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The proposed actions may involve the
following: Comprehensive Plan
Amendment, text amendment to the
Land Use Code to allow a new zone for
Yesler Terrace, street vacation,
preliminary and final plat approval,
adoption of a Planned Action
Ordinance, Development Agreement
approval, other construction and
building permits, and other Federal,
state and local approvals for
redevelopment of the Yesler Terrace
community.
For additional background
information on the project, please see
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www.seattlehousing.org/redevelopment/
yesler-terrace/.
Alternatives
SHA proposes to redevelop the Yesler
Terrace community into a mixed-use,
mixed income community. The FEIS
evaluates the environmental impacts of
seven alternatives, including a preferred
alternative and a no-action alternative.
The preferred alternative identified in
the FEIS would include approximately
5,000 housing units; 900,000 square feet
(SF) of office/hotel use; 88,000 SF of
neighborhood commercial; 65,000 SF of
neighborhood services (including the
existing Yesler Terrace Community
Center); 6.5 acres of public open space;
9.4 acres of semi-private and private
open space; and 5,100 parking spaces
within or under buildings.
The FEIS evaluates the environmental
impacts of each of the alternatives based
on the following environmental
elements: earth; air quality; water;
plants and animals; climate change and
greenhouse gas emissions;
environmental health; noise; land use;
relationship to plans and policies;
aesthetics, light and glare, and shadows;
historic resources; cultural resources;
transportation; utilities; public services;
socioeconomics; and environmental
justice.
The FEIS also responds to all
comments received on the Draft EIS.
To obtain a copy of the FEIS, visit
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5489–N–02]
Section 8 Housing Assistance
Payments Program—Renewal Funding
Annual Adjustment Factors, Fiscal
Year 2011
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Renewal Funding
Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs).
AGENCY:
The Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2010, directs Public
and Indian Housing to ‘‘provide renewal
funding for each Public Housing Agency
(PHA) based on Voucher Management
System (VMS) leasing and cost data for
the most recent Federal fiscal year and
by applying the most recent Annual
Adjustment Factors as established by
the Secretary.’’ The Department of
Defense and Full-Year Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2011, continues
this requirement. This Notice
announces Renewal Funding AAFs in
response to that directive which was
first applicable when FY2010 Renewal
Funding AAFs were published.
Consumer Price Index (CPI) data,
similar to those used for ‘‘Contract Rent
AAFs’’, are used, but semi-annual CPI
data replaces annual CPI data. This
makes the Renewal Funding AAFs six
months more current than the CPI data
used to derive Contract Rent AAFs.
These CPI are the most current data
available and reflect the economic
circumstances most relevant to the
Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program
in 2011 and the assumptions of the 2011
budget. Like the Contract Rent AAFs,
these factors are based on a formula
using residential rent and utility cost
changes. Contract Rent AAFs were
published in the Federal Register on
March 16, 2011, and can be viewed at:
https://www.huduser.org/portal/
datasets/aaf/
FY2011_CR_AAF_Preamble.pdf.
DATES: Effective Date: May 10, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Danielle Bastarache, Director,
Housing Voucher Management, Office of
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Public Housing and Voucher Programs,
Office of Public and Indian Housing,
202–708–5264; and Marie L. Lihn,
Economist, Economic and Market
Analysis Division, Office of Policy
Development and Research, 202–708–
0590, for technical information
regarding the development of the
schedules for specific areas or the
methods used for calculating the AAFs.
Mailing address for the above persons:
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20410. Hearing- or
speech-impaired persons may contact
the Federal Relay Service at 800–877–
8339 (TTY). (Other than the ‘‘800’’ TTY
number, the above-listed telephone
numbers are not toll free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010
(Pub. L 111–117, approved, December
16, 2009), provides that:
* * * the Secretary for the calendar year
2010 funding cycle shall provide renewal
funding for each public housing agency
based on voucher management system (VMS)
leasing and cost data for the most recent
Federal fiscal year and by applying the most
recent Annual Adjustment Factor as
established by the Secretary * * *
Under the Department of Defense and
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2011 (Pub. L 112–10, approved
April 15, 2011), this requirement
continues to apply. This Notice
announces Renewal Funding AAFs in
response to that directive which was
first applicable when FY2010 Renewal
Funding AAFs were published.
HUD will make the table establishing
Renewal Funding AAFs available
electronically from the HUD data
information page at https://
www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/aaf/
FY2011_RF_table.pdf. Renewal Funding
AAFs include utility costs and only one
set of AAFs is published for this
purpose.
I. Methodology
Renewal Funding AAFs are derived
from rent inflation factors to account for
relative differences in rent inflation
among different parts of the country.
Two types of rent inflation factors are
typically calculated for AAFs: gross rent
factors and shelter rent factors; however,
only the gross rent inflation factor is
used for Renewal Funding AAFs. The
gross rent factor accounts for inflation in
the cost of both the rent of the residence
and the utilities used by the unit.
Renewal Funding AAFs are calculated
using CPI data on ‘‘rent of primary
residence’’ and ‘‘fuels and utilities’’.1
1 CPI indexes CUUSA103SEHA and
CUSR0000SAH2 respectively.
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The CPI inflation index for rent of
primary residence measures the
inflation of all surveyed units regardless
of whether utilities are included in the
rent of the unit or not. In other words,
it measures the inflation of the ‘‘contract
rent’’ which includes units with all
utilities included in the rent, units with
some utilities included in the rent and
units with no utilities included in the
rent. In producing a gross rent inflation
factor, HUD decomposes the contract
rent CPI inflation factor into parts to
represent the gross rent change and the
shelter rent change. This is done by
applying the percentage of renters who
pay for heat (a proxy for the percentage
renters who pay shelter rent) from the
Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX)
and American Community Survey
(ACS) data on the ratio of utilities to
rents.2 The CEX data used to decompose
the contract rent inflation factor into
gross rent and shelter rent inflation
factors come from a special tabulation of
2008 CEX survey data produced for
HUD for the purpose of computing
Renewal Funding AAFs. The utility-torent ratio used in the formula comes
from 2008 ACS median rent and utility
costs.
In this publication, the rent and
utility inflation factors for large
metropolitan areas and Census regions
are based on changes in the rent of
primary residence and fuels and utilities
CPI indices from the first half of 2009
to the first half of 2010, the most recent
data available at the time of the
development of final budget projections
for fiscal year (FY) 2011. Typically, CPI
indexes averaged over a 12-month
period have been used to measure the
change from year to year. The semiannual indexes used for Renewal
Funding AAFs average data over six
months as opposed to 12 months; the
Renewal Funding AAFs use change over
the course of two semi-annual index
cycles to derive a 12-month adjustment.
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II. The Use of Renewal Funding AAFs
The Renewal Funding AAFs use the
same methodology as the FY2010
Renewal Funding AAFs but differ from
historical AAFs and the FY2011
Contract Rent AAFs in that they make
use of more recent semi-annual CPI
indexes in place of average annual CPI
indexes. The Renewal Funding AAFs
have been developed to account for
relative differences in the recent
inflation of rents among different areas
and are used to allocate HCV funds
2 The formulas used to produce these factors can
be found in the Annual Adjustment Factors
overview and in the FMR documentation at
https://www.HUDUSER.org.
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among PHAs. HUD is reviewing and
updating the methodologies for all
program parameters, including Fair
Market Rents (FMRs), AAFs, and other
inflation indices. The publication of
these separate Renewal Funding AAFs
for allocation of voucher funds is an
interim step toward more complete
reforms including using more recent
data in HUD’s estimations for various
program parameters, including FMRs, as
published in the Federal Register on
October 4, 2010 (75 FR 61254).
III. Geographic Areas
Renewal Funding AAFs are produced
for all Class A CPI cities (CPI cities with
a population of 1.5 million or more) and
for the four Census Regions. They are
applied to core-based statistical areas
(CBSAs), as defined by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
according to how much of the CBSA is
covered by the CPI city-survey. If more
than 75 percent of the CBSA is covered
by the CPI city-survey, the Renewal
Funding AAF that is based on that CPI
survey is applied to the whole CBSA
and to any HUD-defined metropolitan
area, called ‘‘HUD Metro FMR Area’’
(HMFA), within that CBSA. If the CBSA
is not covered by a CPI city-survey, the
CBSA uses the relevant regional CPI
factor. Almost all non-metropolitan
counties use regional CPI factors. For
areas assigned the Census Region CPI
factor, both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas receive the same
factor.
The Renewal Funding AAF tables list
the four Census Regions first, followed
by an alphabetical listing of each
metropolitan area, beginning with
Akron, OH, MSA. Renewal Funding
AAFs are provided:
• For separate metropolitan areas,
including HMFAs and counties that are
currently designated as nonmetropolitan, but are part of the
metropolitan area defined in the local
CPI survey, and,
• For the four Census Regions for
those metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas that are not covered
by a CPI city-survey.
Renewal Funding AAFs use the same
OMB metropolitan area definitions, as
revised by HUD, that are used in the FY
2011 FMRs.
IV. Area Definitions
To make certain that they are
referencing the correct Renewal
Funding AAFs, PHAs should refer to the
Area Definitions Table at https://
www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/aaf/
FY2011_AreaDef.pdf. For units located
in metropolitan areas with a local CPI
survey, Renewal Funding AAFs are
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listed separately. For units located in
areas without a local CPI survey, the
metropolitan or nonmetropolitan
counties receive the regional CPI for that
Census Region.
The Area Definitions Table for
Renewal Funding AAFs, shown at
https://www.huduser.org/portal/
datasets/aaf/FY2011_AreaDef.pdf, lists
areas in alphabetical order by state. The
associated CPI region is shown next to
each state name. Areas whose Renewal
Funding AAFs are determined by local
CPI surveys are listed first. All
metropolitan areas with local CPI
surveys have separate Renewal Funding
AAF schedules and are shown with
their corresponding county definitions
or as metropolitan counties. In the six
New England states, the listings are for
counties or parts of counties as defined
by towns or cities. The remaining
counties use the CPI for the Census
Region and are not specifically listed on
the Area Definitions Table.
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands use
the South Region Renewal Funding
AAFs. All areas in Hawaii use the
Renewal Funding AAFs identified in
the Table as ‘‘STATE: Hawaii,’’ which
are based on the CPI survey for the
Honolulu metropolitan area. The Pacific
Islands use the West Region Renewal
Funding AAFs.
Accordingly, HUD publishes these
Renewal Funding Annual Adjustment
Factors as set forth in the Renewal
Funding AAF Table posted at https://
www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/aaf/
FY2011_RF_table.pdf.
Dated: May 2, 2011.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
and Research.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5489-N-02]
Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program--Renewal Funding
Annual Adjustment Factors, Fiscal Year 2011
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Renewal Funding Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs).
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SUMMARY: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, directs Public and
Indian Housing to ``provide renewal funding for each Public Housing
Agency (PHA) based on Voucher Management System (VMS) leasing and cost
data for the most recent Federal fiscal year and by applying the most
recent Annual Adjustment Factors as established by the Secretary.'' The
Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act,
2011, continues this requirement. This Notice announces Renewal Funding
AAFs in response to that directive which was first applicable when
FY2010 Renewal Funding AAFs were published. Consumer Price Index (CPI)
data, similar to those used for ``Contract Rent AAFs'', are used, but
semi-annual CPI data replaces annual CPI data. This makes the Renewal
Funding AAFs six months more current than the CPI data used to derive
Contract Rent AAFs. These CPI are the most current data available and
reflect the economic circumstances most relevant to the Housing Choice
Voucher (HCV) program in 2011 and the assumptions of the 2011 budget.
Like the Contract Rent AAFs, these factors are based on a formula using
residential rent and utility cost changes. Contract Rent AAFs were
published in the Federal Register on March 16, 2011, and can be viewed
at: https://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/aaf/FY2011_CR_AAF_Preamble.pdf.
DATES: Effective Date: May 10, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Danielle Bastarache, Director,
Housing Voucher Management, Office of Public Housing and Voucher
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 202-708-5264; and Marie
L. Lihn, Economist, Economic and Market Analysis Division, Office of
Policy Development and Research, 202-708-0590, for technical
information regarding the development of the schedules for specific
areas or the methods used for calculating the AAFs. Mailing address for
the above persons: Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410. Hearing- or speech-impaired persons
may contact the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339 (TTY). (Other
than the ``800'' TTY number, the above-listed telephone numbers are not
toll free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010
(Pub. L 111-117, approved, December 16, 2009), provides that:
* * * the Secretary for the calendar year 2010 funding cycle
shall provide renewal funding for each public housing agency based
on voucher management system (VMS) leasing and cost data for the
most recent Federal fiscal year and by applying the most recent
Annual Adjustment Factor as established by the Secretary * * *
Under the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2011 (Pub. L 112-10, approved April 15, 2011), this requirement
continues to apply. This Notice announces Renewal Funding AAFs in
response to that directive which was first applicable when FY2010
Renewal Funding AAFs were published.
HUD will make the table establishing Renewal Funding AAFs available
electronically from the HUD data information page at https://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/aaf/FY2011_RF_table.pdf. Renewal
Funding AAFs include utility costs and only one set of AAFs is
published for this purpose.
I. Methodology
Renewal Funding AAFs are derived from rent inflation factors to
account for relative differences in rent inflation among different
parts of the country. Two types of rent inflation factors are typically
calculated for AAFs: gross rent factors and shelter rent factors;
however, only the gross rent inflation factor is used for Renewal
Funding AAFs. The gross rent factor accounts for inflation in the cost
of both the rent of the residence and the utilities used by the unit.
Renewal Funding AAFs are calculated using CPI data on ``rent of
primary residence'' and ``fuels and utilities''.\1\
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The CPI inflation index for rent of primary residence measures the
inflation of all surveyed units regardless of whether utilities are
included in the rent of the unit or not. In other words, it measures
the inflation of the ``contract rent'' which includes units with all
utilities included in the rent, units with some utilities included in
the rent and units with no utilities included in the rent. In producing
a gross rent inflation factor, HUD decomposes the contract rent CPI
inflation factor into parts to represent the gross rent change and the
shelter rent change. This is done by applying the percentage of renters
who pay for heat (a proxy for the percentage renters who pay shelter
rent) from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX) and American Community
Survey (ACS) data on the ratio of utilities to rents.\2\ The CEX data
used to decompose the contract rent inflation factor into gross rent
and shelter rent inflation factors come from a special tabulation of
2008 CEX survey data produced for HUD for the purpose of computing
Renewal Funding AAFs. The utility-to-rent ratio used in the formula
comes from 2008 ACS median rent and utility costs.
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\1\ CPI indexes CUUSA103SEHA and CUSR0000SAH2 respectively.
\2\ The formulas used to produce these factors can be found in
the Annual Adjustment Factors overview and in the FMR documentation
at https://www.HUDUSER.org.
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In this publication, the rent and utility inflation factors for
large metropolitan areas and Census regions are based on changes in the
rent of primary residence and fuels and utilities CPI indices from the
first half of 2009 to the first half of 2010, the most recent data
available at the time of the development of final budget projections
for fiscal year (FY) 2011. Typically, CPI indexes averaged over a 12-
month period have been used to measure the change from year to year.
The semi-annual indexes used for Renewal Funding AAFs average data over
six months as opposed to 12 months; the Renewal Funding AAFs use change
over the course of two semi-annual index cycles to derive a 12-month
adjustment.
II. The Use of Renewal Funding AAFs
The Renewal Funding AAFs use the same methodology as the FY2010
Renewal Funding AAFs but differ from historical AAFs and the FY2011
Contract Rent AAFs in that they make use of more recent semi-annual CPI
indexes in place of average annual CPI indexes. The Renewal Funding
AAFs have been developed to account for relative differences in the
recent inflation of rents among different areas and are used to
allocate HCV funds among PHAs. HUD is reviewing and updating the
methodologies for all program parameters, including Fair Market Rents
(FMRs), AAFs, and other inflation indices. The publication of these
separate Renewal Funding AAFs for allocation of voucher funds is an
interim step toward more complete reforms including using more recent
data in HUD's estimations for various program parameters, including
FMRs, as published in the Federal Register on October 4, 2010 (75 FR
61254).
III. Geographic Areas
Renewal Funding AAFs are produced for all Class A CPI cities (CPI
cities with a population of 1.5 million or more) and for the four
Census Regions. They are applied to core-based statistical areas
(CBSAs), as defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
according to how much of the CBSA is covered by the CPI city-survey. If
more than 75 percent of the CBSA is covered by the CPI city-survey, the
Renewal Funding AAF that is based on that CPI survey is applied to the
whole CBSA and to any HUD-defined metropolitan area, called ``HUD Metro
FMR Area'' (HMFA), within that CBSA. If the CBSA is not covered by a
CPI city-survey, the CBSA uses the relevant regional CPI factor. Almost
all non-metropolitan counties use regional CPI factors. For areas
assigned the Census Region CPI factor, both metropolitan and non-
metropolitan areas receive the same factor.
The Renewal Funding AAF tables list the four Census Regions first,
followed by an alphabetical listing of each metropolitan area,
beginning with Akron, OH, MSA. Renewal Funding AAFs are provided:
For separate metropolitan areas, including HMFAs and
counties that are currently designated as non-metropolitan, but are
part of the metropolitan area defined in the local CPI survey, and,
For the four Census Regions for those metropolitan and
non-metropolitan areas that are not covered by a CPI city-survey.
Renewal Funding AAFs use the same OMB metropolitan area
definitions, as revised by HUD, that are used in the FY 2011 FMRs.
IV. Area Definitions
To make certain that they are referencing the correct Renewal
Funding AAFs, PHAs should refer to the Area Definitions Table at https://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/aaf/FY2011_AreaDef.pdf. For units
located in metropolitan areas with a local CPI survey, Renewal Funding
AAFs are listed separately. For units located in areas without a local
CPI survey, the metropolitan or nonmetropolitan counties receive the
regional CPI for that Census Region.
The Area Definitions Table for Renewal Funding AAFs, shown at
https://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/aaf/FY2011_AreaDef.pdf, lists
areas in alphabetical order by state. The associated CPI region is
shown next to each state name. Areas whose Renewal Funding AAFs are
determined by local CPI surveys are listed first. All metropolitan
areas with local CPI surveys have separate Renewal Funding AAF
schedules and are shown with their corresponding county definitions or
as metropolitan counties. In the six New England states, the listings
are for counties or parts of counties as defined by towns or cities.
The remaining counties use the CPI for the Census Region and are not
specifically listed on the Area Definitions Table.
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands use the South Region Renewal
Funding AAFs. All areas in Hawaii use the Renewal Funding AAFs
identified in the Table as ``STATE: Hawaii,'' which are based on the
CPI survey for the Honolulu metropolitan area. The Pacific Islands use
the West Region Renewal Funding AAFs.
Accordingly, HUD publishes these Renewal Funding Annual Adjustment
Factors as set forth in the Renewal Funding AAF Table posted at https://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/aaf/FY2011_RF_table.pdf.
Dated: May 2, 2011.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2011-11263 Filed 5-9-11; 8:45 am]
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