[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3052-3053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-168]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4800-C-18A]


Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Public Housing 
Neighborhood Networks Program From Fiscal Year 2003 Funding

AGENCY: Office of Public and Indian Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability from Fiscal Year 2003 Funds for 
the Public Housing Neighborhood Networks Program.

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SUMMARY: On April 25, 2003, HUD published a notice of funding 
availability (NOFA) announcing the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 
2003 funds for the Public Housing Neighborhood Networks (NN) program. 
This notice announces the availability of $947,098 in FY2003 NN funds. 
These funds were erroneously awarded to ineligible nonprofit 
organizations. Subsequently, the awards were cancelled.

DATES: Application Due Date: March 21, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Applicants should mail their applications to Dina Lehmann-
Kim, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20410-5000. Applicants should consult the April 25, 2003, NOFA for 
additional mailing and receipt procedures.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dina Lehmann-Kim at the above address; 
telephone (202) 708-4932 ext. 3410 (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 April 25, 2003 (68 FR 21509), HUD published a NOFA announcing 
the availability of $14,902,500 in FY2003 funds for the NN Program. 
Among the recipients of this funding were four nonprofit organizations. 
HUD later determined that these nonprofit organizations were ineligible 
to receive funding under the 2003 NOFA. Under section 9(d)(1)(E) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)(1)(E)), the 
provision of Capital Funds for the Neighborhood Networks program is 
limited to Public Housing Authorities (PHAs). HUD thus cancelled the 
awards to the ineligible nonprofit organizations.

II. This Notice

    This notice announces the availability of $947,098 in FY2003 funds 
for the Public Housing Neighborhood Networks program. These funds will 
be awarded under the same criteria published in the SuperNOFA on April 
25, 2003 (68 FR 21002). Applicants should refer to the General Section 
of the SuperNOFA as well as to the Program Section in order to ensure 
that all application requirements are met. The General Section, Program 
Section, and required forms of the 2003 SuperNOFA may be downloaded 
from the following Web site: http://www.hud.gov/library/bookshelf18/supernofa/nofa03/fundsavail.cfm. Applicants also should review the 
technical correction made to the 2003 NN NOFA. The technical correction 
also is available from the above Web site.
    This announcement also provides the due date for submitting 
applications for funding available under this notice.
    The competition for the funding under this NOFA will be limited to 
the following four PHAs: (1) The District of Columbia Housing Authority 
(DCHA), (2) the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM), (3) 
Memphis Housing Authority (MHA), and (4) the Schenectady Municipal 
Housing Authority (SMHA). These are the four PHAs whose residents would 
have been served by the four ineligible nonprofit organizations. Making 
these PHAs eligible to apply for this funding will help harmonize the 
error made by HUD and avoid compromising the benefits that otherwise 
would have been received by the residents.

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    The amounts to be awarded under this NOFA to the four PHAs are 
shown in the table below.

                                                  Summary Table
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              Grant program                Total funding      Eligible applicants        Maximum grant amount
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Neighborhood Networks...................        $947,098  DCHA......................  DCHA--Up to $299,998
                                                          HACM......................  HACM--Up to $100,000
                                                          MHA.......................  Memphis HA--Up to $293,825
                                                          SMHA......................  SMHA--Up to $253,275
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    Dated: January 3, 2005.
Michael Liu,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. E5-168 Filed 1-18-05; 8:45 am]
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