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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5030–FA–24]
Announcement of Funding Awards for
Fiscal Year 2006; Tribal Colleges and
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
102 (a)(4)(C) of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development
Reform Act of 1989, this document
notifies the public of funding awards for
Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Tribal Colleges
and Universities Program (TCUP). The
purpose of this document is to
announce the names and addresses of
the award winners and the amount of
the awards which are to be used to
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enable tribal colleges and universities to
build, expand, renovate, and equip their
own facilities, especially those that are
available to and used by the larger
community.
List of Awardees for Grant Assistance
Under the FY 2006; Tribal Colleges and
Universities Program Funding
Competition, by Institution, Address,
and Grant Amount
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Region VIII
1. Stone Child College, Ms. Melody
Henry, Stone Child College, 1082
Bonneau Road, Box Elder, MT 59521.
Grant: $600,000.
2. Fort Peck, Mr. Warren Means, Fort
Peck, 605 Indian Street, Poplar, MT
59255. Grant: $600.000.
3. Little Big Horn College, Dr. David
Yarlott, Little Big Horn, One Forestry
Lane, Crow Agency, MT 59022. Grant:
$600,000.
4. Turtle Mountain Community
College, Mr. David Ripley, Turtle
Mountain Community College, Center
for Innovation, BIA Road, #7, Belcourt,
ND 58316. Grant: $600,000.
5. Dine College, Mr. Cameron Dines,
Dine College, 01 Circle Drive Navajo
Route 12 Box 188, Tsaile, AZ 86556–
0188. Grant: $600,000.
Susan Brunson, Office of University
Partnerships, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW., Room 8106, Washington,
DC 20410, telephone (202) 708–3061,
ext. 3852. To provide service for persons
who are hearing-or-speech-impaired,
this number may be reached via TTY by
Dialing the Federal Information Relay
Service on (800) 877–8339 or (202) 708–
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‘‘800’’ TTY numbers are not toll free).
The Tribal
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enacted under section 107 of the CDBG
appropriation for Fiscal Year 2006, as
part of the ‘‘Veterans Administration,
HUD and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act of 2006’’ and is
administered by the Office of University
Partnerships under the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Policy
Development and Research. In addition
to this program, the Office of University
Partnerships administers HUD’s ongoing
grant programs to institutions of higher
education as well as creates initiatives
through which colleges and universities
can bring their traditional missions of
teaching, research, service, and outreach
to bear on the pressing local problems
in their communities.
The Tribal Colleges and Universities
Program assist tribal colleges and
universities to build, expand, renovate,
and equip their own facilities.
The Catalog Federal Domestic
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On March 8, 2006 (71 FR 11775),
HUD published a Notice of Funding
Availability (NOFA) announcing the
availability of $2.5 million in Fiscal
Year (FY) 2006, plus an additional
$643,000 that was carried over from last
year’s competition for the Tribal
Colleges and Universities Program. The
Department reviewed, evaluated and
scored the applications received based
on the criteria in the NOFA. As a result,
HUD funded five applications.
The Department reviewed, evaluated,
and scored the applications received
based on the criteria in the NOFA. As
a result, HUD has funded the
applications below, in accordance with
section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development
Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42
U.S.C. 3545).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Dated: September 21, 2006.
Darlene F. Williams,
Assistant Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5076–D–09]
Delegations of Authority for the Office
of Housing-Federal Housing
Administration (FHA); Redelegation of
Authority to the Office of Affordable
Housing Preservation
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of revocation and
redelegation of authority.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On October 1, 2004, the
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal
Housing Commissioner (Assistant
Secretary) redelegated authority to carry
out provisions of Multifamily Assisted
Housing Restructuring Act (MAHRA) to
the General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing
Commissioner (General Deputy
Assistant Secretary) and to staff within
the Office of Affordable Housing
Preservation. The purpose of today’s
notice is to update the redelegation of
October 1, 2004.
DATES: Effective Date: September 15,
2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliot
C. Horowitz, Senior Advisor to the
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Assistant Secretary for Housing—
Federal Housing Commissioner, Office
of Housing, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, Room 9110,
Washington, DC 20410–8000, telephone
(202) 708–0614. (This is not a toll-free
number.) Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may call HUD’s
toll-free Federal Information Relay
Service at (800) 877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Affordable Housing Preservation
(OAHP) is headed by a Deputy Assistant
Secretary and an Associate Deputy
Assistant Secretary. OAHP is
headquartered in Washington, DC, and
has two field offices: one located in
Washington, DC, and the other in
Chicago, IL. OAHP also has staff outstationed in New York, NY.
On October 1, 2004, the Assistant
Secretary redelegated authority to the
General Deputy Assistant Secretary; the
OAHP Deputy Assistant Secretary, the
OAHP Associate Deputy Assistant
Secretary, OAHP Directors, OAHP
Deputy Directors, the Bonds and
Appeals Manager at HUD Headquarters,
and the Rehabilitation Escrow
Administration Division Manager outstationed in New York, NY. That
authority has not in any way been
revoked or amended and it is
reproduced in its entirety in today’s
notice. However, the Assistant Secretary
is now redelegating authority to the
OAHP Deputy Assistant Secretary and
the OAHP Associate Deputy Assistant
Secretary authority to perform two
additional functions.
First, the OAHP Deputy Assistant
Secretary and the OAHP Associate
Deputy Assistant Secretary are being
redelegated authority to perform all of
the functions of a source selection
official. This authority only can be
exercised in relation to procurements
under the subject matter jurisdiction of
OAHP and consistent with HUD
procurement policies and procedures,
the Federal Acquisition Regulations
(FAR), and the HUD Acquisition
Regulations (HUDAR).
Second, the OAHP Deputy Assistant
Secretary and the OAHP Associate
Deputy Assistant Secretary are being
authorized to approve, in connection
with a project’s sale or mortgage
refinancing, the assumption,
modification, and/or subordination of
mortgage restructuring notes and
contingent repayment notes previously
created during a debt restructuring
transaction. This authority is currently
redelegated to officials within the Office
of Housing’s Office of Multifamily
Housing programs (as part of the ‘‘asset
management’’ function category). The
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authority will continue to be exercised
in the Office of Multifamily Housing
Programs. Authorizing the OAHP
Deputy Assistant Secretary and the
OAHP Associate Deputy Assistant
Secretary to exercise this authority will
ensure that a sale and/or refinancing
transaction, that is of the most complex
variety, is consummated in a manner
that preserves the overall objectives
stemming from the original
restructuring transaction.
Accordingly, two new functions,
numbers (12) and (13), have been added
to the authority redelegated under
Section I.B below.
The Assistant Secretary for Housing
hereby redelegates authority as follows:
I. Authority Redelegated
A. The Assistant Secretary redelegates
to the General Deputy Assistant
Secretary the following authority:
All authority necessary to carry out
the provisions of the Mark-to-Market
Program under MAHRA (42 U.S.C.
1437f note), except for the authority to
issue and/or waive regulations; and
except for the authority to sue and be
sued.
B. The Assistant Secretary redelegates
to the OAHP Deputy Assistant Secretary
and to the OAHP Associate Deputy
Assistant Secretary the following
authority:
(1) To modify and sign any
documents necessary to perform
enumerated functions and to waive any
directive issued by OAHP that is not
mandated by a statute or regulation.
(2) To administer all provisions of
MAHRA, including but not limited to
the following:
(a) To make eligibility determinations
under sections 512 and 516 of MAHRA;
(b) To enter into, modify, and or
extend agreements with participating
administrative entities under section
513 of MAHRA;
(c) In connection with a restructuring
transaction, to make rent and/or
mortgage restructuring determinations
under sections 514, 515, 517, and 524 of
MAHRA; and
(d) To terminate, modify, or affirm
any decision on appeal under MAHRA.
(3) In connection with a restructuring
transaction, to modify the principal
balance, payments, interest rate, and
amortization period and other terms of
existing FHA-insured and HUD-held
mortgages including any HUD or
Secretary-held subordinate debt
encumbering or otherwise related to a
project; and to issue restructuring
commitments and closing documents
relating to such debt.
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(4) To issue HUD forms 92264 and
92264A upon approval of a
restructuring plan.
(5) In connection with a restructuring
transaction, to approve transfers of
physical assets.
(6) In connection with a restructuring
transaction, to approve environmental
assessment and compliance findings for
related laws report, HUD form 4128.1.
(7) To issue a commitment to insure
and endorse for insurance a mortgage
note given to refinance a HUD-insured
or HUD-held mortgage, pursuant to
section 223(a)(7) of the National
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715n).
(8) For qualified nonprofit entities
acquiring projects that are the subject of
a restructuring transaction, to modify,
assign, or forgive debt created in the
restructuring.
(9) To administer escrow accounts
and modify the agreement established
under the restructuring transaction, for
the purpose of addressing immediate
and near-term rehabilitation needs of a
project.
(10) To perform all source selection
official duties, subject to laws,
regulations, and HUD policies and
procedures governing the procurement
process.
(11) To administer grant programs,
other than selecting a grantee as only
the Assistant Secretary is authorized to
function as the Grant Official for the
Office of Housing.
(12) To perform all functions of a
source selection official in relation to a
procurement under the subject matter
jurisdiction of OAHP.
(13) To approve, in connection with a
project’s sale or mortgage refinancing,
the assumption, modification, and/or
subordination of mortgage restructuring
notes and contingent repayment notes
previously created during a debt
restructuring transaction.
C. The Assistant Secretary redelegates
to each OAHP Director and OAHP
Deputy Director, in the Field Offices
and at Headquarters, the following
authority:
(1) To modify and sign any
documents necessary to perform
enumerated functions and to waive any
directive issued by OAHP that is not
mandated by a statute or regulation.
(2) To administer the following
provisions of MAHRA;
(a) To make eligibility determinations
under sections 512 and 516 of MAHRA;
(b) In connection with a restructuring
transaction, to make rent and/or
mortgage restructuring determinations
under sections 514, 515, 517, and 524;
and
(c) To reject or hear and decide any
appeal made to the Production Office
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under 24 CFR 401.645 or another
permissible procedure.
(3) In connection with a restructuring
transaction, to modify the principal
balance, payments, interest rate, and
amortization period and other terms of
existing FHA-insured and HUD-held
mortgages, including any HUD or
Secretary-held subordinate debt
encumbering or otherwise related to a
project; and to issue restructuring
commitments and closing documents
relating to such debt.
(4) To issue HUD forms 92264 and
92264A upon approval of a
restructuring plan.
(5) In connection with a restructuring
transaction, to approve transfers of
physical assets.
(6) In connection with a restructuring
transaction, to approve environmental
assessment and compliance findings for
related laws report, HUD form 4128.1.
(7) To issue a commitment to insure
and endorse for insurance a mortgage
note given to refinance a HUD-insured
or HUD-held mortgage, pursuant to
section 223(a)(7) of the National
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715n).
(8) For qualified nonprofit entities
acquiring projects that are the subject of
a restructuring transaction, to modify,
assign, or forgive debt created in the
restructuring.
D. The Assistant Secretary redelegates
to the Rehabilitation Escrow
Administration Manager the following
authority:
(1) To modify and sign any
documents necessary to perform
enumerated functions related to the
rehabilitation needs of a project that was
the subject of a restructuring
transaction, and to waive any directive
issued by OAHP that is not mandated by
a statute or regulation.
(2) To administer escrow accounts
and modify the agreement established
under the restructuring transaction, for
the purpose of addressing immediate
and near-term rehabilitation needs of a
project.
E. The Assistant Secretary redelegates
to the Bonds and Appeals Manager the
following authority:
(1) To modify and sign any
documents necessary to perform
enumerated functions related to appeals
under MAHRA and/or the regulations
promulgated under MAHRA.
(2) To reject or hear and decide any
appeal under MAHRA and/or the
regulations promulgated under
MAHRA, except for 24 CFR 401.645.
II. Authority Excepted
The authority redelegated herein does
not include the authority to issue or to
waive HUD regulations. The authority
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redelegated herein also does not include
the authority to sue or be sued.
III. Further Redelegation
The authority redelegated herein may
not be further redelegated.
Authority: Section 7(d), Department of
Housing and Urban Development Act (42
U.S.C. 3535(d)).
Dated: September 15, 2006.
Brian D. Montgomery,
Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal
Housing Commissioner.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
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[Docket No. FR–5076–D–08]
Delegations of Authority for the Office
of Housing—Federal Housing
Administration (FHA), Redelegation of
Authority to the Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Finance and Budget
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of revocation and
redelegation of authority to the Office of
Finance and Budget.
AGENCY:
On August 11, 2003, the
Assistant Secretary for Housing—
Federal Housing Commissioner and the
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Housing—Deputy Federal Housing
Commissioner issued a comprehensive
redelegation of authority to the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for the Office of
Finance and Budget. This redelegation
of authority was published on August
20, 2003. Today’s notice updates and
republishes in its entirety the
redelegation of authority to Office of
Finance and Budget.
DATES: Effective Date: September 15,
2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliot
C. Horowitz, Senior Advisor to the
Assistant Secretary for Housing—
Federal Housing Commissioner, Office
of Housing, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,
SW., Room 9110, Washington, DC
20410–8000, phone (202) 708–0614,
extension 2125. (This is not a toll-free
number.) Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service
number at 1–800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section I
of this document describes the
organization of the Office of Finance
and Budget. That organization has not
SUMMARY:
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undergone change since the August 20,
2003, publication of the redelegation of
authority to Office of Finance and
Budget. The August 20, 2003,
redelegation of authority was published
at 68 FR 50176.
Section II of this notice describes the
authority redelegated to the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Finance and
Budget. On March 17, 2004, the
Assistant Secretary for Housing issued a
redelegation of authority (that was not
published) authorizing each Office of
Housing Deputy Assistant Secretary
(DAS) to perform all of the functions of
a source selection official. The authority
redelegated can only be exercised: (1) In
relation to a procurement for which the
DAS has subject matter jurisdiction and
(2) consistent with HUD procurement
policies and procedures, the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and the
HUD Acquisition Regulation (HUDAR).
Accordingly, a new function item,
designated as L, has been added to the
authority redelegated to the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Finance and
Budget under Section II below.
Otherwise, no change has been made to
the authority redelegated to Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Finance and
Budget on August 11, 2003, and that
authority remains in effect.
Section I. Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Finance and Budget: Organization
Four offices report to the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Finance and
Budget. These are the (1) Office of
Evaluation; (2) Office of Budget and
Field Resources; (3) Office of Asset
Sales; and (4) Office of the HousingFHA Comptroller. The following is a
brief summary of each of these offices.
A. Office of Evaluation
The Office of Evaluation assesses the
financial impact of new or revised HUD/
FHA programs and policies, new or
proposed legislation, and/or new or
proposed rules and regulations of the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), the Government Accountability
Office (GAO), or the Department of
Treasury (Treasury). Based on these
assessments, the Office of Evaluation
develops recommendations,
alternatives, and various scenarios used
by managers to determine appropriate
actions. The Office of Evaluation is
responsible for actuarial analyses and
cash flow projections of the FHA
insurance funds and evaluates
relationships between current market
conditions and FHA program goals and
objectives. The Office of Evaluation uses
both internal and external resources to
estimate the financial impact of policy
changes or external factors (such as
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5076-D-09]
Delegations of Authority for the Office of Housing-Federal
Housing Administration (FHA); Redelegation of Authority to the Office
of Affordable Housing Preservation
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of revocation and redelegation of authority.
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SUMMARY: On October 1, 2004, the Assistant Secretary for Housing-
Federal Housing Commissioner (Assistant Secretary) redelegated
authority to carry out provisions of Multifamily Assisted Housing
Restructuring Act (MAHRA) to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Housing-Deputy Federal Housing Commissioner (General Deputy Assistant
Secretary) and to staff within the Office of Affordable Housing
Preservation. The purpose of today's notice is to update the
redelegation of October 1, 2004.
DATES: Effective Date: September 15, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliot C. Horowitz, Senior Advisor to
the
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Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner, Office
of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 9110,
Washington, DC 20410-8000, telephone (202) 708-0614. (This is not a
toll-free number.) Persons with hearing or speech impairments may call
HUD's toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Affordable Housing
Preservation (OAHP) is headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary and an
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary. OAHP is headquartered in
Washington, DC, and has two field offices: one located in Washington,
DC, and the other in Chicago, IL. OAHP also has staff out-stationed in
New York, NY.
On October 1, 2004, the Assistant Secretary redelegated authority
to the General Deputy Assistant Secretary; the OAHP Deputy Assistant
Secretary, the OAHP Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, OAHP
Directors, OAHP Deputy Directors, the Bonds and Appeals Manager at HUD
Headquarters, and the Rehabilitation Escrow Administration Division
Manager out-stationed in New York, NY. That authority has not in any
way been revoked or amended and it is reproduced in its entirety in
today's notice. However, the Assistant Secretary is now redelegating
authority to the OAHP Deputy Assistant Secretary and the OAHP Associate
Deputy Assistant Secretary authority to perform two additional
functions.
First, the OAHP Deputy Assistant Secretary and the OAHP Associate
Deputy Assistant Secretary are being redelegated authority to perform
all of the functions of a source selection official. This authority
only can be exercised in relation to procurements under the subject
matter jurisdiction of OAHP and consistent with HUD procurement
policies and procedures, the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), and
the HUD Acquisition Regulations (HUDAR).
Second, the OAHP Deputy Assistant Secretary and the OAHP Associate
Deputy Assistant Secretary are being authorized to approve, in
connection with a project's sale or mortgage refinancing, the
assumption, modification, and/or subordination of mortgage
restructuring notes and contingent repayment notes previously created
during a debt restructuring transaction. This authority is currently
redelegated to officials within the Office of Housing's Office of
Multifamily Housing programs (as part of the ``asset management''
function category). The authority will continue to be exercised in the
Office of Multifamily Housing Programs. Authorizing the OAHP Deputy
Assistant Secretary and the OAHP Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary
to exercise this authority will ensure that a sale and/or refinancing
transaction, that is of the most complex variety, is consummated in a
manner that preserves the overall objectives stemming from the original
restructuring transaction.
Accordingly, two new functions, numbers (12) and (13), have been
added to the authority redelegated under Section I.B below.
The Assistant Secretary for Housing hereby redelegates authority as
follows:
I. Authority Redelegated
A. The Assistant Secretary redelegates to the General Deputy
Assistant Secretary the following authority:
All authority necessary to carry out the provisions of the Mark-to-
Market Program under MAHRA (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), except for the
authority to issue and/or waive regulations; and except for the
authority to sue and be sued.
B. The Assistant Secretary redelegates to the OAHP Deputy Assistant
Secretary and to the OAHP Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary the
following authority:
(1) To modify and sign any documents necessary to perform
enumerated functions and to waive any directive issued by OAHP that is
not mandated by a statute or regulation.
(2) To administer all provisions of MAHRA, including but not
limited to the following:
(a) To make eligibility determinations under sections 512 and 516
of MAHRA;
(b) To enter into, modify, and or extend agreements with
participating administrative entities under section 513 of MAHRA;
(c) In connection with a restructuring transaction, to make rent
and/or mortgage restructuring determinations under sections 514, 515,
517, and 524 of MAHRA; and
(d) To terminate, modify, or affirm any decision on appeal under
MAHRA.
(3) In connection with a restructuring transaction, to modify the
principal balance, payments, interest rate, and amortization period and
other terms of existing FHA-insured and HUD-held mortgages including
any HUD or Secretary-held subordinate debt encumbering or otherwise
related to a project; and to issue restructuring commitments and
closing documents relating to such debt.
(4) To issue HUD forms 92264 and 92264A upon approval of a
restructuring plan.
(5) In connection with a restructuring transaction, to approve
transfers of physical assets.
(6) In connection with a restructuring transaction, to approve
environmental assessment and compliance findings for related laws
report, HUD form 4128.1.
(7) To issue a commitment to insure and endorse for insurance a
mortgage note given to refinance a HUD-insured or HUD-held mortgage,
pursuant to section 223(a)(7) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1715n).
(8) For qualified nonprofit entities acquiring projects that are
the subject of a restructuring transaction, to modify, assign, or
forgive debt created in the restructuring.
(9) To administer escrow accounts and modify the agreement
established under the restructuring transaction, for the purpose of
addressing immediate and near-term rehabilitation needs of a project.
(10) To perform all source selection official duties, subject to
laws, regulations, and HUD policies and procedures governing the
procurement process.
(11) To administer grant programs, other than selecting a grantee
as only the Assistant Secretary is authorized to function as the Grant
Official for the Office of Housing.
(12) To perform all functions of a source selection official in
relation to a procurement under the subject matter jurisdiction of
OAHP.
(13) To approve, in connection with a project's sale or mortgage
refinancing, the assumption, modification, and/or subordination of
mortgage restructuring notes and contingent repayment notes previously
created during a debt restructuring transaction.
C. The Assistant Secretary redelegates to each OAHP Director and
OAHP Deputy Director, in the Field Offices and at Headquarters, the
following authority:
(1) To modify and sign any documents necessary to perform
enumerated functions and to waive any directive issued by OAHP that is
not mandated by a statute or regulation.
(2) To administer the following provisions of MAHRA;
(a) To make eligibility determinations under sections 512 and 516
of MAHRA;
(b) In connection with a restructuring transaction, to make rent
and/or mortgage restructuring determinations under sections 514, 515,
517, and 524; and
(c) To reject or hear and decide any appeal made to the Production
Office
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under 24 CFR 401.645 or another permissible procedure.
(3) In connection with a restructuring transaction, to modify the
principal balance, payments, interest rate, and amortization period and
other terms of existing FHA-insured and HUD-held mortgages, including
any HUD or Secretary-held subordinate debt encumbering or otherwise
related to a project; and to issue restructuring commitments and
closing documents relating to such debt.
(4) To issue HUD forms 92264 and 92264A upon approval of a
restructuring plan.
(5) In connection with a restructuring transaction, to approve
transfers of physical assets.
(6) In connection with a restructuring transaction, to approve
environmental assessment and compliance findings for related laws
report, HUD form 4128.1.
(7) To issue a commitment to insure and endorse for insurance a
mortgage note given to refinance a HUD-insured or HUD-held mortgage,
pursuant to section 223(a)(7) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1715n).
(8) For qualified nonprofit entities acquiring projects that are
the subject of a restructuring transaction, to modify, assign, or
forgive debt created in the restructuring.
D. The Assistant Secretary redelegates to the Rehabilitation Escrow
Administration Manager the following authority:
(1) To modify and sign any documents necessary to perform
enumerated functions related to the rehabilitation needs of a project
that was the subject of a restructuring transaction, and to waive any
directive issued by OAHP that is not mandated by a statute or
regulation.
(2) To administer escrow accounts and modify the agreement
established under the restructuring transaction, for the purpose of
addressing immediate and near-term rehabilitation needs of a project.
E. The Assistant Secretary redelegates to the Bonds and Appeals
Manager the following authority:
(1) To modify and sign any documents necessary to perform
enumerated functions related to appeals under MAHRA and/or the
regulations promulgated under MAHRA.
(2) To reject or hear and decide any appeal under MAHRA and/or the
regulations promulgated under MAHRA, except for 24 CFR 401.645.
II. Authority Excepted
The authority redelegated herein does not include the authority to
issue or to waive HUD regulations. The authority redelegated herein
also does not include the authority to sue or be sued.
III. Further Redelegation
The authority redelegated herein may not be further redelegated.
Authority: Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).
Dated: September 15, 2006.
Brian D. Montgomery,
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. E6-16896 Filed 10-11-06; 8:45 am]
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