[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 9, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 35958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17177]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
24 CFR Part 941
[Docket No. FR-3919-N-04]
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing;
Public/Private Partnerships for the Mixed-Finance Development of Public
Housing Units Extension of Public Comment Deadline on Interim Rule
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Extension of Public Comment Deadline on Interim Rule.
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SUMMARY: On May 2, 1996, HUD published an interim rule that added a new
subpart F to the public housing development program at 24 CFR part 941.
Under this new subpart, a public housing authority (PHA) was authorized
to provide to a non-PHA entity public housing development and operating
funds for the development and operation of the resulting public housing
units. In addition, the rule clarified that replacement public housing
units for public housing units that have been demolished could be built
on the original public housing site, or in the same neighborhood, if
the number of such replacement units was significantly fewer than the
number of units demolished. The May 2, 1996 interim rule provided for
the public comment period to expire on July 1, 1996. This notice
extends the public comment period to September 15, 1996.
DATES: Comment Due Date: September 15, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on the
interim rule to the Office of the General Counsel, Rules Docket Clerk,
Room 10276, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-0500. Communications should refer to
the above docket number and title. A copy of each communication
submitted will be available for public inspection and copying during
regular business hours at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Flood, Office of Capital
Improvements, Office of Public and Indian Housing, U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 4134,
Washington, DC 20410-0500, telephone (202) 708-1640, ext. 4185; (TTY):
(202) 708-9300 or 1-800-877-8339. (Except for the ``800'' telephone
number, these are not toll-free numbers.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 2, 1996, HUD published an interim
rule (61 FR 19708) that added a new subpart F to the public housing
development program at 24 CFR part 941. Under this interim rule, a PHA
is authorized to provide a portion of its HUD-awarded development and
operating funds to a non-PHA entity for the entity to own, develop and
operate the resulting public housing units. The non-PHA entity may
develop and operate the public housing units using public and private
financing (i.e., as a ``mixed-finance'' project), and to develop solely
public housing units or a combination of public housing, shallow
subsidy, and market rate units.
In addition, the May 2, 1996 interim rule added a new paragraph
(c)(3) to HUD's existing site and neighborhood standards at
Sec. 941.202. This purpose of this provision was to clarify HUD's
existing authority to approve the building of replacement public
housing units for public housing units that have been demolished on
either the original public housing site, or in the same neighborhood,
if the number of such replacement public housing units is significantly
fewer than the number of public housing units demolished. This
authority was affirmed by the passage of section 1002(a)(9) of Pub. L.
104-19 (approved July 27, 1995) which explicitly authorized HUD to
approve the building of replacement public housing units under such
circumstances.
Extension of Public Comment Period
The May 2, 1996 interim rule provided for a 60-day public comment
period which is scheduled to close on July 1, 1996. Because of the
significant public interest in this rule, HUD is extending the public
comment period to September 15, 1996.
Dated: June 28, 1996.
Michael B. Janis,
General Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 96-17177 Filed 7-8-96; 8:45 am]
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