[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 245 (Monday, December 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 71122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31399]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4882-N-02]


America's Affordable Communities Initiative, HUD's Initiative on 
Removal of Regulatory Barriers: Proposals for Incentive Criteria on 
Barrier Removal in HUD's Funding Allocations; Extension of Public 
Comment Deadline

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On November 25, 2003, HUD published a notice that announced 
HUD's intention to establish in the majority of its FY2004 Notices of 
Funding Availability (NOFAs), including HUD's SuperNOFA, a policy 
priority for increasing the supply of affordable housing through the 
removal of regulatory barriers. This new policy priority will be added 
to the list of policy priorities that HUD traditionally includes in its 
NOFAs. As a policy priority (and like the other policy priorities), 
higher rating points will be available to governmental applicants that 
are able to demonstrate successful efforts in removing regulatory 
barriers to affordable housing, and to nongovernmental applicants that 
are associated with jurisdictions that have undertaken successful 
efforts in removing barriers. HUD also solicited comment on the 
November 25, 2003, notice. The purpose of this notice is to announce 
that the public comment due date has been extended to January 12, 2004.

DATES: Comment Due Date: January 12, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this rule to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Room 
10276, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20410-0500. Comments should refer to the above 
docket number and title. A copy of each communication submitted will be 
available for public inspection and copying during regular business 
hours (weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time) at the above address. 
Facsimile (FAX) comments are not acceptable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Camille E. Acevedo, Associate General 
Counsel for Legislation and Regulations, Office of General Counsel, 
Room 10282, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-0500, telephone (202) 708-1793 (this 
is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments 
may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal 
Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As noted in the Summary portion of this 
notice, on November 25, 2003 (68 FR 66294), HUD announced its intention 
to establish in the majority of its FY2004 Notices of Funding 
Availability (NOFAs), including HUD's SuperNOFA, a policy priority for 
increasing the supply of affordable housing through the removal of 
regulatory barriers. The November 25, 2003, notice describes in detail 
the proposal and also solicited public comment, and provided a public 
comment through December 29, 2003. The purpose of this notice published 
in today's Federal Register is to announce that the public comment due 
date has been extended to January 12, 2004.

    Dated: December 16, 2003.
A. Bryant Applegate,
Senior Counsel and Director of America's Affordable Communities 
Initiative.
[FR Doc. 03-31399 Filed 12-19-03; 8:45 am]
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