[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 69952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29674]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4497-N-10]


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, and Office of the Director of the Real Estate Assessment 
Center, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document follows HUD's announcement on August 9, 2000, 
that provided to those public housing agencies (PHAs), with fiscal year 
ends of September 30, 1999 and December 31, 1999, which did not fully 
meet the submission requirements for their PHAS management operations 
certification, additional time to submit or resubmit the certification. 
The August 9, 2000, notice also provided PHAs with a fiscal year ended 
September 30, 1999, with additional time to submit audited financial 
statements. The majority of PHAs covered by the August 9, 2000, notice 
successfully completed submission or resubmission of the management 
operations certification or audited financial statement. However, 
several PHAs continued to experience submission difficulties. This 
document provides notice that HUD is providing PHAs with fiscal years 
ended September 30, 1999, December 31, 1999, and March 31, 2000, with 
additional time to make their PHAS management operations certification 
submissions. This document also provides notice that HUD is providing 
PHAs with fiscal years ended September 30, 1999, and December 31, 1999, 
with additional time to make their audited financial statement 
submissions.

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:

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 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).
    In a notice published on August 9, 2000 (65 FR 48730), HUD advised 
that due to errors or difficulties in submission of their management 
operations certifications, certain PHAs with fiscal years ended 
September 30, 1999, and December 31, 1999, did not fully meet the 
requirements under the PHAS Management Operations Indicator. HUD 
therefore advised these PHAs that they could submit or resubmit the 
management operations certification, as applicable, without penalty 
during the time periods outlined in Table 1 of the August 9, 2000, 
notice.
    Additionally, in the August 9, 2000 notice, HUD advised that the 
audited financial statements of certain PHAs with a fiscal year ended 
September 30, 1999, were not all properly received and processed. The 
August 9, 2000, notice therefore provided these PHAs with additional 
time to submit their audited financial statements.
    The majority of PHAs covered by the August 9, 2000, notice 
successfully completed submission or resubmission of their management 
operations certification or audited financial statement. However, 
several PHAs continued to experience difficulties.
    This document provides notice that HUD is providing the PHAs with 
fiscal years ended September 30, 1999, and December 31, 1999, as well 
as PHAs with a fiscal year ending March 31, 2000, with additional time 
to make their PHAS management operations certification submissions. 
This document also provides notice that HUD is providing PHAs with 
fiscal years ending September 30, 1999, and December 31, 1999, with 
additional time to make their audited financial statement submissions.
    Management operations certifications must be submitted to REAC no 
later than December 21, 2000.
    Audited financial statements must be submitted to REAC no later 
than December 6, 2000.

    Dated: November 14, 2000.
Harold Lucas,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
Donald J. LaVoy,
Director, Real Estate Assessment Center.
[FR Doc. 00-29674 Filed 11-20-00; 8:45 am]
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