[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71077-71079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33930]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service


Housing Preservation Grants

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service (RHS), USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service (RHS) announces that it is 
soliciting competitive applications under its Housing Preservation 
Grant (HPG) program. The HPG program is a grant program which provides 
qualified public agencies, private nonprofit organizations and other 
eligible entities grant funds to assist very low- and low-income 
homeowners repair and rehabilitate their homes in rural areas, and to 
assist rental property owners and cooperative housing complexes to 
repair and rehabilitate their units if they agree to make such units 
available to low- and very low-income persons. This action is taken to 
comply with Agency regulations found in 7 CFR part 1944, subpart N, 
which requires the Agency to announce the opening and closing dates for 
receipt of preapplications for HPG funds from eligible applicants. The 
intended effect of this Notice is to provide eligible organizations 
notice of these dates.

DATES: RHS hereby announces that it will begin receiving 
preapplications on December 23, 1998. The closing date for acceptance 
by RHS of preapplications is March 23, 1999. This period will be the 
only time during the current fiscal year that RHS accepts 
preapplications. Preapplications must be received by or postmarked on 
or before the closing date.

ADDRESSES: Submit preapplications to Rural Development servicing 
offices for the HPG program; applicants must contact their Rural 
Development State Office for this information. A listing of Rural 
Development State Offices, their addresses, and telephone numbers 
follows.

Rural Development State Offices

    Note: Telephone numbers listed are not toll-free.

Alabama State Office

Sterling Center Office Building
4121 Carmichael Road, Suite 601
Montgomery, AL 36106-3683
(334) 279-3455

Alaska State Office

800 West Evergreen, Suite 201
Palmer, AK 99645
(907) 745-2176

Arizona State Office

Phoenix Corporate Center
3003 N. Central Ave., Suite 900
Phoenix, AZ 85012-2906
(602) 280-8755

Arkansas State Office

700 W. Capitol Ave., Rm. 3416
Little Rock, AR 72201-3225
(501) 301-3250

California State Office

194 West Main Street, Suite F
Woodland, CA 95695-2915
(530) 668-2091

Colorado State Office

655 Parfet Street, Room E100
Lakewood, CO 80215
(303) 236-2801 (ext. 101)

Connecticut

Served by Massachusetts State Office

Delaware/Maryland State Office

5201 South Dupont Highway
PO Box 400
Camden, DE 19934-9998
(302) 697-4314

Florida State Office

4440 N.W. 25th Place
PO Box 147010
Gainesville, FL 32614-7010
(352) 338-3435

Georgia State Office

Stephens Federal Building
335 E. Hancock Avenue
Athens, GA 30601-2768
(706) 546-2164

Guam

Served by Hawaii State Office

Hawaii State Office

Room 311, Federal Building
154 Waianuenue Avenue
Hilo, HI 96720
(808) 933-3000

Idaho State Office

9173 West Barnes Drive, Suite A1
Boise, ID 83709
(208) 378-5627

Illinois State Office

Illini Plaza, Suite 103
1817 South Neil Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 398-5412 (ext. 256)

Indiana State Office

5975 Lakeside Boulevard
Indianapolis, IN 46278
(317) 290-3117

Iowa State Office

873 Federal Building
210 Walnut Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
(515) 284-4493

Kansas State Office

1200 SW Executive Drive
PO Box 4653
Topeka, KS 66604
(785) 271-2720

Kentucky State Office

771 Corporate Drive, Suite 200
Lexington, KY 40503
(606) 224-7416

Louisiana State Office

3727 Government Street
Alexandria, LA 71302
(318) 473-7962

Maine State Office

444 Stillwater Ave., Suite 2
PO Box 405
Bangor, ME 04402-0405
(207) 990-9115

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Maryland

Served by Delaware State Office

Massachusetts State Office

451 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 253-4333

Michigan State Office

3001 Coolidge Road, Suite 200
East Lansing, MI 48823
(517) 337-6635 (ext. 1609)

Minnesota State Office

410 AgriBank Building
375 Jackson Street
St. Paul, MN 55101-1853
(651) 602-7823

Mississippi State Office

Federal Building, Suite 831
100 W. Capitol Street
Jackson, MS 39269
(601) 965-4325

Missouri State Office

601 Business Loop 70 West
Parkade Center, Suite 235
Columbia, MO 65203
(573) 876-0990

Montana State Office

Unit 1, Suite B
900 Technology Blvd.
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 585-2515

Nebraska State Office

Federal Building, room 152
100 Centennial Mall N
Lincoln, NE 68508
(402) 437-5567

Nevada State Office

1390 South Curry Street
Carson City, NV 89703-9910
(702) 887-1222, Ext. 13

New Hampshire

Served by Vermont State Office

New Jersey State Office

Tarnsfield Plaza, Suite 22
790 Woodland Road
Mt. Holly, NJ 08060
(609) 265-3630

New Mexico State Office

6200 Jefferson St., NE, Room 255
Albuquerque, NM 87109
(505) 761-4944

New York State Office

The Galleries of Syracuse
441 S. Salina Street, Suite 357
Syracuse, NY 13202
(315) 477-6419

North Carolina State Office

4405 Bland Road, Suite 260
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919) 873-2061

North Dakota State Office

Federal Building, Room 208
220 East Rosser
PO Box 1737
Bismark, ND 58502
(701) 250-4771

Ohio State Office

Federal Building, Room 507
200 North High Street
Columbus, OH 43215-2477
(614) 469-5165

Oklahoma State Office

100 USDA, Suite 108
Stillwater, OK 74074-2654
(405) 742-1070

Oregon State Office

101 SW Main, Suite 1410
Portland, OR 97204-2333
(503) 414-3350

Pennsylvania State Office

One Credit Union Place, Suite 330
Harrisburg, PA 17110-2996
(717) 237-2187

Puerto Rico State Office

New San Juan Office Bldg., Room 501
159 Carlos E. Chardon Street
Hato Rey, PR 00918-5481
(787) 766-5095

Rhode Island

Served by Massachusetts State Office

South Carolina State Office

Strom Thurmond Federal Building
1835 Assembly Street, Room 1007
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 765-5690

South Dakota State Office

Federal Building, Room 210
200 Fourth Street, SW
Huron, SD 57350
(605) 352-1132

Tennessee State Office

Suite 300
3322 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203-1084
(615) 783-1375

Texas State Office

Federal Building, Suite 102
101 South Main
Temple, TX 76501
(254) 742-9760

Utah State Office

Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building
125 S. State Street, Room 4311
P.O. Box 11350
Salt Lake City, UT 84147-0350
(801) 524-4323

Vermont State Office

City Center, 3rd Floor
89 Main Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
(802) 223-6045

Virgin Islands

Served by Vermont State Office

Virginia State Office

Culpeper Building, Suite 238
1606 Santa Rosa Road
Richmond, VA 23229
(804) 287-1582

Washington State Office

1835 Black Lake Blvd. SW.
Suite B
Olympia, WA 98512-5715
(360) 704-7707

Western Pacific Territories

Served by Hawaii State Office

West Virginia State Office

Federal Building
75 High Street, Room 320
Morgantown, WV 26505-7500
(304) 291-4793

Wisconsin State Office

4949 Kirschiling Court
Stevens Point, WI 54481
(715) 345-7620

Wyoming State Office

100 East B
Federal Building, Room 1005
PO Box 820
Casper, WY 82602
(307) 261-6315

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tracee Lilly, Loan Specialist, Multi-Family Housing Processing 
Division, RHS, USDA, Stop 0781, Room 1263, 1400 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20250, telephone (202) 720-9729. (This is not a 
toll free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 7 CFR part 1944, subpart N provides details 
on what information must be contained in the preapplication packages. 
Entities wishing to apply for assistance should contact the Rural 
Development State Office to receive further information and copies of 
the preapplication package. Eligible entities for these competitively 
awarded grants include State and local governments, nonprofit 
corporations, Federally recognized Indian Tribes, and consortia of 
eligible entities.

    This program is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance under No. 10.433, Rural Housing Preservation Grants. This 
program is subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372 which 
requires intergovernmental consultation with State and local officials 
(7 CFR part 3015, subpart V). Applicants are referred to 7 CFR 
Secs. 1944.674 and 1944.676 (d) and (e) for specific guidance on these 
requirements relative to the HPG program.
    The funding instrument for the HPG program will be a grant 
agreement. The term of the grant can vary from 1 to 2 years, depending 
on available funds and demand. No maximum or minimum grant levels have 
been established; although, based on fiscal year (FY) 1999 funding 
availability, the Agency anticipates that the average grant will be 
$59,000 for a 1-year proposal. For FY 99, $7,000,000 is available and 
has been distributed under a formula allocation

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to States pursuant to 7 CFR part 1940, subpart L, ``Methodology and 
Formulas for Allocation of Loan and Grant Program Funds.'' Decisions on 
funding will be based on the preapplications.

    Dated: December 4, 1998.
Jan E. Shadburn,
Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 98-33930 Filed 12-22-98; 8:45 am]
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