[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 150 (Monday, August 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43657-43658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15165]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5067-N-03]


Extension of HUD's Implementation Guidance for Section 901 of the 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations To Address Hurricanes in the Gulf 
of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006, as Revised by Section 4803 
of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq 
Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 To Include Calendar 2007 
Program Funds

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice supplements two earlier notices published in the 
Federal Register that provided guidance to public housing agencies 
(PHAs) on implementing the authority provided to HUD by section 901 of 
the ``Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in 
the Gulf of Mexico and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006'' (Pub. L. 109-148, 
December 30, 2005) to allow PHAs to combine operating and capital funds 
and use flexibly and efficiently to facilitate disaster recovery in the 
States of Louisiana and Mississippi. Such authority was provided for 
calendar year 2006. This notice advises of the extension of such 
authority through calendar year 2007 by section 4803 of the U.S. Troop 
Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq

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Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Pub. L. 110-28, May 25, 2007).
    Eligible PHAs interested in using funds under the authority 
provided must submit a 2007 Notice of Intent and Fungibility Plan in 
accordance with the July 28, 2006, and October 30, 2006, Federal 
Register Notices. Further information on may be found on the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing Web site at http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/.

DATES: Eligible PHAs must submit their Calendar Year 2007 Notices of 
Intent and Fungibility Plans no later than September 14, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical assistance and other 
questions concerning the Notice of Intent and Section 901 Fungibility 
Plan, PHAs should contact their local HUD Public Housing Hub in New 
Orleans, Louisiana, or Jackson, Mississippi; or Bessy Kong, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Program, and Legislative Initiatives, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 4116, Washington, DC 20410-
5000, telephone (202) 708-0614 or 708-0713, extension 2548 (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 July 28, 2006 (71 FR 42996), HUD 
published a notice entitled, ``Implementation Guidance for section 901 
of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in 
the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006.'' Section 901 of 
the supplemental appropriations act authorizes HUD to allow PHAs to 
combine assistance provided under sections 9(d) and (e) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (Act) and assistance provided under section 
8(o) of the Act, for the purpose of facilitating the prompt, flexible, 
and efficient use of funds provided under these sections of the Act to 
assist families who were receiving housing assistance under the Act 
immediately prior to Hurricane Katrina or Rita and were displaced from 
their housing by the hurricanes. Such authority was provided through 
calendar year 2006. Section V.A. of the July 28, 2006, notice, 
entitled, ``General Procedures for Combining Public Housing and Voucher 
Funds Under Section 901,'' provided instructions for PHAs interested in 
implementing the flexibility in funding authorized in section 901.
    On October 30, 2006 (71 FR 63340), HUD published a notice extending 
the period for eligible PHAs located within the most heavily impacted 
areas of Louisiana and Mississippi that are subject to a declaration by 
the President of a major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in connection with Hurricanes 
Katrina or Rita to submit Notices of Intent and Fungibility Plans in 
accordance with the July 28, 2006, notice. In addition to extending the 
PHA submission deadline, the October 30, 2006, notice removed the 
restriction that the combined funding may not be spent for uses under 
the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program.
    This notice revises the earlier notices to incorporate the 
extension of section 901 flexibility from calendar year (CY) 2006 
funding to calendar years 2006 and 2007 funding as authorized by 
section 4803 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina 
Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Pub. L. 
110-28, enacted May 25, 2007).
    As noted earlier in this notice, eligible PHAs interested in 
combining (CY) 2007 funds must submit a 2007 Notice of Intent and 
Fungibility Plan in accordance with the July 28, 2006, and October 30, 
2006,  Federal Register notices. Further information on HUD processing 
of CY2007 section 901 flexibility may be found on the Office of Public 
and Indian Housing Web site at http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/.

Paula O. Blunt,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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