[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52355-52362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20964]


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 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5789-N-02]


Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests Granted for the Second 
Quarter of Calendar Year 2014

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Section 106 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Reform Act of 1989 (the HUD Reform Act) requires HUD to publish 
quarterly Federal Register notices of all regulatory waivers that HUD 
has approved. Each notice covers the quarterly period since the 
previous Federal Register notice. The purpose of this notice is to 
comply with the requirements of section 106 of the HUD Reform Act. This 
notice contains a list of regulatory waivers granted by HUD during the 
period beginning on April 1, 2014, and ending on June 30, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information about this 
notice, contact Camille E. Acevedo, Associate General Counsel for 
Legislation and Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 10282, Washington, DC 20410-
0500, telephone 202-708-1793 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons 
with hearing- or speech-impairments may access this number through TTY 
by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.
    For information concerning a particular waiver that was granted and 
for which public notice is provided in this document, contact the 
person whose name and address follow the description of the waiver 
granted in the accompanying list of waivers that have been granted in 
the second quarter of calendar year 2014.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 106 of the HUD Reform Act added a 
new section 7(q) to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act 
(42 U.S.C. 3535(q)), which provides that:
    1. Any waiver of a regulation must be in writing and must specify 
the grounds for approving the waiver;
    2. Authority to approve a waiver of a regulation may be delegated 
by the Secretary only to an individual of Assistant Secretary or 
equivalent rank, and the person to whom authority to waive is delegated 
must also have authority to issue the particular regulation to be 
waived;
    3. Not less than quarterly, the Secretary must notify the public of 
all waivers of regulations that HUD has approved, by publishing a 
notice in the Federal Register. These notices (each covering the period 
since the most recent previous notification) shall:
    a. Identify the project, activity, or undertaking involved;
    b. Describe the nature of the provision waived and the designation 
of the provision;
    c. Indicate the name and title of the person who granted the waiver 
request;
    d. Describe briefly the grounds for approval of the request; and
    e. State how additional information about a particular waiver may 
be obtained.
    Section 106 of the HUD Reform Act also contains requirements 
applicable to waivers of HUD handbook provisions that are not relevant 
to the purpose of this notice.
    This notice follows procedures provided in HUD's Statement of 
Policy on Waiver of Regulations and Directives issued on April 22, 1991 
(56 FR 16337). In accordance with those procedures and with the 
requirements of section 106 of the HUD Reform Act, waivers of 
regulations are granted by the Assistant Secretary with jurisdiction 
over the regulations for which a waiver was requested. In those cases 
in which a General Deputy Assistant Secretary granted the waiver, the 
General Deputy Assistant Secretary was serving in the absence of the 
Assistant Secretary in accordance with the office's Order of 
Succession.
    This notice covers waivers of regulations granted by HUD from April 
1, 2014 through June 30, 2014. For ease of reference, the waivers 
granted by HUD are listed by HUD program office (for example, the 
Office of Community Planning and Development, the Office of Fair 
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the Office of Housing, and the Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
etc.). Within each program office grouping, the waivers are listed 
sequentially by the regulatory section of title 24 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) that is being waived. For example, a waiver 
of a provision in 24 CFR part 58 would be listed before a waiver of a 
provision in 24 CFR part 570.
    Where more than one regulatory provision is involved in the grant 
of a particular waiver request, the action is listed under the section 
number of the first regulatory requirement that appears in 24 CFR and 
that is being waived. For example, a waiver of both Sec.  58.73 and 
Sec.  58.74 would appear sequentially in the listing under Sec.  58.73.
    Waiver of regulations that involve the same initial regulatory 
citation are in time sequence beginning with the earliest-dated 
regulatory waiver.
    Should HUD receive additional information about waivers granted 
during the period covered by this report (the second quarter of 
calendar year 2014) before the next report is published (the third 
quarter of calendar year 2014), HUD will include any additional waivers 
granted for the second quarter in the next report.
    Accordingly, information about approved waiver requests pertaining 
to HUD regulations is provided in the Appendix that follows this 
notice.

    Dated: August 27, 2014.
Helen R. Kanovsky,
General Counsel.

APPENDIX

Listing of Waivers of Regulatory Requirements Granted by Offices of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development April 1, 2014 Through June 
30, 2014

    Note to Reader: More information about the granting of these 
waivers, including a copy of the waiver request and approval, may be 
obtained by contacting the person whose name is listed as the 
contact person directly after each set of regulatory waivers 
granted.
    The regulatory waivers granted appear in the following order:
    I. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office of Community 
Planning and Development.
    II. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office of Housing.
    III. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office of Public and 
Indian Housing.

I. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office of Community Planning and 
Development

    For further information about the following regulatory waivers, 
please see the name of the contact person that immediately follows 
the description of the waiver granted.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 51.104(b)(2).
    Project/Activity: The Director of the Boston Multifamily Hub 
requested a waiver of 24 CFR 51.104(b)(2) in order to facilitate the 
proposed infill development of Metro Village Apartments, a 150 unit 
facility adjacent to the Takoma Park Metro station using the HUD 
Section 221(d)(4) mortgage insurance program.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 51.104(b)(2) 
requires an environmental impact statement for projects in 
unacceptable noise zones. The environmental impact statement may be 
waived in cases where noise is the only environmental issue and no 
outdoor noise sensitive activity will take place on the site. In 
such cases, an environmental review shall be made pursuant to the 
requirements of 24 CFR part 51.
    Granted By: Mark Johnston, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Special Needs Programs.
    Date Granted: April 17, 2014.
    Reason Waived: It was determined that the project would further 
the HUD mission and advance HUD program goals to develop viable, 
sustainable communities and affordable housing. It was further 
determined that the construction of the units would adequately 
protect the interiors, and no outdoor, noise-sensitive uses will 
occur in the exposed space. Based on the environmental assessments, 
no adverse environmental impact will result from this development in 
an unacceptable noise zone.
    Contact: James M. Potter, Office of Environment and Energy, 
Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 7250, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-4610.
     Regulations: 24 CFR 92.500(d)(1)(C).
    Project/Activity: The City of Lorain, Ohio, requested a waiver 
of its June 30, 2014 deadline for the expenditure of HOME funds to 
enable it to meet an immediate need for housing rehabilitation, 
which would otherwise go unmet due to voluntary grant reductions 
taken in lieu of repayment to rectify past noncompliance.
    Nature of Requirements: HUD's regulations at 24 CFR 
92.500(d)(1)(C) requires that a participating jurisdiction expend 
its annual allocation of HOME funds within five years after HUD 
notifies a participating jurisdiction that HUD has executed the 
jurisdiction's HOME Investment Partnership Agreement.
    Granted By: Cliff Taffet, Acting Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: June 28, 2014.
    Reasons Waived: The City administers an ongoing rehabilitation 
program for owner-occupants and has more than 40 applicants on a 
waiting list. In 2013, HUD approved the City's request to reduce its 
fiscal year 2013, 2014 and 2015 HOME grants by $709,518.49 in lieu 
of repayment for ineligible expenditures. These involuntary grant 
reductions have left the City without significant current and future 
grant funds to meet the immediate housing needs of the applicants on 
the waiting list. The waiver was granted because deobligation of an 
additional $365,100 of HOME funds would create an undue hardship for 
City residents currently on the waiting list for the City's HOME-
funded rehabilitation program.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., 
Room 7164, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-2684.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 570.489(a).
    Project/Activity: The State of Georgia requested a waiver of 24 
CFR 570.489(a) in order to allow it to use program income from prior 
years to increase the amount allowed for administrative costs under 
the State CDBG regulation's accounting method.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 570.489(a) 
specifies the amount of CDBG funds that can be used to pay state 
administrative expenses and its approach for demonstrating 
compliance with the requirements. HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 
570.489(a)(1)(v)(A) requires states to expend no more than the 
aggregate maximum allowable amount on administrative expenses (for 
each annual grant within the subject period) during its 3- to 5- 
year Consolidated Planning period.
    Granted By: Clifford Taffet, Acting Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: May 21, 2014.
    Reason Waived: HUD determined that adequate administrative funds 
are central to a State's capacity to administer the CDBG program. 
The State of Georgia was found to be in need of this one-time use of 
unused administrative funds from program income from its current 
year back to 1992 in order to adequately administer its CDBG program 
this program year.
    Contact: James H[ouml]emann, Acting Deputy Director, State and 
Small Cities Division, Office of Block Grant Assistance, Office of 
Community Planning Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 7184, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 402-5716.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 574.330(a)(1).
    Project/Activity: The City of Atlanta, GA requested a waiver of 
24 CFR 574.330(a)(1) to allow a client to stay in an extended-stay 
motel beyond the 60-day time limit outlined in the regulations.
    Nature of Requirement: The Housing Opportunities for Persons 
with AIDS (HOPWA) short-term supported housing regulation at 24 CFR 
574.330(a)(1) provides that a short-term supported housing facility 
may not provide residence to any individual for more than 60 days 
during any six-month period.
    Granted By: Clifford Taffet, Acting Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: June 30, 2014.
    Reason Waived: According to the regulations, HUD may waive the 
60-day time limit if a project sponsor has made good faith effort in 
finding permanent housing to its client within the 60-day time 
period. Good faith effort was found due to the project sponsor's 
extensive efforts in attempting to secure and locate permanent 
housing for the client.
    Contact: William Rudy, Acting Director, Office of HIV/AIDS 
Housing, Office of

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Community and Planning Development, Department of Housing and 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 7212, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-1934.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 576.403(c).
    Project/Activity: The State of Iowa requested a waiver of 24 CFR 
576.403(c) to allow its subrecipient, Iowa Legal Aid, to provide 
legal services to program participants without determining whether 
the program participants' housing meets the ESG habitability 
standards.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 576.403(c) 
states that the recipient or subrecipient cannot use Emergency 
Solutions Grants (ESG) funds to help a program participant remain in 
or move into housing that does not meet the ESG minimum habitability 
standards for permanent housing.
    Granted By: Mark Johnston, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Special Needs Programs.
    Date Granted: May 1, 2014.
    Reason Waived: HUD recognized that in certain instances, the 
best way to help program participants avoid homelessness is to keep 
them in their housing until better housing can be located, or their 
existing housing can be brought up to code. Legal services provide 
an important resource for persons who are at risk of homelessness, 
who need immediate assistance to help them avoid moving to the 
streets or emergency shelters. In some instances, it is not feasible 
to inspect a unit to ensure that it meets the habitability standards 
prior to the provision of the legal services assistance necessary to 
prevent homelessness for the individual or family. Also in some 
cases, the habitability requirement actually prohibits eligible 
program participants from receiving the legal services that could 
assist them to make the unit habitable and stabilize them in their 
housing.
    Therefore, HUD granted a limited, conditional waiver to allow 
Iowa Legal Aid to provide legal services under the homelessness 
prevention component to program participants wishing to stay in 
their units, even if their units do not meet the habitability 
standards. The waiver also allows ESG funds to be used to provide 
the same program participants with the case management required by 
Sec.  576.401(d) and (e), even if their units do not meet the 
habitability standards. The waiver is contingent upon the 
recipient's commitment to ensure that Iowa Legal Aid and the 
subrecipient(s) providing the required case management work with the 
property owners to bring the units into compliance with the 
habitability standards or assist the program participants to move if 
the units are unsafe.
    Contact: Ann M. Oliva, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

II. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office of Housing--Federal 
Housing Administration (FHA)

    For further information about the following regulatory waivers, 
please see the name of the contact person that immediately follows 
the description of the waiver granted.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(c)(3), 202.5(g)(1), and 
202.6(c)(2).
    Project/Activity: FHA-approved Title I and Title II lenders and 
mortgagees with a fiscal year end of December 31, 2013, January 31, 
2014, February 28, 2014, and March 31, 2014, required to submit 
financial information to HUD no later than 90 days after the end of 
the lender or mortgagee's fiscal year, as mandated by 24 CFR 
5.801(c)(3) (in relevant part), 202.5(g)(1), and 202.6(c)(2).
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 5.801 (Uniform 
Financial Reporting Standards) provides that HUD-approved Title I 
and Title II supervised and nonsupervised lenders and mortgagees 
submit financial information to HUD on an annual basis in a form and 
substance prescribed by HUD. Lenders and mortgagees must submit the 
required financial information to HUD no later than 90 days after 
the end of the lender or mortgagee's fiscal year. The regulation 
provides that the time for filing may be extended at the sole 
discretion of HUD.
    HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 202.5(g) (Approval of Lending 
Institutions and Mortgagees) provides for all FHA-approved lenders 
and mortgagees to furnish to HUD with a copy of their audited 
financial statements within 90 days of the lender or mortgagee's 
fiscal year end, except as provided in 24 CFR 202.6(c), to maintain 
FHA approval.
    HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 202.6(c) delineates an exception from 
Sec.  202.5(g)(1) for small supervised lenders and mortgagees, which 
are instead required to submit to HUD the unaudited financial 
reports required by their respective financial banking agency within 
90 days of the small supervised lender or mortgagee's fiscal year 
end.
    Granted By: Carol J. Galante, Assistant Secretary for Housing--
Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: June 26, 2014.
    Reason Waived: As part of the FHA Transformation Initiative, FHA 
is implementing a counterparty risk framework that enables a better 
and timelier means of identifying, mitigating, and managing risk in 
the approval, recertification, monitoring, enforcement, and post-
endorsement technical review processes. An integral part of the 
Initiative has been the development and deployment of the Lender 
Electronic Assessment Portal (LEAP), an online portal that houses 
data record collection and risk and fraud detection activities.
    LEAP is being implemented in phases. FHA deployed the latest 
phase of LEAP, the automation of FHA's annual lender recertification 
process, on May 27, 2014. This phase, known as LEAP 3.0, includes 
enhanced financial reporting functionalities based on each lender's 
specific financial reporting structure, which improves lender 
usability, as well as FHA's ability to monitor lenders' performance. 
As of June 26, 2014, users were still having difficulty executing 
some functions in LEAP 3.0. Accordingly, lenders and mortgagees with 
a fiscal year end of December 31, 2013 would have had to submit the 
required reports on or before March 31, 2014.
    Because LEAP 3.0 did not go live until after March 31, 2014, 
lenders and mortgagees who have a fiscal year end of December 31, 
2013 were unable to access the new platform for submission. 
Mortgagees have 90 days after the end of their fiscal year to submit 
their annual financial reports within the designated timeframe for 
reporting. As a result, a temporary waiver of the subject 
regulations for FHA lenders and mortgagees with a fiscal year end of 
December 31, 2013, until 30 days after the deployment of LEAP 3.0, 
was granted in December 2013, in order to realign the required 
financial reporting timeframe with the launch of LEAP 3.0. 
Additional waivers were later granted for FHA lenders and mortgagees 
with a fiscal year end of January 31, 2014, and February 28, 2014, 
until 30 days after the deployment of LEAP 3.0.
    Under the waivers, FHA lenders and mortgagees with a fiscal year 
end of December 31, 2013, January 31, 2014, or February 28, 2014, 
were required to submit the reports on or before June 30, 2014. 
Under the subject regulations, FHA lenders and mortgagees with a 
fiscal year end of March 31, 2014, were required to submit the 
reports on or before June 30, 2014.
    Because technical system issues prevented some lenders from 
completing their annual recertification package in LEAP 3.0 on or 
before June 30, 2014, an extension of the temporary waiver of the 
regulations at 24 CFR 5.801(c)(3) (in relevant part), 202.5(g)(1) 
and 202.6(c)(2) for FHA lenders and mortgagees with a fiscal year 
end of December 31, 2013, January 31, 2014, February 28, 2014, and 
March 31, 2014, from June 30, 2014, until July 15, 2014, or until 
ten days after the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family 
Housing has deemed the LEAP 3.0 system to be stable, was granted to 
allow these lenders and mortgagees the additional time necessary to 
fulfill their annual financial reporting and recertification 
requirements once LEAP 3.0 is operating at its full capacity.
    Contact: Volky Garcia, Lender Approval and Recertification 
Division Director, Office of Lender Activities and Program 
Compliance, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 490 L'Enfant Plaza East SW., Room P3214, Washington, DC 
20024, telephone (202) 708-1515 (this is not a toll-free number).
     Regulation: 24 CFR 200.85(b).
    Project/Activity: Santa Rita Village, Lompoc, Santa Barbara 
County, CA. Project Number: 122-11342.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 200.85, which 
pertains to covenant against liens, states in paragraph (b) as 
follows: ``A covenant against repayment of a Commissioner approved 
inferior lien from mortgage proceeds other than surplus cash or 
residual receipts, except in the case of an inferior created 
pursuant to Section 223(d) of the Act, or a supplemental loan 
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    Granted By: Carol J. Galante, Assistant Secretary for Housing--
Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: June 18, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The project consists of 36 affordable units in 
two three-story and four two-story apartment buildings. At the time 
of the waiver request, the project was 100 percent occupied and each 
unit had Section 8 project-based vouchers connected to it with the 
exception of one manager unit. The project would be the recipient of 
six committed public financing sources each with affordable housing 
restrictive convent agreements with nine percent LIHTCs allocations. 
The County's promissory note would be fully amortized in 25 years, 
earlier than the 35 year HUD insured Tax Credit Pilot loan, a risk 
HUD determined is acceptable given the mitigates. The borrower 
agreed to comply with the 15-year extension of the HAP contract 
requirements as part this transaction.
    Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, Office of Multifamily 
Housing Development, HTD, Office of Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 6134, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-8386.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 200.926d(b)(4)(i).
    Project/Activity: Whiting Avenue Estates, Stevens Point, 
Wisconsin Project Number: 075-11205.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 
200.926d(b)(4)(i) states in relevant part as follows: ``Each 
property shall be provided with vehicular or pedestrian access or 
private street. Private streets shall be protected by permanent 
easement.''
    Granted By: Carol J. Galante, Assistant Secretary for Housing--
Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: June 18, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The project is an existing 80 unit apartment in 
Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Upon review of the closing package it was 
discovered that the primary access to the site crossed an abandoned 
railroad crossing for which there was a license agreement was not an 
easement. Access to the property is currently achieved through a 
license agreement between Wisconsin Central Limited Railroad Company 
& Nicolet Lumber Company, as assigned to the project owner/borrower, 
Stevens Point WA, LLC. The regulations was waived subject to the 
following conditions: The lender would certify at closing that the 
borrower has and would maintain sufficient insurance to enable the 
borrower to pay an indemnification required under paragraph 13 of 
the License Agreement out of insurance proceeds and the borrower has 
and would maintain insurance that meets the requirements of 
paragraph 14 of the License Agreement. Additionally, the title 
insurance company would provide the lender with an access 
endorsement insuring over the railroad's right to terminate the 
license.
    Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, Office of Multifamily 
Housing Development, HTD, Office of Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 6134, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-8386.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 200.926d(f)(1)(i) and (f)(2)(i).
    Project/Activity: Extension of previously granted waiver for the 
State of Alaska's boroughs of Anchorage, Fairbanks (North Star), 
Juneau, Kenai Peninsula, Mantanuska-Susitna, North Slope (Barrow), 
the Bethel Census Area, and the Fairbanks Southeast Census Area.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's Minimum Property Standards (MPS) 
that govern new construction for single-family dwellings provide 
that to be eligible for FHA insurance, each living unit within newly 
constructed single-family residential property should be capable of 
delivering a flow of 5 gallons per minute (gpm) over a 4 hour period 
in order to provide a continuing and sufficient supply of safe water 
under adequate pressure and appropriate quality for household use. 
Under these standards, water holding tanks, cisterns and similar 
alternative water supply systems are not considered as acceptable 
water supply systems under FHA requirements.
    Granted By: Carol J. Galante, Assistant Secretary for Housing--
Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: May 21, 2014.
    Reason Waived: Waiver of these standards was previously provided 
because in certain boroughs/census areas in the State of Alaska 
conventional water supply systems, such as those required under 
FHA's MPS, are not feasible due to the unique geographical 
characteristics of the area. State and local building codes in 
Alaska provide requirements for such alternative water supply 
systems that address health and safety concern, and FHA found these 
requirements to be adequate and not violate any statutory 
requirements.
    It was determined that granting of the waiver is in the public's 
interest and consistent with HUD's objectives to expand the 
availability of FHA mortgage insurance, while providing appropriate 
safeguards under local and state codes to protect the health and 
safety of potential occupants. The waiver enables lenders to provide 
FHA financing to homebuyers for new construction single-family 
housing, in the designated boroughs, where it is not feasible to 
procure water from conventional water supply systems.
    Contact: HUD Contact, Bill Schuler, Chief, Technical Branch 1, 
Santa Ana Homeownership Center, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 34 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA. 92701, telephone 
number (714) 796-1200, extension 3449.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 200.926d(f)(1)(i) and 24 CFR 
200.926d(f)(2)(i).
    Project/Activity: Homebuyers of new construction single family 
homes located within Boroughs of Juneau, Mantanuska-Susitna, 
Anchorage, Bethel, North Slope (Barrow), Fairbanks (North Star and 
Southeast), and the Kenai Peninsula of the State of Alaska requested 
a waiver to allow Alternative Water Supply Systems due to geologic 
limitations on individual water wells.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulations at 24 CFR 
200.926d(f)(1)(i) and (f)(2)(i) govern new construction of single-
family dwellings and provide that to be eligible for FHA insurance, 
each living unit within newly constructed single-family residential 
property should be capable of delivering a flow of five gallons per 
minute over a four-hour period in order to provide a continuing and 
sufficient supply of safe water under adequate pressure and 
appropriate quality for household use.
    Granted By: Carol J. Galante, Assistant Secretary for Housing--
Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: May 21, 2014.
    Reason Waived: Conventional water supply systems, such as those 
required under FHA's Minimum Property Standards (MPS) are not 
feasible as water sources due to the unique geographical 
characteristics in those counties of Alaska. The waiver allows the 
properties to use hauled water, cisterns, and other alternative 
water supply systems in those areas where there is no acceptable 
permanent water supply available. Without the waiver of these MPS 
regulations, low- to moderate-income homebuyers in certain parts of 
the State of Alaska would be precluded from using FHA-insured 
financing.
    Contact: Robert L. Frazier, Office of Single Family Housing, 
Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW., Room 9274, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
402-5752.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 203.43f(c)(i) and 24 CFR 
203.43f(d)(ii).
    Project/Activity: Manufactured homes with or without basements 
and located in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-designated 
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) in the State of Louisiana.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulations regarding Title II 
manufactured homes located in FEMA designated SHFAs found at 24 CFR 
203.43f(c)(i) and 24 CFR 203f(d)(ii) require that ``The finished 
grade level beneath the manufactured home shall be at or above the 
100-year return frequency flood elevation.'' However, this 
requirement at 24 CFR 203.43f differs from HUD's regulations 
governing minimum property standards for one- and two-family 
dwellings found at 24 CFR 200.926 and the requirements of the 
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) found at 44 CFR 60.3. The 
minimum property standard (MPS) at 24 CFR 200.926d(c)(4)(i) provides 
that the elevation of the lowest floor in residential structures 
with basements, located in FEMA-designated areas of special flood 
hazard, shall be at or above the base flood level (100 year flood 
level) required for new construction or substantial improvement of 
residential structures under regulations at 44 CFR 60.3 through 
60.6. HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 200.926d(c)(4)(ii) states that the 
elevation of the lowest floor of residential structures with 
basements, located in a FEMA-designated area of special flood 
hazards, must be at or above the FEMA-designated base flood 
elevation (100 year flood level).
    Granted By: Carol J. Galante, Assistant Secretary for Housing--
Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: June 4, 2014.
    Reason Waived: As a result of the conflict between 24 CFR 
203.43f, which is based on flood elevation requirements measured 
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the ``finished grade beneath the manufacture home'' and flood 
elevation requirements measured from the ``lowest floor'' of the 
manufactured home provided in 24 CFR 200.926d(c)(4)(i) and (ii), and 
44 CFR 60.3(c)(6)(iv) and (c)(12), some lenders are refusing FHA-
insured loans on manufactured homes that are being sited in flood 
zone areas on the grounds that FHA could deny insurance. Therefore, 
the regulations in the third sentence of 24 CFR 203.43f(c)(i) and 
the last sentence in 24 CFR 203.43f(d)(ii) were waived to permit the 
placement of FHA mortgage insurance on manufactured home, sited in 
the State of Louisiana, in flood designated areas, with the lowest 
floor at or above the 100 year return frequency, and otherwise 
conforming with HUD requirements for Title II, Section 203(b) 
insured financing of manufactured homes.
    Contact: Robert L. Frazier, Office of Single Family Housing, 
Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW., Room 9274, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
402-5752.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 219.220(b).
    Project/Activity: Conchituate Homes Cooperative, FHA Project 
Number 023-44109, Framingham, Massachusetts. The owners have 
requested deferral of repayment of the Flexible Subsidy Operating 
Assistance Loan on this project due to their inability to repay the 
loan in full upon maturity. The owner's proposal includes funding 
improvements such as replacement of roofs, heating, hot water 
systems, repairing building exteriors, drives and walkways and 
provision of some handicapped accessible units.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 219.220(b) 
governs the repayment of operating assistance provided under the 
Flexible Subsidy Program for Troubled Projects prior to May 1, 1996 
states: ``Assistance that has been paid to a project owner under 
this subpart must be repaid at the earlier of the expiration of the 
term of the mortgage, termination of mortgage insurance, prepayment 
of the mortgage, or a sale of the project . . .'' Either of these 
actions would typically terminate FHA involvement with the property, 
and the Flexible Subsidy Loan would be repaid, in whole, at that 
time.
    Granted By: Carol J. Galante, Assistant Secretary for Housing--
Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: April 10, 2014.
    Reason Waived: Good cause was shown that it is in the public's 
best interest to grant this waiver. The requirement to defer 
repayment of the Flexible Subsidy Operating Assistance Loan would 
allow this much needed housing to be substantially rehabilitated. 
The project would also be preserved as affordable housing for an 
additional 20 years.
    Contact: Mark B. Van Kirk, Director, Office of Asset Management, 
Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW., Room 6160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-3730.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 232.7.
    Project/Activity: Open Arms Retirement Center (Open Arms) is an 
83-bed assisted living and dementia care facility. The facility is 
comprised of three wings. The facility does not meet the 
requirements of 24 CFR 232.7 ``Bathroom'' of FHA's regulations. The 
project is located in Raeford, NC.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 232.7 mandates 
in a board and care home or assisted living facility that not less 
than one full bathroom must be provided for every four residents. 
Also, the bathroom cannot be accessed from a public corridor or 
area.
    Granted By: Carol J. Galante, Assistant Secretary for Housing--
Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: April 11, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The lender provided evidence that 94 percent of 
the residents of the facility require assistance and/or supervision 
with bathing.
    Contact: Vance T. Morris, Special Assistant, Office of 
Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 2337, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 402-2419.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 232.7.
    Project/Activity: Open Arms Retirement Center (Open Arms) is an 
83-bed assisted living and dementia care facility. The facility is 
comprised of three wings. The facility does not meet the 
requirements of 24 CFR Sec.  232.7 ``Bathroom'' of FHA's 
regulations. The project is located in Raeford, NC.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 232.7 mandates 
in a board and care home or assisted living facility that not less 
than one full bathroom must be provided for every four residents. 
Also, the bathroom cannot be accessed from a public corridor or 
area.
    Granted By: Carol J. Galante, Assistant Secretary for Housing--
Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: April 11, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The lender provided evidence that 94 percent of 
the residents of the facility require assistance and/or supervision 
with bathing.
    Contact: Vance T. Morris, Special Assistant, Office of 
Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 2337, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 402-2419.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 232.7.
    Project/Activity: Presbyterian Home and Retirement Community 
(Presbyterian) is a Skilled Nursing Facility with 180 beds that has 
a wing with 16 assisted living residents. The assisted living wing 
does not meet the requirements of 24 CFR 232.7 ``Bathroom''.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 232.7 mandates 
in a board and care home or assisted living facility that not less 
than one full bathroom must be provided for every four residents. 
Also, the bathroom cannot be accessed from a public corridor or 
area.
    Granted By: Carol J. Galante, Assistant Secretary for Housing--
Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: May 28, 2014.
    Reason Waived: Most of the assisted living wing residents are 
high acuity and need assistance with bathing. Presbyterian concluded 
that this arrangement is safer for the residents.
    Contact: Vance T. Morris, Special Assistant, Office of 
Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 2337, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 402-2419.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 232.7.
    Project/Activity: Presbyterian Home and Retirement Community 
(Presbyterian) is a Skilled Nursing Facility with 180 beds that has 
a wing with 16 assisted living residents. The assisted living wing 
does not meet the requirements of 24 CFR 232.7 ``Bathroom''.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 232.7 mandates 
in a board and care home or assisted living facility that not less 
than one full bathroom must be provided for every four residents. 
Also, the bathroom cannot be accessed from a public corridor or 
area.
    Granted By: Carol J. Galante, Assistant Secretary for Housing--
Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: May 28, 2014.
    Reason Waived: Most of the assisted living wing residents are 
high acuity and need assistance with bathing. Presbyterian concluded 
that this arrangement is safer for the residents.
    Contact: Vance T. Morris, Special Assistant, Office of 
Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 2337, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 402-2419.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 266.410(e).
    Project/Activity: California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) 
Project Number: N/A.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 266.410(e) 
requires that mortgages insured under the Section 542(c) Risk 
Sharing program be regularly amortizing over the term of the 
mortgage. CalHFA requested on a ``pilot'' basis, to finance 35 year 
mortgages with maturities between 17 to 25 years.
    Granted By: Carol J. Galante, Assistant Secretary for Housing--
Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: May 27, 2014.
    Reason Waived: HUD approved a similar, though much more limited, 
waiver for CalHFA in 2012, primarily to align the Risk Sharing 
program with the New Issue Bond Program. The waiver in 2014 was 
granted subject certain conditions which are: the waiver would be 
effective from July 1, 2014, and continuing until June 30, 2016, and 
would be limited to a total of 40 transactions; CalHFA must elect to 
take 50 percent or more of the risk of loss on all transactions, and 
loans made under the waiver may have amortization periods of up to 
35 years, but terms as short as 17 years; projects must comply with 
Davis-Bacon labor standards in accordance with 24 CFR 266.225; and 
CalHFA must comply with regulations in 24 CFR 266.210 for insured 
advances or insurance upon completion transactions, and other 
conditions as stated in 2012 waiver.
    Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, Office of Multifamily 
Housing Development, Office of Housing, Department of Housing

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and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 6134, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-8386.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 891.100(d).
    Project/Activity: Breakthrough Phase III, Knoxville, TN, Project 
Number: 087-HD054/TN37-Q101-001.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 891.100(d) 
prohibits amendment of the amount of the approved capital advance 
funds prior to closing.
    Granted By: Carol J. Galante, Assistant Secretary for Housing--
Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: May 29, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The project is economically designed and 
comparable in cost to similar projects in the area, and the sponsor/
owner exhausted all efforts to obtain additional funding from other 
sources.
    Contact: Catherine M. Brennan, Director, Office of Housing 
Assistance and Grant Administration, Office of Housing, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 
6134, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202) 708-3000.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 891.165.
    Project/Activity: Nativity B.V.M. Place, Philadelphia, PA, 
Project Number: 034-EE167/PA26-S091-005.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 891.165 
provides that the duration of the fund reservation of the capital 
advance is 18 months from the date of issuance with limited 
exceptions up to 36 months, as approved by HUD on a case-by-case 
basis.
    Granted By: Carol J. Galante, Assistant Secretary for Housing--
Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: April 17, 2014.
    Reason Waived: Additional time was needed for the Sponsor/Owner 
to obtain a decision from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court involving a 
zoning appeal filed by a neighbor and for the project to achieve an 
initial closing.
    Contact: Catherine M. Brennan, Director, Office of Housing 
Assistance and Grant Administration, Office of Housing, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 6134, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-3000.
     Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA): Fiscal Year (FY) 
2012 Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Demonstration Program 
(Docket No. FR-5600-N-28-A1).
    Project/Activity: Amendment of the FY 2012 Section 811 Project 
Rental Assistance Demonstration Program NOFA dated May 15, 2012.
    Nature of Requirement: The administrative costs provision in the 
FY 2012 NOFA (as corrected in a technical correction posted on July 
2, 2012) allows a rate of no more than five (5) percent of the 
amount awarded based upon the range of tasks undertaken by the 
eligible applicant.
    Granted By: Carol J. Galante, Assistant Secretary for Housing--
Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: April 22, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The amendment responds to significant concerns 
raised by the grantees regarding the scope of work required for them 
to administer this program and stated the amount of work necessary 
to implement the program exceeded the 5 percent included in the 
NOFA. They advised that they would need to use a significant amount 
of agency resources to set up and manage this new program due 
specifically to the coordination with their state Medicaid/Health 
and Human Services agencies, marketing the program to property 
owners, utilizing Tenant Rental Assistance Certification System 
(TRACS) and Enterprise Income Verification (EIV), and initial and 
ongoing monitoring and compliance. Given the extensive requirements 
of the program, HUD approved additional funding for administrative 
costs up to 8 percent of the amount awarded.
    Contact: Catherine M. Brennan, Director, Office of Housing 
Assistance and Grant Administration, Office of Housing, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 6134, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-3000.

III. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office of Public and Indian 
Housing

    For further information about the following regulatory waivers, 
please see the name of the contact person that immediately follows 
the description of the waiver granted.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1).
    Project/Activity: Village of Hempstead Housing Authority (NY085) 
Hempstead, NY.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1) 
establishes certain reporting compliance dates. The audited 
financial statements are required to be submitted to the Real Estate 
Assessment Center (REAC) no later than nine months after the housing 
authority's (HA) fiscal year end (FYE), in accordance with the 
Single Audit Act and OMB Circular A-133.
    Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 17, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The Housing Authority is requesting an extension 
of the due date because the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), 
while conducting a multiple year audit, maintained possession of the 
HA's records. The HA contends that the OIG has not returned any of 
the files to the HA and this prevented the contracted independent 
public auditor (IPA) from commencing his audit work in a timely 
manner.
    Contact: Judy Wojciechowski, Program Manager, NASS, Real Estate 
Assessment Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 550 12th Street SW., Suite 100, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 475-7907.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1).
    Project/Activity: Housing and Community Services Agency of Lane 
County (OR006), Eugene, OR.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1) 
establishes certain reporting compliance dates. The audited 
financial statements are required to be submitted to the Real Estate 
Assessment Center (REAC) no later than nine months after the housing 
authority's (HA) fiscal year end (FYE), in accordance with the 
Single Audit Act and OMB Circular A-133.
    Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 16, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The HA is requesting a waiver of their FY 2013 
audit submission deadline. The HA is requesting a two month 
extension from 6/30/2014 to 8/31/2014 so the IPA firm can complete 
State required courses. The HA originally retained an auditor for 
their FYE 9/30/2013 audit. However, the auditor withdrew from the 
audit engagement in November 2013 as a result of health issues. The 
termination of the audit engagement left the HA without an auditor 
for FY 2013.
    Contact: Judy Wojciechowski, Program Manager, NASS, Real Estate 
Assessment Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 550 12th Street SW., Suite 100, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 475-7907.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1).
    Project/Activity: The City of Mesa Housing Authority (AZ005), 
Mesa, AZ.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1) 
establishes certain reporting compliance dates. The audited 
financial statements are required to be submitted to the Real Estate 
Assessment Center (REAC) no later than nine months after the housing 
authority's (HA) fiscal year end (FYE), in accordance with the 
Single Audit Act and OMB Circular A-133.
    Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 13, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The Housing Authority (HA) contends that the City 
of Mesa's implementation of a new Emergency Repair Program (ERP) 
Integrated Information System during 2013 and a staff turnover 
caused a delay in the preparation of the 2013 Comprehensive Annual 
Financial Report (CAFR). As a result, the audit has been delayed.
    Contact: Judy Wojciechowski, Program Manager, NASS, Real Estate 
Assessment Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 550 12th Street SW., Suite 100, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 475-7907.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.312(a).
    Project/Activity: New York City Department of Housing 
Preservation and Development (NYCDHPD), New York City, NY.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 982.312(a) 
provides that a family may not be absent from its unit for a period 
of more than 180 consecutive calendar days in any circumstance or 
for any reason.
    Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 26, 2014.
    Reason Waived: This regulation was waived since the affected 
individual was out of the unit due to a severe stroke.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

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     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.503(c)(3)(i).
    Project/Activity: New York State Homes and Community Renewal 
(NYSHCR), Albany, NY.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 
982.503(c)(3)(i) provides that HUD Headquarters may approve 
exception payment standards above 120 percent of the fair market 
rent (FMR) under certain circumstances, including if such approval 
is necessary to prevent financial hardship for families, can be 
supported by statistically representative rental housing survey data 
and a program justification.
    Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing
    Date Granted: June 16, 2014.
    Reason Waived: This regulation was waived to establish exception 
payment standards that would expand housing opportunities for 
current and future voucher participants in Westchester County and to 
ensure that the gains and successes that have been accomplished 
under the Enhanced Section 8 Outreach Program are able to continue.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: State of Colorado Division of Housing (SCDH), 
Denver, CO.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a public housing agency may only approve a higher 
payment standard for a family as a reasonable accommodation if the 
higher payment standard is within the basic range of 90 to 110 
percent of the fair market rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 8, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The disabled participant required an exception 
payment standard to remain in the same unit and afford her share of 
the rent. To provide this reasonable accommodation so the client 
could remain in her unit and pay no more than 40 percent of her 
adjusted income toward the family share, the SCDH was allowed to 
approve an exception payment standard that exceeded the basic range 
of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: New York State Homes and Community Renewal 
(NYSHCR), New York City, NY.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a public housing agency may only approve a higher 
payment standard for a family as a reasonable accommodation if the 
higher payment standard is within the basic range of 90 to 110 
percent of the fair market rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 9, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is disabled, required an 
exception payment standard to move to a new unit that met her health 
needs. To provide this reasonable accommodation so the client could 
be assisted in a new unit and pay no more than 40 percent of her 
adjusted income toward the family share, the NYSHCR was allowed to 
approve an exception payment standard that exceeded the basic range 
of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: Anaheim Housing Authority (AHA), Anaheim, CA.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a public housing agency may only approve a higher 
payment standard for a family as a reasonable accommodation if the 
higher payment standard is within the basic range of 90 to 110 
percent of the fair market rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 25, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is disabled, required an 
exception payment standard to continue his pad rental for his 
manufactured home and afford his share of the rent. To provide this 
reasonable accommodation so the client could be assisted in his 
current unit and pay no more than 40 percent of his adjusted income 
toward the family share, the NOHA was allowed to approve an 
exception payment standard that exceeded the basic range of 90 to 
110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4210, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of DeKalb County (HADC), 
Decatur, GA.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a public housing agency may only approve a higher 
payment standard for a family as a accommodation if the higher 
payment standard is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of 
the fair market rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 5, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The participant, with a 10-member family, was 
unable to locate housing pursuant to a Rental Assistance 
Demonstration (RAD) program conversion. In order to avoid 
displacement for this family, the family required an exception 
payment standard. To provide this accommodation to a non-disabled 
family displaced by a RAD conversion, the HACD was allowed to 
approve an exception payment standard that exceeded the basic range 
of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4210, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: Northwest Oregon Housing Authority (NOHA), 
Warrenton, OR.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a public housing agency may only approve a higher 
payment standard for a family as a reasonable accommodation if the 
higher payment standard is within the basic range of 90 to 110 
percent of the fair market rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 5, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is disabled, required an 
exception payment standard to continue to remain in her manufactured 
home and afford her share of the rent. To provide this reasonable 
accommodation so the client could be assisted in his current unit 
and pay no more than 40 percent of his adjusted income toward the 
family share, the AHA was allowed to approve an exception payment 
standard that exceeded the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the 
FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4210, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: New York State Homes and Community Renewal 
(NYSHCRA), New York City, NY.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a public housing agency may only approve a higher 
payment standard for a family as a reasonable accommodation if the 
higher payment standard is within the basic range of 90 to 110 
percent of the fair market rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 8, 2014.
    Reason Waived: Two participants, who are disabled, required an 
exception payment standard to continue to remain in their units and 
afford their share of the rent. To provide this reasonable 
accommodation so the clients could be assisted in their current 
units and pay no more than 40 percent of their adjusted income 
toward the family share, the NYSHCR was allowed to approve an 
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participants that exceeded the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of 
the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4210, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: Revere Housing Authority (RHA), Revere, MA.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a public housing agency may only approve a higher 
payment standard for a family as a reasonable accommodation if the 
higher payment standard is within the basic range of 90 to 110 
percent of the fair market rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 12, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is disabled, required an 
exception payment standard to continue to remain in her unit and 
afford her share of the rent. To provide this reasonable 
accommodation so the client could be assisted in her current unit 
and pay no more than 40 percent of her adjusted income toward the 
family share, the RHA was allowed to approve an exception payment 
standard that exceeded the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the 
FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4210, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: Town of Eastchester (TE), Eastchester, NY.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a public housing agency may only approve a higher 
payment standard for a family as a reasonable accommodation if the 
higher payment standard is within the basic range of 90 to 110 
percent of the fair market rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 18, 2014.
    Reason Waived: This participant, who is disabled, required an 
exception payment standard to continue to remain in her unit and 
afford her share of the rent. To provide this reasonable 
accommodation so the client could be assisted in her current unit 
and pay no more than 40 percent of her adjusted income toward the 
family share, the TE was allowed to approve an exception payment 
standard that exceeded the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the 
FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4210, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: White Plains Housing Authority (WPHA), White 
Plains, NY.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a public housing agency may only approve a higher 
payment standard for a family as a reasonable accommodation if the 
higher payment standard is within the basic range of 90 to 110 
percent of the fair market rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 26, 2014.
    Reason Waived: Three participants, who are disabled, required 
exception payment standards to continue to remain in their units and 
afford their share of the rent. To provide this reasonable 
accommodation so that each client could be assisted in its current 
unit and pay no more than 40 percent of their adjusted income toward 
the family share, the WPHA was allowed to approve three exception 
payment standards that exceeded the basic range of 90 to 110 percent 
of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4210, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 983.51(b)(2).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of Maricopa County (HAMC), 
Peoria, AZ.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 983.51(b)(2) 
states that the PHA may select proposals for housing assisted under 
a federal, state or local government housing assistance, community 
development, or supportive services program that requires 
competitive selection of proposals (e.g. HOME and units for which 
competitively awarded LIHTCs have been provided) where the proposal 
has been selected in accordance with such program's competitive 
selection requirements within three years of the PBV proposal 
selection date, and the earlier competitive selection proposal did 
not involve any consideration that the project would receive PBV 
assistance.
    Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 12, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The waiver was granted so that HAMC could select 
a project that was competitively selected over three years ago to 
protect the HUD investment of federal tax dollars in a mixed finance 
project.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 983.59(b)(1).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the City of Loveland 
(HACL), Loveland, CO.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 983.59(b)(1) 
states that the rent to owner for public housing agency (PHA) owned 
units is determined according to the same requirements as for other 
project-based voucher (PBV) units, except that the independent 
entity approved by HUD must establish the initial contract rents 
based on an appraisal by a licensed, state-certified appraiser.
    Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 15, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The proposed rule (The Housing and Economic 
Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA): Changes to the Section 8 Tenant-Based 
Voucher and Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Programs) published in 
the Federal Register on May 15, 2012, proposed to eliminate the 
requirement for an appraisal by a licensed state-certified appraiser 
when establishing initial contract rents. This waiver was approved 
to provide partial relief from these requirements that the 
Department has proposed to eliminate.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 983.59(b)(1).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of Snohomish County (HASC), 
Everett, WA.
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 983.59(b)(1) 
states that the rent to owner for public housing agency (PHA) owned 
units is determined according to the same requirements as for other 
project-based voucher (PBV) units, except that the independent 
entity approved by HUD must establish the initial contract rents 
based on an appraisal by a licensed, state-certified appraiser.
    Granted By: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: March 18, 2014.
    Reason Waived: The proposed rule (The Housing and Economic 
Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA): Changes to the Section 8 Tenant-Based 
Voucher and Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Programs) published in 
the Federal Register on May 15, 2012, proposed to eliminate the 
requirement for an appraisal by a licensed state-certified appraiser 
when establishing initial contract rents. This waiver was approved 
to provide partial relief from these requirements that the 
Department has proposed to eliminate.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

[FR Doc. 2014-20964 Filed 9-2-14; 8:45 am]
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