Stewart B. McKinney - Vento Homeless Assistance Act
Title V -- Identification
and Use of Surplus Federal Property
42 USC 11411 Use of Unutilized and Underutilized
42 USC 11412
Making Surplus Personal Property
Available to Nonprofit Agencies
The
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administers five individual
homeless assistance programs in accordance with the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law
100-77) (42 USC 11411 and 11412). One of
those five programs is:
Title V -- Surplus Federal Property
for Use to Assist the Homeless
·
To identify
suitable federal properties categorized as unutilized, under-utilized, excess,
or surplus, and
·
to make the properties available to states, units of
local government and nonprofit organizations for use to assist homeless
individuals.
The
Title V Program provides nonprofit organizations, states and local governments
the opportunity to assist the homeless through the use of unutilized,
underutilized, excess, or surplus Federal real properties. If determined (by HUD) to be “suitable,”
these properties may be used as a facility to assist homeless persons.
HUD
makes the suitability determination. HUD publishes
a weekly (every Friday) notice in the Federal Register listing the real
property, whether HUD has found it suitable to assist the homeless, and whether
it is available for such use. Program
regulations are at 24 CFR 581. Depending
on the availability of the property, and subject to HHS approval, the nonprofit
organization may receive a deed or lease of the property.
HHS
(Department of Health and Human Services) handles applicants (“applicant” means any representative of the homeless)
and the application portion of the program. Interested providers should notify HHS of
their intention to apply for a property within 60 days of the Federal Register
notice, but they can apply later if the property is
still available.
Applicants have 90 days after
an expression of interest is received by HHS to submit an application. Once an application is complete, HHS acts on
it within 25 days.
The property is subject to a
reversion, or in the case of a leasehold interest, termination, if the property
ceases to be used to assist the homeless.
The “McKinney Clearance
Checklist” (also called “Title V Property Survey / Federal Property Information
Checklist”) is downloadable from the internet.
The latest form is dated 11/89.
For a copy of the form, click on the desired format, html or MS Word. Submit
completed checklists to:
Office of Acquisition and Property Management, Attn: Michael Wright
Department of the Interior, MIB, MS-2607