[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 71978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30572]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4797-N-01]


Notice of Reminder for Fiscal Year 2002 HOPE VI Demolition Grant 
Applicants of the Need For Prior Demolition Approval

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice reminds potential applicants for Fiscal Year 2002 
HOPE VI demolition grants, that they must secure demolition approval 
under section 18 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 on or before 
the HOPE VI demolition grant application deadline.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caroline Clayton, Office of Public and 
Indian Housing, Room 4130, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 401-
8812. (This number is not toll-free). For hearing- and speech-impaired 
persons, this number may be accessed via TTY (text telephone) by 
calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-
8339. The section 18 demolition application form (HUD-52860) is 
available at http://www.hudclips.org/sub_nonhud/html/pdfforms/52860.pdf.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD anticipates that it will soon publish 
the FY 2002 HOPE VI demolition notice of funding availability (NOFA). 
This notice serves to remind public housing authorities that anticipate 
applying for a Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 HOPE VI demolition grant that 
demolition approval must be obtained on or before the HOPE VI 
demolition grant application deadline. Section 18 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437p) establishes the demolition 
approval application process for properties not already approved for 
demolition through a Mandatory Conversion Plan or HOPE VI 
Revitalization Plan. In addition, regulations at 24 CFR part 970 
describe the administrative steps required to perform demolition/
disposition activity in accordance with the United States Housing Act 
of 1937. Public housing agencies are also advised that HUD's Special 
Application Center, which processes demolition approval applications, 
requires 100 days to process an application.
    This notice applies to demolition-only grants, not demolition 
conducted pursuant to a HOPE VI revitalization grant or a Mandatory 
Conversion Plan approved under applicable regulations (24 CFR part 
971). Guidance on preparing a demolition approval application and links 
to the regulations and applicable notices, is available though HUD's 
Web site at http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/centers/sac/demo_dispo/. 
The section 18 demolition application form (HUD-52860) is available at 
http://www.hudclips.org/sub_nonhud/html/pdfforms/52860.pdf.

    Dated: November 25, 2002.
Michael Liu,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 02-30572 Filed 12-2-02; 8:45 am]
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