Changes to the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS): Capital Fund Scoring Notice, 10053-10054 [2011-2657]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 36 / Wednesday, February 23, 2011 / Notices weight of 42.6 percent (line 2) by the physical condition and neighborhood environment point of 2 (see line 5). The overall physical condition and neighborhood environment adjustment at the PHA level is calculated at 1.55 points by adding the individual project weighted scores (see line 8 under the Total PHA column). Dated: February 1, 2011. Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. [FR Doc. 2011–2658 Filed 2–22–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–67–P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–5094–N–06] Changes to the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS): Capital Fund Scoring Notice This notice provides additional information to public housing agencies (PHAs) and members of the public about HUD’s process for issuing scores under the Capital Fund program indicator of the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS). DATES: Effective Date: March 25, 2011. Comment Due Date: April 25, 2011. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on 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 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 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:50 Feb 22, 2011 Jkt 223001 be viewed by other commenters and interested members of the public. Commenters should follow the instructions provided on that site 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 202–402– 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, toll-free, at 800–877–8339. Copies of all comments submitted are available for inspection and downloading at https:// www.regulations.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claudia Yarus, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC), 550 12th Street, SW., Suite 100, Washington, DC 20410 at 202–475–8830 (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 at 800–877–8339. Additional information is available from the REAC Internet site at https://www.hud.gov/ offices/reac/. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Purpose of This Notice The purpose of this notice is to provide information about the scoring process for PHAS indicator #4, Capital Fund program. The purpose of the Capital Fund program assessment is to examine the period of time it takes a PHA to obligate the funds provided to a PHA from the Capital Fund program under section 9(j) of the 1937 Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(9)(j)), and to occupy units. Funds from the Capital Fund program under section 9(d) of the 1937 Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)(2)) do not include HOPE VI program funds. This indicator is not applicable for PHAs that choose not to participate in the Capital Fund program under section 9(d) of the 1937 Act. This indicator is PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 10053 applicable on a PHA-wide basis, and not to individual projects. The Capital Fund program indicator is based on a maximum of 10 points. The assessment required under the PHAS Capital Fund program indicator will be performed through analysis of: (1) Obligated amounts in HUD’s electronic Line of Credit Control System (eLOCCS) (or its successor) for all Capital Fund program grants that were open during a PHA’s assessed fiscal year; and (2) the PHA’s occupancy rate as measured at the end of the PHA’s fiscal year, which is calculated by dividing the total occupied assisted, special use, and non-assisted units by the total ACC units less the total uninhabitable units as reflected in the Inventory Management System/Public Housing Information Center (PIC) (or its successor). Of the total 100 points available for a PHAS score, a PHA may receive up to 10 points based on the Capital Fund program indicator. Scoring for this indicator will be dependent on the amount of time it takes a PHA to obligate its Capital Fund grant(s), as well as the PHA’s occupancy rate. If a PHA has no obligation end dates in the assessed fiscal year, and does not have any § 9(j) of the 1937 Act sanctions against it, the points for that subindicator will be redistributed to the remaining subindicator. II. Transition to Asset Management and Frequency of Capital Fund Program Assessments The number of units in a PHA’s LowRent program and the PHAS designation for small PHAs will determine the frequency of Capital Fund program assessments during and after the transition to asset management. PHAs with less than 250 public housing units will receive a PHAS assessment, based on its PHAS designation, as follows: (1) A small PHA that is a high performer will receive a PHAS assessment every 3 years; (2) A small PHA that is a standard or substandard performer will receive a PHAS assessment every other year; and (3) All other small PHAs will receive a PHAS assessment every year, including a PHA that is designated as troubled or Capital Fund troubled in accordance with § 902.75. In the baseline year, every PHA will receive an overall PHAS score and in all four of the PHAS indicators: physical condition; financial condition; management operations; and Capital Fund program. This will allow a baseline year for the small deregulated PHAs. E:\FR\FM\23FEN1.SGM 23FEN1 10054 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 36 / Wednesday, February 23, 2011 / Notices III. Subindicators Occupancy rate mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES A. Subindicators of Capital Fund Program Indicator. The two subindicators of the Capital Fund program indicator are: • Timeliness of fund obligation; and • The PHA’s occupancy rate. B. Points for Capital Fund Program Indicator. This indicator measures the statutory requirements for the Capital Fund program. Subindicator #1, Timeliness of Fund Obligation. This subindicator examines the period of time it takes for a PHA to obligate funds from the Capital Fund program under section 9(j)(1) of the 1937 Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(9)(j)). HUD may extend the period of time for the obligation of funds in accordance with 24 CFR 905.120 and section 9(j)(2) of the 1937 Act. Points are awarded on the following bases: The PHA will earn the full 5 points if it has obligated 90 percent or more of the grant amount for all of its grants on its obligation end date, or on the extended obligation end date, for all open Capital Fund program grants that have obligation end dates during the assessed fiscal year and does not have any grants that have been sanctioned pursuant to § 9(j) of the 1937 Act during the assessed fiscal year. The PHA will earn 0 points if it has obligated less than 90 percent of the grant amount for any of its open grants on the obligation end date during the assessed fiscal year or is undergoing sanctions as per Section III of this notice. 93%–<96% ................................... 96%–100% ................................... DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Points 2 5 IV. Sanctions Sanctions for the obligation of funds are in accordance with 24 CFR 905.120. If a PHA has been sanctioned during the assessment period, the PHA will receive 0 points for the timeliness of fund obligation. 18:50 Feb 22, 2011 Jkt 223001 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Notice of Availability: Notice of Technical Correction to the Notice of Funding Availability for Fiscal Year 2010 Transformation Initiative: Natural Experiments Program Office of the Chief of the Human Capital Officer, HUD. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: On January 20, 2011, HUD posted on https://www.Grants.gov, a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year 2010 Transformation Initiative: Natural Experiments Grant Program. This Correction clarifies the rating Factors for Award to be used in determining selected applicants and extends the deadline date. Funding for this effort is made available by the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111–117 approved December 16, 2009). This program is undertaken by HUD’s research authority under the Transformation Initiative Fund. This Technical Correction also extends the application deadline date from Monday, February 21, 2011 to a new application deadline date of Wednesday, February 23, 2011. Applicants do not need to download a new application or resubmit their applications as a result of this notice. The technical correction notice can be found using the Department of Housing and Urban Development agency link on the Grants.gov/Find Web site at https:// www.grants.gov/search/agency.do. A link to Grants.gov is also available on the HUD Web site at https:// www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/ fundsavail.cfm. The Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for this program is 14.524. Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding specific program requirements should be directed to the agency contact identified in the program NOFA. Program staff will not be available to provide guidance on how to prepare the application. Questions regarding the 2010 General Section should be directed to the Office of Grants Management and Oversight at (202) 708–0667 or the NOFA Information Center at 800–HUD–8929 (toll free). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access these numbers via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 800–877– 8339. SUMMARY: V. Elements of Scoring A. Points and Threshold. The Capital Fund program indicator is based on a maximum of 10 points. In order to receive a passing score under this indicator, a PHA must achieve at least 5 points or 50 percent of the available points under this indicator. B. Scoring Elements. The Capital Fund program indicator score provides an assessment of a PHA’s ability to obligate Capital Fund program funds in a timely manner, as well as a PHA’s occupancy rate. The computation of the score under this PHAS indicator utilizes data obtained through analysis of obligated amounts in HUD’s eLOCCS (or its successor) for all Capital Fund program grants that were open during the assessed fiscal year and PIC (or its successor) data as of the PHA’s assessed Fiscal Year End. Scores are first calculated for each subindicator. From the two subindicator scores, an indicator score is then calculated. C. Example of Score Computations. The indicator score equals the sum of Obligation value Points the subindicator scores, described in ≥90% and no sanctions ................ 5 Section II, paragraph B. <90% or sanctions ........................ 0 D. PHA Responsibility. PHAs are responsible for ensuring that their If the PHA receives 0 points for this Capital Fund program information is subindicator, it is not eligible for points submitted to eLOCCS and occupancy for subindicator # 2. information to PIC by the submission Subindicator #2, Occupancy rate. due date. A PHA may not appeal its This subindicator measures the PHA’s PHAS and/or Capital Fund program occupancy rate as measured at the end score based on the fact that it did not of the PHA’s fiscal year, which is submit its Capital Fund program calculated by dividing the total information to eLOCCS and occupancy occupied assisted, HUD approved information to PIC by the submission special use, and non-assisted units by due date. PHAs shall retain supporting the total ACC units less the total documentation for the Capital Fund uninhabitable units as reflected in the program for at least 3 years. Inventory Management System/PIC, or its successor. This information will be Dated: February 1, 2011. calculated as of the end of the PHA’s Sandra B. Henriquez, fiscal year. A PHA will receive 2 points Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian if it has an adjusted occupancy rate of Housing. at least 93 percent but not more than 96 [FR Doc. 2011–2657 Filed 2–22–11; 8:45 am] percent. A PHA will receive 5 points if BILLING CODE 4210–67–P it has an adjusted occupancy rate of 96 percent or more. VerDate Mar<15>2010 [Docket No. FR–5415–C–22A] E:\FR\FM\23FEN1.SGM 23FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10053-10054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2657]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5094-N-06]


Changes to the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS): Capital 
Fund Scoring Notice

SUMMARY: This notice provides additional information to public housing 
agencies (PHAs) and members of the public about HUD's process for 
issuing scores under the Capital Fund program indicator of the Public 
Housing Assessment System (PHAS).

DATES: Effective Date: March 25, 2011.
    Comment Due Date: April 25, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on 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 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 site 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 202-402-3055 (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, toll-free, at 800-877-8339. Copies of all comments submitted 
are available for inspection and downloading at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claudia Yarus, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Real Estate 
Assessment Center (REAC), 550 12th Street, SW., Suite 100, Washington, 
DC 20410 at 202-475-8830 (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 Information Relay Service at 800-877-
8339. Additional information is available from the REAC Internet site 
at https://www.hud.gov/offices/reac/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Purpose of This Notice

    The purpose of this notice is to provide information about the 
scoring process for PHAS indicator 4, Capital Fund program. 
The purpose of the Capital Fund program assessment is to examine the 
period of time it takes a PHA to obligate the funds provided to a PHA 
from the Capital Fund program under section 9(j) of the 1937 Act (42 
U.S.C. 1437g(9)(j)), and to occupy units. Funds from the Capital Fund 
program under section 9(d) of the 1937 Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)(2)) do 
not include HOPE VI program funds.
    This indicator is not applicable for PHAs that choose not to 
participate in the Capital Fund program under section 9(d) of the 1937 
Act. This indicator is applicable on a PHA-wide basis, and not to 
individual projects. The Capital Fund program indicator is based on a 
maximum of 10 points.
    The assessment required under the PHAS Capital Fund program 
indicator will be performed through analysis of: (1) Obligated amounts 
in HUD's electronic Line of Credit Control System (eLOCCS) (or its 
successor) for all Capital Fund program grants that were open during a 
PHA's assessed fiscal year; and (2) the PHA's occupancy rate as 
measured at the end of the PHA's fiscal year, which is calculated by 
dividing the total occupied assisted, special use, and non-assisted 
units by the total ACC units less the total uninhabitable units as 
reflected in the Inventory Management System/Public Housing Information 
Center (PIC) (or its successor). Of the total 100 points available for 
a PHAS score, a PHA may receive up to 10 points based on the Capital 
Fund program indicator. Scoring for this indicator will be dependent on 
the amount of time it takes a PHA to obligate its Capital Fund 
grant(s), as well as the PHA's occupancy rate. If a PHA has no 
obligation end dates in the assessed fiscal year, and does not have any 
Sec.  9(j) of the 1937 Act sanctions against it, the points for that 
subindicator will be redistributed to the remaining subindicator.

II. Transition to Asset Management and Frequency of Capital Fund 
Program Assessments

    The number of units in a PHA's Low-Rent program and the PHAS 
designation for small PHAs will determine the frequency of Capital Fund 
program assessments during and after the transition to asset 
management. PHAs with less than 250 public housing units will receive a 
PHAS assessment, based on its PHAS designation, as follows:
    (1) A small PHA that is a high performer will receive a PHAS 
assessment every 3 years;
    (2) A small PHA that is a standard or substandard performer will 
receive a PHAS assessment every other year; and
    (3) All other small PHAs will receive a PHAS assessment every year, 
including a PHA that is designated as troubled or Capital Fund troubled 
in accordance with Sec.  902.75.
    In the baseline year, every PHA will receive an overall PHAS score 
and in all four of the PHAS indicators: physical condition; financial 
condition; management operations; and Capital Fund program. This will 
allow a baseline year for the small deregulated PHAs.

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III. Subindicators

    A. Subindicators of Capital Fund Program Indicator. The two 
subindicators of the Capital Fund program indicator are:
     Timeliness of fund obligation; and
     The PHA's occupancy rate.
    B. Points for Capital Fund Program Indicator. This indicator 
measures the statutory requirements for the Capital Fund program.
    Subindicator #1, Timeliness of Fund Obligation. This subindicator 
examines the period of time it takes for a PHA to obligate funds from 
the Capital Fund program under section 9(j)(1) of the 1937 Act (42 
U.S.C. 1437g(9)(j)). HUD may extend the period of time for the 
obligation of funds in accordance with 24 CFR 905.120 and section 
9(j)(2) of the 1937 Act. Points are awarded on the following bases:
    The PHA will earn the full 5 points if it has obligated 90 percent 
or more of the grant amount for all of its grants on its obligation end 
date, or on the extended obligation end date, for all open Capital Fund 
program grants that have obligation end dates during the assessed 
fiscal year and does not have any grants that have been sanctioned 
pursuant to Sec.  9(j) of the 1937 Act during the assessed fiscal year.
    The PHA will earn 0 points if it has obligated less than 90 percent 
of the grant amount for any of its open grants on the obligation end 
date during the assessed fiscal year or is undergoing sanctions as per 
Section III of this notice.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Obligation value                          Points
------------------------------------------------------------------------
=90% and no sanctions.............................          5
<90% or sanctions............................................          0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

If the PHA receives 0 points for this subindicator, it is not eligible 
for points for subindicator  2.
    Subindicator #2, Occupancy rate. This subindicator measures the 
PHA's occupancy rate as measured at the end of the PHA's fiscal year, 
which is calculated by dividing the total occupied assisted, HUD 
approved special use, and non-assisted units by the total ACC units 
less the total uninhabitable units as reflected in the Inventory 
Management System/PIC, or its successor. This information will be 
calculated as of the end of the PHA's fiscal year. A PHA will receive 2 
points if it has an adjusted occupancy rate of at least 93 percent but 
not more than 96 percent. A PHA will receive 5 points if it has an 
adjusted occupancy rate of 96 percent or more.

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                        Occupancy rate                           Points
------------------------------------------------------------------------
93%-<96%.....................................................          2
96%-100%.....................................................          5
------------------------------------------------------------------------

IV. Sanctions

    Sanctions for the obligation of funds are in accordance with 24 CFR 
905.120. If a PHA has been sanctioned during the assessment period, the 
PHA will receive 0 points for the timeliness of fund obligation.

V. Elements of Scoring

    A. Points and Threshold. The Capital Fund program indicator is 
based on a maximum of 10 points. In order to receive a passing score 
under this indicator, a PHA must achieve at least 5 points or 50 
percent of the available points under this indicator.
    B. Scoring Elements. The Capital Fund program indicator score 
provides an assessment of a PHA's ability to obligate Capital Fund 
program funds in a timely manner, as well as a PHA's occupancy rate. 
The computation of the score under this PHAS indicator utilizes data 
obtained through analysis of obligated amounts in HUD's eLOCCS (or its 
successor) for all Capital Fund program grants that were open during 
the assessed fiscal year and PIC (or its successor) data as of the 
PHA's assessed Fiscal Year End. Scores are first calculated for each 
subindicator. From the two subindicator scores, an indicator score is 
then calculated.
    C. Example of Score Computations. The indicator score equals the 
sum of the subindicator scores, described in Section II, paragraph B.
    D. PHA Responsibility. PHAs are responsible for ensuring that their 
Capital Fund program information is submitted to eLOCCS and occupancy 
information to PIC by the submission due date. A PHA may not appeal its 
PHAS and/or Capital Fund program score based on the fact that it did 
not submit its Capital Fund program information to eLOCCS and occupancy 
information to PIC by the submission due date. PHAs shall retain 
supporting documentation for the Capital Fund program for at least 3 
years.

    Dated: February 1, 2011.
Sandra B. Henriquez,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 2011-2657 Filed 2-22-11; 8:45 am]
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