[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 204 (Monday, October 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 53361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22941]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Enhanced-Use Lease (EUL) of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 
(VA) Real Property for the Development of a Permanent Supportive 
Housing Facility at the Lexington VA Health Care System, Franklin R. 
Sousley Campus in Lexington, Kentucky

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of VA intends to enter into an EUL for the 
purpose of outleasing Buildings #5, 6, 7, 8 and construct six new 
townhomes on approximately 10.52 acres of underutilized land on the 
Lexington VA Health Care System, Franklin R. Sousley campus, consisting 
of approximately 50 housing units to provide affordable housing for 
veterans. The EUL lessee, Leestown VA Housing, LLLP, will finance, 
design, develop, rehabilitate, construct, manage, maintain, and operate 
housing for eligible homeless veterans, or veterans at-risk of 
homelessness, and their families, as well as provide services that 
guide resident veterans toward attaining long-term self-sufficiency.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward L. Bradley III, Office of Asset 
Enterprise Management (044), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-7778 (this is not a 
toll free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 38 U.S.C. 8161, et seq., authorizes 
the Secretary to enter into an EUL for the provision of supportive 
housing, if the lease would not be inconsistent with and will not 
adversely affect the mission of the Department. This project comports 
with those parameters.

Signing Authority

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this 
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document 
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as 
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Robert L. 
Wilkie, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, approved this 
document for publication on October 12, 2018.

    Approved: October 12, 2018.
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of 
the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2018-22941 Filed 10-19-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 8320-01-P