[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 118 (Monday, June 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37995-37996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15365]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

[Docket No. FR-4570-C-03]


Notice of Funding Availability for Fair Share Allocation of 
Incremental Voucher Funding Fiscal Year 2000; Correction to NOFA 
Regarding Residency Preference and Extension of Application Period

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

ACTION: Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA); Correction of NOFA and 
Extension of Application Period.

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SUMMARY: On March 10, 2000, HUD published its FY 2000 NOFA for Fair 
Share Allocation of Incremental Voucher Funding (``Fair Share NOFA''). 
The selection criteria of the NOFA were amended by notice published on 
May 18, 2000, to better reflect the appropriate weight in points that 
should have been assigned to the ``housing needs'' selection criterion 
so that need is the most important basis for allocating incremental 
voucher funding. The May 18, 2000 amendatory notice also reopened the 
application period for the Fair Share NOFA. The May 18, 2000 notice 
provided for a new application due date of June 19, 2000. This notice 
corrects the percentage listed in the residency preference subcategory 
of Selection Criterion 2. The percentage listed in the May 18, 2000, 
notice was 15% and the percentage should have been inserted was 50%. 
This document makes that correction, and also extends the application 
due date further--30 days from the date of publication of this notice.

DATES: Applications are due on July 19, 2000. Applicants that already 
submitted applications need not resubmit a new application, and need 
not amend their applications. Applicants that already submitted 
applications, however, may submit new or amended applications if they 
so choose.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background--March 10, 2000 NOFA

    If you are interested in applying for funding under the Fair Share 
NOFA, and did not apply earlier, please review the entire Fair Share 
NOFA, published on March 10, 2000 (65 FR 13222), as amended by the 
notice published on May 18, 2000 (65 FR 31584). Except for the 
additional correction made by this document and the extension of the 
application due, all other provisions of the March 10, 2000, Fair Share 
NOFA, as amended on May 18, 2000, are unchanged and remain applicable.
    The March 10, 2000 Fair Share NOFA 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 application submission and 
participation in the program covered by this NOFA. The March 10, 2000 
Fair Share NOFA is also available on HUD's internet site at http://www.hud.gov under ``Funds Available.'' This Federal Register notice 
amending the March 10, 2000 Fair Share NOFA is also available at the 
same HUD web site.

Correction Made by this Notice

    This notice corrects an error made in the publication of the May 
18, 2000, notice. The May 18, 2000 notice amended the selection 
criteria in Section IV of the March 10, 2000 Fair Share NOFA primarily 
to better reflect the appropriate weight in points that should have 
been assigned to the ``housing needs'' selection criterion so that need 
is the most important basis for allocating incremental voucher funding. 
Weights of other criteria were reduced accordingly. The May 18, 2000, 
notice also revised or removed two selection criteria that do not 
assess a public housing agency's housing needs and are otherwise 
problematic. The revision made by the May 18, 2000 notice was to the 
residency preference subcategory in selection criterion 2 of the NOFA. 
That subcategory was altered to provide for the assignment of points to 
PHAs that will limit applicability of residency preferences to 15% of 
all new admissions to the program, as well as to those PHAs that do not 
have a residency preference or agree to eliminate one. This change was 
made in recognition that some PHAs with legally adopted residency 
preferences and great housing needs would have been penalized by the 
language provided in the March 10, 2000, Fair Share NOFA. The 
applicability of residency preferences to 15% of all new admissions was 
incorrect. The percentage limitation was intended to be 50%.
    This notice published in today's edition of the Federal Register 
makes

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that correction and provides for an additional extension of the 
application due date, which is 30 days from the date of today's 
publication.
    This notice does not repeat the application submission information. 
That information was set out in the March 10, 2000 NOFA (64 FR 13222) 
and also the May 18, 2000 amendatory notice (65 FR 31584).
    As noted earlier, applicants that already submitted applications by 
the original application due date of April 24, 2000, or the extended 
due date of June 19, 2000, need not resubmit a new application, and 
need not amend their applications. Applicants that have provided a 
certification which would have entitled them to points with respect to 
residency preferences, and that still will comply with the 
certification they provided, need not submit a further certification to 
receive the points. Applicants that already submitted applications, 
however, may submit new or amended applications if they so choose.
    Submission of new or amended applications should clearly identify 
the name of the applicant, the applicant HA code (e.g. CA002), and 
whether the information submitted is new and replaces a previously 
submitted application in its entirety or is an addendum to the 
previously submitted application.
    Accordingly, in the FY 2000 NOFA for Fair Share Allocation of 
Incremental Voucher Funding, notice document 00-6027, beginning at 65 
FR 13222, in the issue of Friday, March 10 2000, as amended by the 
notice published on May 18, 2000, beginning at 65 FR 31584, the 
following correction is made to Selection Criterion 2 (Efforts of PHA 
to Provide Area-Wide Housing Opportunities for Families), the second 
full paragraph under paragraph (b) of Selection Criterion 2:

IV. Fair Share Application Rating Process

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    (2) Selection Criterion 2: Efforts of PHA to Provide Area-Wide 
Housing Opportunities for Families (30 points).
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     5 Points--Assign 5 points if the PHA certifies that (i) 
its administrative plan does not include a ``residency preference'' for 
selection of families to participate in its voucher program, or (ii) it 
will eliminate immediately any ``residency preference'' currently in 
its administrative plan, or (iii) it will limit applicability of 
residency preferences to 50% of all new admissions to the voucher 
program.
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    Dated: June 13, 2000.
Harold Lucas,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 00-15365 Filed 6-16-00; 8:45 am]
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