[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7702]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4448-N-02]


Notice of Funding Availability for the Welfare-to-Work Section 8 
Tenant-Based Assistance Program for Fiscal Year 1999; Technical 
Correction

AGENCY: Office of Public and Indian Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA); technical correction.

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SUMMARY: On January 28, 1999, at 64 FR 4496, HUD published a NOFA that 
announced Fiscal Year (FY) 1999 funding of approximately $248.2 million 
to provide tenant-based rental assistance that will help eligible 
families make the transition from welfare to work. This notice makes 
technical corrections to that NOFA to remove an inconsistent 
requirement and clarify the eligibility of applicants for funding.

DATES: The original April 28, 1999 application deadline date and time 
is not changed. Please see the January 28, 1998 NOFA for specific 
details.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For answers to your questions, you may 
contact the Public and Indian Housing Information and Resource Center 
at 1-800-955-2232, or contact the Director of Public Housing, the 
Program Center Coordinator or the Office of Native American Program 
Administrator in your local HUD Office. Hearing-or speech-impaired 
individuals may call HUD's TTY number (202) 708-0770 or 1-800-877-8339 
(the Federal Information Relay Service TTY). (Other than the ``800'' 
number, these numbers are not toll-free.) Information can also be 
accessed via the Internet through the HUD web site at http://
www.hud.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) that 
announced HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 1999 Welfare-to-Work (WTW) Section 8 
Tenant-Based Assistance Program funding of approximately $248.2 million 
was published on January 28, 1999 (64 FR 4496). This notice clarifies 
the program compliance and subcontractor designation requirements in 
section IV of that FY 1999 WTW NOFA. The introductory text of section 
IV.(E) is made consistent with paragraph IV.(E)(2)(b) by requiring a 
statement that outlines steps to resolve compliance instead of a 
proposal for management improvements. The term ``unaddressed'' is added 
to modify the conditions listed in paragraphs IV.(E)(1)(a) and 
redesignated IV.(E)(1)(b), as explained below, that trigger the 
compliance requirements.
    Finally, the provision in paragraph IV.(E)(1)(b), which appears to 
be inconsistent with the threshold requirement at paragraph V.(B)(6, is 
removed. Paragraph IV.(E)(1)(b) would trigger the compliance 
requirements if the applicant demonstrated ``[s]erious underutilization 
evidenced by fewer than 85 percent of budgeted rental certificates or 
vouchers under lease''. The threshold requirement at paragraph V.(B)(6) 
would require an applicant to demonstrate a 90 percent leasing rate to 
be eligible for funding. To avoid any confusion that the designation of 
a subcontractor may make eligible an applicant that does not meet the 
90 percent leasing rate threshold, paragraph IV.(E)(1)(b) is removed, 
and paragraph IV.(E)(1)(c) is redesignated as paragraph IV.(E)(1)(b).
    Accordingly, FR Doc. 99-1985, the FY 1999 Welfare-to-Work (WTW) 
Section 8 Tenant-Based Assistance Program NOFA, published in the 
Federal Register on January 28, 1999 (64 FR 4496) is amended on page 
4498, in column 2, by revising the introductory text and paragraph 
IV.(E)(1)(a), removing paragraph IV.(E)(1)(b), redesignating paragraph 
IV.(E)(1)(c) as paragraph IV.(E)(1)(b) and revising redesignated 
paragraph IV.(E)(1)(b), to read as follows:
    (E) Program Compliance and Designation of Subcontractor. 
Immediately after the publication of this NOFA, the local HUD field 
office will notify, in writing, those HAs that are not eligible to 
apply without a subcontractor acceptable to HUD and a statement that 
outlines the steps being taken to resolve the compliance problems, as 
explained in this section.
    (1) * * *
    (a) Unaddressed material weaknesses or reportable conditions 
outstanding from Inspector General audit findings, or HUD management 
review findings for one or more of your Section 8 rental voucher, 
rental certificate or moderate rehabilitation programs; or
    (b) Significant unaddressed findings in program compliance reviews.
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    Dated: March 23, 1999.
Harold Lucas,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 99-7702 Filed 3-29-99; 8:45 am]
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