Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests Granted for the Second Quarter of Calendar Year 2015, 56481-56489 [2015-23486]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 181 (Friday, September 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56481-56489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23486]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5871-N-02]


Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests Granted for the Second 
Quarter of Calendar Year 2015

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Section 106 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Reform Act of 1989 (the HUD Reform Act) requires HUD to publish 
quarterly Federal Register notices of all regulatory waivers that HUD 
has approved. Each notice covers the quarterly period since the 
previous Federal Register notice. The purpose of this notice is to 
comply with the requirements of section 106 of the HUD Reform Act. This 
notice contains a list of regulatory waivers granted by HUD during the 
period beginning on April 1, 2015, and ending on June 30, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information about this 
notice,

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contact Camille E. Acevedo, Associate General Counsel for Legislation 
and Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW., Room 10282, Washington, DC 20410-0500, telephone 
202-708-1793 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing- or 
speech-impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.
    For information concerning a particular waiver that was granted and 
for which public notice is provided in this document, contact the 
person whose name and address follow the description of the waiver 
granted in the accompanying list of waivers that have been granted in 
the second quarter of calendar year 2015.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 106 of the HUD Reform Act added a 
new section 7(q) to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act 
(42 U.S.C. 3535(q)), which provides that:
    1. Any waiver of a regulation must be in writing and must specify 
the grounds for approving the waiver;
    2. Authority to approve a waiver of a regulation may be delegated 
by the Secretary only to an individual of Assistant Secretary or 
equivalent rank, and the person to whom authority to waive is delegated 
must also have authority to issue the particular regulation to be 
waived;
    3. Not less than quarterly, the Secretary must notify the public of 
all waivers of regulations that HUD has approved, by publishing a 
notice in the Federal Register. These notices (each covering the period 
since the most recent previous notification) shall:
    a. Identify the project, activity, or undertaking involved;
    b. Describe the nature of the provision waived and the designation 
of the provision;
    c. Indicate the name and title of the person who granted the waiver 
request;
    d. Describe briefly the grounds for approval of the request; and
    e. State how additional information about a particular waiver may 
be obtained.
    Section 106 of the HUD Reform Act also contains requirements 
applicable to waivers of HUD handbook provisions that are not relevant 
to the purpose of this notice.
    This notice follows procedures provided in HUD's Statement of 
Policy on Waiver of Regulations and Directives issued on April 22, 1991 
(56 FR 16337). In accordance with those procedures and with the 
requirements of section 106 of the HUD Reform Act, waivers of 
regulations are granted by the Assistant Secretary with jurisdiction 
over the regulations for which a waiver was requested. In those cases 
in which a General Deputy Assistant Secretary granted the waiver, the 
General Deputy Assistant Secretary was serving in the absence of the 
Assistant Secretary in accordance with the office's Order of 
Succession.
    This notice covers waivers of regulations granted by HUD from April 
1, 2015 through June 30, 2015. For ease of reference, the waivers 
granted by HUD are listed by HUD program office (for example, the 
Office of Community Planning and Development, the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity, the Office of Housing, and the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, etc.). Within each program office grouping, 
the waivers are listed sequentially by the regulatory section of title 
24 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that is being waived. For 
example, a waiver of a provision in 24 CFR part 58 would be listed 
before a waiver of a provision in 24 CFR part 570.
    Where more than one regulatory provision is involved in the grant 
of a particular waiver request, the action is listed under the section 
number of the first regulatory requirement that appears in 24 CFR and 
that is being waived. For example, a waiver of both Sec.  58.73 and 
Sec.  58.74 would appear sequentially in the listing under Sec.  58.73.
    Waiver of regulations that involve the same initial regulatory 
citation are in time sequence beginning with the earliest-dated 
regulatory waiver.
    Should HUD receive additional information about waivers granted 
during the period covered by this report (the second quarter of 
calendar year 2015) before the next report is published (the third 
quarter of calendar year 2015), HUD will include any additional waivers 
granted for the second quarter in the next report.
    Accordingly, information about approved waiver requests pertaining 
to HUD regulations is provided in the Appendix that follows this 
notice.

    Dated: September 14, 2015.
Helen R. Kanovsky,
General Counsel.

Appendix

Listing of Waivers of Regulatory Requirements Granted by Offices of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development April 1, 2015 Through June 
30, 2015

    Note to Reader: More information about the granting of these 
waivers, including a copy of the waiver request and approval, may be 
obtained by contacting the person whose name is listed as the 
contact person directly after each set of regulatory waivers 
granted.
    The regulatory waivers granted appear in the following order:
    I. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office of Community 
Planning and Development.
    II. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office of Government 
National Mortgage Association.
    III. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office of Housing.
    IV. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office of Public and 
Indian Housing.

I. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office of Community Planning and 
Development

    For further information about the following regulatory waivers, 
please see the name of the contact person that immediately follows 
the description of the waiver granted.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 92.214(a)(6).
    Project/Activity: Chester County, PA, Department of Community 
Development requested a waiver of 24 CFR 92.214(a)(6) to invest up 
to $190,000 of HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program funds to 
purchase a previously assisted 4-unit rental housing project 
assisted under the HOME program that was in mortgage foreclosure.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 92.214(a)(6) 
prohibits assistance to a project previously assisted with HOME 
funds during the period of affordability established by the 
participating jurisdiction in the written agreement under 24 CFR 
92.504.
    Granted By: Clifford Taffet, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: April 6, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The waiver was granted to permit the County to 
invest additional HOME funds in the HOME-assisted project during the 
period of affordability in order to preserve the units as affordable 
housing. The initial and new investment of HOME funds was within the 
applicable maximum per-unit subsidy limits, and the HOME period of 
affordability was extended for an additional ten years.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., 
Room 7164, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-2684.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 570.513(b)(2) and (b)(9).
    Project/Activity: The City of Detroit, MI requested a waiver of 
24 CFR 570.513(b)(2) and (b)(9) to facilitate the funding of its 
Home Repair Program, a local housing rehabilitation program. The 
City planned to fund its program through a lump sum drawdown and 
arranged for its subrecipient Local Initiative Support Coalition 
(LISC) to administer the program. LISC arranged for two separate 
private financial institutions to provide required consideration for 
the deposit of funds rather than one institution as contemplated by 
CDBG program regulations. The first institution, Bank of America, 
agreed to provide LISC with $4 million in funding for the program 
but declined to be a party to a lump sum drawdown agreement as 
required under 24

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CFR 570.513(b)(2). The second institution, JP Morgan Chase (Chase), 
agreed to serve as LISC's depository institution, and agreed to be a 
party to a lump sum agreement and provide the appropriate benefits 
required under 24 CFR 570.513(b)(9) in support of the program. The 
City requested a waiver of 24 CFR 570.513(b)(2) and (b)(9) to allow 
the City to enter into an agreement with LISC and Chase to the 
extent necessary to allow two separate financial institutions to 
provide the appropriate benefits in support of the city's local 
housing rehabilitation program.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 570.513(b)(2) 
requires financial institutions that provide financing for a lump 
sum fund to execute a written lump sum agreement and specify the 
obligations and responsibilities of the parties, the terms and 
conditions on which Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds 
are to be deposited and used or returned, the anticipated level of 
rehabilitation activities by the financial institution, the rate of 
interest and other benefits to be provided by the financial 
institution in return for the lump sum deposit, and such other terms 
as are necessary for compliance with the provisions of this section. 
The regulation at 24 CFR 570.513(b)(9) requires the private 
financial institution in which the funds are deposited to provide 
other benefits in addition to the payment of interest. These 
benefits may include the leveraging of the deposited funds, the 
commitment of private funds at below market interest rates, or the 
provision of administrative services in support of the 
rehabilitation program.
    Granted By: Harriet Tregoning, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
    Reason Waived: Granting the waiver of 24 CFR 570.513(b)(2) and 
(b)(9) allowed the City of Detroit to enter into an agreement with 
LISC and Chase to the extent necessary to allow two separate 
financial institutions to provide the appropriate benefits in 
support of the city's local housing rehabilitation program. By 
granting these waivers, the program could be fully implemented 
bringing needed investment to the City.
    Contact: Steve Johnson, Director of Entitlement Communities 
Division, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 7282, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-4548.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 570.503(b)(7).
    Project/Activity: The County of San Luis Obispo, CA, requested a 
waiver to allow its subrecipient, the Food Bank Coalition of San 
Luis Obispo County, to sell a CDBG-funded food bank in Paso Robles 
and relocate the food bank's operations to a new larger and more 
efficient facility that will be constructed in part with the 
proceeds of the sale. The use of the new facility will meet the same 
national objective as the existing site and will serve a greater 
number of people in the County.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 570.503(b)(7) 
states that a property acquired by a subrecipient with CDBG funds 
must be used to meet one of the national objectives in 24 CFR 
570.208 until five years after the expiration of the subrecipient 
agreement. If the property is not used to meet a national objective, 
the subrecipient must reimburse the county an amount equal to the 
prorated share of the current fair market value of the property.
    Granted By: Harriet Tregoning, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: June 3, 2015.
    Reason Waived: This waiver allowed the Food Bank Coalition of 
San Luis Obispo County to move the food bank from Paso Robles to a 
new larger and more efficient location that will serve a larger 
CDBG-eligible population. Rather than reimburse the CDBG program, 
the Food Bank Coalition will sell the existing Paso Robles site and 
use the proceeds to help pay for the new facility. A waiver of 24 
CFR 570.503(b)(7) was required to allow the Food Bank Coalition to 
use the proceeds to construct the new facility rather than reimburse 
the County, and to effect the transfer of programmatic requirements. 
The CDBG investment and program requirements will be transferred to 
the new facility and the use of the new facility will meet the same 
national objective as the use of the existing site.
    Contact: Steve Johnson, Director of Entitlement Communities 
Division, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 7282, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-4548.

II. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office of Government National 
Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)

    For further information about the following regulatory waivers, 
please see the name of the contact person that immediately follows 
the description of the waiver granted.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 330.20(a)(2)(i)(D).
    Project/Activity: Amherst Pierpont Securities LLC (APS) 
eligibility for approval as a Sponsor of Ginnie Mae guaranteed 
structured securities.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 
330.20(a)(2)(i)(D) establishes certain eligibility requirements for 
an entity applying for approval as a Ginnie Mae Sponsor. An 
applicant must submit an audited financial statement, which must be 
issued within the preceding 12 month period that demonstrates 
compliance with the minimum required amount of shareholders' equity 
or partners' capital in accordance with Ginnie Mae guidelines.
    Granted By: Theodore W. Tozer, President, Ginnie Mae.
    Date Granted: June 30, 2015.
    Reason Waived: On October 10, 2014 Pierpont Securities LLC 
(Pierpont Securities) acquired 100% of Amherst ASG Holdings, LLC 
(Amherst Securities Group) through an exchange of the Parent 
Company's equity units. Since the acquisition occurred after 
September 30, 2014, the next audited financial statement will be on 
the fiscal year that ends later in 2015. The timing of the merger is 
a special circumstance for APS. Therefore, Ginnie Mae found good 
cause existed to issue a one-time waiver of the requirement for an 
applicant for approval as a sponsor to submit an audited financial 
statement issued within the preceding 12 month period.
    Contact: William Hughes, Transaction Management Specialist, 
Office of Capital Markets, Government National Mortgage Association, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 550 12th Street SW., 
Suite 300, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 475-4924.

III. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office of Housing--Federal 
Housing Administration (FHA)

    For further information about the following regulatory waivers, 
please see the name of the contact person that immediately follows 
the description of the waiver granted.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 200.72.
    Project/Activity: New York Society for the Relief of the 
Ruptured and Crippled, Maintaining the Hospital for Special Surgery 
(HSS) is a not-for-profit, nationally recognized 162-bed academic 
medical center that specializes in orthopedics and rheumatology and 
is a member of the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System and an 
affiliate of the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. HSS 
main facilities are located in New York City, New York, with other 
physician offices, rehabilitation and outpatient centers located in 
Long Island and Upstate New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and 
Florida.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation mandates the project, when 
completed, shall not violate any material zoning or deed 
restrictions applicable to the project site, and shall comply with 
all applicable building and other governmental codes, ordinances, 
regulations and requirements.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The Hospital does not meet all of the applicable 
building codes, because it does not have a Permanent Certificate of 
Occupancy (PCO) for the building, but has a Temporary Certificate of 
Occupancy. HSS will be able to move to Final Endorsement, enabling 
the completion of their expansion plan, which includes adding two 
new inpatient nursing units, expanded pharmacy and pediatric 
rehabilitation departments and three additional inpatient operating 
rooms.
    Contact: Shelley M. McCracken-Rania, Senior Financial Analyst, 
Office of Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 2247, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone 202-402-5366.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 200.926d(f)(1)(i) and (f)(2)(i).
    Project/Activity: An extension of the waiver of Minimum Property 
Standards (MPS) regulations pertaining to water supply systems was 
requested to permit FHA insurance of mortgages secured by properties 
located in certain areas of the State of Alaska that rely upon water 
holding tanks and similar alternative water supply systems.
    Nature of Requirement: FHA's MPS regulations governing new 
construction for

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single family dwellings provide that to be eligible for FHA 
insurance, each living unit within newly constructed single family 
residential property should be capable of delivering a flow of five 
gallons per minute over a four hour period in order to provide a 
continuing and sufficient supply of safe water under adequate 
pressure and appropriate quality for household use. Under these 
regulatory requirements, water holding tanks, cisterns and similar 
alternative water supply systems are not considered under FHA 
requirements as acceptable water supply systems.
    Granted By: Edward Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 1, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The Santa Ana Homeownership Center requested an 
additional one year extension of the waiver pending publication of a 
proposed and final rule on alternative water supply systems.
    Contact: Cheryl Walker, Director, Home Valuation Policy 
Division, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 9274, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 402-6880.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 219.220(b).
    Project/Activity: Germano-Millgate Apartments, FHA Project 
Number 071-44081, Chicago, Illinois. The owners requested deferral 
of repayment of the Flexible Subsidy Operating Assistance Loan on 
this project due to their inability to repay the loan in full upon 
prepayment of the 236 Loan.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 219.220(b) 
governs the repayment of operating assistance provided under the 
Flexible Subsidy Program for Troubled Projects prior to May 1, 1996 
states: ``Assistance that has been paid to a project owner under 
this subpart must be repaid at the earlier of the expiration of the 
term of the mortgage, termination of mortgage insurance, prepayment 
of the mortgage, or a sale of the project . . .'' Either of these 
actions would typically terminate FHA involvement with the property, 
and the Flexible Subsidy Loan would be repaid, in whole, at that 
time.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: June 25, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The owner requested and was granted waiver of the 
requirement to defer repayment of the Flexible Subsidy Operating 
Assistance Loan to allow the much needed preservation and moderate 
rehabilitation of the project. The project will be preserved as an 
affordable housing resource of Chicago, Illinois.
    Contact: Minnie Monroe-Baldwin, Branch Chief, Affordable Housing 
Transaction, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 6222, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 402-2636.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 219.220(b).
    Project/Activity: J.O. Blanton House, FHA Project Number 083-
44025, Louisville, KY. Fifth Street High Rise, Incorporated (owner) 
seeks approval to defer repayment of the Flexible Subsidy Operating 
Assistance Loans on the subject project.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 219.220(b) 
(1995), which governs the repayment of operating assistance provided 
under the Flexible Subsidy Program for Troubled Properties, states 
``Assistance that has been paid to a project Owner under this 
subpart must be repaid at the earlier of the expiration of the term 
of the mortgage, termination of mortgage insurance, prepayment of 
the mortgage, or a sale of the project.''
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: June 26, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The owner requested and was granted waiver of the 
requirement to defer repayment of the Flexible Subsidy Operating 
Assistance Loan. Deferring the loan payment will preserve this 
affordable housing resource for an additional 35 years through the 
execution and recordation of a Rental Use Agreement.
    Contact: James Wyatt, Account Executive, Office of Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., 
Room 6172, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-2591.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 232.7.
    Project/Activity: Cedar Creek Alzheimer & Dementia Care is a 
memory care facility. The facility does not meet the requirements of 
24 CFR 232.7 pertaining to the configuration of bathrooms in such 
facilities. The project is located in Los Gatos, CA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation mandates that, in a board 
and care home or assisted living facility, not less than one full 
bathroom must be provided for every four residents, and that the 
bathroom cannot be accessed from a public corridor or area.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 12, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The project is for memory care, all rooms have 
half-bathrooms and the resident to full bathroom ratio is 9.67: 1.
    Contact: Vance T. Morris, Special Assistant, Office of 
Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 2337, Washington, DC 
20401, telephone 202-402-2419.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 232.7.
    Project/Activity: Oak Creek Alzheimer & Dementia Care is a 
memory care facility. The facility does not meet the requirements of 
24 CFR 232.7 pertaining to the configuration of bathrooms in such 
facilities. The project is located in Castro Valley, CA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation mandates that, in a board 
and care home or assisted living facility, not less than one full 
bathroom must be provided for every four residents, and that the 
bathroom cannot be accessed from a public corridor or area.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 12, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The project is for memory care, all rooms have 
half-bathrooms and the resident to full bathroom ratio is 10: 1.
    Contact: Vance T. Morris, Special Assistant, Office of 
Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 2337, Washington, DC 
20401, telephone 202-402-2419.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 232.7.
    Project/Activity: Runk and Pratt is a memory care facility. The 
facility does not meet the requirements of 24 CFR 232.7 pertaining 
to the configuration of bathrooms in such facilities. The project is 
located in Forest, Va.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation mandates that, in a board 
and care home or assisted living facility, not less than one full 
bathroom must be provided for every four residents, and that the 
bathroom cannot be accessed from a public corridor or area.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 12, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The project is for memory care, all rooms have 
half-bathrooms and the resident to full bathroom ratio is 7.28: 1.
    Contact: Vance T. Morris, Special Assistant, Office of 
Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 2337, Washington, DC 
20401, telephone 202-402-2419.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 232.7.
    Project/Activity: Via Christie is a memory care facility. The 
facility does not meet the requirements of 24 CFR 232.7 pertaining 
to the configuration of bathrooms in such facilities. The project is 
located in Omaha, NE.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation mandates that, in a board 
and care home or assisted living facility, not less than one full 
bathroom must be provided for every four residents, and that the 
bathroom cannot be accessed from a public corridor or area.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The project is for memory care, all rooms have 
half-bathrooms and the resident to full bathroom ratio is 10:1.
    Contact: Vance T. Morris, Special Assistant, Office of 
Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 2337, Washington, DC 
20401, (O) 202-402-2419.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 266.200(b)(2).
    Project/Activity: Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk Sharing 
Initiative, Substantial Rehabilitation Defined. New York City 
Housing Development Corporation (NYCHDC).
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 266.200(b)(2) 
defines substantial rehabilitation. The following changes to the 
definition were temporarily made for both Level I and II Housing 
Finance Agencies: Work that exceeds either: (a) $15,000 times the 
high cost factor ``as adjusted by HUD for inflation'', or (b) 
replacement of two or more building systems. `Replacement' is when 
cost of replacement work exceeds 50 percent of the cost of replacing 
the entire system. The base limit is revised to $15,000 per unit for 
2015, and will be adjusted annually based on the percentage change 
published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or other 
inflation cost index published by HUD. This change is consistent 
with proposed changes in the MAP Guide.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 18, 2015.

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    Reason Waived: The temporary changes were necessary to 
effectuate the Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk Sharing Initiative 
between Housing and Urban Development and the Treasury Department/
FFB announced in Fiscal Year 2014. There are 11 qualified HFAs 
participants. Concurrent with the rollout of the FFB Initiative, 
HUD's Office of Multifamily Housing is beginning the process of 
making regulatory changes to these same provisions. Under this 
Initiative, FFB provides capital to participating Housing Finance 
Agencies (HFAs) to make multifamily loans insured under the FHA 
Multifamily Risk Sharing Program.
    Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, FHA Multifamily Production, 
Office of Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of Production, Office 
of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW., Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-
8386.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 266.200(c)(2).
    Project/Activity: Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk Sharing 
Initiative, Equity Take-Outs. New York City Housing Development 
Corporation (NYCHDC).
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 266.200(c)(2) 
addresses equity take-outs for existing projects (refinance 
transactions), and permit the insured mortgage to exceed the sum of 
the total cost of acquisition, cost of financing, cost of repairs, 
and reasonable transaction costs or ``equity take-outs'' in 
refinances of HFA-financed projects and those outside of HFA's 
portfolio if the result is preservation with the following 
conditions:
    1. Occupancy is no less than 93 percent for previous 12 months;
    2. No defaults in the last 12 months of the HFA loan to be 
refinanced;
    3. A 20-year affordable housing deed restriction placed on title 
that conforms to the section 542(c) statutory definition;
    4. A Property Capital Needs Assessment (PCNA) must be performed 
and funds escrowed for all necessary repairs, and reserves funded 
for future capital needs; and
    5. For projects subsidized by Section 8 Housing Assistance 
Payment (HAP) contracts: Owner agrees to renew HAP contract(s) for 
20 year term, (subject to appropriations and statutory 
authorization, etc.), and existing and post-refinance HAP residual 
receipts are set aside to be used to reduce future HAP payments.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The waiver was necessary to effectuate the 
Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk Sharing Initiative between Housing 
and Urban Development and the Treasury Department/FFB announced in 
Fiscal Year 2014. There are 11 qualified HFAs participants. 
Concurrent with the rollout of the FFB Initiative, HUD's Office of 
Multifamily Housing is beginning the process of making regulatory 
changes to these same provisions. Under this Initiative, FFB 
provides capital to participating Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) to 
make multifamily loans insured under the FHA Multifamily Risk 
Sharing Program.
    Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, FHA Multifamily Production, 
Office of Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of Production, Office 
of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW., Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-
8386.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 266.200(d).
    Project/Activity: Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk Sharing 
Initiative, Underwriting of Projects with Section 8 HAP Contracts. 
New York City Housing Development Corporation (NYCHDC).
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 266.200(d) 
pertains to projects with Section 8 rental subsidies or other rental 
subsidies: For refinancing of Section 202 projects, and for Public 
Housing Agency (PHA) projects converting to Section 8 through RAD, 
HUD will permit NYCHDC to underwrite the financing using current or 
to be adjusted project-based Section 8 assisted rents, even though 
they exceed the market rates. This is consistent with HUD Housing 
Notice 04-21, ``Amendments to Notice 02-16: Underwriting Guidelines 
for Refinancing of Section 202, and Section 202/8 Direct Loan 
Repayments'', which grants authority only to those lenders 
refinancing with mortgage programs under the National Housing Act.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The waiver was necessary to effectuate the 
Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk Sharing Initiative between Housing 
and Urban Development and the Treasury Department/FFB announced in 
Fiscal Year 2014. The waiver is consistent with changes that HUD's 
Office of Multifamily Housing is seeking now to the regulation and 
as previously approved in March 2015 for the first 11 HFAs 
participating in the Initiative. Under this Initiative, FFB provides 
capital to participating Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) to make 
multifamily loans insured under the FHA Multifamily Risk Sharing 
Program.
    Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, FHA Multifamily Production, 
Office of Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of Production, Office 
of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW., Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-
8386.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 266.410(e).
    Project/Activity: Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, for Crystal 
Lake Townhomes, Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 266.410(e) 
pertaining to amortization states that the mortgage must provide for 
complete amortization (i.e., regularly amortizing) over the term of 
the mortgage. This is financing under the Risk Sharing Program.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 5, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The granting of this waiver promotes preservation 
and affordability with minimal increased risk to the FHA Insurance 
Fund. Minnesota's HFA project is a 48-unit property located in the 
city of Grand Rapids. The approval, however, is subject to the 
following conditions: (1) Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MN 
Housing) will assume 50 percent of the risk, and (2) annual property 
inspections will be performed with appropriate adjustments made to 
the replacement reserves as needed to ensure the Project is 
maintained in good physical condition. Minnesota will finance 
Crystal Lake Townhomes (Project) with a mortgage that will mature in 
November, 2041 with a small balloon payment of preservation property 
receiving the benefit of a Section 8 subsidy for all units.
    Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, FHA Multifamily Production, 
Office of Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of Production, Office 
of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW., Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-
8386.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 266.620(e).
    Project/Activity: Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk Sharing 
Initiative, Termination of Mortgage Insurance. New York City Housing 
Development Corporation (NYCHDC). Waivers of these 4 sections of the 
regulation were approved in March, 2015 for the first 11 HFAs 
approved to participate in the Initiative.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 266.620(e), 
pertains to termination of mortgage insurance provision (required 
for FFB Initiative). As required by the Initiative, New York City 
Housing Development Corporation (NYCHDC) agrees to indemnify HUD for 
all amounts paid to FFB if ``the HFA or its successors commit fraud, 
or make a material misrepresentation to the Commissioner with 
respect to information culminating in the Contract of Insurance on 
the mortgage, or while the Contract of Insurance is in existence''. 
Only Level I HFAs are eligible for FFB financing, thereby ensuring 
the HFA maintains financial capacity to perform under the 
indemnification agreement. If the HFA loses its ``A'' rating, HFA 
must post the required reserve account as outlined in 24 CFR part 
266.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The waiver was necessary to effectuate the 
Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk Sharing Initiative between Housing 
and Urban Development and the Treasury Department/FFB announced in 
Fiscal Year 2014. There are 11 qualified HFAs participants. 
Concurrent with the rollout of the FFB Initiative, HUD's Office of 
Multifamily is beginning the process of making regulatory changes to 
these same provisions. Under this Initiative, FFB provides capital 
to participating Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) to make multifamily 
loans insured under the FHA Multifamily Risk Sharing Program.
    Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, FHA Multifamily Production, 
Office of Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of Production, Office 
of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW., Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-
8386.

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IV. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office of Public and Indian 
Housing

    For further information about the following regulatory waivers, 
please see the name of the contact person that immediately follows 
the description of the waiver granted.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1), 24 CFR 902.33(c) and 
902.62(a)(3).
    Project/Activity: Colorado Division of Housing (CO911) Denver, 
CO.
    Nature of Requirement: These regulations establish certain 
reporting compliance dates. The audited financial statements are 
required to be submitted to the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) 
no later than nine months after the housing authority's (HA) fiscal 
year end (FYE), in accordance with the Single Audit Act and OMB 
Circular A-133.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 29, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The Housing Authority (Section 8-only entity) 
requested a waiver to obtain additional time to allow for input of 
its FYE June 30, 2014 audited financial data into the FASS online 
system. The State's single audited financial information had 
recently been submitted.
    Contact: Scott Sherman, Acting Program Manager, NASS, Real 
Estate Assessment Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 550 12th Street SW., 
Suite 100, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 475-7975.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1), 24 CFR 902.33(c) and 
902.62(a)(3).
    Project/Activity: Center Housing Authority (CO043) Center, CO.
    Nature of Requirement: These regulations establish certain 
reporting compliance dates. The audited financial statements are 
required to be submitted to the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) 
no later than nine months after the housing authority's (HA) fiscal 
year end (FYE), in accordance with the Single Audit Act and OMB 
Circular A-133.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 29, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The Housing Authority requested a waiver to 
obtain additional time to allow for input of its FYE June 30, 2014 
audited financial data into the FASS online system, and to remove 
the LPF score of zero as it pertains to the Public Housing 
Assessment System (PHAS). The HAs auditor was involved in an auto 
accident. The audited data was subsequently submitted on April 1, 
2015 (one-day late).
    Contact: Scott Sherman, Acting Program Manager, NASS, Real 
Estate Assessment Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 550 12th Street SW., 
Suite 100, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 475-7975.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1).
    Project/Activity: Easton Housing Authority (MD019) Easton, MD.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation establishes certain 
reporting compliance dates. The audited financial statements are 
required to be submitted to the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) 
no later than nine months after the housing authority's (HA) fiscal 
year end (FYE), in accordance with the Single Audit Act and OMB 
Circular A-133.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 13, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The HA requested a waiver to obtain an extension 
(until May 15, 2015) to submit its audited financial data for FYE 
June 30, 2014. The HA indicated that additional time is necessary 
due to extensive damages incurred to its Administrative office 
resulting in ruptured pipelines that destroyed computers and files.
    Contact: Scott Sherman, Acting Program Manager, NASS, Real 
Estate Assessment Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 550 12th Street SW., 
Suite 100, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 475-7975.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1).
    Project/Activity: Tallahassee Housing Authority (FL073), 
Tallahassee, FL.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation establishes certain 
reporting compliance dates. The audited financial statements are 
required to be submitted to the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) 
no later than nine months after the housing authority's (HA) fiscal 
year end (FYE), in accordance with the Single Audit Act and OMB 
Circular A-133.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 6, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The Housing Authority (HA) requested a waiver of 
24 CFR 5.110 to obtain a 60-day extension (until May 30, 2015) to 
submit its audited financial data for fiscal year end (FYE) June 30, 
2014. The HA experienced numerous ledger balances and accounting 
errors due to fraud, having difficulty procuring a qualified Finance 
Director, and had recently converted to a new software system.
    Contact: Judy Wojciechowski, Program Manager, NASS, Real Estate 
Assessment Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 550 12th Street SW., Suite 100, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 475-7907.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.516(a)(2)(ii).
    Project/Activity: Raleigh County Housing Authority (RCHA), 
Raleigh, NC.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 
982.516(a)(2)(ii) states that the public housing agency must obtain 
and document in the tenant file third-party verification of the 
value of assets or must document in the tenant file why third-party 
verification was not available.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 13, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The majority of participants have less than 
$5,000 in asset income; (2) the cost of obtaining third-party 
documentation is borne by participants; and (3) waiting for such 
documentation frequently delays the completion of interim and annual 
reexaminations. A proposed regulation issued by the Department and 
published in the Federal Register on January 6, 2015 (Streamlining 
Administrative Regulations for Public Housing, Housing Choice 
Voucher, Multifamily Housing, and Community Planning and Development 
Programs) would likewise authorize self-certification of assets of 
$5,000 or less.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.503(a)(3) and 982.503(c)(2).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the County of Alameda 
(HACA), Hayward, CA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.503(a)(3) 
states that a PHA's voucher payment standard schedule shall 
establish a single payment standard amount for each unit size. The 
regulation at 24 CFR 982.503(c)(2) states that the HUD Field Office 
may approve an exception payment standard amount from above 110 
percent of the published fair market rents (FMR) if the HUD Field 
Office determines that approval is justified by either the median 
rent method or the 40th or 50th percentile rent method and that such 
approval is also supported by an appropriate program justification.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 5, 2015.
    Reason Waived: These regulations were waived to allow HACA to 
establish payment standards at 120 percent of the FMR for all 
bedroom sizes in all areas of the county for its HUD-Veterans 
Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) program. These families generally 
have a more difficult time finding units before their vouchers 
expire and require 40 percent more voucher extensions than non-HUD-
VASH families in a low vacancy area.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: Colorado Department of Local Affairs (CDLA), 
Denver, CO.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a PHA may only approve a higher payment standard for a 
family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher payment standard 
is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair market 
rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 15, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard to remain in 
the participant's current unit that meets the participant's needs To 
provide this

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reasonable accommodation so that the participant could remain in the 
participant's current unit and pay no more than 40 percent of 
adjusted income toward the family share, the CDLA was allowed to 
approve an exception payment standard that exceeded the basic range 
of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the County of Alameda 
(HACA), Hayward, CA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a PHA may only approve a higher payment standard for a 
family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher payment standard 
is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair market 
rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 16, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard to remain in 
the participant's current unit that meets the participant's needs. 
To provide this reasonable accommodation so that the participant 
could remain in the participant's current unit and pay no more than 
40 percent of adjusted income toward the family share, HACA was 
allowed to approve an exception payment standard that exceeded the 
basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the County of Alameda 
(HACA), Hayward, CA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a PHA may only approve a higher payment standard for a 
family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher payment standard 
is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair market 
rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 16, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard to remain in 
the participant's current new unit that meets the participant's 
needs. To provide this reasonable accommodation so that the 
participant could remain in participant's unit and pay no more than 
40 percent of adjusted income toward the family share, the HACA was 
allowed to approve an exception payment standard that exceeded the 
basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA), San 
Francisco, CA.
    Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 982.505(d) states that a PHA may 
only approve a higher payment standard for a family as a reasonable 
accommodation if the higher payment standard is within the basic 
range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair market rent (FMR) for the 
unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 7, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The two HUD-VASH participants, who are persons 
with disabilities, each required an exception payment standard to 
move to accessible units that met their needs. To provide this 
reasonable accommodation so that the participants could move to 
these units and pay no more than 40 percent of their adjusted income 
toward the family share, the SFHA was allowed to approve an 
exception payment standard that exceeded the basic range of 90 to 
110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: Boston Housing Authority (BHA), Boston, MA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation 24 CFR 982.505(d) states 
that a public housing agency may only approve a higher payment 
standard for a family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher 
payment standard is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of 
the fair market rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 3, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The client, whose child is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard so that the 
child could remain in the unit without being rent burdened. To 
provide this reasonable accommodation so that the client and child 
could remain in their current unit and pay no more than 40 percent 
of adjusted income toward the family share, BHA was allowed to 
approve an exception payment standard that exceeded the basic range 
of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the County of Alameda 
(HACA), Hayward, CA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a PHA may only approve a higher payment standard for a 
family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher payment standard 
is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair market 
rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 8, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard to remain in 
the participant's current unit that meets the participant's needs. 
To provide this reasonable accommodation so that the participant 
could remain in the participant's current unit and pay no more than 
40 percent of adjusted income toward the family share, the HACA was 
allowed to approve an exception payment standard that exceeded the 
basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: City of Chandler Housing and Redevelopment 
Division (CCHRD), Chandler, AZ.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a PHA may only approve a higher payment standard for a 
family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher payment standard 
is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair market 
rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 9, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard to remain in 
the participant's current unit that meets the participant's needs. 
To provide this reasonable accommodation so that the participant 
could remain in this unit and pay no more than 40 percent of 
adjusted income toward the family share, the CCHRD was allowed to 
approve an exception payment standard that exceeded the basic range 
of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA), San 
Francisco, CA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a PHA may only approve a higher payment standard for

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a family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher payment 
standard is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair 
market rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 9, 2015.
    Reason Waived: A HUD-VASH applicant, who is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard to move to 
accessible unit that met the person's needs. To provide this 
reasonable accommodation so that the applicant could move to this 
unit and pay no more than 40 percent of adjusted income toward the 
family share, the SFHA was allowed to approve an exception payment 
standard that exceeded the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the 
FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: City of Des Moines Housing Services Department 
(CDMHS), Des Moines, IA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a PHA may only approve a higher payment standard for a 
family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher payment standard 
is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair market 
rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 15, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard to remain in 
the current unit that meets the participant's needs. To provide this 
reasonable accommodation so that the participant could remain in 
this unit and pay no more than 40 percent of adjusted income toward 
the family share, the CCHRD was allowed to approve an exception 
payment standard that exceeded the basic range of 90 to 110 percent 
of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: Washington County Department of Housing 
Services (WCDHS), Hillsboro, OR.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a PHA may only approve a higher payment standard for a 
family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher payment standard 
is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair market 
rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 23, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard to remain in 
the current unit that meets the participant's needs. To provide this 
reasonable accommodation so that the participant could remain in 
this unit and pay no more than 40 percent of adjusted income toward 
the family share, the WCDHS was allowed to approve an exception 
payment standard that exceeded the basic range of 90 to 110 percent 
of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 985.101(a).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of Gloucester County (HAGC), 
Deptford, NJ.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 985.101(a) 
states a PHA must submit the HUD-required Section Eight Management 
Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification form within 60 calendar 
days after the end of its fiscal year.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 17, 2015.
    Reason Waived: This waiver was granted because for the HAGC's 
fiscal year ending December 31, 2014. The HAGC experienced an 
emergency in its public housing units and due to the time and effort 
to rehouse the affected families, the HAGC was unable to submit its 
SEMAP certification on or before March 1, 2015.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 985.101(a).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the Borough of Glassboro 
(HABG), Deptford, NJ.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 985.101(a) 
states a PHA must submit the HUD-required Section Eight Management 
Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification form within 60 calendar 
days after the end of its fiscal year.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 21, 2015.
    Reason Waived: This waiver was granted because for the HABG's 
fiscal year ending December 31, 2014. The Housing Authority of 
Gloucester County (HAGC) submits the SEMAP certification for HABG. 
HAGC experienced an emergency in its public housing units and due to 
the time and effort to rehouse the affected families, the HAGC was 
unable to submit the SEMAP certification for HABG on or before March 
1, 2015.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 985.101(a).
    Project/Activity: Bath Township Housing Commission (BTHC), Bath, 
MI.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 985.101(a) 
states a PHA must submit the HUD-required Section Eight Management 
Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification form within 60 calendar 
days after the end of its fiscal year.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 21, 2015.
    Reason Waived: BTHC provided documentation that, on February 18, 
2015, it sent an email to REAC_TAC to report that it was unable to 
enter the fair market rents and payment standards of its SEMAP 
certification into the SEMAP module of IMS/PIC. It was also 
documented that REAC_TAC did not respond to BTHC until after the 
deadline noted above. The date of the email was March 9, 2015.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4210, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 985.101(a).
    Project/Activity: City of Balch Springs (CBS), Balch Springs, 
TX.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 985.101(a) 
states a PHA must submit the HUD-required Section Eight Management 
Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification form within 60 calendar 
days after the end of its fiscal year.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 29, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The executive director was out of the office the 
week of Thanksgiving from November 24 through November 27, 2014. The 
SEMAP certification was due on November 29, 2014. The SEMAP 
coordinator was out of the office due to a family emergency at the 
same time and there was no time to prepare and submit the SEMAP 
certification by the deadline.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4210, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 983.51(b).
    Project/Activity: Pasco County Housing Authority (PCHA), Dade 
City, FL.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 983.51(b) states 
that PHA must select project-based voucher (PBV) proposals in 
accordance with the selection procedures in the PHA's administrative 
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selection of a proposal for housing assisted under a federal, state 
or local government housing assistance, community development or 
supportive services program that required a competitive selection of 
proposals.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
    Reason Waived: HUD's Office of Public Housing Investments 
reported that PCHA, in partnership with Pasco County, applied for 
and received a HUD FY 2012 Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant for 
the Lacoochee/Trilby area of Pasco County. PCHA owns two USDA 
Farmers Home developments, Cypress Manor (24 units) and Cypress 
Farms (102 units). The public housing units at Cypress Villas I (27 
units) and Cypress Villas II (12 units) and the USDA units are 
contiguous with a similar look and need for improved conditions at 
the sites. However, the USDA units are no longer eligible for 
additional loans. By attaching PBV units to 25 USDA units (the 
maximum allowed under 24 CFR 983.56) at Cypress Farms, debt for the 
USDA units could be leveraged and improvements made.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4210, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

[FR Doc. 2015-23486 Filed 9-17-15; 8:45 am]
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