[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 6645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1800]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4632-N-02]


Notice of Funding Availability Fair Share Allocation of 
Incremental Voucher Funding Fiscal Year 2001; Amendment and Deadline 
Extension

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

ACTION: Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA); Amendment to MTCS 
Threshold.

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SUMMARY: On December 13, 2000, HUD published its Notice of Funding 
Availability for Fair Share Allocation of Incremental Voucher Funding 
for Fiscal Year 2001 (``Fair Share NOFA''). This notice amends the 
December 13, 2000 Fair Share NOFA to revise the Multifamily Tenant 
Characteristics System (MTCS) threshold to include MTCS reporting 
information ending December 2000, and to extend the application 
deadline.

DATES: Applications are due on February 20, 2001. 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.

Additional Information

Background--December 13, 2001 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 December 13, 2000 (65 FR 78040). Except for the 
amendment made by this document, and the extension of the application 
deadline, all other provisions of the Fair Share NOFA are unchanged and 
remain applicable.
    The December 13, 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.

Amendments to December 13, 2000 Fair Share NOFA

    Amendment #1. Section VI(F) of the December 13, 2000 Fair Share 
NOFA (at 65 FR 78045, third column) is amended to read as follows:
    (F) Multifamily Tenant Characteristics System (MTCS) Reporting 
Certification. In order to be eligible to submit an application under 
this Fair Share NOFA, the PHA must have a minimum reporting rate of not 
less than 85 percent for housing choice voucher and certificate 
resident records to HUD's MTCS (see 24 CFR Part 908 and Notices PIH 98-
30, 99-2 and 2000-13) for the period ending December 1999, and must 
submit a certification with its application certifying to having met 
this requirement.
    In the event a PHA received less than an 85 percent rate of 
reporting under MTCS for this period, the PHA will still be considered 
to have passed the threshold if: (1) subsequently achieved a minimum 
reporting rate of not less than 85 percent for housing choice voucher 
and certificate resident records to HUD's MTCS; or (2) the PHA has 
requested forbearance from HUD under the applicable procedures in 
Notice PIH 2000-13 for the semi-annual assessment period ending 
December 2000, contingent upon HUD approval of the forbearance request. 
In the latter instance, the PHA must submit a certification with its 
application indicating that it has either achieved such a minimum 
reporting rate as of the December 2000 reporting period, or that it has 
submitted a forbearance request to HUD for the semi-annual assessment 
period ending December 2000, and acknowledges that the forbearance 
request must be approved by HUD in order for the PHA to pass the Fair 
Share NOFA's MTCS threshold requirement.
    Amendment #2. Section VII(B)(2)(i) of the December 13, 2000 Fair 
Share NOFA (at 65 FR 78046, third column) is amended to read as 
follows:
    (i) The applicant has failed to achieve a minimum 85 percent 
submission rate for housing choice voucher and certificate resident 
records to HUD's Multifamily Tenant Characteristics System (MTCS), as 
set forth in 24 CFR part 908 and Notices PIH 98-30, 99-2 and 2000-13, 
for the periods ending December 1999 and December 2000, and has failed 
to receive approval for forbearance from HUD for the period ending 
December 2000.

    Dated: January 17, 2001.
Gloria Cousar,
Acting General Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing.
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