[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 8098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02734]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Rental and Utility Assistance for Certain Low-Income Veteran 
Families

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program 
has enabled grantees to augment available housing options for homeless 
Veterans in high-rent burden communities by increasing the rental 
assistance for up to 2 years before recertification. This notice 
establishes locations where the SSVF grantees can place Veterans in 
housing with this rental subsidy.

DATES: SSVF grantees can place Veterans in housing with the rental 
subsidy described in title 38 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
62.34(a)(8), effective October 1, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John Kuhn, Homeless Program 
Office, Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program Office, 810 
Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632-8596. (This is not a 
toll-free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a document published in the Federal 
Register on August 28, 2019, the Department of Veterans Affairs 
published a final rule, which revised its regulations that govern the 
SSVF Program, which are authorized under section 2044 of title 38 
United States Code and 84 Federal Register 45074. This rule, which 
amended 38 CFR 62.34(a)(6) and (8), enables of SSVF grantees to provide 
rental assistance in certain areas where the limited availability of 
affordable housing makes it difficult to reduce a community's 
population of homeless Veterans. Through the provision of these 
subsidies, the pool of available housing can be expanded as program 
participants have access to a broader rental market. Section 
62.34(a)(8) states that extremely low-income Veteran families and very 
low-income Veteran families who meet the criteria of section 62.11 may 
be eligible to receive a rental subsidy for a 2-year period without 
recertification. Section 62.34(a)(8) further states that the applicable 
counties will be published annually in the Federal Register. This 
notice provides the eligible counties for Fiscal Year 2020.
    Locations: This rental subsidy will be available in the District of 
Columbia and the following counties:
    California: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Alameda, San Diego, Santa 
Clara, Contra Costa, Kern, Imperial, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, 
Marin, and San Mateo.
    Washington: King.
    Hawaii: Honolulu.
    Illinois: Cook.
    New York: New York, Bronx, Queens, Kings, and Richmond.

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. Pamela 
Powers, Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs, approved this 
document on February 6, 2020, for publication.

Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy & 
Management, Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-02734 Filed 2-11-20; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 8320-01-P