[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 219 (Friday, November 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
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Department of Housing and Urban Development





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Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests Granted; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4378-N-02]


Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests Granted

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Public notice of the granting of regulatory waivers from April 
1, 1998 through June 30, 1998.

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SUMMARY: Under the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
Act of 1989 (Reform Act), HUD is required to make public all approval 
actions taken on waivers of regulations. This notice is the thirtieth 
in a series, being published on a quarterly basis, providing 
notification of waivers granted during the preceding reporting period. 
The purpose of this notice is to comply with the requirements of 
section 106 of the Reform Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information about this 
notice, contact Camille E. Acevedo, Assistant General Counsel for 
Regulations, Room 10276, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-3055 
(this is not a toll-free number). Hearing or speech-impaired persons 
may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal 
Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8391.
    For information concerning a particular waiver action for which 
public notice is provided in this document, contact the person whose 
name and address is set out for the particular item, in the 
accompanying list of waiver-grant actions.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of the Housing and Urban Development 
Reform Act of 1989 (the Reform Act), the Congress adopted, at HUD's 
request, legislation to limit and control the granting of regulatory 
waivers by HUD. Section 106 of the Reform Act added a new section 7(q) 
to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (2 U.S.C. 
3535(q)), which provides that:
    1. Any waiver of a regulation must be in writing and must specify 
the grounds for approving the waiver;
    2. Authority to approve a waiver of a regulation may be delegated 
by the Secretary only to an individual of Assistant Secretary rank or 
equivalent rank, and the person to whom authority to waive is delegated 
must also have authority to issue the particular regulation to be 
waived;
    3. Not less than quarterly, the Secretary must notify the public of 
all waivers of regulations that HUD has approved, by publishing a 
notice in the Federal Register. These notices (each covering the period 
since the most recent previous notification) shall:
    a. Identify the project, activity, or undertaking involved;
    b. Describe the nature of the provision waived, and the designation 
of the provision;
    c. Indicate the name and title of the person who granted the waiver 
request;
    d. Describe briefly the grounds for approval of the request;
    e. State how additional information about a particular waiver grant 
action may be obtained.
    Section 106 of the Reform Act also contains requirements applicable 
to waivers of HUD handbook provisions that are not relevant to the 
purpose of this notice.
    Today's document follows publication of HUD's Statement of Policy 
on Waiver of Regulations and Directives issued by HUD on April 22, 1991 
(56 FR 16337). This is the thirtieth notice of its kind to be published 
under section 106 of the Reform Act. This notice updates HUD's waiver-
grant activity from April 1, 1998 through June 30, 1998.
    For ease of reference, waiver requests granted by departmental 
officials authorized to grant waivers are listed in a sequence keyed to 
the section number of the HUD regulation involved in the waiver action. 
For example, a waiver-grant action involving exercise of authority 
under 24 CFR 58.73 (involving the waiver of a provision in 24 CFR part 
58) would come early in the sequence, while waivers of 24 CFR part 990 
would be among the last matters listed.
    Where more than one regulatory provision is involved in the grant 
of a particular waiver request, the action is listed under the section 
number of the first regulatory requirement in title 24 that is being 
waived as part of the waiver-grant action. (For example, a waiver of 
both Sec. 58.73 and Sec. 58.74 would appear sequentially in the listing 
under Sec. 58.73.)
    Waiver-grant actions involving the same initial regulatory citation 
are in time sequence beginning with the earliest-dated waiver grant 
action.
    Should HUD receive additional reports of waiver actions taken 
during the period covered by this report before the next report is 
published, the next updated report will include these earlier actions, 
as well as those that occurred between July 1, 1998 through September 
30, 1998.
    Accordingly, information about approved waiver requests pertaining 
to HUD regulations is provided in the Appendix that follows this 
notice.

    Dated: November 4, 1998.
Andrew Cuomo,
Secretary.

Appendix--Listing of Waivers of Regulatory Requirements Granted by 
Officers of the Department of Housing and Urban Development April 1, 
1998 Through June 30, 1998

    Note to Reader: More information about the granting of these 
waivers, including a copy of the waiver request and approval, may be 
obtained by contacting the person whose name is listed as the 
contact person directly before each set of waivers granted.

    For Items 1 and 2, Waivers Granted for 24 CFR Parts 5 and 882, 
Contact: Gloria J. Cousar, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and 
Assisted Housing Delivery, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 4126, Washington, DC 
20410; telephone (202) 401-8812 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Hearing or speech-impaired persons may access this number via TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-
877-8391.
    1. Regulation: 24 CFR 5.613(a)(1) and 24 CFR 882.605(c).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of Pierce County, 
Washington; Section 8 Rental Certificate Program, Special Assistance 
on Behalf of Manufactured Home Owners.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 5.613(a)(1) 
provide that the Total Tenant Payment for families whose initial 
lease is effective on or after August 1, 1982, shall be the highest 
of: (1) 30 percent of Monthly Adjusted Income; (2) 10 percent of 
Monthly Income; or (3) the Welfare Rent. HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 
882.605(c) caps the amount of rent that can be paid for a 
manufactured home pad space at 110 percent of the applicable Fair 
Market Rent.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 20, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The manufactured home and belongings of a 
disabled program participant were destroyed in a flood. The waivers 
made it possible for her to receive assistance in a replacement 
manufactured home.
    2. Regulation: 24 CFR 5.613(a)(1) and 24 CFR 882.605(c).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of Pierce County, 
Washington; Section 8 Rental Certificate Program, Special Assistance 
on Behalf of Manufactured Home Owners.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 5.613(a)(1) 
provides that the Total Tenant Payment for families whose initial 
lease is effective on or after August 1, 1982, shall be the highest 
of: (1) 30 percent of Monthly Adjusted Income; (2) 10 percent of 
Monthly Income; or (3) the Welfare Rent. HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 
882.605(c) caps the amount of rent that can be paid for a 
manufactured home pad space at 110 percent of the applicable Fair 
Market Rent.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 20, 1998.

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    Reasons Waived: The waiver, which covers nineteen elderly/
disabled program participants, provided these participants with the 
opportunity to continue to receive rental assistance without moving 
their units to new sites. Because of the age and health problems of 
the program participants and their low income levels, moving the 
manufactured home units to new sites was not feasible.
    For Items 3 and 4, Waivers Granted for 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, 
Contact: Cornelia Robertson Terry, Field Management Division, Office 
of Executive Services, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 7184, Washington, DC 
20410; telephone (202) 708-2565 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Hearing or speech-impaired persons may access this number via TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-
877-8391.
    3. Regulation: 24 CFR 91.105.
    Project/Activity: Jefferson County, Alabama requested that HUD 
waive the required thirty day comment period for its proposed 
amendments to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME 
Investment Partnership activities described in its Consolidated 
Plan. The County wished to provide assistance to tornado victims who 
had not been assisted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and 
other agencies.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's Consolidated Plan regulations are 
located in 24 CFR part 91. The regulations require that each 
jurisdiction adopt a citizen participation plan that provides for 
public participation in the development of the jurisdiction's 
consolidated plan. Under Sec. 91.105(k), the jurisdiction must 
follow its citizen participation plan.
    Granted by: Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: May 8, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The citizen participation plan adopted by 
Jefferson County requires a thirty-day public comment period for any 
amendments to the consolidated plan. The County was allowed to 
substitute a ten-day comment period. Failure to approve the waiver 
would have caused undue hardship to persons displaced by a recent 
tornado.
    4. Regulation: 24 CFR 92.101(c).
    Project/Activity: The Northeast Minnesota Housing Consortium.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's HOME program regulations are 
located at 24 CFR part 92. Subpart C of 24 CFR part 92 describes the 
requirements for units of local government wishing to form a 
consortium for purposes of participating in the HOME program. 
Section 92.101(c) provides that a unit of local government located 
within a non-urban county that wishes to participate as a member of 
a consortium must sign the HOME consortium agreement.
    Granted by: Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: April 22, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The waiver extended the deadline for signature 
of the consortium agreement. The consortium requested the extension 
due to difficulties in obtaining all of the necessary signatures. 
Among the difficulties described in the waiver request submitted by 
the consortium were the large number of local jurisdictions 
participating in the consortium and the remote rural location of 
each of the participating jurisdictions.
    For Items 5 and 6, Waivers Granted for 24 CFR Part 203, Contact: 
Vance T. Morris, Director, Home Mortgage Insurance Division, Office 
of Insured Single Family Housing, U.S. Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-7000; 
telephone (202) 708-2700 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing 
or speech-impaired persons may access this number via TTY by calling 
the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8391.
    5. Regulation: 24 CFR 203.49(c).
    Project/Activity: Mortgagees (Corinthian Mortgage Corporation 
and First Nationwide Mortgage Company) requested an extension of the 
initial change date for Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) loans beyond 
the 12-18 month window period as required by 24 CFR 203.49.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's single family mortgage insurance 
program regulations are located at 24 CFR part 203. Section 
203.49(c) provides that interest rate adjustments for ARMs must 
occur on annual basis, except that the first adjustment may occur no 
sooner than 12 months nor later than 18 months from the date of the 
mortgagor's first debt service payment.
    Granted by: Art Agnos, Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: Two waivers, one on May 15, 1998 and one on May 
19, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The waiver permitted the lenders to securitize 
several loans. The waiver permitted the lenders to extend the 
initial interest rate adjustment dates on several ARM loans, thus 
rendering the loans eligible for placement in Ginnie Mae pools. 
Ineligibility of the loans for delivery to Ginnie Mae would have 
resulted in financial hardship to the mortgagee.
    6. Regulation: 24 CFR 203.255(b)(5).
    Project/Activity: A request was submitted to HUD for a waiver of 
the regulatory requirements located at 24 CFR 203.255(b)(5). The 
program participant requested that HUD permit the use of an 
automated risk assessment, based on scoring of the loan application, 
in lieu of the subjective review by a Direct Endorsement 
underwriter.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's single family mortgage insurance 
program regulations are located at 24 CFR part 203. The regulation 
at Sec. 203.255(b)(5) requires that lender's Direct Endorsement 
underwriter personally review a borrower's credit and capacity to 
repay a mortgage to be insured by HUD.
    Granted by: Art Agnos, Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Dates Granted: April 9, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: HUD granted the waiver so that lenders, 
borrowers, and HUD may enjoy the enhanced benefit of automated 
underwriting technologies. The use of these technologies will reduce 
the time and cost to originate a HUD-insured mortgage. The waiver 
renders no harm to prospective borrowers or to HUD. The benefits of 
automated risk assessment technologies to borrowers, including 
reduced processing/underwriting costs, would be lost without the 
waiver.
    For Items 7 Through 10, Waivers Granted for 24 CFR Parts 570, 
574, and 576 Contact: Cornelia Robertson Terry, Field Management 
Division, Office of Executive Services, U.S. Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 7184, 
Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-2565 (this is not a toll-
free number). Hearing or speech-impaired persons may access this 
number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay 
Service at 1-800-877-8391.
    7. Regulation: 24 CFR 570.200(h).
    Project/Activity: Clayton County, Georgia requested that HUD 
waive 24 CFR 570.200(h) to allow the County to use Community 
Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to cover costs incurred by the 
County in preparing the CDBG specific portions of its first 
Consolidated Plan as a new urban county.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 570.200(h)(1)(i) 
states that a grantee may only use CDBG funds to pay pre-award costs 
if, among other things, the activity for which the costs are being 
incurred is included in a Consolidated Plan or an amended 
Consolidated Plan Action Plan prior to the costs being incurred.
    Granted by: Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: April 8, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: As a new urban county, Clayton County had to 
incur planning and administrative costs in the preparation of CDBG 
specific portions of its Consolidated Plan. Non-reimbursement of 
these and other related start-up costs would have imposed a burden 
on Clayton County, and made it very difficult for the County to 
implement its CDBG program.
    8. Regulation: 24 CFR 574.540.
    Project/Activity: The City of New York, NY requested that HUD 
waive the regulations governing the Housing Opportunities for 
Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program, which provide for the potential 
deobligation of funds which are not expended in a timely manner.
    Nature of Requirement: The HOPWA program regulations at 24 CFR 
574.540 provide that HUD may deobligate any amount of grant funds 
that have not been expended within a three-year period from the date 
of the signing of the grant agreement.
    Granted by: Saul Ramirez, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Community 
Planning and Development
    Date Granted: April 22, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The City requested the waiver due to delays in 
securing funding for the supportive services to be used in 
connection with its HOPWA projects. The waiver will allow the City 
to continue to use up to $16,216,996 in current unexpended funds 
from the City's Fiscal Year 1995 HOPWA formula allocation.
    9. Regulation: 24 CFR 576.21.

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    Project/Activity: Fort Wayne, Indiana requested a waiver of the 
Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) program regulations at 24 CFR 576.21.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 576.21 states 
that recipients of ESG grant funds are subject to the limits on the 
use of assistance for essential services established in section 
414(a)(2)(B) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11374(a)(2)(B)). Essential services are commonly defined as 
services that provide health, employment, drug abuse counseling, and 
education to homeless persons.
    Granted by: Saul N. Ramirez. Jr., Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 26, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: Under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
Assistance Act, amended by the National Affordable Housing Act the 
30 percent cap on essential services may be waived if the grantee 
``demonstrates that the other eligible activities under the program 
are already being carried out in the locality with other 
resources.'' The requirement was waived because the City was able to 
successfully demonstrate that other activities under the program are 
being carried out in the locality.
    10. Regulation: 24 CFR 576.21.
    Project/Activity: Hennepin County, Minnesota requested a waiver 
of the Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) program regulations at 24 CFR 
576.21.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 576.21 states 
that recipients of ESG grant funds are subject to the limits on the 
use of assistance for essential services established in section 
414(a)(2)(B) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11374(a)(2)(B)). Essential services are commonly defined as 
services that provide health, employment, drug abuse counseling, and 
education to homeless persons.
    Granted by: Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: May 29, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: Under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
Assistance Act, amended by the National Affordable Housing Act the 
30 percent cap on essential services may be waived if the grantee 
``demonstrates that the other eligible activities under the program 
are already being carried out in the locality with other 
resources.'' The County stated that its emergency shelters are 
currently being funded through other local funds, but it has limited 
funds to provide the services necessary to move homeless families 
out of emergency shelter and into permanent housing. The County 
stated that if the waiver were granted, essential service funds 
would be used by the County's Family Homeless Prevention and 
Assistance Program to stabilize families exiting emergency shelters 
and reduce homeless relapses within the community at an average cost 
of $300 per family. Based on this statement by the County, HUD 
granted the regulatory waiver.
    For Item 11, Waiver Granted for 24 CFR Part 811, Contact: James 
B. Mitchell, Acting Director, Special Projects Division, Office of 
Multifamily Housing Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC. 20410-7000; 
telephone (202) 708-3730 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing 
or speech-impaired persons may access this number via TTY by calling 
the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-766-8391.
    11. Regulation: 24 CFR 811.104(b).
    Project/Activity: Spinnaker Landing Apartments, Palm Beach 
County, Florida (Project No. FL002-HG402).
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulations governing the tax 
exemption of obligations of public housing agencies are located at 
24 CFR part 811. Section 811.104(b) prohibits payment of a fee of a 
Housing Authority other than for actual expenses of a bond refunding 
transaction.
    Granted by: Art Agnos, Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: March 15, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The refunding bonds are being issued on terms 
which will reduce debt service to strengthen the financial condition 
of the project, and redeem 1988 bonds which are in default. The 
Internal Revenue Code low-income rent restrictions will apply during 
the new financing term. The Palm Beach County Housing Authority will 
receive a fee of $32,500 for its participation in this transaction. 
Because this fee will be paid by the project owner and not from 
refunding bond proceeds or from debt service reserve residual 
balances, HUD found good cause to waive Sec. 811.104(b).
    For Item 12, Waiver Granted for 24 CFR Part 882, Contact: 
Cornelia Robertson Terry, Field Management Division, Office of 
Executive Services, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 7184, Washington, DC 
20410; telephone (202) 708-2565 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Hearing or speech-impaired persons may access this number via TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-
877-8391.
    12. Regulation: 24 CFR 882.408(a).
    Project/Activity: The Los Angeles Housing Authority requested 
that HUD waive its regulations at 24 CFR 882.408(a), which govern 
its Section 8 Certificate and Moderate Rehabilitation Programs.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulations at 24 CFR 882.408(a) 
state that the initial gross rent for any project unit must not 
exceed the applicable Moderate Rehabilitation Fair Market Rent (FMR) 
in effect on the date that the agreement to enter into a Housing 
Assistance Payment Contract is executed, except by up to ten percent 
in cases where the HUD Field Office has approved an area-wide 
exception rent.
    Granted by: Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: June 11, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: At the time the affected housing project was 
conditionally selected for a Section 8 Single Family Occupancy (SRO) 
grant (September 1996), the maximum allowable contract rent was $506 
with a base rent of $422. On October 1, 1997, the FMR for the Los 
Angeles-Long Beach area was greatly reduced, lowering the maximum 
allowable contract rent from $506 to $437, and the base rent from 
$422 to $365. The waiver will allow the Housing Authority to use the 
FMR in effect at the time the project was conditionally selected for 
funding.
    For Item 13, Waiver Granted for 24 CFR Part 882, Contact: Gloria 
J. Cousar, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Assisted 
Housing Delivery, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 4126, Washington, DC 20410; telephone 
(202) 401-8812 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing or speech-
impaired persons may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-
free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8391.
    13. Regulation: 24 CFR 882.605(c).
    Project/Activity: Central Oregon Regional Housing Authority; 
Section 8 Rental Certificate Program, Special Assistance on Behalf 
of Manufactured Home Owners.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation caps the amount of rent 
that can be paid for rental of a manufactured home pad space at 110 
percent of the applicable Fair Market Rent.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 24, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: Approval of the waiver made it possible for the 
elderly/disabled program participant to continue to receive 
assistance without moving her manufactured home to a new site. 
Because of her age and poor health, a move would have been a severe 
hardship. The program participant also lacked the financial 
resources necessary to move.
    For Items 14 and 15, Waivers Granted for 24 CFR Part 891, 
Contact: Willie Spearmon, Director, Office of Business Products, 
Office of Housing, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 6132, Washington, DC 20410; telephone 
(202) 708-3000 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing or speech-
impaired persons may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-
free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8391.
    14. Regulation: 24 CFR 891.130.
    Project/Activity: Home Sweet Home Development.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulations at 24 CFR part 891 
describe the policies and procedures governing supportive housing 
for the elderly and persons with disabilities. The regulation at 
Sec. 891.130 (entitled ``Prohibited relationships'') provides that 
Officers and Board members of either the Sponsor or Owner may not 
have any financial interest in any contract with the Owner or any 
firm which has a contract with the Owner. This restriction applies 
so long as the individual is serving on the Board and for a period 
of three years following resignation or final closing, whichever 
occurs later.
    Granted by: Art Agnos, Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: May 22, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The Walker Point Development Corporation is a 
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organization, and will complete the rehabilitation of the Home Sweet 
Home units at cost without a profit.
    15. Regulation: 24 CFR 891.130.
    Project/Activity: The Sponsor of Jacob Blake Manor requested 
approval to use a site owned by a former Board member.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulations at 24 CFR part 891 
describe the policies and procedures governing supportive housing 
for the elderly and persons with disabilities. The regulation at 
Sec. 891.130 (entitled ``Prohibited relationships'') provides that 
Officers and Board members of either the Sponsor or Owner may not 
have any financial interest in any contract with the Owner or any 
firm which has a contract with the Owner. This restriction applies 
so long as the individual is serving on the Board and for a period 
of three years following resignation or final closing, whichever 
occurs later.
    Granted by: Ira Peppercorn, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Housing.
    Date Granted: June 5, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: Term of the former Board member in question 
expired prior to approval of the Sponsor/Owner for a fund 
reservation.
    For Items 16 Through 29, Waivers Granted for 24 CFR Part 982, 
Contact: Gloria J. Cousar, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and 
Assisted Housing Delivery, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 4126, Washington, DC 
20410; telephone (202) 401-8812 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Hearing or speech-impaired persons may access this number via TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-
877-8391.
    16. Regulation: 24 CFR 982.303(b).
    Project/Activity: Oakland Housing Authority, California; Section 
8 Rental Certificate Program.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation provides for a maximum 
rental certificate/voucher term of 120 days during which a 
certificate/voucher holder may seek housing to be leased under the 
program.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 2, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The waiver was granted to help keep the large 
family (consisting of two adults and seven children) together and to 
prevent them from becoming homeless again.
    17. Regulation: 24 CFR 982.303(b).
    Project/Activity: Department of Housing and Community 
Development of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Section 8 Rental 
Certificate Program.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation provides for a maximum 
rental certificate/voucher term of 120 days during which a 
certificate/voucher holder may seek housing to be leased under the 
program.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 14, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: Approval of the waiver prevented further 
hardship to a seriously ill certificate holder whose illnesses 
prevented her from seeking a suitable rental unit during much of the 
time her rental certificate was in effect.
    18. Regulation: 24 CFR 982.303(b).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the County of Santa 
Clara, California; Section 8 Rental Certificate Program.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation provides for a maximum 
rental certificate/voucher term of 120 days during which a 
certificate/voucher holder may seek housing to be leased under the 
program.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 14, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: Approval of the waiver supported the intensive 
treatment and counseling program of a disabled child in the family 
and helped protect the family from the threat of homelessness.
    19. Regulation: 24 CFR 982.303(b).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the County of Santa 
Clara, California; Section 8 Rental Certificate Program.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation provides for a maximum 
rental certificate/voucher term of 120 days during which a 
certificate/voucher holder may seek housing to be leased under the 
program.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 20, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: Waivers were granted to prevent further hardship 
to two certificate holders whose ability to seek housing was 
severely limited by serious health problems that limited their 
mobility.
    20. Regulation: 24 CFR 982.303(b).
    Project/Activity: Chicago Section 8 Housing Program, Illinois; 
Section 8 Rental Voucher Program.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation provides for a maximum 
rental certificate/voucher term of 120 days during which a 
certificate/voucher holder may seek housing to be leased under the 
program.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 5, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The waiver provided extra search time for two 
rental voucher holders whose ability to seek suitable housing was 
limited due to their disabilities.
    21. Regulation: 24 CFR 982.303(b).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the County of Contra 
Costa, California; Section 8 Rental Certificate Program.
    Nature of Requirement: The Regulation provides for a maximum 
rental certificate/voucher term of 120 days during which a 
certificate/voucher holder may seek housing to be leased under the 
program.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 12, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The waiver provided extra search time to a 
certificate holder forced to relocate after a violent crime against 
her daughter.
    22. Regulation: 24 CFR 982.303(b).
    Project/Activity: Quincy Housing Authority, Massachusetts; 
Section 8 Rental Certificate Program.
    Nature of Requirement: The Regulation provides for a maximum 
rental certificate/voucher term of 120 days during which a 
certificate/voucher holder may seek housing to be leased under the 
program.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 14, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The waiver provided extra search time to the 
rental certificate holder whose disability severely limited her 
ability to locate appropriate housing.
    23. Regulation: 24 CFR 982.303(b).
    Project/Activity: Boston Housing Authority, Massachusetts; 
Section 8 Rental Certificate Program.
    Nature of Requirement: The Regulation provides for a maximum 
rental certificate/voucher term of 120 days during which a 
certificate/voucher holder may seek housing to be leased under the 
program.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 15, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The waiver was granted to an elderly certificate 
holder whose disability made it difficult for her to seek 
appropriate housing.
    24. Regulation: 24 CFR 982.303(b).
    Project/Activity: Boston Housing Authority, Massachusetts; 
Section 8 Rental Certificate Program.
    Nature of Requirement: The Regulation provides for a maximum 
rental certificate/voucher term of 120 days during which a 
certificate/voucher holder may seek housing to be leased under the 
program.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 15, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The waiver was granted to a certificate holder 
whose disability made it difficult for her to seek appropriate 
housing.
    25. Regulation: 24 CFR 982.303(b).
    Project/Activity: Boston Housing Authority, Massachusetts; 
Section 8 Rental Certificate Program.
    Nature of Requirement: The Regulation provides for a maximum 
rental certificate/voucher term of 120 days during which a 
certificate/voucher holder may seek housing to be leased under the 
program.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 15, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The waiver was granted to provide extra search 
time to a certificate holder whose disability made it difficult to 
seek appropriate housing.
    26. Regulation: 24 CFR 982.303(b).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority and Urban Renewal Agency of 
Lane County, Oregon; Section 8 Rental Certificate Program.
    Nature of Requirement: The Regulation provides for a maximum 
rental certificate/voucher term of 120 days during which a 
certificate/voucher holder may seek housing to be leased under the 
program.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 4, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The waiver was granted to provide extra search 
time to two certificate

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holders whose disabilities made it difficult for them to seek 
appropriate housing.
    27. Regulation: 24 CFR 982.303(b).
    Project/Activity: Department of Housing and Community 
Development of the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii; Section 8 
Rental Voucher Program.
    Nature of Requirement: The Regulation provides for a maximum 
rental certificate/voucher term of 120 days during which a 
certificate/voucher holder may seek housing to be leased under the 
program.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 4, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The waiver provided extra search time to a 
disabled voucher holder who was hospitalized during the entire 
period her rental voucher was in effect.
    28. Regulation: 24 CFR 982.303(b).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of Marin County, California; 
Section 8 Rental Voucher Program.
    Nature of Requirement: The Regulation provides for a maximum 
rental certificate/voucher term of 120 days during which a 
certificate/voucher holder may seek housing to be leased under the 
program.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 5, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The waiver was granted to a disabled voucher 
holder whose disability made it difficult to find suitable housing 
in a tight rental market.
    29. Regulation: 24 CFR 982.303(b).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of Santa Clara, California; 
Section 8 Rental Certificate Program.
    Nature of Requirement: The Regulation provides for a maximum 
rental certificate/voucher term of 120 days during which a 
certificate/voucher holder may seek housing to be leased under the 
program.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 10, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: The waiver was granted to grant additional 
search time to an elderly certificate holder who was hospitalized 
and unable to seek housing during much of the time that his 
certificate was in effect.
    For Item 30, Waiver Granted for 24 CFR Part 1005, Contact: 
Jacqueline Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American 
Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street, SW, Room 4130, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 
401-7914 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing or speech-
impaired persons may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-
free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8391.
    30. Regulation: 24 CFR 1005.112.
    Project/Activity: A request was made by Norwest Mortgage, Inc. 
of Minneapolis, MN, that the Office of Native American Programs 
consider an alternative to the certification that provides for 
lender acknowledgment and agreement to comply with all applicable 
tribal laws when the lender originates a loan under the Section 184 
Loan Guarantee Program.
    Nature of Requirement: Lenders participating in the Section 184 
Loan Guarantee Program must certify that they acknowledge and agree 
to comply with all applicable tribal laws when originating a Section 
184 loan for a tribal member.
    Granted by: Deborah L. Vincent, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 12, 1998.
    Reasons Waived: Norwest Mortgage, Inc. has developed procedures 
for the necessary discussions that must take place with a tribe 
before the origination and closing of a 184 loan on trust land or 
other eligible service area. Norwest Mortgage, Inc. will obtain a 
letter from the applicable tribe advising HUD of the tribe's 
confidence or belief that Norwest Mortgage, Inc. has made the effort 
necessary to familiarize itself with the tribe's laws. A copy of the 
tribe's letter will be included with each 184 loan file for tribal 
members.

[FR Doc. 98-30293 Filed 11-12-98; 8:45 am]
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