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

Section 8(c)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (USHA) requires the Secretary to publish FMRs periodically, but not less than annually, adjusted to be effective on October 1 of each year. The primary uses of FMRs are to determine payment standard amounts for the Housing Choice Voucher program, to determine initial renewal rents for some expiring project-based Section 8 contracts, to determine initial rents for housing assistance payment (HAP) contracts in the Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy program (Mod Rehab), and to serve as a rent ceiling in the HOME rental assistance program. Today's notice provides final FY 2010 FMRs for all areas that reflect the estimated 40th and 50th percentile rent levels trended to April 1, 2010. The FY 2010 FMRs are based on 2000 Census data updated with more current survey data. For FY 2010, FY 2009 FMRs are updated using 2007 American Community Survey (ACS) data, and more recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) rent and utility indexes. HUD continues to use ACS data in different ways according to how many two-bedroom standard-quality and recent-mover sample cases are available in the FMR area or its Core- Based Statistical Area (CBSA). Revised 2007 FMRs based on Census and ACS data have been updated with CPI data through the end of 2008 and then trended to April 2010, the mid-point of FY 2010.

Through this notice, HUD announces the availability on its website of the application information, submission deadlines, funding criteria, and other requirements for the FY2009 Green and Healthy Homes Technical Studies Program NOFA. The Green and Healthy Homes Technical Studies Program NOFA makes $2.4 million available under the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 111- 8, approved March 11, 2009). The notice providing information regarding the application process, funding criteria and eligibility requirements is available on the HUD Web site at https://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/ grants/fundsavail.cfm or https://www.hud.gov/offices/lead. The Catalogue for Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the Green and Healthy Homes Technical Studies program is 14.911. Applications must be submitted electronically through OHHLHCNOFAreview@HUD.gov.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 in Fiscal Year 2008 competitions for funding under the Grant Program Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control (OHHLHC). This announcement contains the name

In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Reform Act of 1989, this document notifies the public of funding awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities (AN/NHIAC) Program. The purpose of this document is to announce the names,

This notice announces the mortgage insurance premiums (MIPs) for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) multifamily mortgage insurance programs, health care facilities; and hospital insurance programs that have commitments to be issued or reissued in Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. The FY2010 MIPs are the same as in FY2009. In addition to announcing MIPs for FY2010, this notice also announces:

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 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.

Through this notice, HUD announces the availability on its website of the application information, submission deadlines, funding criteria, and other requirements for the FY2009 Community Development Technical Assistance (CD-TA) Program NOFA. The FY2009 CD-TA NOFA makes $23.8 million available to provide technical assistance to achieve the highest level of performance and results for five separate community development areas. These areas are the Home Program (HOME), Home Investment Partnerships for Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDO, HOME), McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance (Homeless), Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) and Community Development Block Grants (CDBG). The notice providing information regarding the application process, funding criteria and eligibility requirements is available on the Grants.gov website at https://apply07.grants.gov/ apply/formsappsidx.html. 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) numbers for the CD-TA program are: 14.239 HOME and CHDO (HOME), 14.235 Homeless. 14.241 HOPWA, 14.218 CDBG Entitlement Grants, 14.219 CDBG States and Small Cities Program, 14.227 CDBG/Technical Assistance Program (B), 14.225 CDBG Insular Program, and 14.248 CDBG Section 108. Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov.

For Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, HUD has continued its policy of maintaining Section 8 income limits at the previously published level in cases where HUD's estimate of area median family income (MFI) or housing cost adjustment data, or changes in calculation methodology, would lead to a lower income limit than was previously published. The policy was adopted to ensure that Multifamily Tax Subsidy Projects (MTSPs) would not be subject to income-limit and rent decreases when the data underlying income limits otherwise indicated decreases. The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-289) changed the tax code to protect existing MTSPs from decreases in income limits and rents, should HUD decide to discontinue this policy. However, maintaining artificially high income limits may have an adverse impact on other federal programs. HUD is requesting public comment on whether HUD should discontinue the practice with respect to Section 8 income limits such that income limits generally would be allowed to decrease.

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 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 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.

HUD announces the availability on its Web site of the application information, deadline information and other requirements for the FY2009 Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly. Approximately $420.9 million in capital advance funds plus associated project rental assistance contract (PRAC) funds is made available through this NOFA, by the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 111-8, approved March 11, 2009), and any carryover funds available. This program provides funding for the development and operation of supportive housing for very low-income persons who are 62 years of age or older. Capital advance funds are to assist in the cost of developing the housing. PRAC funds will cover the difference between the HUD-approved operating costs of the project and the tenants' contributions toward rent (30 percent of their adjusted income). The notice providing information regarding the application process, funding criteria and eligibility requirements is available on the Grants.gov Web site at https://apply.07.grants.gov/apply/forms appsidx.html. 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 Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly is 14.157. Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov.

HUD announces the availability on its Web site of the application information, deadline information and other requirements for the FY2009 Service Coordinators in Multifamily Housing NOFA. Approximately $90 million is made available through this NOFA, by the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 111-8, approved March 11, 2009), for the Service Coordinator program. Of these funds, approximately $20 million is available for funding new Service Coordinator programs. The notice providing information regarding the application process, funding criteria and eligibility requirements is available on the Grants.gov Web site at https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms_apps_idx.html. 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 the Service Coordinators in Multifamily Housing program is 14.191. Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov.

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

This notice provides instructions to potential Continuums of Care (CoCs) applying for the approximately $1.43 billion of funding under HUD's Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Competition in FY 2009. The CoC competition uses an electronic system outside of Grants.gov for CoC registration, as well as for submission of the CoC application, called e-snaps. Notification of the availability of the 2009 CoC application will be released via HUD's Homeless Assistance listserv. To join HUD's listserv, go to https://www.hud.gov/subscribe/ mailinglist.cfm and click on ``Homeless Assistance Program.''

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 is amending HUD/PIH-5 to reflect changes in the following sections, which impact participants and program administrators of the Public Housing, Disaster Housing Assistance, Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation programs; and the various rental assistance programs for the Office of Housing: Categories of Individuals Covered by the System, Categories of Records in the System, Purposes of the System, and Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories of Users and Purposes of Such Users. These sections are revised to reflect the present status of the information contained in the system. A more detailed description of the present system is contained in the Supplemental Information section.