[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48730-48731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20081]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4497-N-08]


Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS): Notice of Extended 
Submission Period for PHAS Management Operations Certification and 
Audited Financial Statement for Certain PHAs

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document announces that those public housing agencies 
(PHAs) with fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and December 31, 
1999, that did not fully meet the submission requirements for their 
PHAS Management Operations certification may submit or resubmit the 
certification during the time periods specified in this notice. 
Additionally, this document announces that PHAs with fiscal years 
ending September 30, 1999, have additional time to submit audited 
financial statements, as provided in this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact the 
Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC), Attention: Wanda Funk, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 1280 Maryland Avenue, SW, Suite 800, 
Washington DC, 20024; telephone Technical Assistance Center at (888)-
245-4860 (this is a toll free number). Persons with hearing or speech 
impairments may access that number via TTY by calling the Federal 
Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additional information is 
available from the REAC Internet Site, http://www.hud.gov/reac.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    HUD's Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) provides for the 
assessment of the physical condition, financial condition, management 
operations and resident services and satisfaction of public housing. 
HUD's regulations implementing the PHAS and codified in 24 CFR part 902 
provide for this assessment to be made through physical inspection of 
public housing properties, survey of public housing residents, and a 
PHA's submission of audited financial statements and its certification 
to certain management data as required by the regulations. HUD's PHAS 
regulations were recently amended by a final rule published on January 
11, 2000 (65 FR 1712) and a technical correction was published on June 
6, 2000 (65 FR 36042).

II. This Notice

Management Assessment Data Resubmission Period for Certain PHAs

    Due to errors or difficulties in submission of their management 
operations certifications, certain PHAs with fiscal years ending 
September 30, 1999, and December 31, 1999, did not fully meet the 
requirements under the PHAS Management Operations Indicator. As a 
result, HUD has advised these PHAs that they may submit or resubmit the 
management operations certification, as applicable, without penalty 
during the time periods outlined in Table 1. Additionally, HUD is 
conducting outreach to those PHAs to try and determine the exact nature 
of the problem that occurred and to assist these PHAs with the 
submission process.

Table 1.--Management Operations Certification Resubmission Period Dates
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                                             Certification resubmission
         PHA fiscal year end date                      period
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September 30, 1999........................  August 1, 2000-August 31,
                                             2000.
December 31, 1999.........................  August 15, 2000-September
                                             14, 2000.
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    HUD's Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) and its Real Estate 
Assessment Center (REAC) already have contacted the affected PHAs about 
submission or resubmission of their management operations 
certifications. For these PHAs, this document also confirms that 
technical assistance is available to any PHA that may need assistance 
in resubmission of its certification.

PHAS Audited Financial Statement Submission Extension for Certain 
PHAs

    Due also to submission with audited financial statements, the 
audited financial statements of PHAs with fiscal years ending September 
30, 1999, were not all properly received and processed. Accordingly, 
this notice announces that PHAs with fiscal years ending September 30, 
1999, may submit audited financial statements within 15 calendar days 
from the date of publication of this notice. PHAs will not receive a 
deduction in the advisory Financial Indicator score, if the audited 
financial statement data is transmitted to REAC within 15 calendar days 
from the date of publication of this notice. PIH and REAC also have 
contacted PHAs with fiscal years ending

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September 30, 1999, about the extended submission period for audited 
financial statements.
    In both cases (the management certification resubmission, and the 
audited financial statement submission extension), the covered PHAs 
have already received notification of the information provided in this 
notice, and no formal request for resubmission or extension need to be 
submitted to HUD.

    Dated: August 2, 2000.
Harold Lucas,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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