[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 31, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7824]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4415-N-02]


Notice of Funding Availability for Mainstream Housing 
Opportunities for Persons With Disabilities (Mainstream Program) Fiscal 
Year 1999: Extension of Application Deadline

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

ACTION: Notice of funding availability (NOFA): extension of application 
deadline.

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SUMMARY: On March 8, 1999, HUD published a NOFA that announced Fiscal 
Year 1999 funding of approximately $48.5 million in five-year budget 
authority for approximately 1,600 rental vouchers to enable persons 
with disabilities (elderly and non-elderly) to rent affordable private 
housing. The March 8, 1999 NOFA set an application deadline of May 7, 
1999. This notice extends the deadline to June 30, 1999.

APPLICATION DUE DATE: June 30, 1999.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The application deadline for submission is 
being extended because of changes made this year from previous NOFAs 
for the Mainstream program. New for Fiscal Year 1999 is HUD's opening 
of the Mainstream Program to the receipt of applications from non-
profit disability organizations that provide services to disabled 
families. Also new is HUD's encouragement to PHAs and non-profit 
disability organizations to view each other as a possible contract 
administrator, or to be otherwise involved in the administration of the 
Section 8 vouchers that either party might receive under this NOFA.
    If you are interested in applying for funding under the Mainstream 
Program, please read the NOFA published on March 8, 1999, at 64 FR 
11301, which will provide you with detailed information regarding the 
submission of an application, Section 8 program requirements, the 
application selection process to be used by HUD in selecting 
applications for funding, and other valuable information relative to a 
PHA's or non-profit disability organization's application submission 
and participation in the Mainstream Program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George C. Hendrickson, Housing Program 
Specialist, Office of Public and Assisted Housing Delivery, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, Room 4216, 451 Seventh Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20410-8000; telephone (202) 708-1872, ext. 4064. (The 
number listed above is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or 
speech impairments may access this number via TTY (text telephone) by 
calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 (this 
is a toll-free number).

    Dated: March 24, 1999.
Deborah Vincent,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 99-7824 Filed 3-30-99; 8:45 am]
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