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whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
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utility, and clarity of the information to
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Title Of Proposal: Management
Reviews of Multifamily Housing
Programs.
OMB Approval Number: 2502–0178.
Form Numbers: HUD 9834.
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used to evaluate the quality of
management, determine causes of
problems, and devise corrective actions
to safeguard the Department’s financial
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provided with decent, safe, and sanitary
housing.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5415–FA–41]
Announcement of Funding Awards;
Limited English Proficiency Initiative
Program (LEPI), Fiscal Year 2010/2011
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity, the Department of Housing
and Urban Development, HUD.
ACTION: Announcement of funding
awards.
AGENCY:
In accordance with section
102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development
Reform Act of 1989, this announcement
notifies the public of funding decisions
made by the Department for funding
under the Notice of Funding
Availability (NOFA) for the Limited
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SUMMARY:
English Proficiency Initiative (LEPI)
Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010/2011.
This announcement contains the names
and addresses of those award recipients
selected for funding based on the rating
and ranking of all applications and the
amount of the awards.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pamela Walsh, Director, Office of
Policy, Legislative Initiatives, and
Outreach, Office of Fair Housing and
Equal Opportunity, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, SW., Room 5246,
Washington, DC 20410. Telephone
number (202) 402–7017 (this is not a
toll-free number). Persons with hearing
or speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at 800–877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive
Order 13166 signed in August 2000
requires all federal agencies to improve
access to federally conducted and
federally assisted programs and
activities for persons who, as a result of
national origin, are limited in the
English proficiency (LEP). Each agency
is to examine the services they provide,
identify any need for services to those
with limited English proficiency (LEP),
and develop and implement a system to
provide those services so LEP persons
can have meaningful access to them.
This LEPI NOFA sponsors organizations
to help ensure that LEP persons can
have meaningful access the Department
×
Hours per
response
=
6.956
Burden hours
178,423
of Housing and Urban Development’s
programs, services, and activities.
The Department published its Limited
English Proficiency Initiative (LEPI)
NOFA on July 11, 2011, amended July
18, 2011, announcing the availability of
$650,000 to go to up to seven
organizations to make HUD programs
more accessible to LEP persons. This
Notice announces six grant awards of
approximately $100,000 each and one
grant award of $50,000 for organizations
to assist locally targeted LEP
individuals.
For the FY 2010/2011 NOFA, the
Department reviewed, evaluated, and
scored the applications received based
on the criteria in the FY 2010/2011 LEPI
NOFA. As a result, HUD has decided to
fund the applications announced in
Appendix A, and 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), the Department is hereby
publishing details concerning the
recipients of funding awards in
Appendix A of this document.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Number for currently funded
Initiatives under the Limited English
Proficiency Initiative Program is 14.421.
Dated: October 18, 2011.
˜
John D. Trasvina,
Assistance Secretary for Fair Housing and
Equal Opportunity.
Appendix A
FY 2010/2011—LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY INITIATIVE NOFA
Applicant name
Contact
Chhaya Community Development Center, 37–43 77th Street, 2nd Floor,
Jackson Heights, NY 11372–6629.
Equal Rights Center, 11 Dupont Circle NW, Washington, DC 20036 ...........
Seema Agnani 718–478–3848 ..........
2
$100,000.00
Adriana Lopez 202–234–3062 ...........
3
100,000.00
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FY 2010/2011—LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY INITIATIVE NOFA—Continued
Applicant name
Contact
Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership, 2401 Broadway Avenue, Suite
4, Slayton, MN 56172–1142.
International Institute of St. Louis, 3654 S. Grand Street, St. Louis, MO
63118–3404.
Lutheran Children and Family Services, 5902 North 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19120–1824.
Kurdish Human Rights Center, 10560 Main Street, Suite 207, Fairfax, VA
22030–7176.
The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, 924 Bethel Street, Honolulu, HI 96813–
4304.
Ali Joens 507–836–1605 ...................
5
100,000.00
Suzanne LeLaurin 314–773–9090 .....
7
99,998.00
Rosemary Bauersmith 215–643–
6335.
Pary Karadaghi 703–385–3806 .........
3
99,101.00
3
100,000.00
Elise von Dohlen 808–527–8056 .......
9
50,000.00
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5569–N–01]
Notice of Certain Operating Cost
Adjustment Factors for 2012
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice establishes
operating cost adjustment factors
(OCAFs) for project based assistance
contracts for eligible multifamily
housing projects having an anniversary
date on or after February 11, 2012.
OCAFs are annual factors used to adjust
Section 8 rents renewed under section
524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing
Reform and Affordability Act of 1997
(MAHRA).
DATES: Effective Dates: February 11,
2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan
Houle, Housing Program Manager,
Office of Housing Assistance and Grant
Administration, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20410; telephone
number 202–402–2572 (this is not a tollfree number). Hearing- or speechimpaired individuals may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at 800–877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. OCAFs
Section 514(e)(2) of MAHRA requires
HUD to establish guidelines for rent
adjustments based on an OCAF. The
statute requiring HUD to establish
OCAFs for LIHPRHA projects and
projects with contract renewals or
adjustments under section 524(b)(1)(A)
of MAHRA is similar in wording and
intent. HUD has therefore developed a
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single factor to be applied uniformly to
all projects utilizing OCAFs as the
method by which renewal rents are
established or adjusted.
LIHPRHA projects are low-income
housing projects insured by the Federal
Housing Administration (FHA).
LIHPRHA projects are primarily lowincome housing projects insured under
section 221(d)(3) below-market interest
rate (BMIR) and section 236 of the
National Housing Act, respectively.
Both categories of projects have lowincome use restrictions that have been
extended beyond the 20-year period
specified in the original documents, and
both categories of projects also receive
assistance under section 8 of the U.S.
Housing Act of 1937 to support the
continued low-income use.
MAHRA gives HUD broad discretion
in setting OCAFs—referring, for
example, in sections 524(a)(4)(C)(i),
524(b)(1)(A), 524(b)(3)(A) and 524(c)(1)
simply to ‘‘an operating cost adjustment
factor established by the Secretary.’’ The
sole limitation to this grant of authority
is a specific requirement in each of the
foregoing provisions that application of
an OCAF ‘‘shall not result in a negative
adjustment.’’ Contract rents are adjusted
by applying the OCAF to that portion of
the rent attributable to operating
expenses exclusive of debt service.
The OCAFs provided in this notice
and applicable to eligible projects
having a project based assistance
contracts anniversary date of on or after
February 11, 2012, are calculated using
the same method as those published in
HUD’s 2011 OCAF notice published on
November 8, 2010 (75 FR 68616).
Specifically, OCAFs are calculated as
the sum of weighted average cost
changes for wages, employee benefits,
property taxes, insurance, supplies and
equipment, fuel oil, electricity, natural
gas, and water/sewer/trash using
publicly available indices. The weights
used in the OCAF calculations for each
of the nine cost component groupings
are set using current percentages
attributable to each of the nine expense
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categories. These weights are calculated
in the same manner as in HUD’s
November 8, 2010, notice. Average
expense proportions were calculated
using three years of audited Annual
Financial Statements from projects
covered by OCAFs. The expenditure
percentages for these nine categories
have been found to be very stable over
time, but using three years of data
increases their stability. The nine cost
component weights were calculated at
the state level, which is the lowest level
of geographical aggregation with enough
projects to permit statistical analysis.
These data were not available for the
Western Pacific Islands, so data for
Hawaii were used as the best available
indicator of OCAFs for these areas.
The best current price data sources for
the nine cost categories were used in
calculating annual change factors. Statelevel data for fuel oil, electricity, and
natural gas from Department of Energy
surveys are relatively current and
continue to be used. Data on changes in
employee benefits, insurance, property
taxes, and water/sewer/trash costs are
only available at the national level. The
data sources for the nine cost indicators
selected used were as follows:
• Labor Costs: First quarter, 2011
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) ECI,
Private Industry Wages and Salaries, All
Workers (Series ID CIU2020000000000I)
at the national level and Private
Industry Benefits, All Workers (Series
ID CIU2030000000000I) at the national
level.
• Property Taxes: 2009–2010 Census
Quarterly Summary of State and Local
Government Tax Revenue—Table 1
https://www2.census.gov/govs/qtax/
2011/q1t1.pdf. Annual property taxes
are computed as the total of four
quarters of tax receipts. Total annual
taxes are then divided by number of
households to arrive at average annual
tax per household. For 2009, the
number of households is taken from the
estimates program at the Bureau of the
Census. https://www.census.gov/popest/
housing/HU-EST2009.html. At the time
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5415-FA-41]
Announcement of Funding Awards; Limited English Proficiency
Initiative Program (LEPI), Fiscal Year 2010/2011
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD.
ACTION: Announcement of funding awards.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement
notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department for
funding under the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Limited
English Proficiency Initiative (LEPI) Program for Fiscal Year (FY)
2010/2011. This announcement contains the names and addresses of those
award recipients selected for funding based on the rating and ranking
of all applications and the amount of the awards.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Walsh, Director, Office of
Policy, Legislative Initiatives, and Outreach, Office of Fair Housing
and Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, SW., Room 5246, Washington, DC 20410. Telephone number
(202) 402-7017 (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 Relay Service at 800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 13166 signed in August 2000
requires all federal agencies to improve access to federally conducted
and federally assisted programs and activities for persons who, as a
result of national origin, are limited in the English proficiency
(LEP). Each agency is to examine the services they provide, identify
any need for services to those with limited English proficiency (LEP),
and develop and implement a system to provide those services so LEP
persons can have meaningful access to them. This LEPI NOFA sponsors
organizations to help ensure that LEP persons can have meaningful
access the Department of Housing and Urban Development's programs,
services, and activities.
The Department published its Limited English Proficiency Initiative
(LEPI) NOFA on July 11, 2011, amended July 18, 2011, announcing the
availability of $650,000 to go to up to seven organizations to make HUD
programs more accessible to LEP persons. This Notice announces six
grant awards of approximately $100,000 each and one grant award of
$50,000 for organizations to assist locally targeted LEP individuals.
For the FY 2010/2011 NOFA, the Department reviewed, evaluated, and
scored the applications received based on the criteria in the FY 2010/
2011 LEPI NOFA. As a result, HUD has decided to fund the applications
announced in Appendix A, and 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), the Department is hereby publishing
details concerning the recipients of funding awards in Appendix A of
this document.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number for currently
funded Initiatives under the Limited English Proficiency Initiative
Program is 14.421.
Dated: October 18, 2011.
John D. Trasvi[ntilde]a,
Assistance Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
Appendix A
FY 2010/2011--Limited English Proficiency Initiative NOFA
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Applicant name Contact Region Award amt.
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Chhaya Community Development Seema Agnani 2 $100,000.00
Center, 37-43 77th Street, 718-478-3848.
2nd Floor, Jackson Heights,
NY 11372-6629.
Equal Rights Center, 11 Adriana Lopez 3 100,000.00
Dupont Circle NW, 202-234-3062.
Washington, DC 20036.
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Southwest Minnesota Housing Ali Joens 507- 5 100,000.00
Partnership, 2401 Broadway 836-1605.
Avenue, Suite 4, Slayton,
MN 56172-1142.
International Institute of Suzanne 7 99,998.00
St. Louis, 3654 S. Grand LeLaurin 314-
Street, St. Louis, MO 63118- 773-9090.
3404.
Lutheran Children and Family Rosemary 3 99,101.00
Services, 5902 North 5th Bauersmith 215-
Street, Philadelphia, PA 643-6335.
19120-1824.
Kurdish Human Rights Center, Pary Karadaghi 3 100,000.00
10560 Main Street, Suite 703-385-3806.
207, Fairfax, VA 22030-7176.
The Legal Aid Society of Elise von 9 50,000.00
Hawaii, 924 Bethel Street, Dohlen 808-527-
Honolulu, HI 96813-4304. 8056.
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