[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 216 (Thursday, November 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 63183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21890]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5147-C-01]


Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable 
Housing Grants; Technical Correction and Extension of Application 
Deadline

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability (NOFA); technical correction and 
notice of extension of application deadline.

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SUMMARY: On September 18, 2007, HUD published a NOFA for Capacity 
Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Grants. To 
clarify the scope of eligible applicants, HUD has decided to publish 
this technical correction. Additionally, to permit eligible applicants 
sufficient time to prepare their applications for assistance, HUD has 
also determined to extend the deadline.

DATES: The application deadline date for the Capacity Building for 
Community Development and Affordable Housing Grants competition is 
January 11, 2008 at 11:59:59 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Daly, Director, Office of Policy 
Development and Coordination, Office of Community Planning and 
Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Room 7240, Washington, DC 20410-7000; telephone 202-708-
1817 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with speech or hearing 
impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Income Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 18, 2007 (72 FR 53255), HUD 
published in the Federal Register its FY2007 Capacity Building for 
Community Development and Affordable Housing NOFA. The Capacity 
Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing NOFA makes 
approximately $29,590,000 available to carry out the eligible 
activities related to affordable housing and community development for 
the capacity building program. As noted in the September 18, 2007, 
Federal Register publication, this competition is limited to the four 
organizations identified in section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 
1993. HUD included a list of the four eligible organizations but failed 
to provide sufficient specific information to eliminate questions 
regarding eligibility. To eliminate any confusion, HUD is publishing 
this correction to specifically identify the four eligible applicants. 
Accordingly, the only applicants eligible for this competition are the 
following four organizations located at the following addresses:

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., 10227 Wincopin Circle, Suite 500, 
Columbia, MD 21044.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation, 501 Seventh Avenue, 7th Floor, 
New York, NY 10018.
Habitat for Humanity International, 121 Habitat Street, Americus, GA 
31709.
YouthBuild USA, 58 Day Street, Somerville, MA 02144.

Affiliates and local offices of these organizations and their community 
partners are not eligible to compete either directly or independently 
for capacity building grants under this notice, but rather may seek 
funding from the above organizations that are awarded through this 
competition.
    In order to avoid any difficulties that might arise from the 
questions regarding the scope of eligible applicants, HUD has 
determined to extend the application deadline date for the Capacity 
Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Grants 
competition to January 11, 2008 at 11:59:59 p.m. Extending the deadline 
date will also permit applicants to have an additional time to obtain 
assistance from the Grants.gov desk help at 800-518-GRANTS (this is a 
toll free number). Potential applicants are advised that the provisions 
of the Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable 
Housing Grants NOFA that discuss timely receipt of applications 
continue to apply. Specifically, section IV.A. of the Capacity Building 
for Community Development and Affordable Housing Grants NOFA (72 FR 
52356) provides that all applications must be received and validated by 
Grants.gov; or received no later than 11:59:59 on the deadline date. In 
order to ensure timely receipt, HUD strongly recommends applicants 
submit their electronic applications 48-72 hours prior to the deadline 
to ensure the application validation is processed prior to the 
deadline.

    Dated: November 2, 2007.
Nelson R. Breg[oacute]n,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.
[FR Doc. E7-21890 Filed 11-7-07; 8:45 am]
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