[Federal Register: May 6, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 87)] [Notices] [Page 24414-24415] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr06my99-81] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket Nos. FR-4412-C-02; FR-4413-C-02; FR-4414-C-02; and FR-4415-C- 03] Technical Corrections to Notices of Funding Availability for Fiscal Year 1999 for: Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities in Support of Designated Housing Plans; Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities Related to Certain Types of Section 8 Project-Based Developments and Sections 202, 221(d)(3), and 236 Developments; Family Unification Program; and Mainstream Housing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (Mainstream Program) AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, HUD. ACTION: Notice; technical corrections. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice makes two technical corrections to each of the following four Fiscal Year 1999 Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs): --Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities in Support of Designated Housing Plans --Rental Assistance for Non-elderly Persons with Disabilities Related to Certain Types of Section 8 Project-Based Developments and Sections 202, 221(d)(3), and 236 Developments --Mainstream Housing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (Mainstream Program) --the Family Unification Program FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George C. Hendrickson, Housing Program Specialist, Office of Public and Assisted Housing Delivery, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 4216, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410-8000; telephone (202) 708-1872, ext. 4064. (This is not a toll-free number.) Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number via TTY (text telephone) by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339. (This is a toll-free number.) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 8, 1999, HUD published NOFAs for the following programs: --Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities in Support of Designated Housing Plans (64 FR 11294) --Rental Assistance for Non-elderly Persons with Disabilities Related to Certain Types of Section 8 Project-Based Developments and Sections 202, 221(d)(3), and 236 Developments (64 FR 11310) --Mainstream Housing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (Mainstream Program) (64 FR 11302) On March 5, 1999, HUD published a NOFA for the Family Unification Program. (64 FR 10904) This correction notice, published in today's Federal Register, makes the following two corrections to paragraph V.(B)(2)(b) in all four NOFAs: 1. The lease-up rate for a PHA's Section 8 rental certificate and voucher program should be calculated on a combined basis and not on the basis of ``each'' program. 2. The parenthetical phrase ``(excluding the impact of the three- month statutory delay requirement effective in FY 1997 and 1998 for the reissuance of rental vouchers and certificates)'' should be removed. Accordingly, the four NOFAs are corrected as follows: 1. FR Doc. 99-5576, Notice of Funding Availability for: Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities in Support of Designated Housing Plans (FR-4412-N-01), published in the Federal Register on March 8, 1999 (64 FR 11294), is corrected as follows: On page 11298, in the first column, paragraph (b) at the top is corrected to read as follows: * * * * * (b) The PHA has serious unaddressed, outstanding Inspector General audit findings, HUD management review findings, or independent public accountant (IPA) findings for its rental voucher or rental certificate programs; or the PHA has failed to achieve a lease-up rate of 90 percent of units in its HUD-approved budget for the PHA fiscal year prior to application for funding in its rental voucher and certificate programs combined. The only exception to this category is if the PHA has been identified under the policy established in Section I.(D) of this NOFA and the PHA makes application with a designated contract administrator. * * * * * 2. FR Doc. 99-5578, Notice of Funding Availability for: Rental Assistance for Non-elderly Persons with Disabilities Related to Certain Types of Section 8 Project-Based Developments and Sections 202, 221(d)(3), and 236 Developments (FR-4413-N-01), published in the Federal Register on March 8, 1999 (64 FR 11310), is corrected as follows: On page 11314, in the first column, paragraph (b) at the bottom is corrected to read as follows: * * * * * (b) The PHA has serious unaddressed, outstanding Inspector General audit findings, HUD management review findings, or independent public accountant (IPA) findings for its rental voucher or rental certificate programs; or the PHA has failed to achieve a lease-up rate of 90 percent of units in its HUD-approved budget for the PHA fiscal year prior to application for funding in its rental voucher and certificate programs combined. The only exception to this category is if the PHA has been identified under the policy established in Section I.(D) of this NOFA and the PHA makes application with a designated contract administrator. * * * * * 3. FR Doc. 99-5577, Notice of Funding Availability for: Mainstream Housing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (Mainstream Program) (FR-4415-N-01), published in the Federal Register on March 8, 1999 (64 FR 11302), is corrected as follows: On page 11307, in the middle column, paragraph (b) at the top is corrected to read as follows: * * * * * (b) The PHA has serious unaddressed, outstanding Inspector General audit findings, HUD management review findings, or Independent Public Accountant (IPA) findings for its rental voucher or rental certificate programs; or the PHA has failed to achieve a lease-up rate of 90 percent of units in its HUD-approved budget for the PHA fiscal year prior to application for funding in its rental voucher and certificate programs combined. The only exception to this category is if the PHA has been identified under the policy established in Section I.(D) of this NOFA and the PHA makes application with a designated contract administrator. * * * * * 4. FR Doc. 99-5535, Notice of Funding Availability for: Family [[Page 24415]] Unification Program (FR-4414-N-01), published in the Federal Register on March 5, 1999 (64 FR 10904), is corrected as follows: On page 10909, in the middle column, paragraph (b) at the middle is corrected to read as follows: * * * * * (b) The PHA has serious unaddressed, outstanding Inspector General audit findings, HUD management review findings, or independent public accountant (IPA) findings for its rental voucher or rental certificate programs, or the PHA has failed to achieve a lease-up rate of 90 percent of units in its HUD-approved budget for the PHA fiscal year prior to application for funding in its rental voucher and certificate programs combined. The only exception to this category is if the PHA has been identified under the policy established in Section I(D)(2) of this NOFA and the PHA makes application with another agency or contractor that will administer the family unification assistance on behalf of the PHA. * * * * * Dated: April 30, 1999. Harold Lucas, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. [FR Doc. 99-11418 Filed 5-5-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-33-P