cost
limitation applies to rehabilitation that is compensated for in a
Housing Assistance Payments Contract. For purposes of Fiscal Year 1998
funding, the cost limitation is raised from $16,900 to $17,200 per unit
to take into account increases in construction costs during the past
12-month period.
(B) Shelter Plus Care/Section 8 SRO Component
With regard to the SRO component of the Shelter Plus Care program,
applicant States, units of general local government and Indian tribes
must subcontract with a Public Housing Authority to administer the
Shelter Plus Care assistance. Also with regard to this component, no
single project may contain more than 100 units.
VI. Timeliness Standards
Applicants are expected to initiate their approved projects
promptly. If implementation difficulties occur, applicants need to be
aware of the following timeliness standards:
(A) Supportive Housing Program
HUD will deobligate SHP funds if site control has not been
demonstrated within one (1) year after initial notification of the
grant award, as provided in 24 CFR 583.320(a), subject to the
exceptions noted in that regulation.
Except where HUD finds that delay was due to factors
beyond the control of the grantee, HUD may deobligate SHP funds if the
grantee does not meet the following additional timeliness standards:
--Construction activities must begin within eighteen (18) months after
initial notification of the grant award and be completed within thirty-
six (36) months after that notification.
--For activities that cannot begin until construction activities are
completed, such as supportive service or operating activities that will
be conducted within the building being rehabilitated or newly
constructed, these activities must begin within three (3) months after
the construction is completed.
--For all activities that may proceed independent of construction
activities, these activities must begin within twelve (12) months after
initial notification of the grant award.
(B) Shelter Plus Care Program Components Except SRO Component
Except where HUD finds that delay was due to factors beyond the
control of the grantee, HUD will deobligate S+C funds if the grantee
does not meet the following timeliness standards:
For Tenant-based Rental Assistance, for Sponsor-based
Rental Assistance, and for Project-based Rental Assistance without
rehabilitation, the rental assistance must begin within twelve (12)
months of the initial announcement of the grant award.
For Project-based Rental Assistance with rehabilitation,
the rehabilitation must be completed within twelve (12) months of
initial notification of the grant award.
(C) SRO Program and SRO Component of the Shelter Plus Care Program
For projects carried out under the SRO program and the SRO
component of the S+C program, the rehabilitation work must be completed
and the Housing Assistance Payments contract executed within twelve
(12) months of execution of the Annual Contributions Contract. HUD may
reduce the number of units or the amount of the annual contribution
commitment if, in the determination of HUD, the Public Housing
Authority fails to demonstrate a good faith effort to adhere to this
schedule.
VII. Linking Supportive Housing Programs and AmeriCorps
Applicants for the Supportive Housing Program are encouraged to
link their proposed projects with AmeriCorps, a national service
program engaging thousands of Americans on a full or part-time basis to
help communities address their toughest challenges, while earning
support for college, graduate school, or job training. For information
about AmeriCorps SHP partnerships, call the Corporation for National
Service at (202) 606-5000 extension 486.
VIII. Other Matters
(A) Corrections to Deficient Applications
The General Section of the SuperNOFA provides the procedures for
corrections to deficient applications (See Section V of the General
Section).
(B) Environmental Requirements
All Continuum of Care assistance is subject to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and related Federal environmental
authorities. No Federal or non-Federal funds or assistance that limits
reasonable choices or could produce a significant adverse environmental
impact may be committed to a project until all required environmental
reviews and notifications have been completed. Conditional selection of
projects under the Continuum of Care Program is subject to the
environmental review requirements under 24 CFR 582.230, 583.230, and
882.804(c), as applicable.
(C) Section 3
To the extent that any housing assistance (including rental
assistance) funded through this program section of the SuperNOFA is
used for housing rehabilitation (including reduction and abatement of
lead-based paint hazards, but excluding routine maintenance, repair,
and replacement) or housing construction, then it is subject to section
3 of the Housing and Urban Rehabilitation Act of 1968, and the
implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 135. Section 3, as amended,
requires that economic opportunities generated by certain HUD financial
assistance for housing and community development programs shall, to the
greatest extent feasible, be given to low- and very low-income persons,
particularly those who are recipients of government assistance for
housing, and to businesses that provide economic opportunities for
these persons.
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Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA)
Program Description: Approximately $20,150,000 is available for
housing assistance and supportive services under the Housing
Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) program.
Application Due Date: Completed applications must be submitted no
later than 12:00 midnight, Eastern time, on July 10, 1998 at HUD
Headquarters. See the General Section of this SuperNOFA for specific
procedures governing the form of application submission (e.g., mailed
applications, express mail, overnight delivery, or hand carried).
Address for Submitting Applications: The completed original
application must be submitted to: Processing and Control Branch, Office
of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 7251, Washington, DC 20410.
The original application submitted to HUD headquarters is considered
the official application.
In addition, two (2) copies of this application must also be
submitted to the area CPD Field Office or Offices that serve the area
in which activities are proposed; the list of addresses for area CPD
Field Offices is provided in the HOPWA application kit. An applicant
that proposes nationwide activities should file the two copies with
their original with the HUD headquarters office. When submitting your
applications, please refer to HOPWA, and include your name, mailing
address (including zip code) and telephone number (including area
code).
For Application Kits, Further Information and Technical Assistance
For an application kit, supplemental information, and technical
assistance please call the SuperNOFA Information Center at 1-800-HUD-
8929 (1-800-483-8929). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may
call the Center's TTY number at 1-800-483-2209. The application kit
also will be available on the Internet through the HUD web site at
http://www.HUD.gov. When requesting an application kit, please refer to
HOPWA and provide your name, address (including zip code), and
telephone number (including area code).
Additional Information
I. Authority; Purpose; Amount Allocated; and Eligibility
(A) Authority
This program is authorized under the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act
(42 U.S.C. 12901). The regulations for HOPWA are found at 24 CFR part
574.
(B) Purpose
Under selection procedures established in Section II of this NOFA,
the funds available under this NOFA will be used to fund projects for
low-income persons with HIV/AIDS and their families under two
categories of assistance:
(1) Grants for Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS)
that, due to their innovative nature or their potential for
replication, are likely to serve as effective models in addressing the
housing and related supportive service needs of eligible persons; and
(2) Grants for projects that are part of Long-Term Comprehensive
Strategies (Long-Term) for providing housing and related supportive
services for eligible persons in areas that are not eligible for HOPWA
formula allocations.
(C) Amount Allocated
Approximately $20,150,000 is being made available by this NOFA.
Additional funds may be awarded if funds are recaptured, deobligated,
appropriated or otherwise made available during the fiscal year.
(1) Maximum grant amounts. The maximum amount that an applicant may
receive is $1,000,000 for program activities (e.g., activities that
directly benefit clients). An applicant may also receive up to 3
percent of the amount that is awarded for program activities for
grantee administrative costs and, if the application involves project
sponsors, up to 7 percent of the amount that is provided to project
sponsors for program activities for the project sponsors'
administrative costs. In addition, up to $50,000 may be requested to
collect data on project outcomes. HUD reserves the right to reduce the
amount requested for data collection on project outcomes in relation to
the amount requested for program activities.
For example, an applicant that proposes to use $1,000,000 for
housing assistance could receive up to an additional $100,000 for
administrative costs (potentially up to $30,000 for grantee
administrative costs and up to $70,000 for project sponsors'
administrative costs if the sponsors carry out that assistance) and
$50,000 for data collection. Due to statutory limits on administrative
costs, no project sponsor administrative costs are available in cases
where the grantee directly carries out the program activities and that
grantee is limited to using up to 3 percent of the grant amount for
administering the grant. An applicant should note that the costs of
staff that are carrying out the program activities may be included in
those program activity costs and that costs may be prorated between
categories as may be appropriate. A sponsor is only eligible to use up
to 7 percent of the amount that they receive for the sponsor's
administrative costs.
(2) Award modifications. See the General Section of this SuperNOFA
for information with regard to adjustments to funding. HUD also
reserves the right to ensure that a project that is applying for and
eligible for selection under this and other competitions, including the
FY 1998 Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance NOFA, is not awarded
funds that duplicate activities.
(D) Eligible Applicants
(1) States, units of general local government, and nonprofit
organizations may apply for grants for Special Projects of National
Significance.
(2) Certain States and units of general local government may apply
for grants for projects under the Long-Term category of grants, if the
proposed activities will serve areas that were not eligible to receive
HOPWA formula allocations in fiscal year 1998. An appendix in the
application kit will describe the formula areas. Nonprofit
organizations are not eligible to apply directly for the Long-Term
category of grants but may serve as a project sponsor for an eligible
State or local government grantee.
The HOPWA regulations at 24 CFR 574.3 provide for a definition of
nonprofit organization, and eligibility of these organizations is
further addressed in the application kit.
(E) Eligible Activities
The following eligible activities are subject to standards and
limitations found in 24 CFR part 574:
(1) Housing information services (including fair housing
counseling).
(2) Project-based or tenant-based rental assistance.
(3) New construction of a community residence or SRO dwelling.
(4) Acquisition, rehabilitation, conversion, lease or repair of
facilities to provide housing and services.
(5) Operating costs for housing.
(6) Short-term rent, mortgage and utility payments to prevent
homelessness.
(7) Supportive services.
(8) Administrative expenses.
(9) Resource identification and technical assistance;
Under this NOFA, applicants may propose to operate technical
assistance
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and/or resource identification activities that help communities and
organizations develop housing resources for persons with HIV/AIDS and
their families. Generally, this assistance can be used to help
communities to improve community-based needs assessments, undertake
multiple-year HIV/AIDS housing planning, enhance facility operations
and refine other management practices of organizations that provide or
plan to provide housing assistance and/or related supportive services
for persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families. This assistance
can also be used to provide support for HOPWA project sponsors in the
form of advice and training. These activities should help build the
capacity of sponsors to undertake housing development, to operate
housing programs, and use of funds in compliance with the Consolidated
Planning Process and the Grants Management System. Funds may be used to
provide assistance in developing community-based needs assessments and
assistance for State-wide, metropolitan, nonmetropolitan and/or rural
areas in development of area multiyear HIV and AIDS housing plans, and
for research and information services. Applications to provide
technical assistance and resource identification on a national or
multijurisdictional basis also may be proposed.
HUD has received community recommendations that the program place
additional emphasis on assistance in the planning, development, and
operation of projects as well as in undertaking the evaluation of
performance from grantees and project sponsors that have been
administering HOPWA formula allocations and/or competitive grants. The
proposed use of funds for technical assistance and resource
identification would also help respond to these recommendations; and
(10) Other activities that are proposed in an application and
approved by HUD, including data collection on project outcomes;
however, HUD will not approve proposals that depend on future decisions
on how funds are to be used, for example, a proposal to establish a
local request-for-proposal process to select sponsors and activities.
Project Outcomes. Under item (10), applicants are encouraged to
apply for funds to collect data on project outcomes, particularly
client outcomes. In addition, data may be collected on changes to
housing and supportive services delivery systems as a result of the
model project, including changes resulting from any innovative
features. A plan for the collection of data and the reporting of
information on project outcomes to HUD should be provided by applicants
requesting funds for this purpose.
In offering funds for outcomes data collection, this NOFA
recognizes the importance of collecting information on model and
innovative projects to support further improvements and reforms to the
local assistance programs for persons with HIV/AIDS and their families
and to be used in national evaluations.
As noted above in Section I(C)(1), an applicant may request up to
$50,000 to collect information and report to HUD, or a third party
designated by HUD, on project outcomes.
If funds are requested, the applicant must propose data collection
activities in their application. The persons who will conduct these
activities may include expert third-party assistance. Generally, this
person will help a project:
(a) Define monitoring questions that will be addressed and examined
during the project period;
(b) Specify outcome measures;
(c) Develop instruments to assess project outcomes and systems
outcomes;
(d) Train project staff in the collection of the data, including
preparation of standard Annual Progress Reports to HUD;
(e) Monitor data collection activities to assure that submissions
are complete and accurate, including data coding and entry;
(f) Summarize the data collected; and
(g) Prepare reports summarizing findings.
II. Program Requirements
(A) Performance Measures and Project Goals and Objectives
Applicants should establish and describe performance goals and
objectives that are important in developing the proposed projects and
that will be used to evidence accomplishments under the HOPWA
performance measures. These goals and objectives (i.e., specific,
achievable and time-limited statements) will be a basis for a review of
project outcomes and help establish the nature of possible findings
that would be disseminated to the benefit of other projects.
As standard, program-wide performance measures, applicants should
use the following:
(1) In the area to be served, increase the number of short-term
housing units (that may include access to related supportive services)
by an estimated ``xx'' by the end of the program year. For example, a
transitional program that provides five units that are used in
conjunction with drug and/or alcohol abuse treatment and counseling
and/or mental health services with a plan for client outplacement to
other housing.
(2) In the area to be served, increase the number of permanent
housing units by an estimated ``xx'' by the end of the program year.
For example, a program designed to offer 25 rental vouchers and
assistance to participants in finding housing with access to service
components that could assist clients in maintaining daily living
activities through an appropriate range of support.
(B) Performance Benchmarks
Funds received under this competition are expected to be expended
within 3 years following the date of the signing of a grant agreement.
As a condition of the grant, selected projects are expected to
undertake activities based on the following performance benchmarks:
(1) A project that involves the acquisition or leasing of a site is
required to gain site control within one year of their selection (i.e,
one year from the date of the signing of their selection letter by
HUD);
(2) If the project is proposing to use HOPWA funds to undertake
rehabilitation or new construction activities, the project is required
to begin the rehabilitation or construction within 18 months of their
selection and to complete the activity within 3 years of that date; and
(3) Except for a project that involves HOPWA-funded rehabilitation
or construction activities, the project is required to begin program
operations within one year of their selection. If a selected project
does not meet the appropriate performance benchmark, HUD reserves the
right to cancel or withdraw the grant selection or otherwise deobligate
awarded funds. In exercising this right, the Secretary may waive a
termination action in cases that HUD determines evidence that the delay
and failure to meet the performance benchmark are due to factors that
were beyond the control of the grantee.
(C) Availability of FY 1998 Formula Allocations
In FY 1998, a total of $183.6 million was allocated by formula to
the qualifying cities for 59 eligible metropolitan statistical areas
(EMSAs) and to 29 eligible States for areas outside of EMSAs. All HOPWA
formula grants are available as part of the jurisdiction's Consolidated
Plan, which also includes the Community Development Block Grant, HOME
Investment Partnerships program, and Emergency Shelter Grants. Plans
are
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developed through a public process that assesses area needs, creates a
multiple-year strategy and proposes an action plan for use of Federal
funds and other community resources in a coordinated and comprehensive
manner. Information on consolidated planning, including HOPWA formula
programs, is available on the HUD HOME Page at www.hud.gov/cpd/
cpdallst.html.
III. Application Selection Process
(A) HOPWA Application Reviews
HOPWA Applications will be reviewed to ensure that they meet the
threshold requirements found in Section II of the General Section of
the Super NOFA. Applications will also be reviewed to ensure that:
(1) A Certification of Consistency with Consolidated Plans is
provided. Under the HOPWA program, proposed activities that are located
in a jurisdiction are required to be consistent with the jurisdiction's
current, approved Consolidated Plan, including the Analysis of
Impediments to Fair Housing and the Action Plan to address these
impediments, except that this certification is not required for
projects that propose to undertake activities on a national basis; and
(2) The applicant is currently in compliance with the Federal
requirements contained in 24 CFR part 574, subpart G, ``Other Federal
Requirements.''
(B) The HOPWA Competition
This national competition will involve the review, rating, and
selection of HOPWA applications under each of the two categories of
assistance (Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS), and Long-
Term Comprehensive Strategies (Long-Term) in areas that do not qualify
for HOPWA formula allocations).
(C) Procedures for the Rating of Applications
HOPWA applications will be rated based on the criteria listed
below. The rating factors are common for all applications, except that
some elements are specific for an application that is submitted under
the Special Projects of National Significance category, and other
elements are specific for an application that is submitted under the
second category for Projects that are part of Long-Term Comprehensive
Strategies in areas that do not qualify for HOPWA formula allocations.
(D) Factors for Award Used To Evaluate and Rate Applications
The factors for rating and ranking applicants, and maximum points
for each factor, are provided below. The points awarded for the factors
total 100. In addition, bonus points available under Section III(C)(2)
of the General Section of this SuperNOFA apply to this competition.
After rating, these applications will be placed in the rank order of
their final score for selection within the appropriate category of
assistance.
Rating Factor 1: Capacity of the Applicant and Project Sponsors and
Relevant Organizational Experience (20 Points)
This factor addresses the extent to which the applicant and any
project sponsor has the organizational resources necessary to
successfully implement the proposed activities in a timely manner.
HUD will award up to 20 points based on the ability of the
applicant and any project sponsor to develop and operate the proposed
program, such as housing development, management of housing facilities
or units, and service delivery, in relation to which entity is carrying
out an activity.
(1) With regard to both the applicant and the project sponsor(s),
HUD will consider:
(a) Past experience and knowledge in serving persons with HIV/AIDS
and their families;
(b) Past experience and knowledge in programs similar to those
proposed in the application;
(c) Experience and knowledge in monitoring and evaluating program
performance and disseminating information on project outcomes; and
(d) The applicant's past experience as measured by expenditures and
measurable progress in achieving the purpose for which funds were
provided.
(2) In reviewing the elements of paragraph (1), HUD will consider
the extent to which the proposal demonstrates:
(a) The knowledge and experience of the proposed project director
and staff, including the day-to-day program manager, consultants and
contractors in planning and managing the kind of activities for which
funding is being requested. The applicant and any project sponsor will
be judged in terms of recent, relevant and successful experience of
their staff to undertake eligible program activities, including
experience and knowledge in serving persons with HIV/AIDS and their
families.
(b) The applicant's and/or sponsor's experience in managing complex
interdisciplinary programs, especially those involving housing and
community development programs directly relevant to the work activities
proposed and carrying out grant management responsibilities.
(c) If the applicant and/or sponsor received funding in previous
years in the program area for which they are currently seeking funding,
the applicant's or sponsor's past experience will be evaluated in terms
of their ability to attain demonstrated measurable progress in the
implementation of their recent grant awards, as measured by
expenditures and measurable progress in achieving the purpose for which
funds were provided.
Rating Factor 2: Need/Extent of the Problem (20 Points)
This factor addresses the extent to which there is a need for
funding the proposed program activities and an indication of the
urgency of meeting the need in the target area. For up to 15 points,
HUD will award points as follows under paragraphs (1) to (3), and 5
points under paragraph (4).
(1) (5 Points) AIDS Cases. Up to five of these points will be
determined by the relative numbers of AIDS cases and per capita AIDS
incidence, in metropolitan areas of over 500,000 population and in
areas of a State outside of these metropolitan areas, in the State for
proposals involving state-wide activities, and in the nation for
proposals involving nation-wide activities. To determine these points,
HUD will obtain AIDS surveillance information from the Director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(2) (5 Points) Description of Need. Up to five of these points will
be determined by the extent to which there is a need for funding
eligible activities in the area to be served. The applicant should
demonstrate that the area to be served has an urgent and unmet need in
the eligible population, as follows:
(a) The applicant should describe in its application for a proposed
Special Project of National Significance, the need that is not
currently addressed by other projects or programs in the area, any
unresolved or emerging issues, and/or the need to provide new or
alternative forms of assistance that enhance area systems of housing
and related care for persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families;
or
(b) The applicant should describe in its application for a proposed
project that is part of a Long-Term Comprehensive Strategy in an area
that does not receive a HOPWA formula allocation, the need that is not
currently addressed by other projects or programs in the area, any
unresolved or emerging issues, and/or the need to provide forms
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of assistance that enhance the community's strategy for providing
housing and related services to eligible persons.
HUD will consider the application's presentation of statistics and
data sources based on soundness and reliability and the specificity of
information to the target population and the area to be served. To the
extent that the jurisdiction's Consolidated Plan and Analysis of
Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, Continuum of Care Homeless
Assistance plans, comprehensive HIV/AIDS housing plans and other
sources are applicable and identify the level of the problem and the
urgency in meeting the need, references to these documents should be
included in the response. If the application proposes to serve a
subpopulation of eligible persons on the basis that these persons have
been traditionally underserved, the application must document the need
for this targeted effort.
(3) (5 Points) Need in Non-Formula Areas and for Renewals. Within
the points available under this criterion, HUD will award points under
the following two circumstances:
(a) An application that proposes to serve clients in an area that
does not qualify for HOPWA formula allocation. HUD recognizes that the
clients in these areas that benefit under the proposed project do not
have access to HOPWA formula allocations that distribute 90 percent of
the annual appropriation for this program; or
(b) An application that proposes to continue the operations of
HOPWA funded activities that have been supported by HOPWA competitive
funds in prior years and that have operated with reasonable success. An
applicant has operated with reasonable success if it shows that
previous HOPWA-funded activities have been carried out and are nearing
completion of the planned activities in a timely manner. The applicant
should also show that performance reports were provided and that
benchmarks, if any, in program development and operation have been met,
and that the number of persons assisted is comparable to the number
that was planned at the time of application.
(4) (5 Points) Highest Rated in a State or the Nation (for
nationwide activities). After the other rating factors have been
determined, HUD will award five of the points to help achieve greater
geographic diversity in funding activities within a variety of States.
Under this criterion, five points will be awarded to the highest rated
application under each category in each State and to the highest rated
application among the applications that propose nationwide activities.
(5) Up to two (2) additional points will be awarded to any
application submitted by the City of Dallas, Texas, to the extent this
subfactor is addressed. Due to an order of the U.S. District Court for
the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, with respect to any
application submitted by the City of Dallas, Texas, HUD's consideration
of this subfactor will consider the extent to which the applicant's
plan for the use of HOPWA funds will be used to eradicate the vestiges
of racial segregation in the Dallas Housing Authority's programs
consistent with the Court's order.
Rating Factor 3: Soundness of Approach: Responsiveness and Model
Qualities (40 Points)
This factor addresses the quality of the applicant's proposed plan
in providing a clear relationship between the proposed activities,
community needs and the purpose of the program funding. HUD will award
up to 40 points based on the extent to which the proposal shows a
soundness in its approach to assisting HOPWA eligible persons.
(1) (20 Points) Responsiveness. Of the points available under this
criteria, HUD will award up to 20 points based on the proposal's
responsiveness to the needs of clients. HUD will consider the extent to
which the proposed activities address area needs for the project. The
proposal should demonstrate that:
(a) The proposed activities respond to the need for housing and
related supportive services for eligible persons in the community.
Under this NOFA, HUD is requiring that an application that proposes to
use HOPWA funds for supportive services only should clearly demonstrate
that the housing needs of eligible persons in the area are addressed
through other means to ensure that the proposal fits within the
purposes of this program;
(b) The proposed activities will offer a personalized response to
the needs of clients that maximizes opportunities for independent
living, including accessibility of housing units and other structures,
and in the case of a family, accommodates the needs of families.
(c) The proposed activities will result in tangible benefits for
the community and for persons with HIV/AIDS and their families,
including persons who have been traditionally underserved, as
documented by the applicant under Factor 2 in the application's
description of need.
(d) In relation to technical assistance activities proposed in the
application, the proposed activities respond to the technical
assistance needs of programs that provide or seek to provide housing
and related supportive services for HOPWA-eligible persons.
(2) (15 Points) Model Qualities. Of the points available under this
criteria, HUD will award up to 15 points based on the proposal's model
qualities in offering or expanding housing opportunities for persons
living with HIV/AIDS and their families. The proposal should
demonstrate that the design, planning, operation, coordination with
health-care and other supportive services, management oversight, and
evaluation of activities are appropriate and sufficiently shown to
serve as a model for replication in other similar communities.
HUD will consider the extent to which the application demonstrates
that the proposed activities will result in measurable accomplishments
that serve as a Special Project of National Significance, when compared
to other applications and projects funded under this category in the
past; or a Project that is part of a Long-Term Comprehensive Strategy
for providing housing and related supportive services for HOPWA-
eligible persons in areas of the nation that do not receive HOPWA
formula allocations.
Under this criterion, the highest rating will be given to
applications that demonstrate:
(a) That the proposed activities will be undertaken using
technically competent methodologies for conducting the work to be
performed that may include a cost-effective plan for designing,
organizing, and carrying out the proposed activities. The proposed cost
estimates should be reasonable for the work to be performed and
consistent with rates established for the level of expertise required
to perform the work in the proposed geographic area. All activities
that include rehabilitation, construction, weatherization, lead-based
paint removal, and other activities related to site and design must
meet or exceed local building codes.
(b) A potential for yielding a ``best practice'' that can be
replicated and disseminated to other organizations, including nonprofit
organizations and State and local governments. HUD will assess the
transferability of results in terms of model programs or lessons
learned from the work performed under the award. If selected, the
applicant will be required to prepare an analysis of best practices as
part of their reports to HUD that may be used by HUD to
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inform others who may be interested in learning from the experiences
gained from the work performed under awards funded through this NOFA.
(c) In the case of a project that is part of a Long-Term
Comprehensive Strategy in an area that does not receive a HOPWA formula
allocation, that the proposed project is part of a community strategy
involving local, metropolitan, or State-wide planning and coordination
of housing programs designed to meet the changing needs of low-income
persons with HIV/AIDS and their families, including programs providing
housing assistance and related services that are operated by Federal,
State, local, private, and other entities serving eligible persons.
(3) (5 Points) Innovation. Of the points available under this
factor, HUD will award up to five points for an application that
demonstrates innovation in the provision of housing for persons living
with HIV/AIDS and their families.
HUD will consider the extent to which the project involves a new
program for, or alternative method of, meeting the needs of eligible
persons, when compared to other HOPWA applications under this notice
and HOPWA projects funded in the past. HUD will consider the extent to
which the project design, management plan, proposed effects, local
planning and coordination of housing programs, and proposed activities
help to ensure that the innovation or innovative quality will benefit
eligible persons. HUD will also consider the extent to which the
proposal provides for the evaluation of this innovation or quality in
order to measure the benefit(s) and allow for the dissemination of
information on the success of the proposed activities in assisting
eligible persons and/or in establishing or operating systems of housing
and related care for eligible persons. Under this criterion, the
highest rating will be given to applications that demonstrate
innovation in a clear and reasonable manner and the innovation is
likely, in HUD's view, to be effective in addressing needs.
Rating Factor 4: Leveraging Resources (10 Points)
This factor addresses the ability of the applicant to secure
community resources which can be combined with HUD's program resources
to achieve program purposes. HUD will award up to 10 points based on
the extent to which resources from other public or private sources have
been committed to support the project at the time of application.
Exhibit 4 of the application kit provides guidance on the appropriate
language that applicant's must use to document these leveraged
resources.
In establishing leveraging, HUD will not consider other HOPWA-
funded activities, entitlement benefits inuring to eligible persons, or
conditioned commitments that depend on future fund-raising or actions.
In assessing the use of acceptable leveraged resources, HUD will
consider the likelihood that State and local resources will be
available and continue during the operating period of the grant. In
evaluating this factor HUD will also consider:
(1) The extent to which the applicant documents leveraged
resources, such as funding and/or in-kind services from governmental
entities, private organizations, resident management organizations,
educational institutions, or other entities in order to achieve the
purposes of the project for which the applicant is requesting HOPWA
funds.
(2) The extent to which the documented resources evidence that the
applicant has partnered with other entities to make more effective use
of available public or private resources. Partnership arrangements may
include, but are not limited to, funding or in-kind services from local
governments or government agencies, nonprofit or for-profit entities,
private organizations, educational institutions, or other entities that
are willing to partner with the applicant on proposed activities in
order to leverage resources, or partnering with other program funding
recipients to make more effective use of resources within the
geographic area covered by the award.
Rating Factor 5: Comprehensiveness and Coordination (10 Points)
This factor addresses the extent to which the applicant coordinated
its activities with other known organizations, participates or promotes
participation in a community's Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance
planning process (if homeless persons are to be served by proposed
activities), the jurisdiction's Consolidated Planning process, and is
working towards addressing a need in a holistic and comprehensive
manner through linkages with other activities in the community. HUD
will award up to 10 points based on the proposal's comprehensiveness
and coordination. In order to ensure that resources are used to their
maximum effect within the community, it is important that organizations
seeking funds under this program be involved in HUD's planning
processes for community development and homeless assistance resources.
If an applicant, sponsor or other involved organization has been
involved in these processes, that involvement should be described under
this factor.
HUD will consider the extent to which the proposal describes how
activities were planned and are proposed to be carried out with HOPWA
funds and other resources in order to provide a comprehensive and
responsive range of housing and related supportive services to meet the
changing needs of eligible persons. The proposal should demonstrate
that housing is provided in conjunction with the client's access to
health-care and other supportive services in the area to be served,
including assistance provided under the Ryan White CARE Act programs.
In evaluating this factor, HUD will consider the extent to which
the applicant demonstrates it has:
(1) Coordinated its proposed activities with those of other groups
or organizations prior to submission in order to best complement,
support, and coordinate all known activities, and if funded, the
specific steps it will take to share information on solutions and
outcomes with others. Any written agreements, memoranda of
understanding in place, or that will be in place after award should be
described.
(2) Been actively involved in its community's Continuum of Care
Homeless Assistance planning process (if homeless persons are to be
served by proposed activities), and/or the jurisdiction's Consolidated
Planning process established to identify and address a need/problem
that is related in whole, or part, directly, or indirectly to the
activities the applicant proposes.
In the case of technical assistance providers, the applicant will
be evaluated on the specific steps it will take to work with recipients
of technical assistance services to inform them of, and get them
involved in, the community's Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance
planning process and/or the jurisdiction's Consolidated Planning
process, as applicable. HUD will review more favorably those applicants
who can demonstrate they are active, or in the case of technical
assistance providers, will work with recipients of technical assistance
to get them involved in these local and State planning process.
(3) Developed linkages, or the specific steps it will take to
develop linkages with other activities, programs or projects through
meetings, information networks, planning processes, or other mechanisms
to coordinate its activities
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so solutions are holistic and comprehensive, including linkages with:
(a) Other HUD-funded projects/activities outside the scope of those
covered by the Consolidated Plan; and
(b) Other activities funded by the Federal, State, or local
government, including those proposed or on-going in the community.
(E) Selection of HOPWA Awards
Whether an HOPWA application is conditionally selected will depend
on its overall ranking compared to other applications within each of
the two categories of assistance. HUD will select applications in rank
order in each category of assistance to the extent that funds are
available, except as noted below. In allocating amounts to the
categories of assistance, HUD reserves the right to ensure that
sufficient funds are available for the selection of at least one
application under each category of assistance.
HUD reserves the right to achieve greater diversity in the
selection of applications (i.e., by selecting a lower rated
application), in the case that an application demonstrates a great
unmet need and no applicant in that State has been the recipient of any
prior HOPWA competitive grant or formula allocation. In selecting a
lower rated application in order to achieve greater diversity under
this paragraph (i.e. resulting in funding activities within a variety
of states), HUD will not select an application that is rated below 50
points.
In the event of a tie between applications in a category of
assistance, HUD reserves the right to break the tie: by selecting the
proposal that increases geographic diversity as defined in the prior
paragraph; and, if greater geographic diversity is not achievable, by
subsequently designating as the higher rated proposal, that proposal
which was scored higher on a rating criterion, taken in the following
order until the tie is broken: the Soundness of Approach:
Responsiveness and Model Qualities (Rating Factor 3); Comprehensiveness
and Coordination (Rating Factor 5); the Capacity of the Applicant and
Relevant Organizational Experience (Rating Factor 1); the Need/Extent
of the Problem (Rating Factor 2); and Leveraging Resources (Rating
Factor 4).
HUD will notify conditionally selected applicants in writing. Such
applicants will subsequently be notified of any modification made by
HUD, the additional project information necessary for grant award, and
the date of deadline for submission of such information. In the event
that a conditionally-selected applicant is unable to meet any
conditions for fund award within the specified timeframe or funds are
deobligated under a grant awarded under this competition, HUD reserves
the right not to award funds to the applicant, but instead to: use
those funds to make awards to the next highest rated applications in
this competition; to restore amounts to a funding request that had been
reduced in this competition; or to add amounts to funds available for
the next competition.
IV. Application Submission Requirements
The HOPWA application kit provides an application that must be used
in applying for program funds under this NOFA. The HOPWA application
provides certifications and an SF-424 that are applicable to this
program, and HOPWA applicants are not required to provide the forms,
certifications, and assurances listed in Section II(G) of the General
Section of the SuperNOFA. Section II(D) of the General Section of this
SuperNOFA regarding Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing does not
apply to the HOPWA program.
All HOPWA applications must contain the following items:
(A) Transmittal Letter
This letter identifies which program under the SuperNOFA for which
funds are requested and the dollar amount requested.
(B) Narrative Statements
The HOPWA application provides for narrative statements that
address the Factors for Award found at Section III(D) of this NOFA.
(C) Service Areas
The HOPWA application provides for a statement to identify the
area(s) in which the application proposes to offer housing and/or
services.
(D) Budget
The budget should be submitted on the form found in the HOPWA
Application Kit, in lieu of the standard budget form under the General
Section of this SuperNOFA.
V. Corrections to Deficient Applications
The General Section of the SuperNOFA provides the procedures for
corrections to deficient applications.
VI. Environmental Requirements
All HOPWA assistance is subject to the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, applicable related Federal environmental
authorities, and the environmental review requirements in 24 CFR
574.510. HUD's conditional selection of an application does not
constitute approval of a proposed site. Before an applicant or project
sponsor may acquire, rehabilitate, convert, lease, repair or construct
properties to provide housing, or commit Federal or non-Federal funds
to such activities, HUD will perform an environmental review with
respect to a proposed property in accordance with 24 CFR part 50.
VII. Section 3
To the extent that any housing assistance (including rental
assistance) funded through this program section of the SuperNOFA is
used for housing rehabilitation (including reduction and abatement of
lead-based paint hazards, but excluding routine maintenance, repair,
and replacement) or housing construction, then it is subject to section
3 of the Housing and Urban Rehabilitation Act of 1968, and the
implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 135. Section 3, as amended,
requires that economic opportunities generated by certain HUD financial
assistance for housing and community development programs shall, to the
greatest extent feasible, be given to low-and very low-income persons,
particularly those who are recipients of government assistance for
housing, and to businesses that provide economic opportunities for
these persons.
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Funding Availability for Section 202 Supportive Housing for the
Elderly Program
Program Description: Approximately $402,397,190 is available for
the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program. Under the
Section 202 Program, assistance is provided to private nonprofit
organizations and nonprofit consumer cooperatives to expand the supply
of supportive housing for the elderly.
Application Due Date: Completed applications must be submitted no
later than 6:00 pm, local time on July 7, 1998 at the address shown
below. See the General Section of this SuperNOFA for specific
procedures governing the form of application submission (e.g., mailed
applications, express mail, overnight delivery, or hand carried).
Address for Submitting Applications: Completed applications (an
original and four copies) must be submitted to the Director of either
the Multifamily Hub Office or Multifamily Program Center having
jurisdiction over the proposed project with the following exceptions:
1. Applications for projects proposed to be located within the
jurisdiction of the Seattle, Washington and the Anchorage, Alaska
Offices must be submitted to the Portland, Oregon Office.
2. Applications for projects proposed to be located within the
jurisdiction of the Sacramento, California Office must be submitted to
the San Francisco, California Office.
3. Applications for projects proposed to be located within the
jurisdiction of the Cincinnati, Ohio Office must be submitted to the
Columbus, Ohio Office.
4. Applications for projects proposed to be located within the
State of Nevada must be submitted to the Denver, Colorado Office.
A listing of the Multifamily Hubs and Program Centers, their
addresses, and telephone numbers, including TTY numbers is included in
the application kit, and is also available from HUD's SuperNOFA
Information Center at 1-800-HUD-8929 and from the Internet through the
HUD web site at http://www.hud.gov.
For Application Kits, Further Information, and Technical Assistance
For Application Kits. For an application kit and any supplemental
information, please call HUD's SuperNOFA Information Center at 1-800-
HUD-8929. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may call the
Center's TTY number at 1-800-483-2209. The application kit also will be
available on the Internet through the HUD web site at http://
www.hud.gov. When requesting an application kit, please refer to the
Section 202 Program and provide your name, address (including zip
code), and telephone number (including area code).
You may also contact the Multifamily Hub Office or Multifamily
Program Center having jurisdiction over the proposed project.
Immediately upon publication of this SuperNOFA, if HUD Offices have
not already provided names to the SuperNOFA Information Center, the
Offices shall notify elderly and minority media, all persons and
organizations on their mailing lists, minority and other organizations
within their jurisdiction involved in housing and community
development, and other groups with special interest in housing for
elderly households.
For Further Information and Technical Assistance. For further
information and technical assistance, please contact the Multifamily
Hub Office or Multifamily Program Center having jurisdiction over the
proposed project. HUD encourages minority organizations to participate
in this Section 202 Program as Sponsors and strongly recommends that
prospective applicants attend the local HUD Office workshop which will
be held within three weeks of the publication of this SuperNOFA.
Interested applicants should ensure that their names are included on
the appropriate HUD Office's mailing list so that they will be informed
of the date, time and place of the workshop. Interested persons with
disabilities should contact the HUD Office to assure that any necessary
arrangements can be made to enable their attendance and participation
in the workshop. At the workshops, HUD will explain application
procedures and requirements. Also, HUD will address concerns such as
local market conditions, building codes and accessibility requirements,
historic preservation, floodplain management, displacement and
relocation, zoning, and housing costs.
Sponsors who cannot attend the workshops are strongly encouraged to
contact the appropriate HUD Office with any questions regarding the
submission of applications to that particular office and to request any
materials distributed at the workshop.
Additional Information
I. Authority; Purpose; Amount Allocated; and Eligibility
(A) Authority
The Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program is
authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q).
Section 202 was amended by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA)(Pub. L. 101-625; approved
November 28, 1990). Section 202 was also amended by the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1992 (HCD Act of 1992)(Pub.L. 102-550;
approved October 28, 1992), and by the Rescissions Act (Pub.L. 104-19;
enacted on July 27, 1995).
(B) Purpose
The purpose of this NOFA is to provide funds to enable private
nonprofit organizations and nonprofit consumer cooperatives to expand
the supply of supportive housing for very low-income persons 62 years
of age or older that is designed to accommodate the special needs of
elderly persons and provides a range of services that are tailored to
the needs of elderly persons occupying such housing.
HUD provides the assistance as capital advances and contracts for
project rental assistance in accordance with 24 CFR part 891. Capital
Advances are used to finance the construction or rehabilitation of a
structure, or acquisition of a structure from the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (formerly held by the Resolution Trust
Corporation) (FDIC/RTC). Capital Advance funds will bear no interest
and will be based on development cost limits published in the Federal
Register. Repayment of the capital advance is not required as long as
the housing remains available for occupancy by very low-income elderly
persons for at least 40 years.
Project rental assistance contracts are used to supplement the
difference between what the residents pay and the HUD-approved expense
to operate the project.
(C) Amount Allocated
For supportive housing for the elderly, the FY 1998 HUD
Appropriations Act provides $645,000,000 for capital advances,
including amendments to capital advance contracts, for supportive
housing for the elderly as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act
of 1959 (as amended by the NAHA and HCD Act of 1992), and for project
rental assistance, and amendments to contracts for project rental
assistance, for supportive housing for the elderly under section
202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended. In accordance with
the waiver authority provided in the Act, the Secretary is waiving the
following statutory and regulatory provision: The term of the project
rental
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assistance contract is reduced from 20 years to a minimum term of 5
years. HUD anticipates that at the end of the contract terms, renewals
will be approved subject to the availability of funds. In addition to
this provision, HUD will reserve project rental assistance contract
funds based on 75 percent rather than on 100 percent of the current
operating cost standards for approved units in order to take into
account the average tenant contribution toward rent.
Although not subject to the section 213(d) requirements, a formula
is still used for allocating Section 202 funds. The allocation formula
was developed to reflect the ``relevant characteristics of prospective
program participants'', as specified in 24 CFR 791.402(a). The FY 1998
formula for allocating Section 202 capital advance funds consists of
one data element: a measure of the number of one and two person renter
households with incomes at or below the Departments's Very-low Income
Limit (50 percent of area median family income, as determined by HUD,
with an adjustment for household size), which have housing
deficiencies. The counts of elderly renter households with housing
deficiencies were taken from a special tabulation of the 1990 Decennial
Census. The formula focuses the allocation on targeting the funds based
on the unmet needs of elderly renter households with housing problems.
Under Section 202, 85 percent of the total capital advance amount
is allocated to metropolitan areas and 15 percent to nonmetropolitan
areas. In addition, each HUD Office jurisdiction receives sufficient
capital advance funds for a minimum of 20 units in metropolitan areas
and 5 units in nonmetropolitan areas. The total amount of capital
advance funds to support these minimum set-asides are then subtracted
from the respective (metropolitan or nonmetropolitan) total capital
advance amount available. The remainder is fair shared to each HUD
Office jurisdiction based on the allocation formula fair share factors.
NOTE: The allocations for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan portions of
the Multifamily Hub or Program Center jurisdictions reflect the most
current definitions of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, as
defined by the Office of Management and Budget.
A fair share factor is developed for each metropolitan and
nonmetropolitan portion of each local HUD Office jurisdiction. A fair
share factor is developed by taking the number of renter households for
the total United States. The resulting percentage for each local HUD
Office jurisdiction is then adjusted to reflect the relative cost of
providing housing among the HUD Office jurisdictions. The adjusted
needs percentage for the applicable metropolitan or nonmetropolitan
portion of each jurisdiction is then multiplied by respective total
remaining capital advance funds available nationwide.
Based on the allocation formula, HUD has allocated the available
capital advance funds as shown on the following chart:
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(D) Eligible Applicants
Private nonprofit organizations and nonprofit consumer cooperatives
are the only eligible applicants under this Section 202 Program.
Neither a public body nor an instrumentality of a public body is
eligible to participate in the program.
No organization shall participate as Sponsor or Co-sponsor in the
filing of application(s) for a capital advance in three (3) or more
Hubs in this fiscal year in excess of that necessary to finance the
construction, rehabilitation, or acquisition (acquisition permitted
only with FDIC/RTC properties) of 200 units of housing and related
facilities for the elderly. This limit shall apply to organizations
that participate as Co-sponsors regardless of whether the Co-sponsors
are affiliated or nonaffiliated entities. In addition, the national
limit for any one applicant is 10 percent of the total units allocated
in all HUD offices (554 units). Affiliated entities that submit
separate applications shall be deemed to be a single entity for the
purposes of these limits. No single application may propose more than
the number of units allocated to a HUD office or 125 units, whichever
is less. Reservations for projects will not be approved for less than 5
units.
(E) Eligible Activities
Section 202 capital advance funds must be used to finance the
development of housing through new construction, rehabilitation, or
acquisition of housing from the FDIC/Resolution Trust Corporation.
Project Rental Assistance funds are provided to cover the difference
between the HUD-approved operating costs and the amount the residents
pay (each resident pays 30 percent of adjusted income).
Project Rental Assistance Contract funds may also be used to
provide supportive services and to hire a service coordinator in those
projects serving the frail elderly residents. The supportive services
must be appropriate to the category or categories of frail elderly
residents to be served.
(F) Ineligible Activities
Section 202 funds may not be used for nursing homes, infirmaries,
medical facilities, mobile home projects, community centers,
headquarters for organizations for the elderly, nonhousekeeping
accommodations, or refinancing of sponsor-owned facilities without
rehabilitation.
II. Program Requirements
In addition to the program requirements listed in the General
Section of this NOFA, applicants are subject to the following
requirements:
(A) Statutory and Regulatory Requirements
All applicants must comply with all statutory and regulatory
requirements applicable to the Section 202 Program as cited in Section
I(A) and I(B) above.
(B) HUD/RHS Agreement
In accordance with an agreement between HUD and the Rural Housing
Service (RHS) to coordinate the administration of the agencies'
respective rental assistance programs, HUD is required to notify RHS of
applications for housing assistance it receives. This notification
gives RHS the opportunity to comment if it has concerns about the
demand for additional assisted housing and possible harm to existing
projects in the same housing market area. HUD will consider the RHS
comments in its review and project selection process.
(C) Development Cost Limits
(1) The following development cost limits, adjusted by locality as
described in Section II(C)(2) of this NOFA, below, shall be used to
determine the capital advance amount to be reserved for projects for
the elderly:
(a) The total development cost of the property or project
attributable to dwelling use (less the incremental development cost and
the capitalized operating costs associated with any excess amenities
and design features to be paid for by the Sponsor) may not exceed:
Nonelevator structures:
$28,032 per family unit without a bedroom;
$32,321 per family unit with one bedroom;
$38,979 per family unit with two bedrooms;
For elevator structures:
$29,500 per family unit without a bedroom;
$33,816 per family unit with one bedroom;
$41,120 per family unit with two bedrooms.
(b) These cost limits reflect those costs reasonable and necessary
to develop a project of modest design that complies with HUD minimum
property standards; the accessibility requirements of Sec. 891.120(b);
and the project design and cost standards of Sec. 891.120.
(2) Increased development cost limits.
(a) HUD may increase the development cost limits set forth in
section IV(A)(1) of this NOFA, above, by up to 140 percent in any
geographic area where the cost levels require, and may increase the
development cost limits by up to 160 percent on a project-by-project
basis.
(b) If HUD finds that high construction costs in Alaska, Guam, the
Virgin Islands, or Hawaii make it infeasible to construct dwellings,
without the sacrifice of sound standards of construction, design, and
livability, within the development cost limits provided in section
IV(A) of this NOFA, above, the amount of the capital advances may be
increased to compensate for such costs. The increase may not exceed the
limits established under this section (including any high cost area
adjustment) by more than 50 percent.
(D) Economic Opportunities for Low and Very Low-Income Persons (Section
3)
Recipients shall comply with section 3 of the Housing and Urban
Development Act of 1968, 12 U.S.C. 1701u (Economic Opportunities for
Low and Very Low Income Persons), and its implementing regulations at
24 CFR part 135. Recipients shall ensure that training, employment and
other economic opportunities shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be
directed toward low- and very low-income persons, particularly those
who are recipients of government assistance for housing and to business
concerns which provide economic opportunities to low and very low
income persons. Recipients must comply with the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements found at 24 CFR part 135, subpart E.
(E) Certifications and Resolutions
In addition to the certifications and assurances listed in the
General Section of this NOFA with the exception of SF-424A, SF-424B,
SF-424C, SF-424D and the OMB Circulars which are not required,
applicants are required to submit signed copies of the following:
(1) Executive Order 12372 Certification. A certification that the
Sponsor has submitted a copy of its application, if required, to the
State agency (single point of contact) for State review in accordance
with Executive Order 12372.
(2) Certification of Consistency with the Consolidated Plan (Plan)
for the jurisdiction in which the proposed project will be located. The
certification must be made by the unit of general local government if
it is required to have, or has, a complete Plan. Otherwise, the
certification may be made by the State, or by the unit of general local
government if the project will be located within the jurisdiction of
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the unit of general local government authorized to use an abbreviated
strategy, and if it is willing to prepare such a Plan.
All certifications must be made by the public official responsible
for submitting the Plan to HUD. The certifications must be submitted as
part of the application by the application submission deadline date set
forth in this NOFA. The Plan regulations are published in 24 CFR part
91.
(3) Certification of Compliance with HUD's project design and cost
standards and the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards;
(4) Certification of Compliance with the Uniform Relocation
Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as
amended; and
(5) Sponsor's Certification that it will form an ``Owner'' (24 CFR
891.205) after issuance of the capital advance; cause the Owner to file
a request for determination of eligibility and a request for capital
advance, and provide sufficient resources to the Owner to insure the
development and long-term operation of the project, including
capitalizing the Owner at firm commitment processing in an amount
sufficient to meet its obligations in connection with the project.
(6) A certified Board Resolution that no officer or director of the
Sponsor or Owner has or will have any financial interest in any
contract with the Owner or in any firm or corporation that has or will
have a contract with the Owner, including a current listing of all duly
qualified and sitting officers and directors by title, and the
beginning and ending dates of each person's term.
(7) A certified Board Resolution, acknowledging the
responsibilities of sponsorship, long-term support of the project(s),
willingness of Sponsor to assist the Owner to develop, own, manage, and
provide appropriate services in connection with the proposed project,
and that it reflects the will of its membership. Also, evidence, in the
form of a certified Board Resolution, of the Sponsor's willingness to
fund the estimated start-up expenses, the Minimum Capital Investment
(one-half of 1 percent of the HUD-approved capital advance, not to
exceed $10,000, if nonaffiliated with a National Sponsor; one-half of 1
percent of the HUD-approved capital advance, not to exceed $25,000, for
all other Sponsors;), and the estimated cost of any amenities or
features (and operating costs related thereto) that would not be
covered by the approved capital advance.
(8) Sponsor's Certification that it will not require residents to
accept any supportive services as a condition of occupancy.
III. Application Selection Process
(A) Rating
All applications will be reviewed and rated in accordance with the
Application Selection Process in the General Section of this SuperNOFA
with the following exception. The Secretary will not reject an
application based on threshold or technical review without giving
notice of that rejection with all rejection reasons, and affording the
applicant an opportunity to appeal. HUD will afford an applicant 14
calendar days from the date of HUD's written notice to appeal a
technical rejection to the HUD office. The HUD office must respond
within 5 working days to the Sponsor. The HUD office shall make a
determination on an appeal prior to making its selection
recommendations. All applications will be either rated or technically
rejected at the end of technical review. Upon completion of technical
review, all acceptable applications which meet all program eligibility
requirements will be rated according to the selection criteria in
Section I(E)(3) of this Section 202 Program section of the SuperNOFA,
below.
(B) Ranking and Selection Procedures
Applications submitted in response to the advertised metropolitan
allocations or nonmetropolitan allocations that have a total base score
(without the addition of EC/EZ bonus points) of 60 points or more will
be eligible for selection, and HUD will place them in rank order per
metropolitan or nonmetropolitan allocation. After adding any bonus
points for EC/EZ, HUD will select these applications based on rank
order, up to and including the last application that can be funded out
of each of the local HUD office's metropolitan or nonmetropolitan
allocations. HUD offices shall not skip over any applications in order
to select one based on the funds remaining. However, after making the
initial selections in each allocation area, any residual funds may be
used to fund the next rank-ordered application by reducing the number
of units by no more than 10% rounded to the nearest whole number,
provided the reduction will not render the project infeasible. For this
purpose, however, HUD will not reduce the number of units in projects
of nine units or less.
Once this process has been completed, HUD offices may combine their
unused metropolitan and nonmetropolitan funds in order to select the
next ranked application in either category, using the unit reduction
policy described above, if necessary.
After the offices have funded all possible projects based on the
process above, combined metropolitan and nonmetropolitan residual funds
from all HUD Offices in each Multifamily Hub will be combined. These
funds will be used first to restore units to projects reduced by HUD
offices as based on the above instructions. Second, additional
applications within each Multifamily Hub will be selected in rank order
with no more than one additional application selected per HUD Office
unless there are insufficient approvable applications in other HUD
Offices within the Multifamily Hub. This process will continue until
there are no more approvable applications within the Multifamily Hub
that can be selected with the remaining funds. However, any remaining
residual funds may be used to fund the next rank-ordered application by
reducing the number of units by no more than 10% rounded to the nearest
whole number, provided the reduction will not render the project
infeasible. For this purpose, however, HUD will not reduce the number
of units in projects of nine units or less.
Funds remaining after these processes are completed will be
returned to Headquarters. These funds will be used first to fund AHEPA,
a FY 1996 application which was not selected due to HUD error, second
to restore units to projects reduced by HUD offices as a result of the
instructions above and, third, for selecting applications on a national
rank order. No more than one application will be selected per HUD
office (excluding the Iowa State Office since the above application is
being funded from the residual funds) from the national residual
amount, however, unless there are insufficient approvable applications
in other HUD offices. If funds still remain, additional applications
will be selected based on a national rank order, insuring that no more
than one application will be selected per HUD office unless there are
insufficient approvable applications in other HUD offices.
(C) Factors for Award Used To Evaluate and Rate Applications
HUD will rate applications for Section 202 capital advances that
successfully complete technical processing using the Rating Factors set
forth below and in accordance with the application submission
requirements identified in Section IV(B) below. The maximum number of
points for this program is 102. This includes two EZ/EC bonus
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points, as described in the General Section of the SuperNOFA.
Rating Factor 1: Capacity of the Applicant and Relevant Organizational
Staff (30 Points)
This factor addresses the extent to which the applicant has the
organizational resources to successfully implement the proposed
activities in a timely manner.
In rating this factor, HUD will consider the extent to which the
application demonstrates the Sponsor's ability to develop and operate
the proposed housing on a long-term basis, considering the following:
(1) (20 points) The scope, extent, and quality of the Sponsor's
experience in providing housing or related services to those proposed
to be served by the project and the scope of the proposed project
(i.e., number of units, services, relocation costs, development, and
operation) in relationship to the Sponsor's demonstrated development
and management capacity as well as its financial management capability;
and
(2) (10 points) The scope, extent, and quality of the Sponsor's
experience in providing housing or related services to minority persons
or families. For purposes of this NOFA ``minority'' means the basic
racial and ethnic categories for Federal statistics and administrative
reporting, as defined in OMB's Statistical and Policy Directive No. 15.
(See 60 FR 44673, at 44692, August 28, 1995.)
Rating Factor 2: Need/Extent of the Problem (10 Points)
This factor addresses the extent to which there is a need for
funding the proposed activities to address a documented problem in the
target area. In evaluating this factor, HUD will consider:
The extent of the need for the project in the area based on a
determination by the HUD Office. HUD will make this determination by
considering the Sponsor's evidence of need in the area, as well as
other economic, demographic, and housing market data available to the
HUD office. The data could include the availability of existing
Federally assisted housing (HUD and RHS) (e.g., considering
availability and vacancy rates of public housing) for the elderly and
current occupancy in such facilities; Federally assisted housing for
the elderly under construction or for which fund reservations have been
issued; and in accordance with an agreement between HUD and the RHS,
comments from the RHS on the demand for additional assisted housing and
the possible harm to existing projects in the same housing market area.
Also, to the extent that the community's Analysis of Impediments to
Fair Housing Choice (AI) or other planning document that analyzes fair
housing issues and is prepared by a local planning or similar
organization identifies the level of the problem and the urgency in
meeting the need, the AI or planning document should be referred to in
the response. The Department will review more favorably those
applications in which the AI or planning document supports the need for
the project.
Rating Factor 3: Soundness of Approach (40 Points)
This factor addresses the quality and effectiveness of the
applicant's proposal. There must be a clear relationship between the
proposed activities, the community's needs and purposes of the program
funding for an applicant to receive points for this factor. In
evaluating this factor, HUD will consider the following:
(1) (15 points) The proximity or accessibility of the site to
shopping, medical facilities, transportation, places of worship,
recreational facilities, places of employment, and other necessary
services to the intended occupants; adequacy of utilities and streets;
freedom of the site from adverse environmental conditions; compliance
with site and neighborhood standards (24 CFR 891.125);
(2) (10 points) The suitability of the site from the standpoints of
promoting a greater choice of housing opportunities for minority
elderly persons/families, and affirmatively furthering fair housing;
(3) (3 points) The extent to which the proposed design will meet
the special physical needs of elderly persons;
(4) (3 points) The extent to which the proposed size and unit mix
of the housing will enable the Sponsor to manage and operate the
housing efficiently and ensure that the provision of supportive
services will be accomplished in an economical fashion;
(5) (3 points) The extent to which the proposed design of the
housing will accommodate the provision of supportive services that are
expected to be needed, initially and over the useful life of the
housing, by the category or categories of elderly persons the housing
is intended to serve;
(6) (3 points) The extent to which the proposed supportive services
meet the identified needs of the anticipated residents; and
(7) (3 points) The extent to which the Sponsor demonstrated that
the identified supportive services will be provided on a consistent,
long-term basis.
Rating Factor 4: Leveraging Resources (10 Points)
This factor addresses the ability of the applicant to secure other
community resources which can be combined with HUD's program resources
to achieve program purposes.
(1) (5 points) The extent of local government support (including
financial assistance, donation of land, provision of services, etc.)
for the project; and
(2) (5 points) The extent of the Sponsor's activities in the
community, including previous experience in serving the area where the
project is to be located, and the Sponsor's demonstrated ability to
enlist volunteers and raise local funds.
Rating Factor 5: Comprehensiveness and Coordination (10 Points)
This factor addresses the extent to which the applicant coordinated
its activities with other known organizations, participates or promotes
participation in a community's Consolidated Planning process, and is
working towards addressing a need in a holistic and comprehensive
manner through linkages with other activities in the community.
(1) (4 points) The Sponsor's involvement of elderly persons,
particularly minority elderly persons, in the development of the
application, and its intent to involve elderly persons, particularly
minority elderly persons, in the development and operation of the
project; and
(2) (2 points) The extent to which the Sponsor coordinated its
application with other organizations to complement and/or support the
proposed project;
(3) (2 points) The extent to which the Sponsor demonstrates that it
has been actively involved, or if not currently active, the steps it
will take to become actively involved in its community's Consolidated
Planning process to identify and address a need/problem that is related
in whole or part, directly or indirectly to the proposed project;
(4) (2 points) The extent to which the Sponsor developed or plans
to develop linkages with other activities, programs or projects related
to the proposed project to coordinate its activities so solutions are
holistic and comprehensive; and
IV. Application Submission Requirements
(A) Application
Each application must include all of the information, materials,
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exhibits listed in Section IV(B) (with the exception of applications
submitted by Sponsors selected for a Section 202 fund reservation
within the last three funding cycles) and in the application kit. Such
previously selected Section 202 Sponsors are not required to submit the
information described in Sections IV(B)(2)(a), (b), and (c) of this
Section 202 Program section of the SuperNOFA, below (Exhibits 2.a., b.,
and c. of the application), which are the articles of incorporation,
(or other organizational documents), by-laws, and the IRS tax
exemption, respectively. If there has been a change in any of the
eligibility documents since its previous HUD approval, the Sponsor must
submit the updated information in its application. The local HUD Office
will base its determination of the eligibility of a new Sponsor for a
reservation of Section 202 capital advance funds on the information
provided in the application. HUD offices will verify a Sponsor's
indication of previous HUD approval by checking the project number and
approval status with the appropriate HUD Office.
In addition to this relief of paperwork burden in preparing
applications, applicants will be able to submit information and
exhibits they have previously prepared for prior applications under
Section 202, Section 811, or other funding programs. Examples of
exhibits that may be readily adapted or amended to decrease the burden
of application preparation include, among others, those on previous
participation in the Section 202 or Section 811 programs, applicant
experience in provision of housing and services, supportive services
plan, community ties, and experience serving minorities.
(B) General Application Requirements
(1) Form HUD-92015-CA, Application for Section 202 Supportive
Housing Capital Advance.
(2) Evidence of each Sponsor's legal status as a private nonprofit
organization or nonprofit consumer cooperative, including the
following:
(a) Articles of Incorporation, constitution, or other
organizational documents;
(b) By-laws;
(c) IRS tax exemption ruling (this must be submitted by all
Sponsors, including churches). A consumer cooperative that is tax
exempt under State law, has never been liable for payment of Federal
income taxes, and does not pay patronage dividends may be exempt from
the requirement set out in the previous sentence if it is not eligible
for tax exemption.
Note: Sponsors who have received a section 202 fund reservation
within the last three funding cycles are not required to submit the
documents described in (a), (b), and (c), above. Instead, sponsors
must submit the project number of the latest application and the HUD
office to which it was submitted. If there have been any
modifications or additions to the subject documents, indicate such,
and submit the new material.
(3) Sponsor's purpose, community ties, and experience, including
the following:
(a) A description of Sponsor's purpose, current activities and how
long it has been in existence;
(b) A description of Sponsor's ties to the community at large and
to the minority and elderly communities in particular;
(c) A description of local government support (including financial
assistance, donation of land, provision of services, etc.);
(d) Letters of support for the Sponsor and for the proposed project
from organizations familiar with the housing and supportive services
needs of the elderly that the Sponsor expects to serve in the proposed
project;
(e) A description of Sponsor's housing and/or supportive services
experience. The description should include any rental housing projects
and/or supportive services facilities sponsored, owned, and operated by
the Sponsor; the Sponsor's past or current involvement in any programs
other than housing that demonstrates the Sponsor's management
capabilities (including financial management) and experience; the
Sponsor's experience in serving the elderly, including elderly persons
with disabilities, and/or families and minorities; and the reasons for
receiving any increases in fund reservations for developing and/or
operating previously funded Section 202 or Section 811 projects;
(f) A description, if applicable, of the Sponsor's efforts to
involve elderly persons, including minority elderly persons, in the
development of the application, as well as its intent to involve
elderly persons in the development of the project.
(g) A description of the steps the Sponsor took to identify and
coordinate its application with other organizations to complement and/
or support the proposed project as well as the steps it will take, if
funded, to share information on solutions and outcomes relative to the
development of the proposed project.
(h) A description of the Sponsor's involvement in its community's
Consolidated Planning process including:
(i) An identification of the lead/facilitating agency that
organizes/administers the process;
(ii) An identification of the Consolidated Plan issue areas in
which the Sponsor participates;
(iii) The Sponsor's level of participation in the process,
including active involvement in any committees.
If Sponsor is not currently active, describe the specific steps it
will take to become active in the Consolidated Planning process.
(Consult local HUD Office for the identification of the Consolidated
Plan community process for the appropriate area.)
(4) Project information, including the following:
(a) Evidence of need for supportive housing. Such evidence would
include a description of the category or categories of elderly persons
the housing is intended to serve and evidence demonstrating sustained
effective demand for supportive housing for that population in the
market area to be served, taking into consideration the occupancy and
vacancy conditions in existing Federally assisted housing for the
elderly (HUD and RHS; e.g., public housing); State or local data on the
limitations in activities of daily living among the elderly in the
area; aging in place in existing assisted rentals; trends in
demographic changes in elderly population and households; the numbers
of income eligible elderly households by size, tenure, and housing
condition; the types of supportive services arrangements currently
available in the area; and the use of such services as evidenced by
data from local social service agencies or agencies on aging. Also, a
description of how information in the community's Analysis of
Impediments to Fair Housing Choice was used in documenting the need for
the project.
(b) A description of how the proposed project will benefit the
target population and the community in which it will be located.
(c) A description of the project, including the following:
(i) A narrative description of the building design, including a
description of the number of units with bedroom distributions, any
special design features, amenities, and/or community space, and how
this design will facilitate the delivery of services in an economical
fashion and accommodate the changing needs of the residents over the
next 10-20 years. NOTE: If these community spaces, amenities, or
features would not comply with the project design and cost standards of
24 CFR 891.120 and the special project standards of 24 CFR 891.310, the
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Sponsor must demonstrate its ability and willingness to contribute both
the incremental development cost and continuing operating cost
associated with the community spaces, amenities, or features;
(ii) A description of whether and how the project will promote
energy efficiency, and, if applicable, innovative construction or
rehabilitation methods or technologies to be used that will promote
efficient construction.
(d) Evidence of site control and permissive zoning, including the
following:
(i) Evidence that the Sponsor has entered into a legally binding
option agreement (which extends 30 days beyond the end of the current
fiscal year and contains a renewal provision so that the option can be
renewed for at least an additional 6 months) to buy or lease the
proposed site; or has a copy of the contract of sale for the site, a
deed, long-term leasehold, a request with all supporting documentation,
submitted either prior to or with the Application for Capital Advance,
for a partial release of a site covered by a mortgage under a HUD
program, or other evidence of legal ownership of the site (including
properties to be acquired from the FDIC/RTC). The Sponsor must also
identify any restrictive covenants, including reverter clauses. In the
case of a site to be acquired from a public body, evidence that the
public body possesses clear title to the site, and has entered into a
legally binding agreement to lease or convey the site to the Sponsor
after it receives and accepts a notice of Section 202 capital advance
and identification of any restrictive covenants, including reverter
clauses. However, in localities where HUD determines the time
constraints of the funding round will not permit all of the required
official actions (e.g., approval of Community Planning Boards) that are
necessary to convey publicly-owned sites, a letter in the application
from the mayor or director of the appropriate local agency indicating
approval of conveyance of the site contingent upon the necessary
approval action is acceptable and may be approved by the HUD office if
it has satisfactory experience with timely conveyance of sites from
that public body. In such cases, documentation must also include a copy
of the public body's evidence of ownership and identification of any
restrictive covenants, including reverter clauses;
Note: A proposed project site may not be acquired or optioned
from a general contractor (or its affiliate) that will construct the
section 202 project or from any other development team member.
(ii) Evidence that the project as proposed is permissible under
applicable zoning ordinances or regulations, or a statement of the
proposed action required to make the proposed project permissible and
the basis for belief that the proposed action will be completed
successfully before the submission of the firm commitment application
(e.g., a summary of the results of any requests for rezoning and/or the
procedures for obtaining special or conditional use permits on land in
similar zoning classifications and the time required for such rezoning,
or preliminary indications of acceptability from zoning bodies);
(iii) A narrative topographical and demographic description of the
suitability of the site and area, and how the site will promote greater
housing opportunities for minority elderly and elderly persons with
disabilities, thereby affirmatively furthering fair housing; (NOTE: The
applicant can best demonstrate its commitment to affirmatively
furthering fair housing by describing how proposed activities will
assist the jurisdiction in overcoming impediments to fair housing
choice identified in the applicable jurisdiction's Analysis of
Impediments (AI) to Fair Housing Choice, which is a component of the
jurisdiction's Consolidated Plan, or any other planning document that
addresses fair housing issues. The applicable Consolidated Plan and AI
may be the Community's, the County's, or the State's, to which input
should have been provided by the local community and its agencies.
Alternatively, a document may be used which was previously prepared by
a local planning, or similar, organization which addresses Fair Housing
issues and remedies to barriers to Fair Housing in the specific
community. Applicable impediments could include the need for improved
housing quality and services and concomitant expanded housing choice
for all elderly families.)
(iv) A map showing the location of the site and the racial
composition of the neighborhood, with the area of racial concentration
delineated;
(v) A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, in accordance with the
American Society for Testing and Material (ASTM) Standards E 1527-93,
as amended. Since the Phase I study must be completed and submitted
with the application, it is important that the Sponsor start the site
assessment process as soon after publication of the NOFA as possible.
If the Phase I study indicates the possible presence of
contamination and/or hazards, the Sponsor must decide whether to
continue with this site or choose another site. Should the Sponsor
choose another site, the same environmental site assessment procedure
identified above must be followed for that site.
Note: For properties to be acquired from the FDIC/RTC, include a
copy of the FDIC/RTC prepared Transaction Screen Checklist or Phase
I Environmental Site Assessment, and applicable documentation, per
the FDIC/RTC Environmental Guidelines.
If the Sponsor chooses to continue with the original site on which
the Phase I study indicated contamination or hazards, then it must
undertake a detailed Phase II Environmental Site Assessment by an
appropriate professional. If the Phase II Assessment reveals site
contamination, the extent of the contamination and a plan for clean-up
of the site must be submitted to the local HUD office. The plan for
clean-up must include a contract for remediation of the problem(s) and
an approval letter from the applicable Federal, State, and/or local
agency with jurisdiction over the site. In order for the application to
be considered for review under this FY 1998 funding competition, this
information would have to be submitted to the local HUD office no later
than July 29, 1998.
Note: This could be an expensive undertaking. The cost of any
clean-up and/or remediation must be borne by the sponsor.
(vi) A letter from the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO)
indicating whether the proposed site has any historical significance.
If the Sponsor cannot obtain a letter from the SHPO due to the SHPO not
responding to the Sponsor's request or the SHPO responding that it
cannot or will not comply with the requirement, the Sponsor must submit
the following: (1) a letter indicating that it attempted to get the
required letter from the SHPO but that the SHPO either had not
responded to the Sponsor's request or would not honor or recognize the
Sponsor's request; (2) a copy of the Sponsor's letter to the SHPO
requesting the required letter; and, (3) a copy of the SHPO's response,
if available.
(d) Provision of supportive services and proposed facility:
(i) A detailed description of the supportive services proposed to
be provided to the anticipated occupancy;
(ii) A description of public or private sources of assistance that
reasonably could be expected to fund the proposed services;
(iii) The manner in which such services will be provided to such
persons (i.e., on or off-site), including whether a service coordinator
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facilitate the adequate provision of such services, and how the
services will meet the identified needs of the residents.
Note: Sponsors may not require residents, as a condition of
occupancy, to accept any supportive service.
(5) A list of the applications, if any, the Sponsor has submitted
or is planning to submit to any other HUD office in response to this
announcement of Section 202 Program funding availability or the
announcement of Section 811 Program (Supportive Housing for Persons
with Disabilities) funding availability, published elsewhere in today's
Federal Register). Indicate by HUD office, the proposed location by
city and State, and the number of units requested for each application.
Include a list of all FY 1997 and prior year projects to which the
Sponsor(s) is a party that have not been finally closed. Such projects
must be identified by project number and HUD office.
(6) A statement that: (a) identifies all persons (families,
individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations), identified by
race/minority group, and status as owners or tenants, occupying the
property on the date of submission of the application for a capital
advance;
(b) indicates the estimated cost of relocation payments and other
services; (c) identifies the staff organization that will carry out the
relocation activities; and (d) identifies all persons that have moved
from the site within the past 12 months.
Note: If any of the relocation costs will be funded from sources
other than the section 202 capital advance, the sponsor must provide
evidence of a firm commitment of these funds. When evaluating
applications, HUD will consider the total cost of proposals (i.e.,
cost of site acquisition, relocation, construction, and other
project costs).
VI. Corrections to Deficient Applications
The General Section of the SuperNOFA provides the procedures for
corrections to deficient applications.
VII. Environmental Requirements
All Section 202 assistance is subject to the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 and applicable related Federal environmental
authorities. The environmental review provisions of the Section 202
program regulations are in 24 CFR 891.155(b).
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Funding Availability for the Section 811 Program of Supportive
Housing for Persons With Disabilities
Program Description: Approximately $74,372,922 is available for the
Section 811 Program of Supportive Housing for Persons with
Disabilities. The Section 811 Program provides funding to nonprofit
organizations for the development of housing for persons with
disabilities that is designed to enable them to live with dignity and
independence within their communities.
Application Due Date: Completed applications must be submitted no
later than 6:00 pm, local time on July 7, 1998 at the address shown
below. See the General Section of this SuperNOFA for specific
procedures governing the form of application submission (e.g., mailed
applications, express mail, overnight delivery, or hand carried).
Address for Submitting Applications: Completed applications (an
original and four copies) must be submitted to the Director of either
the Multifamily Hub Office or Multifamily Program Center having
jurisdiction over the proposed project with the following exceptions:
1. Applications for projects proposed to be located within the
jurisdiction of the Seattle, Washington and the Anchorage, Alaska
Offices must be submitted to the Portland, Oregon Office.
2. Applications for projects proposed to be located within the
jurisdiction of the Sacramento, California Office must be submitted to
the San Francisco, California Office.
3. Applications for projects proposed to be located within the
jurisdiction of the Cincinnati, Ohio Office must be submitted to the
Columbus, Ohio Office.
4. Applications for projects proposed to be located within the
State of Nevada must be submitted to the Denver, Colorado Office.
A listing of the Multifamily Hubs and Program Centers, their
addresses and telephone numbers, including TTY numbers is included in
the application kit, and is also available from HUD's SuperNOFA
Information Center at 1-800-HUD-8929 and from the Internet through the
HUD web site at http://www.hud.gov.
For Application Kits, Further Information, and Technical
Assistance: For Application Kits. For an application kit and any
supplemental information, please call HUD's SuperNOFA Information
Center at 1-800-HUD-8929. Persons with hearing or speech impairments
may call the Center's TTY number at 1-800-483-2209. The application kit
also will be available on the Internet through the HUD web site at
http://www.hud.gov. When requesting an application kit, please refer to
the Section 811 Program and provide your name, address (including zip
code), and telephone number (including area code).
You may also contact the Multifamily Hub Office or Multifamily
Program Center having jurisdiction over the proposed project.
Immediately upon publication of this SuperNOFA, if HUD Offices have
not already provided names to the SuperNOFA Information Center, the
Offices shall notify minority media and media for persons with
disabilities, all persons and organizations on their mailing lists,
minority and other organizations within their jurisdiction involved in
housing and community development, the State Independent Living
Council, the local Center for Independent Living and other groups with
special interest in housing for persons with disabilities .
For Further Information and Technical Assistance. For further
information and technical assistance, please contact the Multifamily
Hub Office or Multifamily Program Center having jurisdiction over the
proposed project. HUD encourages minority organizations to participate
in this program as Sponsors and strongly recommends that prospective
applicants attend the local HUD Office workshop which will be held
within three weeks of the publication of this SuperNOFA. Interested
applicants should ensure that their names are included on the
appropriate HUD Office's mailing list so that they will be informed of
the date, time and place of the workshop. Interested persons with
disabilities should contact the HUD Office to assure that any necessary
arrangements can be made to enable their attendance and participation
in the workshop. At the workshops, HUD will explain application
procedures and requirements. Also, HUD will address concerns such as
local market conditions, building codes and accessibility requirements,
historic preservation, floodplain management, displacement and
relocation, zoning, and housing costs.
Sponsors who cannot attend the workshops are strongly encouraged to
contact the appropriate HUD Office with any questions regarding the
submission of applications to that particular office and to request any
materials distributed at the workshop.
Additional Information
I. Authority; Purpose; Amount Allocated; and Eligibility
(A) Authority
Section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act (the NAHA) (Pub.L. 101-625, approved November 28, 1990), as amended
by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992) (HCD Act of 1992)
(Pub. L. 102-550, approved October 28, 1992), and by the Rescissions
Act (Pub. L. 104-19, approved July 27, 1995) authorized a new
supportive housing program for persons with disabilities, and replaced
assistance for persons with disabilities previously covered by section
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (section 202 continues, as amended by
section 801 of the NAHA, and the HCD Act of 1992, to authorize
supportive housing for the elderly).
(B) Purpose
The purpose of this Section 811 Program section of the SuperNOFA is
to provide funds to enable nonprofit organizations to expand the supply
of supportive housing for very low income persons with disabilities to
enable them to live independently in the community.
HUD provides the assistance as capital advances and contracts for
project rental assistance in accordance with 24 CFR part 891. Capital
advances may be used to finance the construction, rehabilitation, or
acquisition with or without rehabilitation, including acquisition from
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (formerly held by the
Resolution Trust Corporation) (FDIC/RTC), of structures to be developed
into a variety of housing options ranging from small group homes and
independent living facilities, to dwelling units in multifamily housing
developments, condominium housing and cooperative housing. This
assistance may also cover the cost of real property acquisition, site
improvement, conversion, demolition, relocation, and other expenses
that the Secretary determines are necessary to expand the supply of
supportive housing for persons with disabilities.
Project rental assistance contracts are used to cover the
difference between the tenants' contributions toward rent and the HUD-
approved cost to operate the project.
(C) Amount Allocated
For supportive housing for persons with disabilities, the FY 1998
HUD Appropriations Act provides $194,000,000 for capital advances,
including amendments to capital
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advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons with
disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the NAHA, and for project
rental assistance, and amendments to contracts for project rental
assistance, for supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as
authorized by section 811 of the NAHA. Up to 25 percent of this amount
is being set aside for tenant-based rental assistance administered
through public housing agencies (PHAs) for persons with disabilities
and is also announced elsewhere in today's Federal Register.
In accordance with 24 CFR part 791, the Assistant Secretary for
Housing has allocated the funds available for capital advances for
supportive housing for persons with disabilities based on fair share
factors developed by the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research. In accordance with the waiver authority provided in the Act,
the Secretary is waiving the following statutory and regulatory
provision: The term of the project rental assistance contract is
reduced from 20 years to a minimum term of 5 years and a maximum term
which can be supported by funds authorized by the Act. HUD anticipates
that at the end of the contract terms, renewals will be approved
subject to the availability of funds. In addition to this provision,
the Department will reserve project rental assistance contract funds
based on 75 percent rather than on 100 percent of the current operating
cost standards for approved units in order to take into account the
average tenant contribution toward rent.
The allocation formula for Section 811 funds consists of two data
elements from the 1990 Decennial Census: (1) the number of non
institutionalized persons age 16 or older with a work disability and a
mobility or self-care limitation and (2) the number of non-
institutionalized persons age 16 or older having a mobility or self-
care limitation but having no work disability.
A work disability is defined as a health condition that had lasted
for 6 or more months which limited the kind (restricted the choice of
jobs) or amount (not able to work full time) of work a person could do
at a job or business. A mobility limitation is defined as a health
condition that had lasted for 6 or more months which made it difficult
for the person to go outside the home alone; including outside
activities such as shopping or visiting a doctor's office. A self-care
limitation is defined as a health care limitation that had lasted for 6
or more months which made it difficult for the person to take care of
his/her own personal needs such as dressing, bathing, or getting around
inside the home. Temporary (short term) problems such as broken bones
that are expected to heal normally are not considered problems.
Under the Section 811 program, each HUD Office jurisdiction
receives sufficient capital advance funds for a minimum of 10 units.
The total amount of capital advance to fund this minimum set-aside is
then subtracted from the total capital advance available. The remainder
is fair shared to each HUD Office jurisdiction based on the allocation
formula fair share factors.
The fair share factors were developed by taking the sum of the
number of persons in each of the two elements for each state, or state
portion, of each local HUD Office jurisdiction as a percent of the sum
of the two elements for the total United States. The resulting
percentage for each local HUD Office is then adjusted to reflect the
relative cost of providing housing among the local HUD Office
jurisdictions. The adjusted needs percentage for each local HUD Office
is then multiplied by the total amount of capital advance funds
available nationwide.
The Section 811 capital advance funds have been allocated, based on
the formula above, to 51 local HUD Offices as shown on the following
chart:
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(D) Eligible Applicants
Nonprofit organizations that have a section 501(c)(3) tax exemption
from the Internal Revenue Service are the only eligible applicants
under this program.
No organization shall participate as Sponsor or Co-sponsor in the
filing of application(s) for a capital advance in three (3) or more
Hubs in this fiscal year in excess of that necessary to finance the
construction, rehabilitation, or acquisition of 100 units of housing
for persons with disabilities. This limit shall apply to organizations
that participate as Co-sponsors regardless of whether the Co-sponsors
are affiliated or nonaffiliated entities. In addition, the national
limit for any one applicant is 10 percent of the total units allocated
in all HUD offices. Affiliated entities that submit separate
applications shall be deemed to be a single entity for the purposes of
these limits. No single application shall request more units in a given
HUD Office than allocated for that HUD Office in this program section
of the SuperNOFA.
(E) Eligible/Ineligible Activities
(1) Eligible Activities. Section 811 capital advance funds must be
used to construct, substantially rehabilitate or acquire, with or
without rehabilitation, structures to be used as supportive housing
integrated into the surrounding community for very low income persons
with disabilities who are at least 18 years old. Project rental
assistance funds must be used to cover the difference between the HUD-
approved cost of operating the housing and the tenants' contributions
toward rent (each resident pays 30 percent of adjusted income).
(2) Ineligible Activities. The following activities are ineligible
to be funded out of the Section 811 program:
(a) Nursing homes, infirmaries and medical facilities;
(b) Transitional housing facilities;
(c) Manufactured housing facilities;
(d) Community centers, with or without special components for use
by persons with disabilities;
(e) Sheltered workshops and centers for persons with disabilities;
(f) Headquarters for organizations for persons with disabilities;
and
(g) Refinancing of Sponsor-owned facilities without rehabilitation.
II. Program Requirements
In addition to the program requirements listed in the General
Section of this SuperNOFA, applicants are subject to the following
requirements:
(A) Statutory Requirements and Regulatory Requirements
All applicants must comply with all statutory and regulatory
requirements applicable to the Section 811 program as cited in Section
I(A) and I(B) above.
(B) HUD/RHS Agreement
In accordance with an agreement between HUD and the Rural Housing
Service (RHS) to coordinate the administration of the agencies'
respective rental assistance programs, HUD is required to notify RHS of
applications for housing assistance it receives. This notification
gives RHS the opportunity to comment if it has concern about the demand
for additional assisted housing and possible harm to existing projects
in the same housing market area. HUD will consider the RHS in its
review and project selection process.
(C) Development Cost Limits
The following development cost limits, adjusted by locality as
described in (C)(3) below, shall be used to determine the capital
advance amount to be reserved for projects for persons with
disabilities:
(1) For independent living facilities: The total development cost
of the property or project attributable to dwelling use (less the
incremental development cost and the capitalized operating costs
associated with any excess amenities and design features to be paid for
by the Sponsor) may not exceed:
Non-elevator structures:
$28,032 per family unit without a bedroom;
$32,321 per family unit with one bedroom;
$38,979 per family unit with two bedrooms;
$49,893 per family unit with three bedrooms;
$55,583 per family unit with four bedrooms.
For elevator structures:
$29,500 per family unit without a bedroom;
$33,816 per family unit with one bedroom;
$41,120 per family unit with two bedrooms;
$53,195 per family unit with three bedrooms;
$58,392 per family unit with four bedrooms.
(2) For group homes only:
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Type of disability
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Number of residents Physical/ Chronic mental
developmental illness
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# Residents............................. .............. ..............
3....................................... $128,710 $124,245
4....................................... 137,730 131,980
5....................................... 146,750 139,715
6....................................... 155,760 147,450
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These cost limits reflect those costs reasonable and necessary to
develop a project of modest design that complies with HUD minimum
property standards; the minimum group home requirements of 24 CFR
891.310(a); the accessibility requirements of 24 CFR 891.120(b) and
891.310(b); and the project design and cost standards of 24 CFR
891.120.
(3) Increased development cost limits.
(a) HUD may increase the development cost limits set forth in
paragraphs (C)(1) and (2) above by up to 140% in any geographic area
where the cost levels require, and may increase the development cost
limits by up to 160 percent on a project-by-project basis.
(b) If HUD finds that high construction costs in Alaska, Guam,
Virgin Islands or Hawaii make it infeasible to construct dwellings,
without the sacrifice of sound standards of construction, design, and
livability, within the development cost limits provided in paragraphs
(1) and (2) of this Section II(C), the amount of capital advances may
be increased to compensate for such costs. The increase may not exceed
the limits established under this section (including any high cost area
adjustment) by more than 50 percent.
(c) For group homes only, HUD Offices may approve increases in the
development cost limits in paragraph (C)(2) above, in areas where
Sponsors can provide sufficient documentation that high land costs
limit or prohibit project feasibility. An example of acceptable
documentation is evidence of at least three land sales which have
actually taken place (listed prices for land are not acceptable) within
the last two years in the area where the project is to be built. The
average cost of the documented sales must exceed seven percent of the
development cost limit for which the project in question is eligible in
order for an increase to be considered.
(D) Sites
The National Affordable Housing Act requires Sponsors submitting
applications for Section 811 fund reservations to provide either (a)
evidence of site control, or (b) reasonable assurances that it will
have control of a site within six months of
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notification of fund reservation. Accordingly, if a Sponsor has control
of a site at the time it submits its application, it must include
evidence of such as described in Section III(B)(4)(e)(1) of this
program section of the SuperNOFA and in the application kit. If it does
not have site control, it must provide the information required in
Section III(B)(4)(e)(2) and in the application kit for identified sites
as a reasonable assurance that site control will be obtained within six
months of fund reservation notification.
Sponsors may select a site different from the one(s) submitted in
their original applications if the original site(s) is (are) not
approvable. Selection of a different site will require HUD performance
of an environmental review on the new site, which could result in
rejection of that site. However, if a Sponsor does not have site
control for any reason 12 months after notification of fund
reservation, the assistance will be recaptured and reallocated.
Sponsors submitting satisfactory evidence of an approvable site
(i.e., site control) will have 10 bonus points added to the rating of
their applications. Sponsors submitting proper identification of a site
will not be eligible for the 10 bonus points.
Applications containing evidence of site control where either the
evidence or the site is not approvable will not be rejected provided
the application indicates the Sponsor's willingness to select another
site and an assurance that site control will be obtained within six
months of fund reservation notification.
In the case of a scattered site application submitted with evidence
of site control for some or all of the sites, all of the sites must
have satisfactory evidence of site control and all of the sites must be
approvable for the application to receive the 10 bonus points for site
control.
(E) Supportive Services
The National Affordable Housing Act requires Sponsors submitting
applications for Section 811 fund reservations to include a supportive
services plan and a certification from the appropriate State or local
agency that the provision of services identified in the Supportive
Services Plan is well designed to serve the special needs of persons
with disabilities. Section III(B)(4)(c) below outlines the information
that must be in the Supportive Services Plan. Sponsors must submit one
copy of their Supportive Services Plan to the appropriate State or
local agency well in advance of the application submission deadline
date in order for the State or local agency to review the Supportive
Services Plan and complete the Supportive Services Certification
(Exhibit 4(d) of the application kit) and return it to the Sponsor for
inclusion with the application submission to HUD.
Since the appropriate State or local agency will review the
Supportive Services Plan on behalf of HUD, the Supportive Services
Certification will also indicate whether the Sponsor demonstrated that
the supportive services will be provided on a consistent, long-term
basis and whether the proposed housing is consistent with State or
local policies or plans governing the development and operation of
housing to serve individuals of the proposed occupancy category. If HUD
receives an application in which the Supportive Services Certification
is missing and is not submitted during the deficiency period, or is
received by HUD after the deficiency period, or indicates that the
provision of services is not well designed to meet the special needs of
persons with disabilities; the application is rejected. Furthermore, if
the Certification indicates that the Sponsor failed to demonstrate that
the supportive services will be provided on a consistent, long-term
basis, or the proposed housing is not consistent with State or local
agency's plans/policies governing the development and operation of
housing to serve the proposed population and the agency will be a major
funding or referral source for the proposed project or be responsible
for licensing the project, the application shall also be rejected.
Any prospective resident of a Section 811 project who believes he/
she needs supportive services must be given the choice to be
responsible for acquiring his/her own services or to take part in the
Sponsor's Supportive Services Plan which must be designed to meet the
individual needs of each resident. Sponsors may not require residents,
as a condition of occupancy, to accept any supportive service.
(F) Project Size Limits
(1) Group home--The minimum number of persons with disabilities
that can be housed in a group home is three and the maximum number is
six, with one person per bedroom unless two residents choose to share
one bedroom or a resident determines he/she needs another person to
share his/her bedroom.
(2) Independent living facility--The minimum number of units that
can be applied for in one application is five; not necessarily in one
structure. The maximum number of persons with disabilities that can be
housed in an independent living facility is 18.
(3) Exceptions--Sponsors may request an exception to the above
project size limits by providing the information required in the
application kit and as outlined in Section III(B)(4)(e)(1)(viii) below.
(G) Economic Opportunities for Low and Very Low Income Persons
Recipients shall comply with section 3 of the Housing and Urban
Development Act of 1968, 12 U.S.C. 1701u (Economic Opportunities for
Low and Very Low Income Persons) and its implementing regulations at 24
CFR part 135. Recipients shall ensure that training, employment and
other economic opportunities shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be
directed toward low and very low income persons, particularly those who
are recipients of government assistance for housing and to business
concerns which provide economic opportunities to low and very low
income persons. Recipients must comply with the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements found at 24 CFR part 135, subpart E.
(H) Certifications and Resolutions
In addition to the certifications listed in the General Section of
this SuperNOFA with the exception of SF-424A, SF-424B, SF-424C, SF-424D
and the OMB Circulars which are not required, applicants are required
to submit signed copies of the following:
(1) Supportive Services Certification. A certification from the
appropriate State or local agency identified in the application kit
indicating whether: (1) the provision of supportive services is well
designed to serve the needs of persons with disabilities the housing is
expected to serve, (2) whether the supportive services will be provided
on a consistent, long-term basis, and (3) whether the proposed housing
is consistent with State or local plans and policies governing the
development and operation of housing to serve individuals of the
proposed occupancy category. (The name, address, and telephone number
of the appropriate agency will be identified in the application kit and
can also be obtained from the appropriate HUD Office.)
(2) Executive Order 12372 Certification. A certification that the
Sponsor has submitted a copy of its application, if required, to the
State agency (single point of contact) for State review in accordance
with Executive Order 12372.
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(3) Certification of Consistency with the Consolidated Plan (Plan)
for the jurisdiction in which the proposed project will be located. The
certification must be made by the unit of general local government if
it is required to have, or has, a complete Plan. Otherwise, the
certification may be made by the State, or by the unit of general local
government if the project will be located within the jurisdiction of
the unit of general local government authorized to use an abbreviated
strategy, and if it is willing to prepare such a Plan.
All certifications must be made by the public official responsible
for submitting the Plan to HUD. The certifications must be submitted as
part of the application by the application submission deadline date set
forth in this SuperNOFA. The Plan regulations are published in 24 CFR
part 91.
(4) Certification of Compliance with HUD's project design and cost
standards and special project standards;
(5) Certification of Compliance with the Uniform Relocation
Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as
amended;
(6) Sponsor's Certification that it will form an ``Owner'' after
issuance of the capital advance; cause the Owner to file a request for
determination of eligibility and a request for capital advance, and
provide sufficient resources to the Owner to insure the development and
long-term operation of the project, including capitalizing the Owner at
firm commitment processing in an amount sufficient to meet its
obligations in connection with the project;
(7) Sponsor's Certification that it will comply with the
requirements of the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act (42
U.S.C. 4821-4846) and implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 35
(except as superseded in 24 CFR 891.325); and
(8) Sponsor's Certification that it will not require residents to
accept any supportive services as a condition of occupancy.
(9) A certified Board Resolution that no officer or director of the
Sponsor or Owner has or will have any financial interest in any
contract with the Owner or in any firm or corporation that has or will
have a contract with the Owner, including a current listing of all duly
qualified and sitting officers and directors by title and the beginning
and ending dates of each person's term.
(10) A Certified Board Resolution Acknowledging Responsibilities of
Sponsorship, long-term support of the project(s), willingness of
Sponsor to assist the Owner to develop, own, manage and provide
appropriate services in connection with the proposed project, and that
it reflects the will of its membership, and Sponsor's willingness to
fund the estimated start-up expenses, the Minimum Capital Investment
(one-half of one-percent of the HUD-approved capital advance, not to
exceed $10,000), and the estimated cost of any amenities or features
(and operating costs related thereto) that would not be covered by the
approved capital advance.
III. Application Selection Process
(A) Rating
All applications will be reviewed and rated in accordance with the
Application Selection Process in the General Section of this SuperNOFA
with the following exception. The Secretary will not reject an
application based on threshold or technical review without giving
notice of that rejection with all rejection reasons and affording the
applicant an opportunity to appeal. HUD will afford an applicant 14
calendar days from the date of HUD's written notice to appeal a
technical rejection to the HUD Office. The HUD Office must respond
within five (5) working days to the Sponsor. The HUD Office shall make
a determination on an appeal prior to making its selection
recommendations. All applications will be either rated or technically
rejected at the end of technical review. Upon completion of technical
review, all acceptable applications which meet all program eligibility
requirements will be rated according to the Rating Factors in (B)
below.
(B) Ranking and Selection Procedures
Applications that have a total base score of 60 points or more
(without the addition of EC/EZ and/or site control bonus points) will
be eligible for selection and will be placed in rank order. These
applications, after adding any bonus points for EC/EZ and/or site
control, will be selected based on rank order to and including the last
application that can be funded out of each local HUD Office's
allocation. HUD Offices shall not skip over any applications in order
to select one based on the funds remaining. However, after making the
initial selections, any residual funds may be utilized to fund the next
rank-ordered application by reducing the units by no more than 10
percent rounded to the nearest whole number, provided the reduction
will not render the project infeasible. For this purpose, however,
projects of nine units or less may not be reduced.
After this process is completed, residual funds from all HUD
Offices within each Multifamily Hub will be combined. These funds will
be used first to restore units to projects reduced by HUD Offices based
on the above instructions. Second, additional applications within each
Multifamily Hub will be selected in rank order with no more than one
additional application selected per HUD Office unless there are
insufficient approvable applications in other HUD Offices within the
Multifamily Hub. This process will continue until there are no more
approvable applications within the Multifamily Hub that can be selected
with the remaining funds. However, any remaining residual funds may be
used to fund the next rank-ordered application by reducing the number
of units by no more than 10 percent rounded to the nearest whole
number, provided the reduction will not render the project infeasible.
For this purpose, however, HUD will not reduce the number of units in
projects of nine units or less.
At the conclusion of this process, any residual funds from the 18
Multifamily Hubs will be returned to Headquarters. These funds will be
used first to restore units to projects reduced by HUD Offices as a
result of the instructions above and, second, for selecting
applications on a national rank order. No more than one application
will be selected per HUD Office from the national residual amount
unless there are insufficient approvable applications in other HUD
Offices. If funds still remain, additional applications will be
selected based on a national rank order insuring that no more than one
application will be selected per HUD Office unless there are
insufficient approvable applications in other HUD Offices.
(C) Factors for Award Used To Evaluate and Rate Applications
HUD will rate applications for Section 811 capital advances that
successfully complete technical processing using the following Rating
Factors set forth below and in accordance with the application
submission requirements in IV.(B) below. The maximum number of base
points to be awarded for applications is 100. Applications have the
potential of earning 12 bonus points; ten (10) bonus points for
acceptable evidence of control of an approvable site, and two (2) EZ/EC
bonus points, as described in the General Section of the SuperNOFA.
With the addition of 12 bonus points, an application has the potential
of earning 112 maximum points.
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Rating Factor 1: Capacity of the Applicant and Relevant Organizational
Staff (30 Points)
This factor addresses the extent to which the applicant has the
organizational resources to successfully implement the proposed
activities in a timely manner.
In rating this factor, HUD will consider the extent to which the
application demonstrates the Sponsor's ability to develop and operate
the proposed housing on a long-term basis, considering the following:
(1) (20 points) The scope, extent, and quality of the Sponsor's
experience in providing housing or related services to those proposed
to be served by the project and the scope of the proposed project
(i.e., number of units, services, relocation costs, development, and
operation) in relationship to the Sponsor's demonstrated development
and management capacity as well as its financial management capability;
and
(2) (10 points) The scope, extent, and quality of the Sponsor's
experience in providing housing or related services to minority persons
or families. For purposes of this program section of the SuperNOFA
``minority'' means the basic racial and ethnic categories for Federal
statistics and administrative reporting, as defined in OMB's
Statistical and Policy Directive No. 15. (See 60 FR 44673, at 44692,
August 28, 1995.)
Factor 2: Need/Extent of the Problem (10 Points)
This factor addresses the extent to which there is a need for
funding the proposed activities to address a documented problem in the
target area. In evaluating this factor, HUD will consider:
The extent of the need for the project in the area based on a
determination by the HUD Office. This determination will be made by
considering the Sponsor's evidence of need in the area, as well as
other economic, demographic, and housing market data available to the
HUD Office. The data could include the availability of existing
comparable subsidized housing for persons with disabilities and current
occupancy in such facilities, comparable subsidized housing for persons
with disabilities under construction or for which fund reservations
have been issued, and, in accordance with an agreement between HUD and
RHS, comments from RHS on the demand for additional comparable
subsidized housing and the possible harm to existing projects in the
same housing market area. Also, to the extent that the community's
Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) or other planning
document that analyzes fair housing issues and is prepared by a local
planning or similar organization identifies the level of the problem
and the urgency in meeting the need, the AI should be referred to in
the response. The Department will review more favorably those
applications in which the AI or planning document supports the need for
the project.
Factor 3: Soundness of Approach (40 Points)
This factor addresses the quality and effectiveness of the
applicant's proposal. There must be a clear relationship between the
proposed activities, the community's needs and purposes of the program
funding for an applicant to receive points for this factor. In
evaluating this factor, HUD will consider the following:
(1) (15 points) The proximity or accessibility of the site to
shopping, medical facilities, transportation, places of worship,
recreational facilities, places of employment, and other necessary
services to the intended tenants; adequacy of utilities and streets,
and freedom of the site from adverse environmental conditions (site
control projects only); and compliance with site and neighborhood
standards in 24 CFR 891.125;
(2) (10 points) The suitability of the site from the standpoints of
promoting a greater choice of housing opportunities for minority
persons with disabilities and affirmatively furthering fair housing.
(3) (5 points) The extent to which the proposed design of the
project will meet any special needs of persons with disabilities the
housing is expected to serve;
(4) (5 points) The extent to which the proposed design of the
project and its placement in the neighborhood will facilitate the
integration of the residents into the surrounding community; and
(5) (5 points) The Sponsor's board includes persons with
disabilities (including persons who have similar disabilities to those
of the prospective residents).
Factor 4: Leveraging Resources (10 Points)
This factor addresses the ability of the applicant to secure other
community resources which can be combined with HUD's program resources
to achieve program purposes.
(1) (5 points) The extent of local government support (including
financial assistance, donation of land, provision of services, etc.)
for the project; and
(2) (5 points) The extent of the Sponsor's activities in the
community, including previous experience in serving the area where the
project is to be located, and the Sponsor's demonstrated ability to
raise local funds.
Factor 5: Comprehensiveness and Coordination (10 Points)
This factor addresses the extent to which the applicant coordinated
its activities with other known organizations, participates or promotes
participation in a community's Consolidated Planning process, and is
working towards addressing a need in a holistic and comprehensive
manner through linkages with other activities in the community.
(1) (4 points) The Sponsor involved persons with disabilities
(including minority persons with disabilities) in the development of
the application, and will involve persons with disabilities (including
minority persons with disabilities) in the development and operation of
the project;
(2) (2 points) The extent to which the Sponsor coordinated its
application with other organizations to complement and/or support the
proposed project;
(3) (2 points) The extent to which the Sponsor demonstrates that it
has been actively involved, or if not currently active, the steps it
will take to become actively involved in its community's Consolidated
Planning process to identify and address a need/problem that is related
in whole or part, directly or indirectly to the proposed project; and
(4) (2 points) The extent to which the Sponsor developed or plans
to develop linkages with other activities, programs or projects related
to the proposed project to coordinate its activities so solutions are
holistic and comprehensive.
Bonus Points
(1) (10 bonus points) Acceptable evidence of control of an
approvable site.
(2) (2 bonus points) Location of proposed site in an EC/EZ area as
described in the General Section of this SuperNOFA.
IV. Application Submission Requirements
(A) Application
Each application shall include all of the information, materials,
forms, and exhibits listed in Section IV(B) of this Section 811 Program
section of the SuperNOFA (with the exception of applications submitted
by Sponsors selected for a Section 811 fund reservation within the last
three funding
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cycles), and in the application kit. Such previously selected Section
811 Sponsors are not required to submit the information described in
Section IV(B)(2) (a), (b), and (c), below, of this program section of
the SuperNOFA (Exhibits 2.a., b., and c. of the application), which are
the articles of incorporation (or other organizational documents), by-
laws, and the IRS tax exemption, respectively. If there has been a
change in any of the eligibility documents since its previous HUD
approval, the Sponsor must submit the updated information in its
application. The HUD Office will base its determination of the
eligibility of a new Sponsor for a reservation of Section 811 capital
advance funds on the information provided in the application. HUD
Offices will verify a Sponsor's indication of previous HUD approval by
checking the project number and approval status with the appropriate
HUD Office.
In addition to this relief of paperwork burden in preparing
applications, applicants will be able to use information and exhibits
previously prepared for prior applications under Section 811, Section
202, or other funding programs. Examples of exhibits that may be
readily adapted or amended to decrease the burden of application
preparation include, among others, those on previous participation in
the Section 202 or Section 811 programs; applicant experience in the
provision of housing and services; supportive services plan; community
ties; and experience serving minorities.
(B) General Application Requirements
Note: A sponsor may apply for a scattered site project in one
application.
(1) Form HUD-92016-CA, Application for Section 811 Supportive
Housing Capital Advance.
(2) Evidence of each Sponsor's legal status as a nonprofit
organization, including the following:
(a) Articles of Incorporation, constitution, or other
organizational documents;
(b) By-laws;
(c) IRS section 501(c)(3) tax exemption ruling (this must be
submitted by all Sponsors, including churches).
Note: Sponsors who have received a section 811 fund reservation
within the last three funding cycles are not required to submit the
documents described in (a), (b), and (c), above. instead, sponsors
must submit the project number of the latest application submitted
and the HUD office to which it was submitted. If there have been any
modifications or additions to the subject documents, indicate such,
and submit the new material.
(d) The number of people on the Sponsor's board and the number of
those people who have disabilities (including disabilities similar to
those of the prospective residents).
(3) Sponsor's purpose, community ties, and experience, including
the following:
(a) A description of Sponsor's purpose, current activities and how
long it has been in existence;
(b) A description of Sponsor's ties to the community at large and
to the minority and disabled communities in particular;
(c) A description of local government support (including financial
assistance, donation of land, provision of services, etc.);
(d) Letters of support for the Sponsor and for the proposed project
from organizations familiar with the housing and supportive services
needs of the persons with disabilities that the Sponsor expects to
serve in the proposed project;
(e) A description of Sponsor's housing and/or supportive services
experience. The description should include any rental housing projects
(including integrated housing developments) and/or supportive services
facilities sponsored, owned, and operated by the Sponsor, the Sponsor's
past or current involvement in any programs other than housing that
demonstrates the Sponsor's management capabilities (including financial
management) and experience, and the Sponsor's experience in serving
persons with disabilities and minorities; and the reasons for receiving
any increases in fund reservations for developing and/or operating any
previously funded projects.
(f) A description, if applicable, of the Sponsor's efforts to
involve persons with disabilities (including minority persons with
disabilities and persons with disabilities similar to those of the
prospective residents) in the development of the application and in the
development and operation of the project.
(g) A description of the steps the Sponsor took to identify and
coordinate its application with other organizations to complement and/
or support the proposed project as well as the steps it will take, if
funded, to share information on solutions and outcomes relative to the
development of the proposed project.
(h) A description of the Sponsor's involvement in its community's
Consolidated Planning process including:
(i) An identification of the lead/facilitating agency that
organizes/administers the process;
(ii) An identification of the Consolidated Plan issue areas in
which the Sponsor participates;
(iii) The Sponsor's level of participation in the process,
including active involvement in any committees.
If Sponsor is not currently active, describe the specific steps it
will take to become active in the Consolidated Planning process.
(Consult local HUD Office for the identification of the Consolidated
Plan community process for the appropriate area.)
(4) Project information including the following:
(a) Evidence of need for supportive housing. Such evidence would
include a description of the proposed population and evidence
demonstrating sustained effective demand for supportive housing for the
proposed population in the market area to be served, taking into
consideration the occupancy and vacancy conditions in existing
comparable subsidized housing for persons with disabilities, State or
local needs assessments of persons with disabilities in the area, the
types of supportive services arrangements currently available in the
area, and the use of such services as evidenced by data from local
social service agencies. Also, a description of how information in the
community's Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice was used in
documenting the need for the project.
(b) A description of how the proposed project will benefit the
target population and the community in which it will be located;
(c) A description of the project, including the following:
(i) A narrative description of the building(s) including the number
and type of structure(s), number of bedrooms if group home, number of
units with bedroom distribution if independent living units (including
condos), number of residents with disabilities, and any resident staff
per structure; an identification of all community spaces, amenities, or
features planned for the housing and a description of how the spaces,
amenities, or features will be used, and the extent to which they are
necessary to accommodate the needs of the proposed residents. If these
community spaces, amenities, or features would not comply with the
project design and cost standards of Sec. 891.120 and the special
project standards of Sec. 891.310, the Sponsor must demonstrate its
ability and willingness to contribute both the incremental development
cost and continuing operating cost associated with the community
spaces, amenities, or features; and a description of how the
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design of the proposed project will promote the integration of the
residents into the surrounding community; and
(ii) A description of whether and how the project will promote
energy efficiency, and, if applicable, innovative construction or
rehabilitation methods or technologies to be used that will promote
efficient construction.
(d) Evidence of control of an approvable site, or identification of
a site for which the Sponsor provides reasonable assurances that it
will obtain control within 6 months from the date of fund reservation
(if Sponsor is approved for funding).
(5) If the Sponsor has control of the site, it must submit the
following information:
(a) Evidence that the Sponsor has entered into a legally binding
option agreement (which extends 30 days beyond the end of the current
fiscal year and contains a renewal provision so that the option can be
renewed for at least an additional six months) to purchase or lease the
proposed site; or has a copy of the contract of sale for the site, a
deed, long-term leasehold, a request with all supporting documentation,
submitted either prior to or with the Application for Capital Advance,
for a partial release of a site covered by a mortgage under a HUD
program, or other evidence of legal ownership of the site (including
properties to be acquired from the FDIC/RTC). The Sponsor must also
identify any restrictive covenants, including reverter clauses. In the
case of a site to be acquired from a public body, evidence that the
public body possesses clear title to the site, and has entered into a
legally binding agreement to lease or convey the site to the Sponsor
after it receives and accepts a notice of Section 811 capital advance,
and identification of any restrictive covenants, including reverter
clauses. However, in localities where HUD determines that the time
constraints of the funding round will not permit all of the required
official actions (e.g., approval of Community Planning Boards) that are
necessary to convey publicly-owned sites, a letter in the application
from the mayor or director of the appropriate local agency indicating
their approval of conveyance of the site contingent upon the necessary
approval action is acceptable and may be approved by the HUD Office if
it has satisfactory experience with timely conveyance of sites from
that public body. In such cases, documentation shall also include a
copy of the public body's evidence of ownership and identification of
any restrictive covenants, including reverter clauses.
Note: A proposed project site may not be acquired or optioned
from a general contractor (or its affiliate) that will construct the
section 811 project or from any other development team member.
(b) Evidence that the project as proposed is permissible under
applicable zoning ordinances or regulations, or a statement of the
proposed action required to make the proposed project permissible and
the basis for belief that the proposed action will be completed
successfully before the submission of the firm commitment application
(e.g., a summary of the results of any requests for rezoning on land in
similar zoning classifications and the time required for such rezoning,
the procedures for obtaining special or conditional use permits or
preliminary indications of acceptability from zoning bodies, etc.).
Note: Sponsors should be aware that under certain circumstances
the Fair Housing Act requires localities to make reasonable
accommodations to their zoning ordinances or regulations in order to
offer persons with disabilities an opportunity to live in an area of
their choice. If the Sponsor is relying upon a theory of reasonable
accommodation to satisfy the zoning requirement, then the Sponsor
must clearly articulate the basis for its reasonable accommodation
theory.
(c) A narrative topographical and demographic description of the
suitability of the site and area as well as a description of the area
surrounding the site, the characteristics of the neighborhood, how the
site will promote greater housing opportunities for minority persons
with disabilities thereby affirmatively furthering fair housing;
Note: The applicant can best demonstrate its commitment to
affirmatively furthering fair housing by describing how proposed
activities will assist the jurisdiction in overcoming impediments to
fair housing choice identified in the applicable jurisdiction's
Analysis of Impediments (AI) to Fair Housing Choice, which is a
component of the jurisdiction's Consolidated Plan, or any other
planning document that addresses fair housing issues. The applicable
Consolidated Plan and AI may be the Community's, the County's, or
the State's, to which input should have been provided by the local
community and its agencies. Alternatively, a document may be used
which was previously prepared by a local planning, or similar,
organization which addresses Fair Housing issues and remedies to
barriers to Fair Housing in the community. Applicable impediments
could include the need for improved housing quality and services and
concomitant expanded housing choice for all persons with
disabilities.
(d) A statement that the Sponsor is willing to seek a different
site if the preferred site is unapprovable and that site control will
be obtained within six months of notification of fund reservation;
(e) A map showing the location of the site and the racial
composition of the neighborhood, with the area of racial concentration
delineated;
(f) A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, in accordance with the
American Society for Testing and Material (ASTM) Standards E 1527-93,
as amended. Since the Phase I study must be completed and submitted
with the application, it is important that the Sponsor start the site
assessment process as soon after publication of the SuperNOFA as
possible.
If the Phase I study indicates the possible presence of
contamination and/or hazards, the Sponsor must decide whether to
continue with this site or choose another site. Should the Sponsor
choose another site, the same environmental site assessment procedure
identified above must be followed for that site.
Note: For properties to be acquired from the FDIC/RTC, include a
copy of the FDIC/RTC prepared Transaction Screen Checklist or Phase
I Environmental Site Assessment, and applicable documentation, per
the FDIC/RTC Environmental Guidelines.
If the Sponsor chooses to continue with the original site on which
the Phase I study indicated contamination or hazards, then it must
undertake a detailed Phase II Environmental Site Assessment by an
appropriate professional. If the Phase II Assessment reveals site
contamination, the extent of the contamination and a plan for clean-up
of the site must be submitted to the local HUD Office. The plan for
clean-up must include a contract for remediation of the problem(s) and
an approval letter from the applicable Federal, State, and/or local
agency with jurisdiction over the site. In order for the application to
be considered for review under this FY 1998 funding competition, this
information would have to be submitted to the local HUD Office no later
than 30 days after the application submission deadline date.
Note: This could be an expensive undertaking. The cost of any
clean-up and/or remediation must be borne by the sponsor.
(g) A letter from the State Historic Preservation Officer
indicating whether the proposed site(s) has any historical
significance. If the Sponsor cannot obtain a letter from the SHPO due
to the SHPO not responding to the Sponsor's request or the SHPO
responding that it cannot or will not comply with the requirement, the
Sponsor must submit the following: 1) a letter indicating that it
attempted to get the required letter from the SHPO but that the SHPO
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had not responded to the Sponsor's request or would not honor or
recognize the Sponsor's request; 2) a copy of the Sponsor's letter to
the SHPO requesting the required letter; and, 3) a copy of the SHPO's
response, if available.
(h) If an exception to the project size limits found in Section
IV(D) below, of this program section of the SuperNOFA is being
requested, describe why the site was selected and demonstrate the
following:
(i) People with disabilities similar to those of the prospective
tenants have indicated their acceptance or preference to live in
housing with as many units/people as proposed for the project;
(ii) The increased number of people is necessary for the economic
feasibility of the project;
(iii) The project is compatible with other residential development
and the population density of the area in which the project is to be
located;
(iv) The increased number of people will not prohibit their
successful integration into the community;
(v) The project is marketable in the community;
(vi) The size of the project is consistent with State and/or local
policies governing similar housing for the proposed population; and
(vii) A statement that the Sponsor is willing to have its
application processed at the project size limit should HUD not approve
the exception.
(6) If the Sponsor has identified a site, but does not have it
under control, it must submit the following information:
(a) A description of the location of the site, including its street
address, its unit number (if condominium), neighborhood/community
characteristics (to include racial and ethnic data), amenities,
adjacent housing and/or facilities, and how the site will promote
greater housing opportunities for minority persons with disabilities
thereby affirmatively furthering fair housing;
(b) A description of the activities undertaken to identify the
site, as well as what actions must be taken to obtain control of the
site, if approved for funding;
(c) An indication as to whether the site is properly zoned. If it
is not, an indication of the actions necessary for proper zoning and
whether these can be accomplished within six months of fund reservation
award, if approved for funding;
(d) A status of the sale of the site; and
(e) An indication as to whether the site would involve relocation.
(7) A supportive services plan (a copy of which must be sent to the
appropriate State or local agency as instructed in Section IV(C) below
of this program section of the SuperNOFA) that includes:
(a) A detailed description of whether the housing is expected to
serve persons with physical disabilities, developmental disabilities,
chronic mental illness or any combination of the three. Include how and
from whom/where persons will be referred to and accepted for occupancy
in the project. The Sponsor may, with the approval of the Secretary,
limit occupancy within housing developed under this program section of
the SuperNOFA to persons with disabilities who have similar
disabilities and require a similar set of supportive services in a
supportive housing environment. However, the Owner must permit
occupancy by any qualified person with a disability who could benefit
from the housing and/or services provided, regardless of the person's
disability.
(b) If the Sponsor is requesting approval to limit occupancy in its
proposed project(s), it must submit the following:
(i) description of the population of persons with disabilities to
which occupancy will be limited;
(ii) An explanation of why it is necessary to limit occupancy of
the proposed project(s) to the population described in (i) above. This
should include but is not limited to:
(1) An explanation of how limiting occupancy to a subcategory of
persons with disabilities promotes the goals of the Section 811
program; and,
(2) An explanation of why the housing and/or service needs of this
population cannot be met in a more integrated setting.
(iii) A description of the Sponsor's experience in providing
housing and/or supportive services to the proposed occupants; and
(iv) A description of how the Sponsor will ensure that the
occupants of the proposed project(s) will be integrated into the
neighborhood and surrounding community.
(8) A detailed description of the supportive service needs of the
persons with disabilities that the housing is expected to serve.
(9) The Sponsor shall develop, and submit with its application, a
list of community service providers, including those that are consumer
controlled, and include letters of intent to provide services to
residents of the proposed project(s) from as many potential service
providers as possible. This list shall be made available to any
residents who wish to be responsible for acquiring their own supportive
services. However, a provider may not require residents to participate
in any particular service.
(10) A detailed description of a comprehensive supportive services
plan organized by the Sponsor for those residents who do not wish to
take responsibility for acquiring their own services. Such a plan must
include the following:
(a) The name(s) of the agency(s) that will be responsible for
providing the supportive services;
(b) The evidence of each service provider's (applicable even if the
service provider will be the Sponsor) capability and experience in
providing such supportive services;
(c) A description of how, when, how often, and where (on/off-site)
the services will be provided;
(d) Identification of the extent of State and local funds to assist
in the provision of supportive services;
(e) Letters of intent from service providers (including those that
are consumer-controlled) or funding sources, indicating commitments to
fund or to provide the supportive services, or that a particular
service will be available to proposed residents. If the Sponsor will be
providing any supportive services or will be coordinating the provision
of any of the supportive services, a letter indicating its commitment
to either provide the supportive services or ensure their provision for
the life of the project;
(f) If any State or local government funds will be provided, a
description of the State or local agency's philosophy/policy concerning
housing for the population to be served, and a demonstration by the
Sponsor that the application is consistent with State or local plans
and policies governing the development and operation of housing for the
same disabled population.
(e) A description of residential staff, if needed.
(f) Assurances that if any proposed resident chooses to receive
supportive services organized by the Sponsor, the services will be
provided based on the resident's individual needs.
(g) A statement indicating the Sponsor's commitment that it will
not condition occupancy on the resident's acceptance of any supportive
services.
(11) A list of the applications, if any, the Sponsor has submitted
or is planning to submit to any other HUD Office in response to this
Section 811 funding announcement under this SuperNOFA or announcement
for funding under this SuperNOFA of the Section 202 program of
Supportive Housing for the Elderly. Indicate, by HUD Office, the number
of units requested and the proposed location by
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city and State for each application. Include a list of all FY 1997 and
prior year projects to which the Sponsor(s) is a party, identified by
project number and HUD Office, which have not been finally closed.
(12) A statement that: (a) identifies all persons (families,
individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations) by race/minority
group and status as owners or tenants occupying the property on the
date of submission of the application for a capital advance; (b)
indicates the estimated cost of relocation payments and other services;
(c) identifies the staff organization that will carry out the
relocation activities; and (d) identifies all persons that have moved
from the site within the last 12 months. (This requirement applies to
applications with site control only. Sponsors of applications with
identified sites that are selected will be required to submit this
information at a later date once they have obtained site control.)
Note: If any of the relocation costs will be funded from sources
other than the section 811 capital advance, the sponsor must provide
evidence of a firm commitment of these funds. When evaluating
applications, HUD will consider the total cost of proposals (i.e.,
cost of site acquisition, relocation, construction and other project
costs).
VI. Environmental Requirements
All Section 811 assistance is subject to the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 and applicable related Federal environmental
authorities. The environmental review provisions of the Section 811
program regulations are in 24 CFR 891.155(b).
Appendix A to SuperNOFA--HUD Field Office Contact Information
Not all Field Offices listed handle all of the programs
contained in the SuperNOFAs. Applicants should look to the
SuperNOFAs for contact numbers for information on specific programs.
Office Hour listings are local time. Persons with hearing or speech
impediments may access any of these numbers via TTY by calling the
Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.
New England
Connecticut State Office, One Corporate Center, 19th Floor,
Hartford, CT 06103-3220, 860-240-4800, Office Hours: 8:00--4:30 PM
Maine State Office, 99 Franklin Street, Third Floor, Suite 302,
Bangor, ME 04401-4925, 207-945-0467, Office Hours: 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Massachusetts State Office, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building,
10 Causeway Street, Room 375, Boston, MA 02222-1092, 617-565-5234,
Office Hours: 8:30 AM-5:00 PM
New Hampshire State Office, Norris Cotton Federal Building, 275
Chestnut Street, Manchester, NH 03101-2487, 603-666-7681, Office
Hours: 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Rhode Island State Office, Sixth Floor 10 Weybosset Street, 6th
Floor, Providence, RI 02903-2808, 401-528-5230, Office Hours: 8:00
AM-4:30 PM
Vermont State Office, U.S. Federal Building, Room 237, 11 Elmwood
Avenue, P.O. Box 879, Burlington, VT 05402-0879, 802-951-6290,
Office Hours: 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
New York/New England
Albany Area Office, 52 Corporate Circle, Albany, NY 12203-5121, 518-
464-4200, Office Hours: 7:30 AM-4:00 PM
Buffalo Area Office, Lafayette Court, 465 Main Street, Fifth Floor,
Buffalo, NY 14203-1780, 716-551-5755, Office Hours: 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Camden Area Office, Hudson Building 800, Hudson Square, Second
Floor, Camden, NJ 08102-1156, 609-757-5081, Office Hours: 8:00 AM-
4:30 PM
New Jersey State Office, One Newark Center, 13th Floor, Newark, NJ
07102-5260, 973-622-7900, Office Hours: 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
New York State Office, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278-0068,
212-264-6500, Office Hours: 8:30 AM-5:00 PM
Mid Atlantic
Delaware State Office, 824 Market Street, Suite 850, Wilmington, DE
19801-3016, 302-573-6300, Office Hours: 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
District of Columbia Office, 820 First Street, N.E., Suite 450,
Washington, DC 20002-4205, 202-275-9200, Office Hours: 8:30 AM-4:30
PM
Maryland State Office, City Crescent Building, 10 South Howard
Street, Fifth Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201-2505, 410-962-2520, Office
Hours: 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
Pennsylvania State Office, The Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square
East, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3380, 215-656-0600, Office Hours: 8:30
AM-4:30 PM
Pittsburgh Area Office, 339 Sixth Avenue, Sixth Floor, Pittsburgh,
PA 15222-2515, 412-644-6428, Office Hours: 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
Virginia State Office, The 3600 Centre, 3600 West Broad Street,
Richmond, VA 23230-4920, 804-278-4539, Office Hours: 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
West Virginia State Office, 405 Capitol Street, Suite 708,
Charleston, WV 25301-1795, 304-347-7000, Office Hours: 8:00 AM-4:30
PM
Southeast/Caribbean
Alabama State Office, Beacon Ridge Tower, 600 Beacon Parkway West,
Suite 300, Birmingham, AL 35209-3144, 205-290-7617, Office Hours:
8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Caribbean Office, New San Juan Office Building, 159 Carlos E.
Chardon Avenue, San Juan, PR 00918-1804, 787-766-5201, Office Hours:
8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Florida State Office, Gables One Tower, 1320 South Dixie Highway,
Coral Gables, FL 33146-2926, 305-662-4500, Office Hours: 8:30 AM-5
PM
Georgia State Office, Richard B. Russell Federal Building, 75 Spring
Street, S.W., Atlanta, GA 30303-3388, 404-331-5136, Office Hours:
8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Jacksonville Area Office, Southern Bell Tower, 301 West Bay Street,
Suite 2200, Jacksonville, FL 32202-5121, 904-232-2627, Office Hours:
8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Kentucky State Office, 601 West Broadway, P.O. Box 1044, Louisville,
KY 40201-1044, 502-582-5251, Office Hours: 8:00 AM-4:45 PM
Knoxville Area Office, John J. Duncan Federal Building, 710 Locust
Street, 3rd Floor, Knoxville, TN 37902-2526, 423-545-4384, Office
Hours: 7:30 AM-4:15 PM
Memphis Area Office, One Memphis Place, 200 Jefferson Avenue, Suite
1200, Memphis, TN 38103-2335, 901-544-3367, Office Hours: 8:00 AM-
4:30 PM
Mississippi State Office, Doctor A. H. McCoy Federal Building, 100
West Capital Street, Room 910, Jackson, MS 39269-1096, 601-965-4738,
Office Hours: 8:00 AM-4:45 PM
North Carolina State Office, Koger Building, 2306 West Meadowview
Road, Greensboro, NC 27407-3707, 910-547-4000, Office Hours: 8:00
AM-4:45 PM
Orlando Area Office, Langley Building, 3751 Maguire Blvd, Suite 270,
Orlando, FL 32803-3032, 407-648-6441, Office Hours: 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
South Carolina State Office, Strom Thurmond Federal Building, 1835
Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29201-2480, 803-765-5592, Office
Hours: 8:00 AM-4:45 PM
Tampa Area Office, Timberlake Federal Building Annex, 501 East Polk
Street, Suite 700, Tampa, FL 33602-3945, 813-228-2501, Office Hours:
8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Tennessee State Office, 251 Cumberland Bend Drive, Suite 200,
Nashville, TN 37228-1803, 615-736-5213, Office Hours: 8:00 AM-4:30
PM
Midwest
Cincinnati Area Office, 525 Vine Street, 7th Floor, Cincinnati, OH
45202-3188, 513-684-3451, Office Hours: 8:00 AM-4:45 PM
Cleveland Area Office, Renaissance Building, 1350 Euclid Avenue,
Suite 500, Cleveland, OH 44115-1815, 216-522-4065, Office Hours:
8:00 AM-4:40 PM
Flint Area Office, The Federal Building, 605 North Saginaw, Suite
200, Flint, MI 48502-2043, 810-766-5108, Office Hours: 8:00 AM-4:30
PM
Grand Rapids Area Office, Trade Center Building, 50 Louis Street,
NW, 3rd Floor, Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2648, 616-456-2100, Office
Hours: 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Illinois State Office, Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building, 77 West
Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604-3507, 312-353-5680, Office Hours:
8:15 AM-4:45 PM
Indiana State Office, 151 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, IN
46204-2526, 317-226-6303, Office Hours: 8:00 AM-4:45 PM
Michigan State Office, Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building, 477
Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226-2592, 313-226-7900, Office Hours:
8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Minnesota State Office, 220 Second St., South, Minneapolis, MN
55401-2195, 612-370-3000, Office Hours: 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Ohio State Office, 200 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43215-2499,
614-469-5737, Office Hours: 8:00 AM-4:45 PM
Wisconsin State Office, Henry S. Reuss Federal Plaza, 310 West
Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1380, Milwaukee, WI
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53203-2289, 414-297-3214, Office Hours: 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Southwest
Arkansas State Office, TCBY Tower, 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite
900, Little Rock, AR 72201-3488, 501-324-5931, Office Hours: 8:00
AM-4:30 PM
Dallas Area Office, Maceo Smith Federal Building, 525 Griffin
Street, Room 860, Dallas, TX 75202-5007, 214-767-8359, Office Hours:
8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Houston Area Office, Norfolk Tower, 2211 Norfolk, Suite 200,
Houston, TX 77098-4096, 713-313-2274, Office Hours: 7:45 AM-4:30 PM
Louisiana State Office, Hale Boggs Federal Building, 501 Magazine
Street, 9th Floor, New Orleans, LA 70130-3099, 504-589-7201, Office
Hours: 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Lubbock Area Office, George H. Mahon Federal Building and United
States Courthouse, 1205 Texas Avenue, Lubbock, TX 79401-4093, 806-
472-7265, Office Hours: 8:00 AM-4:45 PM
New Mexico State Office, 625 Truman Street, N.E., Albuquerque, NM
87110-6472, 505-262-6463, Office Hours: 7:45 AM--4:30 PM
Oklahoma State Office, 500 West Main Street, Suite 400, Oklahoma
City, OK 73102, 405-553-7401, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
San Antonio Area Office, Washington Square, 800 Dolorosa Street, San
Antonio, TX 78207-4563, 210-472-6800, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
Shreveport Area Office, 401 Edwards Street, Suite 1510, Shreveport,
LA 71101-3289, 318-676-3385, Office Hours: 7:45 AM--4:30 PM
Texas State Office, 1600 Throckmorton Street, P.O. Box 2905, Fort
Worth, TX 76113-2905, 817-978-9000, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
Tulsa Area Office, 50 East 15th Street, Tulsa, OK 74119-4030, 918-
581-7434, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
Great Plains
Iowa State Office, Federal Building, 210 Walnut Street, Room 239,
Des Moines, IA 50309-2155, 515-284-4512, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30
PM
Kansas/Missouri State Office, Gateway Tower II, 400 State Avenue,
Kansas City, KS 66101-2406, 913-551-5462, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--
4:30 PM
Nebraska State Office, Executive Tower Centre, 10909 Mill Valley
Road, Omaha, NE 68154-3955, 402-492-3100, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--
4:30 PM
St. Louis Area Office, Robert A. Young Federal Building, 1222 Spruce
Street, 3rd Floor, St. Louis, MO 63103-2836, 314-539-6583, Office
Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
Rocky Mountains
Colorado State Office, 633--17th Street, Denver, CO 80202-3607, 303-
672-5440, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
Montana State Office, Federal Office Building, 301 South Park, Room
340, Drawer 10095, Helena, MT 59626-0095, 406-441-1298, Office
Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
North Dakota State Office, Federal Building P. O. Box 2483, Fargo,
ND 58108-2483, 701-239-5136, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
South Dakota State Office, 2400 West 49th Street, Suite I-201, Sioux
Falls, SD 57105-6558, 605-330-4223, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
Utah State Office, 257 Tower Building, 257 East--200 South, Suite
550, Salt Lake City, UT 84111-2048, 801-524-3323, Office Hours: 8:00
AM--4:30 PM
Wyoming State Office, Federal Office Building, 100 East B Street,
Room 4229, Casper, WY 82601-1918, 307-261-6250, Office Hours: 8:00
AM--4:30 PM
Pacific/Hawaii
Arizona State Office, Two Arizona Center, 400 North 5th Street,
Suite 1600, Phoenix, AZ 85004, 602-379-4434, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--
4:30 PM
California State Office, Philip Burton Federal Building and U.S.
Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-3448,
415-436-6550, Office Hours: 8:15 AM--4:45 PM
Fresno Area Office, 2135 Fresno Street, Suite 100, Fresno, CA 93721-
1718, 209-487-5033, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
Hawaii State Office, Seven Waterfront Plaza, 500 Ala Moana
Boulevard, Suite 500, Honolulu, HI 96813-4918, 808-522-8175, Office
Hours: 8:00 AM--4:00 PM
Los Angeles Area Office, 611 West 6th Street, Suite 800, Los
Angeles, CA 90017-3127, 213-894-8000, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
Nevada State Office, 333 North Rancho Drive, Suite 700, Las Vegas,
NV 89106-3714, 702-388-6525, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
Reno Area Office, 1575 Delucchi Lane, Suite 114, Reno, NV 89502-
6581, 702-784-5356, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
Sacramento Area Office, 777--12th Street, Suite 200, Sacramento, CA
95814-1997, 916-498-5220, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
San Diego Area Office, Mission City Corporate Center, 2365 Northside
Drive, Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92108-2712, 619-557-5310, Office
Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
Santa Ana Area Office, 3 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 500, Santa Ana,
CA 92707-5764, 714-957-3745, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
Tucson Area Office, Security Pacific Bank Plaza, 33 North Stone
Avenue, Suite 700, Tucson, AZ 85701-1467, 520-670-6237, Office
Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
Northwest/Alaska
Alaska State Office, University Plaza Building, 949 East 36th
Avenue, Suite 401, Anchorage, AK 99508-4135, 907-271-4170, Office
Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
Idaho State Office, Plaza IV 800 Park Boulevard, Suite 220, Boise,
ID 83712-7743, 208-334-1990, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
Oregon State Office, 400 Southwest Sixth Avenue, Suite 700,
Portland, OR 97204-1632, 503-326-2561, Office Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30
PM
Spokane Area Office, Farm Credit Bank Building, Eighth Floor East,
West 601 First Avenue, Spokane, WA 99204-0317, 509-353-2510, Office
Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
Washington State Office, Seattle Federal Office Building, 909 1st
Avenue, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98104-1000, 206-220-5101, Office
Hours: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM
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