[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 75371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26092]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-6191-N-03]


Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers: Implementation of the Housing 
Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration, Extension of Application Due 
Date

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing 
(PIH), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

ACTION: Notice of extension of application due date.

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SUMMARY: On July 15, 2020, HUD published a notice (``Notice'') 
implementing the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) mobility demonstration 
(``demonstration'') authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2019. Through this Notice, HUD is making available up to $50,000,000 to 
participating Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) throughout the country 
to implement housing mobility programs by offering mobility-related 
services to increase the number of voucher families with children 
living in opportunity areas. The Notice established October 13, 2020, 
as the deadline date for submission of PHA applications and a second 
Federal Register notice extended the submission deadline to December 
14, 2020. Today's Federal Register publication further extends the 
deadline date for the submission of applications to February 1, 2021.

DATES: The new application deadline date for the HCV Mobility 
Demonstration Program is February 1, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Primeaux, Director, Housing 
Voucher Management and Operations Division, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 4214, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone number (202) 708-1112. (This is not a toll-free 
number.) Individuals with hearing or speech impediments may access this 
number via TTY by calling the Federal Relay during working hours at 
800-877-8339. (This is a toll-free number). HUD encourages submission 
of questions about the demonstration be sent to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 15, 2020 (85 FR 42890), HUD 
published its Notice implementing the HCV Mobility Demonstration, and 
established October 13, 2020, as the deadline date for the submission 
of applications. Through the Notice, HUD is making available 
approximately $50,000,000 for grants to Public Housing Authorities 
(PHAs) under a demonstration program authorized by statute. On October 
8, 2020 (85 FR 63569), HUD published a Federal Register notice 
extending the application deadline to December 14, 2020.
    Today's Federal Register publication further extends the deadline 
date for the submission of applications for the HCV Mobility 
Demonstration program to February 1, 2021. HUD is extending the 
submission deadline date while HUD considers, in response to questions 
HUD has received from PHAs, whether and to what extent PHAs may 
participate in both the Mobility Demonstration program and the Moving 
to Work (MTW) expansion program. HUD anticipates publishing another 
Federal Register notice to address this question.

Deadline for Applications

    The lead agency shall be responsible for submitting the application 
to HUD, no later than February 1, 2021. Applications that are submitted 
after midnight on February 1, 2021, or which fail to include the 
required elements, will be ineligible for consideration by HUD.
    HUD may extend the application deadline for any program if HUD.gov 
systems are offline or not available to applicants for at least 24 
hours immediately prior to the deadline date, or if the system is down 
for 24 hours or longer and that impacts the ability of applicants to 
cure a submission deficiency within the grace period. HUD may also 
extend the application deadline upon request if there is a 
presidentially-declared disaster in the applicant's area. If these 
events occur, HUD will post a notice on its website establishing the 
new, extended deadline for the affected applicants.

R. Hunter Kurtz,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 2020-26092 Filed 11-24-20; 8:45 am]
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