[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 84 (Monday, May 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20493-20494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10186]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5300-N-04]


Notice of Availability: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2009; Rural Housing and Economic Development Program 
(RHED)

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD announces the availability on its website of the 
application information, submission deadlines, funding criteria, and 
other requirements for the FY2009 Rural Housing and Economic 
Development (RHED) Program NOFA. The Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 111-8, approved March 11, 
2009) makes available approximately $26 million in RHED funds, to 
remain available until expended, and this appropriation is to be 
competitively awarded by September 1, 2009. Applicants for RHED 
assistance must address the requirements established by HUD's Fiscal 
Year 2009 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Policy Requirements and 
General Section to the HUD's FY2009 NOFAs for Discretionary Programs 
published on December 29, 2008 (73 FR 79548), as amended on April 16, 
2009 (74 FR 17685). Applicants should take particular note that they 
must follow the application submission instructions contained in the 
FY2009 RHED NOFA and not use those in the General Section. The notice 
providing information regarding the application process, funding 
criteria and eligibility requirements is available on the HUD Web site 
at http://www.hud.gov/RHED.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning the RHED 
program, contact a Community Planning and Development Specialist, 
Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development, Office of Community 
Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7137, Washington, DC 20410-7000; 
telephone 202-708-2290 (this is not a toll-free

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number) or 1-877-787-2526 (this is a toll-free number). Persons with 
speech or hearing impairments may access this telephone number via TTY 
by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service during 
working hours at 800-877-8339.

    Dated: April 28, 2009.
Nelson R. Breg[ograve]n,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.
[FR Doc. E9-10186 Filed 4-29-09; 4:15 pm]
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