[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 174 (Friday, September 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 53679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17950]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4962-N-03]


Notice of Funding Availability for Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 HOPE VI 
Main Street Grants; Notice of Extension of Application Submission Date 
for Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of application submission date for 
applicants submitting applications from areas affected by Hurricane 
Katrina.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that HUD has extended the submission 
deadline date for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 HOPE VI Main Street Grants 
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for those applicants located in 
areas designated by the President as disaster areas, and other areas 
that experienced major power outages due to Hurricane Katrina. These 
areas include the entire state of Louisiana; the entire state of 
Mississippi; the Alabama counties of Baldwin, Bibb, Calhoun, Clarke, 
Choctaw, Green, Hale, Jefferson, Mobile, Shelby, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, 
and Washington; and the Florida counties of Broward, Miami-Dade, 
Monroe, and Palm Beach. The application submission deadline for this 
funding opportunity was September 2, 2005. For those applicants located 
in one of these states or counties, the revised submission date is 
September 7, 2005 at 5:15 p.m. For applicants unaffected by Hurricane 
Katrina, the submission deadline remains unchanged.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lar Gnessin, 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) 708-0614 extension 2676 (this is not a toll-free 
number). Hearing- or speech-impaired individuals may access this 
telephone number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information 
Relay Service on (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 21, 2005 (70 FR 42150), HUD 
published the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year 
(FY) 2004 HOPE VI Main Street Grants Notice announcing the availability 
of approximately $5 million in funds to produce affordable housing in 
HUD-defined Main Street rejuvenation areas. In a Federal Register 
notice published on August 1, 2005 (70 FR 44110), HUD announced several 
corrections to the NOFA, including the requirement that only paper 
submissions may be accepted.
    Due to Hurricane Katrina, which caused widespread damage and power 
outages in the entire state of Louisiana; the entire state of 
Mississippi; the Alabama counties of Baldwin, Bibb, Calhoun, Clarke, 
Choctaw, Green, Hale, Jefferson, Mobile, Shelby, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, 
and Washington; and the Florida counties of Broward, Miami-Dade, 
Monroe, and Palm Beach, HUD has extended the application submission 
deadline for the FY 2005 HOPE VI Main Street Grants NOFA to September 
7, 2005. HUD is aware that recovery of many areas will not occur before 
this date. The period of this extension has been limited because 
funding for this NOFA expires on September 30, 2005, and must be 
returned to the U.S. Treasury if not awarded by that date. The below 
listed areas were designated by the President as federal disaster 
areas, or experienced major power outages; thus, this extension affects 
only applicants located in the entire state of Louisiana; the entire 
state of Mississippi; the Alabama counties of Baldwin, Bibb, Calhoun, 
Clarke, Choctaw, Green, Hale, Jefferson, Mobile, Shelby, Sumpter, 
Tuscaloosa, and Washington; and the Florida counties of Broward, Miami-
Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach.
    HUD will accept applications to the FY 2004 Main Street VI Main 
Street Grants NOFA from applicants of the affected states or counties 
listed above through hard copy (paper) submission consistent with the 
instructions in the August 1, 2005 correction. In order to ensure 
timely receipt, HUD strongly recommends applicants use an overnight 
delivery method to ensure timely receipt of paper applications. Hand 
deliveries will not be accepted. Hard copy submissions should be sent 
to the appropriate address listed as follows: FY 2004 Main Street VI 
Main Street Grants Program: Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Attn: Dominique Blom, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 4130, Washington, DC 20410-5000.

    Dated: September 2, 2005.
Paula O. Blunt,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 05-17950 Filed 9-6-05; 4:19 pm]
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