[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51100-51101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18942]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4861-N-03]


Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Revitalization of 
Severely Distressed Public Housing; Availability of Additional Fiscal 
Year (FY) 2003 Funds for HOPE VI Demolition Grants and Reopening of 
NOFA Application Due Date

AGENCY: Office of Public and Indian Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of additional FY2003 funding availability for HOPE VI 
Demolition Grants and Reopening of Application Due Date.

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SUMMARY: On October 21, 2003, HUD published a notice of funding 
availability (NOFA) announcing the availability of approximately $40 
million in FY2003 funds for the HOPE VI Demolition Program. This notice 
announces the availability of approximately an additional $20 million 
in FY2003 funds for HOPE VI Demolition grants, and reopens the due date 
for submission of Demolition Grant applications under the NOFA. HUD 
will award the additional FY2003 funds in accordance with the 
application submission and selection requirements contained in the 
October 21, 2003, NOFA, as corrected by the technical correction 
published on December 9, 2003.

DATES: Demolition grants applications will be accepted until September 
17, 2004. An applicant that submitted an application for HOPE VI 
Demolition grant funding by the original February 18, 2004, applicant 
deadline, but that was not selected for a grant award because the 
applicant had not yet received demolition approval by the application 
deadline is not required to submit a new application. The applicant 
need only submit evidence that the application's targeted units have 
been approved by HUD for demolition.

ADDRESSES: Original signed applications must be sent to Mr. Milan 
Ozdinec, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing Investments, 
Room 4130, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-5000. Applicants are directed to 
section III(C) of the October 21, 2003, NOFA for additional 
requirements regarding the delivery of applications.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caroline Clayton, Urban Revitalization

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Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Room 4130, 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). 
Individuals with speech or hearing impairments may access this 
telephone number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal 
Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    On October 21, 2003 (68 FR 60178), HUD published a NOFA announcing 
the availability of $574 in FY2003 funds for the HOPE VI Program. Of 
this amount, approximately $447.8 million was made available for the 
HOPE VI Revitalization Program and $40 million for the HOPE VI 
Demolition Program. The remaining funds were made available for other 
purposes including Neighborhood Networks, technical assistance and 
Housing Choice Voucher Assistance.
    Two technical corrections were subsequently published for the 
October 21, 2003, NOFA. The first was published on October 24, 2003 (68 
FR 61044), and corrected two typographical errors contained in the NOFA 
concerning application due dates. The second technical correction, 
which was published on December 9, 2003 (68 FR 68644), notified 
applicants of the 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, and also made several other corrections to the NOFA.

II. This Notice

    This notice announces the availability of approximately an 
additional $20 million in FY2003 funds for HOPE VI Demolition Grants, 
and reopens the due date for a period of 30 days for submission of 
Demolition Grant applications under the October 21, 2003, NOFA. HUD 
will award the additional FY2003 funds in accordance with the 
application and submission requirements contained in the October 21, 
2003, NOFA, as corrected by the December 9, 2003, technical correction. 
Applicants must refer to the October 21, 2003, NOFA and the December 9, 
2003, technical correction for information regarding application 
submission procedures, application thresholds, application and grant 
limitations, the application selection process, post award 
requirements, and other requirements applicable to the HOPE VI 
Demolition Program.
    A copy of the October 21, 2003, NOFA may be downloaded at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/a031021c.html.
    A copy of the December 9, 2003, technical correction to the HOPE VI 
NOFA may be downloaded at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/a031209c.html.
    An applicant that submitted an application for HOPE VI Demolition 
grants funding by the original February 18, 2004, deadline, but that 
was not selected for a grant award solely because the applicant had not 
received demolition approval by the application deadline is not 
required to submit a new application. The applicant need only submit 
evidence that the application's targeted units that have been approved 
by HUD for demolition. Such evidence must be submitted in accordance 
with the application submission requirements, and must be received by 
HUD by the application deadline date. All other applicants must submit 
a complete application, in accordance with the requirements described 
in the October 21, 2003, NOFA and the December 9, 2003, technical 
correction.

    Dated: August 13, 2004.
Michael Liu,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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