[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4289-4290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1453]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5004-N-02]


Emergency Capital Repair Grants for Multifamily Housing Projects 
Designated for Occupancy by the Elderly; Revised Eligibility 
Requirements

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On May 22, 2006, HUD published a notice entitled, ``Emergency 
Capital Repair Grants for Multifamily Housing Projects Designated for 
Occupancy by the Elderly,'' which announced the availability of 
approximately $30 million in grant funds to make emergency capital 
repairs to eligible multifamily projects designated for occupancy by 
elderly tenants. The notice published in today's Federal Register 
revises the May 22, 2006 notice to expand the eligibility requirements 
to include those eligible projects located in presidentially declared 
disaster areas regardless of when final closing occurred. Those 
projects not located in presidentially declared disaster areas must 
have had final closing on or before January 1, 1999.

DATES: HUD will accept applications on a first-come, first-serve basis 
upon publication of this notice and will award emergency capital repair 
grants until available amounts are expended. Applicants should submit 
emergency capital repair applications as soon as they have prepared an 
application that complies with the procedures and requirements 
contained in this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G. DeWayne Kimbrough, Director, Grant 
and Housing Assistance Field Support Division, Office of Multifamily 
Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Room 6146, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-3000 
(this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech 
impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 22, 2006 (71 FR 29538), HUD published 
a notice that announced the availability of approximately $30 million 
in grant funds to make emergency capital repairs to eligible 
multifamily projects owned by private nonprofit entities that are 
designated for occupancy by elderly tenants. The capital repair needs 
must relate to items that present an immediate threat to the health, 
safety, and quality of life of the tenants. The intent of these grants 
is to provide one-time assistance for emergency items that could not be 
absorbed within the project's operating budget and other project 
resources, and where the tenants' continued occupancy in the immediate 
near future would be jeopardized by a delay in initiating the proposed 
cure. The notice provided instructions for owners of multifamily 
projects to request funding and instructions for the HUD field offices 
to process requests.
    This notice revises the eligibility criteria set forth in the May 
22, 2006 notice. Under that notice, in order to be eligible, projects 
must have had final closing on or before January 1, 1999. This notice 
expands the eligibility criteria to include those projects located in 
presidentially declared disaster areas, regardless of the date of final 
closing.
    HUD believes that by expanding eligibility to projects located in 
presidentially declared disaster areas, HUD will be able to assist 
nonprofit owners repair their projects have that been damaged by 
flooding, earthquakes and other disasters, to ensure the health, safety 
and quality of life for their tenants.

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    Accordingly, in the notice, Emergency Capital Repair Grants for 
Multifamily Housing Projects Designated for Occupancy by the Elderly 
published in the Federal Register on May 22, 2006 (71 FR 29538), the 
following revision is made:
    On page 29538, third column, Section III. Eligibility Requirements, 
the introductory paragraph is revised to read as follows:
    Eligibility for emergency capital repair grants under this notice 
is restricted to: private nonprofit owners of eligible multifamily-
assisted housing developments designated for occupancy by elderly 
tenants, as specified in sections 683(2)(B), (C), (D), (E), (F), or (G) 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550, 
approved October 28, 1992). Those eligible projects not located in 
presidentially declared disaster areas, as identified below, must have 
had final closing on or before January 1, 1999. Those eligible projects 
that are located in presidentially declared disaster areas are 
eligible, without regard to date of final closing. The eligible 
projects are:

    Dated: January 23, 2007.
Brian D. Montgomery,
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. E7-1453 Filed 1-29-07; 8:45 am]
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