Request for Comments on Ending “Hold Harmless” Policy in Calculating Income Limits Under Section 3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; Correction, 51615-51616 [E9-24139]
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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 193 / Wednesday, October 7, 2009 / Notices
DATES:
Effective Date: September 30,
2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Administrator, under Executive Order
12148, as amended, Michael R. Scott, of
FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal
Coordinating Officer for this disaster.
This action terminates the
appointment of Michael L. Karl as
Federal Coordinating Officer for this
disaster.
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households in Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.)
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E9–24150 Filed 10–6–09; 8:45 am]
Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Administrator, under Executive Order
12148, as amended, Stephen R.
Thompson, of FEMA is appointed to act
as the Federal Coordinating Officer for
this disaster.
This action terminates the
appointment of Michael L. Karl as
Federal Coordinating Officer for this
disaster.
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.)
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–1853–
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Nebraska Amendment No. 2 to Notice
of a Major Disaster Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of Nebraska (FEMA–1853–DR),
dated July 31, 2009, and related
determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: September 30,
2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
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The notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of Georgia is hereby amended to
include the following areas among those
areas determined to have been adversely
affected by the event declared a major
disaster by the President in his
declaration of September 24, 2009.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Heard and Rockdale Counties for Public
Assistance, including direct Federal
assistance (already designated for Individual
Assistance).
Dawson, Dooly, Houston, Peach, and
Taylor Counties for Public Assistance,
including direct Federal assistance.
The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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Georgia; Amendment No. 6 to Notice of
a Major Disaster Declaration
AGENCY: Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of Georgia (FEMA–1858–DR),
dated September 24, 2009, and related
determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: September 30,
2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5323–N–02]
Request for Comments on Ending
‘‘Hold Harmless’’ Policy in Calculating
Income Limits Under Section 3 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937;
Correction
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
SUMMARY: On September 14, 2009, HUD
published a notice requesting public
comment on whether HUD should
discontinue its ‘‘hold harmless’’ policy
with respect to Section 8 income limits.
In its discussion of the impact
discontinuing this policy, HUD
included an erroneous statistic
regarding the income levels of HUD
assisted households. This notice
corrects the statistic and extends the
public comment period.
DATES: Comments Due Date: November
6, 2009.
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Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this notice to the Regulations Division,
Office of General Counsel, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410–0500.
Communications must refer to the above
docket number and title. There are two
methods for submitting public
comments. All submissions must refer
to the above docket number and title.
1. Submission of Comments by Mail.
Comments may be submitted by mail to
the Regulations Division, Office of
General Counsel, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street, SW., Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410–0500.
2. Electronic Submission of
Comments. Interested persons may
submit comments electronically through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
https://www.regulations.gov. HUD
strongly encourages commenters to
submit comments electronically.
Electronic submission of comments
allows the commenter maximum time to
prepare and submit a comment, ensures
their timely receipt by HUD, and
enables HUD to make them immediately
available to the public. Comments
submitted electronically through the
https://www.regulations.gov Web site can
be viewed by other commenters and
interested members of the public.
Commenters should follow the
instructions provided on that website to
submit comments electronically.
ADDRESSES:
Note: To receive consideration as public
comments, comments must be submitted
through one of the two methods specified
above. Again, all submissions must refer to
the docket number and title of the rule.
No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile
(FAX) comments are not acceptable.
Public Inspection of Public
Comments. All properly submitted
comments and communications
submitted to HUD will be available for
public inspection and copying between
8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the above
address. Due to security measures at the
HUD Headquarters building, an advance
appointment to review the public
comments must be scheduled by calling
the Regulations Division at 202–708–
3055 (this is not a toll-free number).
Individuals with speech or hearing
impairments may access this number
via TTY by calling the Federal
Information Relay Service at 800–877–
8339. Copies of all comments submitted
are available for inspection and
downloading at https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marie L. Lihn or Lynn A. Rodgers,
Office of Economic Affairs, Office of
Policy Development and Research,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Room 8208, Washington, DC 20410;
telephone number 202–708–0590 (this
is not a toll-free number). Hearing- or
speech-impaired individuals may access
this number via TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service
at 1–800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On September 14, 2009 (74 FR 47016),
HUD published a notice requesting
public comment on whether HUD
should discontinue its policy of
maintaining Section 8 income limits at
the previously published level in cases
where HUD’s estimate of area median
family income (MFI) or housing cost
adjustment data, or changes in
calculation methodology, would lead to
a lower income limit than was
previously published. Section 8 income
limits determine whether a family meets
the definition of ‘‘low-income family’’
or ‘‘very low-income family,’’ which are
families whose incomes are below 80
percent and 50 percent, respectively, of
the median family income for the area,
with adjustments for family size. These
income limits are used by a number of
other federal programs other than the
Section 8 program to determine
eligibility for various forms of
assistance. In explaining that
discontinuation of the ‘‘hold harmless’’
policy would not adversely affect
families in Section 8 and other HUD
assisted housing, HUD included the
following statement in the September
14, 2009, notice:
‘‘More than 99 percent of HUD assisted
households have incomes below the
extremely low-income level (30 percent of
area median), so modest decreases in the
Section 8 income limits resulting from this
change would have minimal impact on
families residing in assisted housing.’’
The statement was incorrect in that
the percentage of households in HUD
assisted housing that have incomes
below the ‘‘extremely low-income’’ level
is 75 percent, rather than 99 percent,
and in any case, HUD believes a more
instructive statistic is the percentage of
households in HUD assisted housing
that have incomes below the ‘‘very lowincome’’ level, which is 95 percent.
Based on HUD administrative data as
of June, 2009, the more complete
affordability statistics are as follows:
Percent of tenant
based rental assistance households at 50% or
less of area median income
(VLI)
Percent of tenant
based rental assistance households at 30% or
less of area median income
(ELI)
Percent of place
based rental assistance households at 50% or
less of area median income
(VLI)
Percent of place
based rental assistance households at 30% or
less of area median income
(ELI)
97
95
76
75
96
96
75
75
New Admits ......................................................................................
All Households .................................................................................
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Accordingly, HUD is correcting the
statement and extending the public
comment period.
Correction
In the Federal Register of September
14, 2009, on page 47017, in the second
column, section ‘‘III. Other Programs,’’
correct the fourth sentence to read as
follows:
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More than 95 percent of HUD assisted
households have incomes below the very low
income level (50 percent of area median), so
modest decreases in the Section 8 income
limits resulting from this change would have
minimal impact on families residing in
assisted housing.
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Dated: September 30, 2009.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
and Research.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5323-N-02]
Request for Comments on Ending ``Hold Harmless'' Policy in
Calculating Income Limits Under Section 3 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937; Correction
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: On September 14, 2009, HUD published a notice requesting
public comment on whether HUD should discontinue its ``hold harmless''
policy with respect to Section 8 income limits. In its discussion of
the impact discontinuing this policy, HUD included an erroneous
statistic regarding the income levels of HUD assisted households. This
notice corrects the statistic and extends the public comment period.
DATES: Comments Due Date: November 6, 2009.
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ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this notice to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room
10276, Washington, DC 20410-0500. Communications must refer to the
above docket number and title. There are two methods for submitting
public comments. All submissions must refer to the above docket number
and title.
1. Submission of Comments by Mail. Comments may be submitted by
mail to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410-0500.
2. Electronic Submission of Comments. Interested persons may submit
comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
https://www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly encourages commenters to
submit comments electronically. Electronic submission of comments
allows the commenter maximum time to prepare and submit a comment,
ensures their timely receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to make them
immediately available to the public. Comments submitted electronically
through the https://www.regulations.gov Web site can be viewed by other
commenters and interested members of the public. Commenters should
follow the instructions provided on that website to submit comments
electronically.
Note: To receive consideration as public comments, comments must
be submitted through one of the two methods specified above. Again,
all submissions must refer to the docket number and title of the
rule.
No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile (FAX) comments are not acceptable.
Public Inspection of Public Comments. All properly submitted
comments and communications submitted to HUD will be available for
public inspection and copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the
above address. Due to security measures at the HUD Headquarters
building, an advance appointment to review the public comments must be
scheduled by calling the Regulations Division at 202-708-3055 (this is
not a toll-free number). Individuals with speech or hearing impairments
may access this number via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay
Service at 800-877-8339. Copies of all comments submitted are available
for inspection and downloading at https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marie L. Lihn or Lynn A. Rodgers,
Office of Economic Affairs, Office of Policy Development and Research,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Room 8208, Washington, DC 20410; telephone number 202-708-0590 (this is
not a toll-free number). Hearing- or speech-impaired individuals may
access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information
Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On September 14, 2009 (74 FR 47016), HUD published a notice
requesting public comment on whether HUD should discontinue its policy
of maintaining Section 8 income limits at the previously published
level in cases where HUD's estimate of area median family income (MFI)
or housing cost adjustment data, or changes in calculation methodology,
would lead to a lower income limit than was previously published.
Section 8 income limits determine whether a family meets the definition
of ``low-income family'' or ``very low-income family,'' which are
families whose incomes are below 80 percent and 50 percent,
respectively, of the median family income for the area, with
adjustments for family size. These income limits are used by a number
of other federal programs other than the Section 8 program to determine
eligibility for various forms of assistance. In explaining that
discontinuation of the ``hold harmless'' policy would not adversely
affect families in Section 8 and other HUD assisted housing, HUD
included the following statement in the September 14, 2009, notice:
``More than 99 percent of HUD assisted households have incomes
below the extremely low-income level (30 percent of area median), so
modest decreases in the Section 8 income limits resulting from this
change would have minimal impact on families residing in assisted
housing.''
The statement was incorrect in that the percentage of households in
HUD assisted housing that have incomes below the ``extremely low-
income'' level is 75 percent, rather than 99 percent, and in any case,
HUD believes a more instructive statistic is the percentage of
households in HUD assisted housing that have incomes below the ``very
low-income'' level, which is 95 percent.
Based on HUD administrative data as of June, 2009, the more
complete affordability statistics are as follows:
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Percent of Percent of
tenant based tenant based Percent of place Percent of place
rental rental based rental based rental
assistance assistance assistance assistance
households at households at households at households at
50% or less of 30% or less of 50% or less of 30% or less of
area median area median area median area median
income (VLI) income (ELI) income (VLI) income (ELI)
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New Admits.............................. 97 76 96 75
All Households.......................... 95 75 96 75
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Accordingly, HUD is correcting the statement and extending the
public comment period.
Correction
In the Federal Register of September 14, 2009, on page 47017, in
the second column, section ``III. Other Programs,'' correct the fourth
sentence to read as follows:
More than 95 percent of HUD assisted households have incomes
below the very low income level (50 percent of area median), so
modest decreases in the Section 8 income limits resulting from this
change would have minimal impact on families residing in assisted
housing.
Dated: September 30, 2009.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. E9-24139 Filed 10-6-09; 8:45 am]
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