[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 236 (Tuesday, December 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68644-68648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30506]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4861-C-02]


Notice of Funding Availability for Revitalization of Severely 
Distressed Public Housing HOPE VI Revitalization and Demolition Grants 
Fiscal Year 2003; Correction

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

ACTION: Notice of funding availability; correction.

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SUMMARY: On October 21, 2003, HUD published the Notice of Funding 
Availability (NOFA) for Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public 
Housing HOPE VI Revitalization and Demolition Grants for Fiscal Year 
2003. This notice corrects that funding announcement by notifying 
applicants of the new government-wide requirement that all applicants 
for Federal grants and cooperative agreements must provide a Dun and 
Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number with their 
applications. In addition, this document makes several other 
corrections to the NOFA.

DATES: (1) Revitalization Applications. Revitalization grant 
applications are due on January 20, 2004. (2) Demolition Applications. 
Demolition grant applications will only be accepted from January 5, 
2004, through February 18, 2004. Applications received before January 
5, 2004, will be returned to the applicant and will not be considered 
unless resubmitted on or after January 5, 2004, through February 18, 
2004. This correction notice makes no change to the application 
deadlines.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Leigh van Rij, Office of Public Housing 
Investments, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington DC, 20410-
5000; telephone (202) 401-8812 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Hearing- or speech-impaired individuals may access this number via TTY 
by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 
877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 21, 2003 (68 FR 60178), HUD 
published its Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Revitalization 
of Severely Distressed Public Housing HOPE VI Revitalization and 
Demolition Grants for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003. This notice corrects the 
NOFA by requiring applicants to provide in their application package, a 
Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number. This 
correction

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is required by an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) policy 
directive issued in the Federal Register on June 27, 2003 (68 FR 
38402). The policy directive requires all applicants who will be 
directly receiving funding to provide a DUNS number when applying for 
Federal grants or cooperative agreements on or after October 1, 2003. 
This information was inadvertently left out of the October 21, 2003 
NOFA.
    In addition to the DUNS requirement, HUD makes nine additional 
corrections in this document. Subsequent to publication, it was 
discovered that the list of years for which 90 percent of Capital Funds 
must have been obligated prior to the application deadline, 
inadvertently included FY1999. This error is corrected in this 
document. Additionally, it was determined that the paragraph entitled, 
``Threshold: Selection of Developer'' was unclear and is made clear by 
this correction notice. This document also clarifies the section 
entitled, ``Capacity of Existing HOPE VI Revitalization Grantees.'' 
This correction notice makes clear in the ``Project Readiness'' section 
of the NOFA and the application kit that applicants will receive 2 
Points if the targeted severely distressed public housing site is 
cleared or the applicant's Revitalization Plan only includes 
rehabilitation and not demolition of public housing units. Finally, 
this correction substitutes Attachment 9, the ``TDC/Grant Limitations 
Worksheet,'' which has been recently updated with current data and 
instructions.
    Subsequent to the October 21, 2003 publication of this NOFA, the 
Federal Register published (68 FR 61044) a correction to the 
application deadline for the Revitalization grants. The deadline for 
applications for Revitalization applications under this NOFA is January 
20, 2004.
    Accordingly, the Notice of Funding Availability for Revitalization 
of Severely Distressed Public Housing HOPE VI Revitalization and 
Demolition Grants for Fiscal Year 2003, published in the Federal 
Register on October 21, 2003, (68 FR 60178) is corrected to read as 
follows:
    1. On page 60179, in the middle column, under section III. 
entitled, ``Application Submission Information,'' a new paragraph (4) 
is added after paragraph (A)(3) to read as follows:
    ``(4) New government-wide DUNS requirement. Beginning October 1, 
2003, all applicants must provide a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal 
Numbering System (DUNS) number to apply for a grant or cooperative 
agreement from the federal government. Applicants are required to 
provide a DUNS number with the application. OMB is currently updating 
the SF-424 to accommodate the submission of the DUNS, however, at this 
time, applicants should simply indicate the DUNS number on a separate 
sheet of paper and include with the application package. (This extra 
page will not count toward the total page number limit for your 
application.) Organizations can receive a DUNS number at no cost by 
calling the dedicated toll-free DUNS Number request line at 1-866-705-
5711 or applying on-line at http://www.dunandbradstreet.com. For faster 
service, HUD recommends using the telephone request line to obtain the 
DUNS number.
    Failure to provide the DUNS number with your application will be 
considered a curable deficiency. The DUNS number is considered a 
threshold requirement and failure to provide the DUNS number will 
prohibit an organization from receiving an award.''
    2. On page 60185, in the third column, paragraph (12) is corrected 
to read as follows: ``An applicant must have obligated at least 90 
percent of its FY 2000 and 2001 Capital Funds in accordance with 
Section IV(A)(2) of this NOFA.''
    3. On page 60188, in the first column, under the paragraph 
entitled, ``(2) Threshold: Obligation of Capital Funds,'' the second 
sentence is corrected by removing the year ``1999'' so the sentence 
reads as follows: ``HUD will not consider any application from a PHA 
that failed to obligate 90 percent or more of its FY2000 and 2001 
Capital Funds by the applicable obligation deadlines, as required by 
Section (9)(j) of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, unless the Deputy 
Secretary has approved an extension.''
    4. On page 60188, in the middle column, the first sentence in 
subparagraph (a) under the paragraph entitled, ``(4) Threshold: 
Selection of Developer,'' is corrected to read as follows: ``You have 
initiated RFQ competitive procurement procedures in accordance with 24 
CFR 85.36 and 24 CFR 941.602(d) (as applicable), for your first phase 
of construction by the application due date.''
    5. On page 60189, in the third column, the fourth sentence under 
the paragraph entitled, ``(2) Capacity of Existing HOPE VI 
Revitalization Grantees,'' is corrected to read as follows: ``As 
indicated in the following tables, up to 5 Points will be deducted if a 
Grantee has failed to achieve adequate progress in relation to 
cumulative unit production.''
    6. On page 60201, in the third column, subparagraph (b) under the 
paragraph entitled, ``(4) Project Readiness,'' is corrected to read as 
follows: ``(b) You will receive 2 Points if the targeted severely 
distressed public housing site is cleared or your Revitalization Plan 
only includes rehabilitation and no demolition of public housing 
units.''
    7. On page 60217, the first sentence in paragraph B.1 is corrected 
to read: ``If you are a Moving to Work participant and are not required 
to enter obligations into LOCCS, review Section IV(A)(2) of the NOFA 
and indicate the percentage of FY 2000 and 2001 Capital Funds amounts 
you have obligated.''
    8. On page 60217, paragraph B.4 is corrected to read as follows: 
``Capacity of Existing HOPE VI Revitalization Grantees. This Rating 
Factor is found at Section IV(B)(2). HUD will use information in the 
quarterly reporting system in order to evaluate this rating factor. 
This rating factor is only applied to PHAs with existing HOPE VI 
Revitalization grants from Fiscal Years 1993-2000.''
    9. On page 60266, entitled, ``Attachment 31: Project Readiness,'' 
the second item on the list for check-off is corrected to read as 
follows: ``The targeted severely distressed public housing site is 
cleared or your Revitalization Plan only includes rehabilitation and no 
demolition of public housing units.''
    10. The ``TDC/Grant Limitations Worksheet,'' that appears at pages 
60256, 60257, and 60258 is removed and replaced with the version 
appended to this document.

    Dated: December 2, 2003.
Michael Liu,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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