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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% ...................................
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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.
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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
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Dated: February 17, 2011.
Barbara S. Dorf,
Director, Office of Departmental Grants,
Management and Oversight, Office of the
Chief Human Capital Officer.
available to the public. Comments
submitted electronically through the
https://www.regulations.gov website 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.
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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.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5094–N–03]
Changes to the Public Housing
Assessment System (PHAS): Physical
Condition Scoring Notice
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice provides
additional information to public
housing agencies (PHAs) and members
of the public about HUD’s process for
issuing scores under the physical
condition indicator of the Public
Housing Assessment System (PHAS).
This notice amends the current Physical
Condition Scoring Process notice that
was published on June 29, 2000, as
corrected and updated by the Physical
Condition Scoring Process notice that
was published on November 26, 2001.
DATES: Effective Date: March 24, 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
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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
describe the PHAS physical condition
scoring process and to prescribe the
frequency of individual project
inspections.
II. Purpose of the PHAS Physical
Condition Assessment
The purpose of the PHAS physical
condition assessment is to ensure that
public housing units are decent, safe,
sanitary, and in good repair, as
determined by an inspection conducted
in accordance with HUD’s Uniform
Physical Condition Standards (UPCS)
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codified at 24 CFR part 5, subpart G.
The physical condition assessment
under the PHAS utilizes uniform
physical inspection procedures to
determine compliance with uniform
standards and is an important indicator
of performance for a project and a PHA.
All projects will be assessed under the
physical condition indicator, even if a
PHA has not converted to asset
management.
The physical condition indicator
score is based on a maximum of 40
points. In order to receive a passing
score under this indicator, a project
must achieve at least 24 points or 60
percent of the points available under
this indicator. Under the PHAS physical
condition indicator, REAC will calculate
a score for each project, as well as for
the overall physical condition of a PHA.
The physical condition score, based on
a 40-point scale, is included in each
PHA’s aggregate PHAS score.
III. Transition to Asset Management
and Frequency of Inspections
The number of units in a PHA’s LowRent program and the PHAS designation
for small PHAs will determine the
frequency of physical inspections
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.
For PHAs with 250 or more units of
any PHAS designation, the inspection
score of each project (not the overall
physical indicator score) will determine
the frequency of inspections for that
project. Projects that score 90 points or
higher based on a possible 100-point
project score will be inspected
triennially. Projects that score less than
90 points and at least 80 points based
on a possible 100-point project score
will be inspected biennially. Projects
that score less than 80 points based on
a possible 100-point scale will be
inspected annually. The performance
incentive will change from PHA-based
to project-based. Project inspections for
PHAs with 250 or more units will be
based on the project’s prior year
inspection score.
Projects for any PHA designated as
troubled will be inspected annually
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5415-C-22A]
Notice of Availability: Notice of Technical Correction to the
Notice of Funding Availability for Fiscal Year 2010 Transformation
Initiative: Natural Experiments Program
AGENCY: Office of the Chief of the Human Capital Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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.
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Dated: February 17, 2011.
Barbara S. Dorf,
Director, Office of Departmental Grants, Management and Oversight,
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer.
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