[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 53 (Friday, March 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
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Fiscal Year 2000; Notice of Funding Availability for Service 
Coordinators in Multifamily Housing; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4582-N-01]


Fiscal Year 2000 Notice of Funding Availability for Service 
Coordinators in Multifamily Housing

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability (NOFA).

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SUMMARY: This NOFA announces the FY 2000 funding available for the 
Service Coordinator Program in multifamily housing.
    Purpose of the Program. The purpose of this Service Coordinator 
program is to allow multifamily housing owners to assist elderly 
residents and residents with disabilities to obtain needed supportive 
services from the community, in order to enable them to continue living 
as independently as possible in their apartments.
    Available Funds. Approximately $25 million.
    Eligible Applicants. Only owners of eligible developments may apply 
for and become the recipient of grant funds. Property management 
companies may administer grant programs but are not eligible 
applicants. See Section III for more detailed eligibility criteria.
    Application Deadline. July 17, 2000.
    Match. None.

Additional Information

I. Application Due Date, Application Kits, and Technical Assistance

    Application Due Date. The application due date is July 17, 2000.
    Number of copies. Submit three completed applications (an original 
and two copies). See the following paragraphs for specific procedures 
governing the form of application submissions (e.g., mailed 
applications, express mail, overnight delivery, or hand carried).
    Addresses for Submitting Applications. Submit your application 
(original and two copies) to the HUD Field Office with jurisdiction 
over your development. The Appendix contains a list of the HUD Field 
Offices with addresses and phone numbers. Address your application to 
the Multifamily HUB or Multifamily Program Center Director in the 
appropriate Field Office. You should not submit any copies of your 
applications to HUD Headquarters.
    Application Submission Procedures. Mailed Applications. 
Applications will be considered timely filed if postmarked on or before 
12 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. Hand carried applications to HUD Field 
offices will be accepted during normal business hours before the 
application due date. On the application due date, business hours will 
be extended to 6 pm local time.
    For Application Kits, Further Information, and Technical 
Assistance. For Application Kits. You may obtain an application kit and 
supplemental information by calling either the Multifamily Housing 
Clearinghouse at (voice) 1-800-MULTI-70 (1-800-685-8470) or (TTY) 1-
800-483-2209 or HUD's Direct Distribution Center at 1-800-767-7468. 
When requesting the application kit, please refer to the Service 
Coordinator Program. Please make sure to provide your name, address 
(including zip code), and telephone number (including area code). The 
application kit will also be available on the Internet through the HUD 
web site at http://www.hud.gov.
    For Further Information and Technical Assistance. The Multifamily 
Housing Resident Initiatives Specialist or Service Coordinator contact 
person in your local HUD Field Office can answer most of the questions 
you have regarding this NOFA and your application kit. Please refer to 
Field Office telephone numbers in the Appendix. If you are an owner of 
a Section 515 development, contact the Multifamily HUB or Multifamily 
Program Center in the HUD Field Office that normally provides asset 
management to that development. If you have a general question that the 
Field staff are unable to answer, please call Carissa Janis, Housing 
Project Manager, Office of Portfolio Management, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 6176, Washington, 
DC 20410; (202) 708-3944, extension 2484. (This number is not toll 
free). If you are hearing or speech impaired, you may access this 
number via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-
800-877-8339.

II. Amount Allocated

    This NOFA makes available approximately $25,000,000 in FY 2000 
funding from the $50 million provided in the Housing for Special 
Populations account in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2000 (Pub.L. 106-74, 113 Stat. 1047, approved October 20, 1999). (HUD 
will use the remaining $25 million appropriated this year to provide 
one-year extensions to expiring Service Coordinator and Congregate 
Housing Services Program grants.)
    HUD will first fund Service Coordinator costs in applications 
selected to receive an Assisted Living Conversion Program (ALCP) grant 
award. The Department estimates that approximately $5 million will be 
needed to fund these programs. The actual amount will be based upon 
demand and the number of applications that meet threshold criteria in 
both the ALCP and Service Coordinator programs. HUD will set-aside the 
requested amount of ALCP/Service Coordinator funds prior to conducting 
the national lottery. Any funds not used for ALCP Service Coordinator 
programs will revert to the lottery to fund all other eligible 
applications submitted under this NOFA.
    In FY 1999, HUD awarded 51 grants with the available $5 million. 
With approximately $20 million available this year to non-ALCP 
applicants, HUD expects to award approximately 200 grants in FY 2000.
    Alternative Funding for Service Coordinators. Owners may request 
processing under Housing's Management Agent Handbook 4381.5, REVISION-
2, CHANGE-2, Chapter 8. This Handbook provides procedures for 
requesting funding for a coordinator using residual receipts, the 
budget-based rent increase process, contract rents adjusted by the 
Annual Adjustment Factor (AAF) or the Project Rental Assistance 
Contract (PRAC). Section 8 approvals must be consistent with current 
policy. Your local HUD Field Office staff may approve budget-based 
funding for a Service Coordinator at any time, as long as available 
funds in your budget allow for this increase. You are not required to 
apply for these grant funds prior to seeking budget-based funding for a 
Service Coordinator.

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III. Program Description; Eligible and Ineligible Applicants, 
Developments, and Activities

(A) Program Description

    The Service Coordinator Program provides funding for the employment 
and support of service coordinators in insured and assisted housing 
developments that are designed for the elderly and persons with 
disabilities and continue to operate as such. Service coordinators help 
residents obtain supportive services from the community that are needed 
to enable independent living and aging in place.
    A service coordinator is a social service staff person hired or 
contracted by the development's owner or management company. The 
coordinator is responsible for assuring that elderly residents, 
especially those who are frail or at risk, and those non-elderly 
residents with disabilities are linked to the specific supportive 
services they need to continue living independently in that 
development. All services should meet the specific desires and needs of 
the residents themselves. The service coordinator may not require any 
elderly individual or person with a disability to accept any specific 
supportive service(s).
    You may want to review the Management Agent Handbook 4381.5 
REVISION-2, CHANGE-2, Chapter 8 for further guidance on service 
coordinators. This Handbook and past Service Coordinator program 
Notices are accessible through HUDCLIPS on HUD's web site. The URL for 
the HUDCLIPS Database Selection Screen is http://www.hudclips.org/subscriber/cgi/legis.cgi. These notices are in the Handbooks and 
Notices--Housing Notices database. Enter only the number without the 
letter prefix (e.g., 94-99) in the ``Document Number'' to retrieve the 
program notice.
    As was the case in FY 1999, there is no minimum unit number for 
eligible developments. In proposing a Service Coordinator program at a 
small development, however, you must be careful to conform to the 
hiring guidelines provided in the application kit. Funding is also 
allowed to augment current Service Coordinator programs and to continue 
programs in cases where current or previous funding sources are no 
longer available. Please refer to Sections III.D and III.F, below.

(B) Eligible Applicants

    (1) Only owners of eligible developments listed in paragraph D.1 
below may apply for funding through this NOFA.
    (2) If you are a Section 202 owner/borrower corporation applying 
for an Assisted Living Conversion Program (ALCP) grant, you may apply 
for new or augmented Service Coordinator costs to serve Assisted Living 
residents and/or all residents of your development.
    (3) To be eligible, owners must meet the criteria listed below for 
all HUD insured and assisted developments they own:
    (a) Have no outstanding HUD contract violations of a contractual or 
regulatory nature.
    (b) You, the applicant, must comply with all fair housing and civil 
rights laws, statutes, regulations, and executive orders as enumerated 
in 24 CFR 5.105(a). If you, the applicant (i) have been charged with a 
systemic violation of the Fair Housing Act by the Secretary alleging 
ongoing discrimination; (ii) are the defendant in a Fair Housing Act 
lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice alleging an ongoing pattern 
or practice of discrimination; or (iii) have received a letter of 
noncompliance findings under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 
section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or section 109 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, your application will 
not be evaluated under this NOFA if, prior to the application deadline, 
the charge, lawsuit, or letter of findings has not been resolved to the 
satisfaction of the Department. HUD's decision regarding whether a 
charge, lawsuit, or a letter of findings has been satisfactorily 
resolved will be based upon whether appropriate actions have been taken 
necessary to address allegations of ongoing discrimination in the 
policies or practices involved in the charge, lawsuit, or letter of 
findings.
    (4) If your eligibility status changes during the course of the 
grant term, making you ineligible to receive a grant (e.g. due to 
prepayment of mortgage, sale of property, or opting out of a Section 8 
Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract), HUD has the right to 
terminate your grant.

(C) Ineligible Applicants

    Property management companies, area agencies on aging, and other 
like organizations are not eligible applicants for Service Coordinator 
funds. Such agents may prepare applications and sign application 
documents if they provide written authorization from the owner 
corporation as part of the application. In such cases, the owner 
corporation must be indicated on all forms and documents as the funding 
recipient.

(D) Eligible Developments

    Eligible developments must meet the following criteria:
    (1) Are Section 202 and 202/8, existing Section 8 project-based and 
moderate rehabilitation developments (including Rural Housing Service 
(RHS) Section 515/8 and Section 221(d)(4)), Section 221(d)(3) below-
market interest rate, and 236 developments that are insured or 
assisted.
    (2) Have frail or at-risk elderly residents and/or non-elderly 
residents with disabilities who together total at least 25 percent of 
the building's residents.
    (3) Are designed for the elderly or persons with disabilities and 
continue to operate as such. This includes any building within a mixed-
use development that was designed for occupancy by elderly persons or 
persons with disabilities at its inception and continues to operate as 
such, or consistent with title VI, subtitle D of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1992. If not so designed, a development in 
which the owner gives preferences in tenant selection (with HUD 
approval) to eligible elderly persons or persons with disabilities, for 
all units in that development.
    (4) You have completed Final Closing.
    (5) Are current in mortgage payments or are current under a workout 
agreement.
    (6) Meet HUD's Uniform Physical Conditions Standards (codified in 
24 CFR part 5, subpart G), based on the most recent physical inspection 
report and responses thereto, as evidenced by a score of 60 or better 
or an approved plan for developments scoring less than 60.
    (7) Are in compliance with their regulatory agreement, HAP 
Contract, and other outstanding directives.
    (8) Section 202 developments must have a residual receipts account 
separate from the Repair and Replacement account, or agree to establish 
this account. This requirement does not apply to Sections 8, 221(d)(3) 
below-market interest rate, or 236 developments.
    (9) Owners using the AAF rent increase process or who are profit-
motivated must provide certification that rental and other income from 
the development are insufficient to pay for a service coordinator.

(E) Ineligible Developments

    (1) Developments not designed for the elderly or disabled or those 
no longer operating as such.
    (2) Section 221(d)(4) developments without project-based Section 8 
assistance.

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    (3) Section 202/811 developments with a PRAC. Owners of Section 202 
PRAC developments may obtain funding by requesting an increase in their 
PRAC payment consistent with Handbook 4381.5 REVISION-2, CHANGE-2, 
Chapter 8. There is no statutory authority for service coordinators in 
Section 811 developments.

(F) Eligible Activities

    (1) Service Coordinator Program grant funds may be used to pay for 
the salary, fringe benefits, and related administrative costs for 
employing a service coordinator. Administrative costs may include, but 
are not limited to, purchase of furniture, office equipment and 
supplies, training, quality assurance, travel, and utilities.
    (2) You may use funds to augment a current Service Coordinator 
program, by increasing the hours of a currently employed Service 
Coordinator, or hiring an additional Service Coordinator or aide on a 
part- or full-time basis.
    (3) You may use funds to continue a Service Coordinator program 
that has previously been funded through other sources. In your 
application, you must provide evidence that this funding source has 
already ended or will discontinue within six months following the 
application deadline date and that no other funding mechanism is 
available to continue the program. This applies only to funding sources 
other than the subsidy awards provided by the Department through 
program Notices beginning in FY 1992. HUD currently provides one-year 
extensions to these subsidy awards through a separate funding action.
    (4) You may propose reasonable costs associated with setting up a 
confidential office space for the Service Coordinator. Such expenses 
must be one-time only administrative start-up costs. Such costs may 
involve acquisition, leasing, rehabilitation, or conversion of space. 
HUD Field Office staff must approve both the proposed costs and 
activity and must perform an environmental assessment on such proposed 
work prior to grant award.

(G) Ineligible Activities

    (1) You may not use funds available through this NOFA to replace 
currently available funding from other sources for a service 
coordinator or for some other staff person who performs service 
coordinator functions.
    (2) Owners with existing service coordinator subsidy awards may not 
apply for renewal or extension of those programs under this NOFA.
    (3) Congregate Housing Services Program (CHSP) grantees may not use 
these funds to meet statutory program match requirements and may not 
use these funds to replace current CHSP program funds to continue the 
employment of a service coordinator.
    (4) The cost of application preparation is not eligible.
    (5) Grant funds cannot be used to increase a project's management 
fee.

IV. Program Requirements

    These requirements apply to all activities funded under this 
program.
    (A) Administrative Costs. HUD has the right to reduce the proposed 
costs if they appear unreasonable or inappropriate.
    (B) Term of Funded Activities. The grant term is three years. 
Grants will be renewable subject to the availability of funds.
    (C) Subgrants and Subcontracting. You may directly hire a Service 
Coordinator or you may contract with a qualified third party to provide 
this service.
    (D) Environmental Requirements. It is anticipated that most 
activities under this program are categorically excluded under 24 CFR 
50.19(b)(3), (4), (12), or (13). If grant funds will be used to cover 
the cost of any non-exempt activities, HUD will perform an 
environmental review, to the extent required by 24 CFR part 50, prior 
to grant award.
    (E) Required Certifications, Assurances, and Other Forms. All 
applications for funding under the Service Coordinator Program must 
contain the following documents and information:
    (1)(a) FY 1999 applicants' letter to use FY 1999 applications (no 
other documentation required) or
    (b) Transmittal letter and request, using the designated format.
    (2) (If applicable) Lead agency letter format.
    (3) Evidence of comparable salaries in local area.
    (4) If quality assurance is included in the proposed budget, a 
justification and explanation of how this work will be performed.
    (5) A bank statement showing the current residual receipts or 
surplus cash balance in the development's account.
    (6) (If applicable) Evidence that prior funding sources for your 
development's Service Coordinator program are no longer available.
    (7) Service Coordinator Certifications. This includes 
certifications that you, 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 that you will affirmatively further 
fair housing.
    (8)(a) Certification from an Independent Public Accountant or the 
cognizant government auditor stating that the financial management 
system employed by the applicant meets proscribed standards for fund 
control and accountability required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR parts 
84 and 85.
    (b) Owners applying on behalf of developments using the AAF must 
also provide certification from the auditor that the development's 
rental or other income is insufficient to pay the costs of employing a 
Service Coordinator.
    (9) Service Coordinator Applicant Data Input Sheet.
    (10) Applicant checklist.
    (11) Each applicant must also submit signed copies of the following 
forms, assurances and certifications:
    (a) Standard form (SF) 424, Application for Federal Assistance;
    (b) Standard Form (SF) 424-B, Assurances for Non-construction 
Programs;
    (c) Drug-Free Workplace Certification (HUD-50070);
    (d) Certification and Disclosure Form Regarding Lobbying Activities 
(SF-LLL); and
    (e) Applicant/Recipient Disclosure Update Report (HUD-2880).

V. Application Selection Process

(A) General

    Service Coordinator Program grant funds will not be awarded through 
a rating and ranking process. Instead, HUD will hold one national 
lottery for all approvable applications forwarded from Multifamily HUB 
or Multifamily Program Centers (a list of these offices is found in the 
Appendix to this notice).

(B) Threshold Eligibility Review

    (1) HUD Multifamily Field Office staff will review applications for 
completeness and compliance with the eligibility criteria set forth in 
Section III of this NOFA. Field Office staff will forward application 
information to Headquarters for entry into the lottery if the 
application was received by the deadline date, meets all eligibility 
criteria, proposes reasonable costs for eligible activities, and 
includes all technical corrections by the designated deadline date.
    (2) ``Reasonable costs'' are further discussed in the application 
kit, but are generally those that are consistent with salaries and 
administrative costs of similar programs in the jurisdiction of the HUD 
Field Office.

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(C) Service Coordinators in ALCP Projects

    The Department will first fund approved Service Coordinator 
requests in ALCP applications selected to receive an ALCP award. HUD 
estimates that approximately $5 million will be needed to fund these 
programs. Any funds not used for ALCP Service Coordinator programs will 
revert to the national lottery.

(D) The Lottery

    HUD staff will use a computer program to randomly select 
applications. HUD will fully fund as many applications as possible with 
the given amount of funds. If funds remain after fully funding as many 
applications as possible, HUD will offer to partially fund the next 
application chosen in the lottery, in order to use the entire 
allocation of funds.

VI. Application Submission Requirements

(A) FY 1999 Applicants

    If your FY 1999 application was approved by the Field Office but 
not selected in the FY 1999 lottery and you wish to apply again this 
year, you may use the same application to apply for FY 2000 funds. You 
need not submit a new application, if no components of your proposed FY 
1999 program will change. You must submit a letter to your local Field 
Office, by the application deadline date, stating that you would like 
the Field Office to approve your application for FY 2000 funding, that 
no part of your proposed program will change, and that the development 
and owner entity continue to meet all eligibility requirements. If this 
letter is not received by the deadline date, your FY 1999 application 
will not be considered for funding. The Field staff has the right to 
reject your FY 1999 application for FY 2000 funding, if recent 
circumstances cause the application to become ineligible. If you wish 
to change any component of your proposed FY 1999 program, you must 
submit a new application.

(B) Full Application Submission Requirements

    (1) Single Applications.
    (a) You may submit one application for one or more developments 
that your corporation owns.
    (b) You may submit more than one application to a single Field 
Office, if you wish to increase your chances of selection in the 
lottery. Each application must propose a stand-alone program and the 
development(s) must all be located in the same Field Office 
jurisdiction.
    (c) If you wish to apply on behalf of developments located in 
different Field Office jurisdictions, you must submit a separate 
application to each Field Office.
    (2) Joint Applications. You may join with one or more other 
eligible owners to share a Service Coordinator and submit a joint 
application. In the past, joint applications have been used by small 
developments who joined together to hire and share a part or full-time 
Service Coordinator.
    (3) There is no maximum grant amount. The grant amount you request 
must be consistent with the staffing guidelines provided in the 
application kit and your proposed salary must be supported by evidence 
of comparable salaries in your area.

(C) Application Submission Requirements for ALCP Applicants

    If you are an ALCP applicant and you request new or additional 
Service Coordinator costs specifically for your proposed Assisted 
Living Program, you must submit an application containing all required 
documents and information listed in this NOFA. In addition, you must 
submit a HUD-424-M ``Federal Assistance Funding Matrix and 
Certifications'' with your ALCP application, which indicates the amount 
of funds you are requesting to cover Service Coordinator costs. HUD 
Field Office staff will review both applications simultaneously.
    ALCP applicants must submit all the required items in the Service 
Coordinator application listed in Section IV(E) of this NOFA. You will 
submit the following standard forms as part of your ALCP application. 
You may provide a copy of these forms in your Service Coordinator 
application. If you do not provide either an original or copy of these 
forms, your Service Coordinator application will be incomplete.
    (a) Standard form (SF) 424, Application for Federal Assistance;
    (b) Drug-Free Workplace Certification (HUD-50070);
    (c) Certification and Disclosure Form Regarding Lobbying Activities 
(SF-LLL); and
    (d) Applicant/Recipient Disclosure Update Report (HUD-2880).
    If you currently do not have a Service Coordinator working at the 
development proposed in your ALCP application and your ALCP application 
is selected to receive an ALCP award, HUD will fund a Service 
Coordinator to serve either ALCP residents only or all residents of the 
development dependent upon your request. If your development currently 
has a Service Coordinator, you may request additional hours for the 
Service Coordinator to serve the Assisted Living residents. If you 
request additional hours, you must specify the number of additional 
hours per week and provide an explanation based on the anticipated 
needs of the Assisted Living residents. Provide this explanation in 
your ALCP application as instructed in Section VI(C)(3)(b) of the ALCP 
NOFA.
    If you request Service Coordinator funding to serve all residents 
of your development, your request can be entered into the national 
lottery if your ALCP application is not selected to receive an award. 
You will be able to indicate this request in the application materials.
    Owners applying for ALCP grants may also submit separate Service 
Coordinator applications for entry into the lottery for other eligible 
developments they own and that are not included in their ALCP 
application.

VII. Corrections to Deficient Applications

    After the application due date, HUD may not, consistent with its 
regulations in 24 CFR part 4, subpart B, consider any unsolicited 
information you, the applicant, may want to provide. HUD may contact 
you, however, to clarify an item in your application or to correct 
technical deficiencies. You should note, however, that HUD may not seek 
clarification of items or responses that improve the substantive 
quality of your response to any selection factors. In order not to 
unreasonably exclude applications from being rated and ranked, HUD may, 
however, contact applicants to ensure proper completion of the 
application and will do so on a uniform basis for all applicants. 
Examples of curable (correctable) technical deficiencies include your 
failure to submit the proper certifications or your failure to submit 
an application that contains an original signature by an authorized 
official. In each case, HUD will notify you in writing by describing 
the clarification or technical deficiency. HUD will notify applicants 
by facsimile or by return receipt requested. You 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 your deficiency is not 
corrected within this time period, HUD will reject your application as 
incomplete, and it will not be considered for funding.

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VIII. Findings and Certifications

(A) Paperwork Reduction Act

    The information collection requirements contained in this notice 
were submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520) and have been assigned OMB control number 2577-0198. 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.

(B) Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program 
is 14.191, Multifamily Service Coordinator Program.

(C) Executive Order 13132, Federalism

    This notice does not have federalism implications and does not 
impose substantial direct compliance costs on State and local 
governments or preempt State law within the meaning of Executive Order 
13132 (entitled ``Federalism''). This notice merely invites 
applications from assisted housing developments for service coordinator 
grants. As a result, the notice is not subject to review under the 
Order.

(D) Prohibition Against Lobbying Activities

    You, the applicant, 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. You are required to certify, using the certification 
found at Appendix A to 24 CFR part 87, that you will not, and have not, 
used appropriated funds for any prohibited lobbying activities. In 
addition, you 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 (TDHEs) 
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.

(E) 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 NOFA as follows:
    (1) Documentation and public access requirements. HUD will ensure 
that documentation and other information regarding each application 
submitted pursuant to this NOFA 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 NOFA. 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.

(F) Section 103 of the 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 must 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.

(G) Environmental Impact

    A Finding of No Significant Impact with respect to the environment 
for this rule has been made in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 
CFR part 50, which implement section 102(2)(C) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969. The Finding of No Significant Impact 
is available for public inspection between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. 
weekdays in the Office of the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of the General 
Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 10276, 451 
Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410.

IX. Authority

    Section 808 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (Pub. L. 101-625, approved November 28, 1990), as amended by 
sections 671, 674, 676, and 677 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550, approved October 28, 1992), 
provides authority for service coordinators in multifamily assisted 
housing developments.


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    Dated: March 13, 2000.
William C. Apgar,
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.

Appendix A.--HUD Field Office List for Mailing Service Coordinator 
Applications

ALABAMA

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD--Birmingham Office, 600 
Beacon Parkway West, Rm. 300, Birmingham, AL 35209-3144, OFC Phone: 
(205) 290-7611, FAX: (205) 290-7632

ALASKA

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Seattle Office, 909 First Avenue, Suite 
190, MS-0AHM, Seattle, WA 98104-1000, OFC Phone: (206) 220-5228 ext. 
3250, FAX: (206) 220-5206

ARIZONA

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Phoenix Office, 400 North 
Fifth Street, Suite 1600, Phoenix, AZ 85004-2361, OFC Phone: (602) 
379-4434, FAX: (602) 379-3985

ARKANSAS

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Little Rock Office, 425 West 
Capitol Avenue #900, Little Rock, AR 72201-3488, OFC Phone: (501) 
324-5401, FAX: (501) 324-6142

CALIFORNIA

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD--San Francisco Office, 450 Golden Gate 
Avenue, PO Box 36003, San Francisco, CA 94102-3448, OFC Phone: (415) 
436-6505, FAX: (415) 436-8996
Los Angeles Multifamily Hub, 611 West Sixth Street, Suite 800, Los 
Angeles, CA 90017, OFC Phone: (213) 894-8000 x 3634, Fax: (213) 894-
8255

COLORADO

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Denver Office, 633 17th Street, 11th 
Floor, Denver, CO 80202-3607, OFC Phone: (303) 672-5343, FAX: (303) 
672-5153

CONNECTICUT

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD--Hartford Office, One 
Corporate Center, 19th floor, Hartford, CT 06103-3220, OFC Phone: 
(860) 240-4800 Ext. 3068, FAX: (860) 240-4850

DELAWARE

Multifamily Housing Hub,HUD Philadelphia Office, The Wanamaker 
Building, 100 Penn Square, East, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3380, OFC 
Phone: (215) 656-0609 Ext. 3533, FAX: (215) 656-3427

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Washington, DC Office, Suite 
300, 820 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4205, OFC Phone: 
(202) 275-9200, FAX: (202) 275-9212

FLORIDA

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD--Jacksonville Office, 301 West Bay 
Street, Suite 2200, Jacksonville, FL 32202-5121, OFC Phone: (904) 
232-1777 x2144, FAX: (904) 232-2731

GEORGIA

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD--Atlanta Office, Five Points Plaza 
Building, 40 Marietta Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2806, OFC 
Phone: (404) 331-4976, FAX: (404) 331-4028

HAWAII

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Honolulu Office, 7 
Waterfront Plaza, 500 Ala Moana Blvd. #500, Honolulu, HI 96813-4918, 
OFC Phone: (808) 522-8185 Ext. 244, FAX: (808) 522-8194

IDAHO

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Seattle Office, 909 First Avenue, Suite 
190, MS-0AHM, Seattle, WA 98104-1000, OFC Phone: (206) 220-5228 ext. 
3250, FAX: (206) 220-5206

ILLINOIS

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD--Chicago Office, Ralph Metcalfe Federal 
Building, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604-3507, OFC 
Phone: (312) 353-6236 Ext. 2202, FAX: (312) 886-2729

INDIANA

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Indianapolis Office, 151 
North Delaware Street, Suite 1200, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2526, OFC 
Phone: (317) 226-6303, FAX: (317) 226-7308

IOWA

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Des Moines Office, 210 
Walnut Street, Room 239, Des Moines, IA 50309-2155, OFC Phone: (515) 
284-4736, FAX: (515) 284-4743

KANSAS

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Kansas City Office, 400 State Avenue, 
Room 200, Kansas City, KS 66101-2406, OFC Phone: (913) 551-6844, 
FAX: (913) 551-5469

KENTUCKY

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD--Louisville Office, 601 West 
Broadway, PO Box 1044, Louisville, KY 40201-1044, OFC Phone: (502) 
582-6124, FAX: (502) 582-6547

LOUISIANA

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD New Orleans Office, Hale 
Boggs Bldg.--501 Magazine Street, 9th Floor, New Orleans, LA 70130-
3099, OFC Phone: (504) 589-7236, FAX: (504) 589-6834

MAINE

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD--Manchester Office, Norris 
Cotton Federal Bldg., 275 Chestnut Street, Manchester, NH 03101-
2487, OFC Phone: (603) 666-7684, FAX: (603) 666-7697

MARYLAND

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Baltimore Office, 5th Floor, 10 South 
Howard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-2505, OFC Phone: (410) 962-2520 
Ext. 3474, FAX: (410) 962-1849

MASSACHUSETTS

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD--Boston Office, O'Neil Federal 
Building, 10 Causeway Street, Rm. 375, Boston, MA 02222-1092, OFC 
Phone: (617) 565-5162, FAX: (617) 565-6557

MICHIGAN

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Detroit Office, 477 Michigan Avenue, 
Detroit, MI 48226-2592, OFC Phone: (313) 226-7900, FAX: (313) 226-
5611
Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Grand Rapids, Trade Center 
Building, 50 Louis Street, N.W., Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2648, OFC 
Phone: (616) 456-2100, FAX: (616) 456-2191

MINNESOTA

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Minneapolis Office, 220 Second Street, 
South, Minneapolis, MN 55401-2195, OFC Phone: (612) 370-3051 Ext. 0, 
FAX: (612) 370-3090

MISSISSIPPI

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Jackson Office--McCoy 
Federal Building, 100 W. Capitol Street, Room 910, Jackson, MS 
39269-1096, OFC Phone: (601) 965-4738, FAX: (601) 965-4773

MISSOURI

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Kansas City Office, 400 State Avenue, 
Room 200, Kansas City, KS 66101-2406, OFC Phone: (913) 551-6844, 
FAX: (913) 551-5469
Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD St. Louis Office, Robert A. 
Young Federal Building, 1222 Spruce Street--Third Floor, St. Louis, 
MO 63103-2836, OFC Phone: (314) 539-6382, FAX: (314) 539-6356

MONTANA

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Denver Office, 633 17th Street, 14th 
Floor, Denver, CO 80202-3607, OFC Phone: (303) 672-5343, FAX: (303) 
672-5153

NEBRASKA

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Omaha Office, 10909 Mill 
Valley Road, Suite 100, Omaha, NE 68154-3955, OFC Phone: (402) 492-
3113, FAX: (402) 492-3184

NEVADA

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Las Vegas Office, 333 N. 
Rancho Drive--Atrium Bldg. Suite 700, Las Vegas, NV 89106-3714, OFC 
Phone: (702) 388-6525, FAX: (702) 388-6244

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD--Manchester Office, Norris 
Cotton Federal Bldg., 275 Chestnut Street, Manchester, NH 03101-
2487, OFC Phone: (603) 666-7684, FAX: (603) 666-7697

NEW JERSEY

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD--Newark Office--13th Floor, 
One Newark Center, Newark, NJ 07102-5260, OFC Phone: (973) 622-7900 
Ext. 3400, FAX: (973) 645-2271.

NEW MEXICO

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Ft. Worth Office, 801 Cherry Street, PO 
Box 2905, Ft.

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Worth, TX 76102-2905, OFC Phone: (817) 978-5764, FAX: (817) 978-5520

NEW YORK

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD--New York Office, 26 Federal Plaza--
Room 3214, New York, NY 10278-0068, OFC Phone: (212) 264-0777 Ext. 
3713, FAX: (212) 264-1277
Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD--Buffalo Office, Lafayette Court, 5th 
Floor, 465 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203-1780, OFC Phone: (716) 
551-5755 Ext. 5509, FAX: (716) 551-3252

NORTH CAROLINA

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Greensboro Office--Koger Building, 2306 
West Meadowview Road, Greensboro, NC 27407, OFC Phone: (336) 547-
4034, FAX: (336) 547-4121

NORTH DAKOTA

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Denver Office, 633 17th Street, 14th 
Floor, Denver, CO 80202-3607, OFC Phone: (303) 672-5343, FAX: (303) 
672-5153

OHIO

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Columbus Office, 200 North High Street, 
Columbus, OH 43215-2499, OFC Phone: (614) 469-5737, Ext. 8111, FAX: 
(614) 469-2432
Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Cincinnati Office, 525 Vine 
Street, Suite 700, Cincinnati, OH 45202-3188, OFC Phone: (513) 684-
2350, FAX: (513) 684-6224
Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Cleveland Office, 1350 
Euclid Avenue, Suite 500, Cleveland, OH 44115-1815, OFC Phone: (216) 
522-4058 Ext. 7000, FAX: (216) 522-4067

OKLAHOMA

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Oklahoma City Office, 500 W. 
Main Street, Suite 400, Oklahoma City, OK 73102-2233, OFC Phone: 
(405) 553-7410, FAX: (405) 553-7406

OREGON

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Seattle Office, 909 First Avenue, Suite 
190, MS-0AHM, Seattle, WA 98104-1000, OFC Phone: (206) 220-5228 ext. 
3250, FAX: (206) 220-5206

PENNSYLVANIA

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Philadelphia Office, The Wanamaker 
Building, 100 Penn Square, East Philadelphia, PA 19107-3380, OFC 
Phone: (215) 656-0609 Ext. 3533, FAX: (215) 656-3427
Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Pittsburgh Office, 339 Sixth 
Avenue--Sixth Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2515, OFC Phone: (412) 
644-6639, FAX: (412) 644-5872

PUERTO RICO

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Caribbean Office, 171 Carlos 
E. Chardon Avenue, San Juan, PR 00918-0903, OFC Phone: (787) 766-
5401, FAX: (787) 766-5522

RHODE ISLAND

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD--Providence Office, 10 
Weybosset Street, Sixth Floor, Providence, RI 02903-2808, OFC Phone: 
(401) 528-5230, FAX: (401) 528-5097

SOUTH CAROLINA

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Columbia Office, 1835 
Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29201-2480, OFC Phone: (803) 765-5162, 
FAX: (803) 253-3043,

SOUTH DAKOTA

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Denver Office, 633 17th Street, 14th 
Floor, Denver, CO 80202-3607, OFC Phone: (303) 672-5343, FAX: (303) 
672-5153

TENNESSEE

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD--Knoxville Office, 710 
Locust Street, SW, Knoxville, TN 37902-2526, OFC Phone: (423) 545-
4411, FAX: (423) 545-4578
Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD--Nashville Office, 251 
Cumberland Bend Drive, Suite 200, Nashville, TN 37228-1803, OFC 
Phone: (615) 736-5748, FAX: (615) 736-2018

TEXAS

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Ft. Worth Office, 801 Cherry Street, PO 
Box 2905, Ft. Worth, TX 76102-2905, OFC Phone: (817) 978-5764, FAX: 
(817) 978-5520
Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Houston Office, 2211 
Norfolk, #200, Houston, TX 77098-4096, OFC Phone: (713) 313-2274 
Ext. 7015, FAX: (713) 313-2319
Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD San Antonio Office, 800 
Dolorosa, San Antonio, TX 78207-4563, OFC Phone: (210) 475-6831, 
FAX: (210) 472-6897

UTAH

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Denver Office, 633 17th Street, 14th 
Floor, Denver, CO 80202-3607, OFC Phone: (303) 672-5343, FAX: (303) 
672-5153

VERMONT

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD--Manchester Office, Norris 
Cotton Federal Bldg., 275 Chestnut Street, Manchester, NH 03101-
2487, OFC Phone: (603) 666-7684, FAX: (603) 666-7697

VIRGINIA

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Richmond Office, 3600 West Broad 
Street, Richmond, VA 23230-4920, OFC Phone: (804) 278-4500 Ext. 
3146, FAX: (804) 278-4613

WASHINGTON

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Seattle Office, 909 First Avenue, Suite 
190, MS-0AHM, Seattle, WA 98104-1000, OFC Phone: (206) 220-5228 Ext. 
3250, FAX: (206) 220-5206

WEST VIRGINIA

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD--Charleston Office, 405 
Capitol Street, Suite 708, Charleston, WV 25301-1795, OFC Phone: 
(304) 347-7000 Ext. 103, FAX: (304) 347-7050

WISCONSIN

Multifamily Housing Program Center, HUD Milwaukee Office, 310 West 
Wisconsin Avenue, Room 1380, Milwaukee, WI 53203-2289, OFC Phone: 
(414) 297-3214 Ext. 8662, FAX: (414) 297-3204

WYOMING

Multifamily Housing Hub, HUD Denver Office, 633 17th Street, 14th 
Floor, Denver, CO 80202-3607, OFC Phone: (303) 672-5343, FAX: (303) 
672-5153

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