Department of Housing and Urban Development June 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Section 106 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (the HUD Reform Act) requires HUD to publish quarterly Federal Register notices of all regulatory waivers that HUD has approved. Each notice covers the quarterly period since the previous Federal Register notice. The purpose of this notice is to comply with the requirements of section 106 of the HUD Reform Act. This notice contains a list of regulatory waivers granted by HUD during the period beginning on January 1, 2009 and ending on March 31, 2009.

The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an upcoming meeting of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (the Committee). The meeting is open to the public and the site is accessible to individuals with disabilities.

On June 9, 2009, HUD published a notice in the Federal Register (74 FR 27340) to announce that a revised version of the Capital Fund Recovery Competition (CFRC) NOFA had been issued and posted to the HUD website. That brief notice stated that the deadline date for Category 4 (Creation of Energy Efficient, Green Communities) applications is July 29, 2009. In fact, the correct deadline date for Category 4 applications is July 21, 2009. The July 21, 2009 deadline date for Category 4 applications is correctly stated in the revised CFRC NOFA posted on HUD's Web site on June 3, 2009. While the requirements for submitting an application for this assistance are those provided in the CFRC NOFA, HUD is using today's Federal Register notice to avoid any confusion in its applicant community.

The Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 111-8) makes available $30 million for incremental Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) for non-elderly disabled families served by entities (which this NOFA will limit to public housing agencies (PHAs)) with demonstrated experience and resources for supportive services). This money should fund approximately 4,000 HCVs. Approximately 25 percent ($7,500,000 and 1,000 HCVs) will be made available for non-elderly families transitioning out of nursing homes and other institutions into the community. To permit the Department to better design the distribution of this assistance, particularly as it relates to transitioning non- elderly disabled families out of nursing homes and other institutions and the NOFA's tie-in to the Money Follows the Person (MFP) Demonstration administered by the Department of Health and Human

Through this notice, HUD announces the availability on its Web site of the application information, submission deadlines, funding criteria, and other requirements for the FY2009 Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing (Capacity Building) NOFA. The FY2009 Capacity Building NOFA makes $34 million in assistance to carry out the eligible activities related to affordable housing and community development for the section 4 capacity building program, of which at least $5 million shall be made available for rural capacity building activities. Applicants for assistance under the Capacity

HUD announces the availability on its Web site of the applicant information, submission deadlines, funding criteria and other requirements for HUD's Housing Counseling Training Program NOFA for FY2009. Approximately $5 million is made available through this NOFA under the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 111-8, approved March 11, 2009) for HUD's Housing Counseling Training Program. Applicants for HUD's Housing Counseling

This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is issuing a proposed regulation that would require the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal Home Loan Banks (regulated entities) to report to FHFA any fraudulent financial instruments that they purchased or sold. The proposed regulation would also require the regulated entities to establish and maintain internal controls, procedures, and training programs to ensure that any such fraudulent instruments are detected and reported.

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 Emergency Capital Repair Grant funding decisions made by the Department in FY 2009. This announcement contains the names of the awardees and the amounts of the awards made available by HUD.

This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.

The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

On May 7, 2009, HUD posted on its website its Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for HUD's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Capital Fund Recovery Competition (CFRC) Grants. Through this document, HUD announces that it has posted on its Web site a revised NOFA that corrects, changes and clarifies a number of criteria established in the document posted on May 7, 2009. The corrections, changes, and clarifications to the NOFA include, among other items, the following: adding threshold funding caps in Categories 1, 2 and 3 for public housing agencies (PHAs) designated as High Performers; adding a rating factor on High Performer status to Category 4; amending the Capacity threshold requirement relating to the Capital Fund; clarifying the threshold requirement of Category 2, Public Housing Transformation, that deals with the census tract and the concentration of poverty; adding definitions of leverage and match and adding tie-breaking criteria based on leverage and match; amending the leverage ratio criteria in Category 1 required for Round 1 consideration; amending the Category 3 threshold requirement to require that any demolition and/or disposition applications had to be submitted to HUD no later than the date of the publication of the revised NOFA; and clarifying certain other Category 4 rating factors and funding limits. Please see the revised NOFA document for all the corrections, changes, and clarifications made. To permit applicants time to prepare applications that take into account these and other changes incorporated in the revised NOFA, HUD is revising the application deadline dates for each funding category: For Threshold-Based applications (Categories 1, 2 and 3), the Department will assign the first Ordinal on July 6, 2009; but will begin accepting applications on June 22, 2009. For Rated and Ranked applications (Category 4), the deadline date for applications is July 29, 2009, but HUD will begin accepting applications on June 22, 2009. The NOFA which reflects these changes, corrections and clarifications is available on the HUD Web site at: https://www.hud.gov/recovery (which connects to the Office of Capital Improvements Web site, https://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/ ph/capfund/ocir.cfm).

This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.

Builders request approval for changes to accepted drawings and specifications of proposed construction properties as required by homebuyers, or determined by the builder to increase market appeal. Builders submit the forms to lenders, who review them and submit them to HUD for approval.

This information collection is used to conduct a credit investigation of the sponsor, mortgagor, and general contractor to evaluate the character, capital, and ability to develop, build, complete, and maintain a multifamily project.

The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

HUD announces the availability of, and funding criteria for, approximately $10 million that is available to Indian tribes and tribal organizations that received ICDBG grants in Fiscal Year 2008, authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5, approved February 17, 2009). This assistance is intended to preserve and create jobs, promote economic recovery, assist those impacted by the recession, and invest in transportation, environment and infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits. The notice establishing program requirements and funding criteria is available on the HUD Web site at: https://www.hud.gov/ recovery/icdblockh.cfm.