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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4921–C–02] 

Notice of Funding Availability for 

Revitalization of Severely Distressed 

Public Housing HOPE VI Revitalization 

Grants Fiscal Year 2004; Correction

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: On November 3, 2004, HUD 

published the Notice of Funding 

Availability (NOFA) for Revitalization 

of Severely Distressed Public Housing 

HOPE VI Revitalization and Demolition 

Grants for Fiscal Year 2004. This notice 

announces several corrections to the 

NOFA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lar 

Gnessin, Office of Public Housing 

Investments, Office of Public and Indian 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington DC, 20410–5000; 

telephone (202) 708–0614 extension 

2676 (this is not a toll-free number). 

Hearing-or speech-impaired individuals 

may access this number via TTY by 

calling the toll-free Federal Information 

Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: . 

On November 3, 2004, HUD 

published (69 FR 64136) the Notice of 

Funding Availability (NOFA) for 

Revitalization of Severely Distressed 

Public Housing HOPE VI Revitalization 

and Demolition Grants for Fiscal Year 

2004. This notice announces corrections 

to the NOFA. 

Subsequent to publication, the 

Department discovered that some 

references had been inconsistently used 

in the NOFA and appendices. 

Corrections to incorrect references are 

made in this document. This notice also 

makes a clarification to the description 

of calculating matching funds. Further 

clarification is made in the milestone 

chart that describes, in general, a 

timeline for the HOPE VI grant cycle. In 

addition, the notice clarifies that as part 

of the determination of capacity of 

existing HOPE VI grantees, production 

achievement numbers will be taken 

from the HOPE VI Quarterly Progress 

Report for the quarter ending September 

30, 2004. 

In addition, the Department 

discovered that two required 

submission items that are described in 

the NOFA were inadvertently left off the 

application checklist. Consequently, 

this notice explains that the checklist is 

no longer a required submission of the 

application. Although the application 

checklist is not required, HUD 

recommends that applicants utilize the 

suggested Table of Contents, Appendix 

1 to this Notice, to help ensure that they 

have included all necessary documents 

with their applications. For a complete 

list of required narrative exhibits and 

forms, see pages 64149 and 64150 of the 

November 3, 2004, NOFA publication. 

After publication, HUD took notice 

that the explanation of Housing Choice 

Voucher utilization rate was unclear. 

Therefore, this notice also clarifies for 

applicants how to determine the 

Housing Choice Voucher utilization 

rate. Similarly, HUD determined that 

the NOFA definition of ‘‘project-based 

affordable housing units’’ needed 

clarification and is made clear in this 

correction notice. Other clarifications 

are included in this notice to assist 

applicants in understanding the NOFA. 

Finally, this correction notice includes 

additional detailed application 

submission information in appendices 2 

and 3.

Accordingly, the Notice of Funding 

Availability for Revitalization of 

Severely Distressed Public Housing 

HOPE VI Revitalization Grants for Fiscal 

Year 2004, published in the Federal 

Register on November 3, 2004 (69 FR 

64135) is corrected as follows: 

1. On page 64138, in the middle 

column, revise paragraph III.B.1.c. to 

read as follows: ‘‘c. In accordance with 

Section 24(c) of the Act, for purposes of 

calculating the amount of matching 

funds required by Sections a. and b. 

above, you may not include amounts 

from HOPE VI program funding, 

including HOPE VI Revitalization, 

HOPE VI Demolition, and HOPE VI 

Neighborhood Networks grants. You 

may include funding from other public 

housing sources, e.g., Capital Funds, 

other federal sources, any state or local 

government source and any private 

contributions. You may also include the 

value of donated material or buildings, 

the value of any lease on a building, the 

value of the time and services 

contributed by volunteers, and the value 

of any other in-kind services or 

administrative costs provided.’’ 

2. On page 64139, in the middle 

column, paragraph III.C.1.e., remove the 

phrase, ‘‘(community building, etc.)’’ 

3. On page 64139, in the third 

column, paragraph III.C.1.i., page 64150, 

in the third column, paragraph IV.B.4.f., 

and on page 64156, in the middle 

column, paragraph V.A.1.c.(1)(iii): 

a. Revise the Milestone table to read 

as follows:

Milestone Date 

Grant Award .............. May 2, 2005. 

Grant Agreement 

Execution.

August 1, 2005. 

HUD’s written request 

for Supplemental 

Submissions.

September 1, 2005. 

HUD’s approval of 

Supplemental Submissions.

January 2, 2006. 

b. Remove the paragraph that follows 

immediately the Milestone table. ‘‘If 

grant award takes place after October 1, 

2004, the grantee’s program schedule 

may be changed in the Supplemental 

Submissions to account for the period of 

time between October 1, 2004, and the 

actual date of grant award.’’ and add in 

its place, ‘‘If grant award takes place 

after May 2, 2005, the grantee’s program 

schedule may be changed in the 

Supplemental Submissions to account 

for the period of time between May 2, 

2005, and the actual date of grant 

award.’’ 

4. On page 64140, in the third 

column, remove paragraph III.C.2.a.(2). 

5. On page 64141, in the first column, 

revise paragraph III.C.2.b.(3) to read as 

follows: 

‘‘(3) Resident Involvement in the 

Revitalization Program Certification.’’ 

You must certify that you have involved 

affected public housing residents at the 

beginning and during the planning 

process for the revitalization program, 

prior to submission of your application. 

If you have not included affected 

residents in the planning process, your 

application will not be rated or ranked 

and will be ineligible for funding. See 

Section III.C.4. of this NOFA for 

minimum training and meeting 

requirements and Section IV.B. of this 

NOFA for documentation requirements. 

6. On page 64149, in the second 

column, remove paragraph IV.B.2.a.(3); 

Form HUD–52800, ‘‘HOPE VI 

Revitalization Application Checklist,’’ 

as this form is no longer a mandatory 

part of the application. Although the 

application checklist is not required, 

HUD recommends that applicants 

utilize the suggested Table of Contents, 

Appendix 1 to this Notice, to help 

ensure that they have included all 

necessary documents with their 

applications. For additional information 

about required narrative exhibits and 

forms, see pages 64149 and 64150 of the 

November 3, 2004 NOFA publication. 

7. On page 64149, in the last column, 

remove paragraph IV.B.2.b.(17). 

8. On page 64150, in the first column, 

add a new paragraph IV.B.2.c. after 

paragraph IV.B.2.b.(32)(d) to read as 

follows: ‘‘Additional detailed 

application submission information is 

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included in Appendix 2 to this Notice, 

‘‘HOPE VI Revitalization Application 

Submission Instructions,’’ and 

Appendix 3 to this Notice, ‘‘Instructions 

for HOPE VI Application Data Forms.’’

9. On page 64150, in the first column, 

paragraph IV.B.4.d., This 

documentation is for the Need rating 

factor, not a threshold. Move paragraph 

IV.B.4.d. from its current position to 

page 64151, column 3, and label it 

paragraph IV.B.6.b.(3). 

10. On page 64150, in the middle 

column, There are two paragraphs 

labeled ‘‘(3)’’ The paragraph beginning 

with, ‘‘(3) Applicants must ensure that 

their obligation and expenditure 

information was updated in LOCCS 

***’’ will remain as stated. Revise the 

paragraph beginning with, ‘‘(3) For 

MTW PHAs that do not record capital 

funds obligations in LOCCS * * *’’ by 

removing the paragraph label ‘‘(3)’’ and 

replacing it with the paragraph label 

‘‘(4)’’. 

11. On page 64151, in the middle 

column, revise paragraph IV.B.5.c. to 

read as follows: ‘‘c. Relocation Plan 

Certification. (1) You must certify that 

the HOPE VI Relocation plan has been 

completed and that it conforms to the 

URA requirements as described in 

Sections III.C.4. and V.A.6. of this 

NOFA. If, after the deficiency cure 

period, this certification is not properly 

included in your application, the 

application will not be rated or ranked 

and will be ineligible for funding.’’

12. On page 64153, in the third 

column, remove paragraph IV.B.6.f.(2).

13. On page 64153, in the third 

column, revise paragraph IV.B.6.j. by 

adding the following sentence at the end 

of the paragraph: ‘‘You must answer the 

questions in either Part A or Part B of 

the form, but not both.’’

14. On page 64155, in the middle 

column, revise paragraph IV.E.6.c. by 

removing the phrase ‘‘* * * Control 

and Safe Harbor Standards can be found 

on the Grants.gov web site.’’ and 

replacing it with, ‘‘* * * Control and 

Safe Harbor Standards can be found on 

HUD’s HOPE VI web site.’’

15. On page 64156, in the second and 

third columns, revise paragraph 

V.A.1.d.(2) by removing the last 

sentence and replacing it with the 

following: ‘‘Production achievement 

numbers will be taken from the HOPE 

VI Quarterly Progress Report for the 

quarter ending September 30, 2004.’’

16. On page 64157, in the middle 

column, add a new paragraph 

V.A.1.h.(4) after paragraph V.A.1.h.(3) to 

read as follows: ‘‘(4) For MTW PHA 

applicants: (a) If you are in compliance 

with your MTW Agreement, you will 

receive 2 points. (b) If you are not in 

compliance with your MTW Agreement, 

you will receive 0 points.’’

17. On page 64157, in the middle 

column, add a new paragraph V.A.1.i.(4) 

after paragraph V.A.1.i.(3) to read as 

follows: ‘‘(4) For MTW PHA applicants: 

‘‘(4) For MTW PHA applicants: (a) If you 

are in compliance with your MTW 

Agreement, you will receive 2 points. 

(b) If you are not in compliance with 

your MTW Agreement, you will receive 

0 points.’’

18. On page 64158, in the first 

column. There are two paragraphs 

labeled ‘‘c.’’ The paragraph heading, ‘‘c. 

Need for HOPE VI Funding—8 points.’’

remains as stated. Revise the paragraph 

heading, ‘‘c. Need for Affordable 

Accessible Housing in the Community—

3 Points.’’ to read as follows: ‘‘d. Need 

for Affordable Accessible Housing in the 

Community—3 Points.’’

19. On page 64158, in the middle 

column, revise the second sentence of 

paragraph V.A.2.d.(2) to read as follows: 

‘‘* * * In figuring the Housing Choice 

Voucher utilization rate, determine and 

provide the percentage of HCV units out 

of the total number authorized or the 

percentage of HCV funds expended out 

of the total amount authorized, 

whichever percentage is higher * * *.’’

20. On page 64158, in the middle 

column, revise paragraph V.A.2.d.(2) by 

adding at the end: ‘‘For Sections (3), (4) 

and (5) below, you will be rated based 

upon either (a) or (b), whichever is 

determined to be the higher of the two 

percentages. The lower of the two 

percentages will not affect your rating.’’

21. On page 64158, in the middle 

column, revise paragraph V.A.2.d.(6) to 

read as follows: ‘‘(6) You will receive 0 

Points if both the utilization rate of your 

Housing Choice Voucher program and 

the occupancy rate of your public 

housing inventory are less than 93 

percent.’’

22. On page 64158, in the third 

column, revise paragraph V.A.3.a. by 

adding at the end, ‘‘In determining 

Leverage ratios, HUD will include as 

Leverage the match amounts that are 

required by Section III.B. of this 

NOFA.’’

23. On page 64159, in the first 

column, revise paragraph V.A.3.d.(1) to 

read as follows: ‘‘(1) You will receive 2 

Points if the ratio of the amount of 

HOPE VI funds requested for physical 

development activities to the amount of 

your documented anticipatory resources 

is 1:0.1 or higher. The clause, ‘‘HOPE VI 

funds requested for physical 

development activities’’ is defined as 

your total requested amount of funds 

minus your requested CSS, 

administration amounts, and relocation. 

HUD will presume that your combined 

CSS and administration amounts are the 

total of Budget Line Items 1408 

(excluding Management Improvements), 

1410, and 1495 on the form HUD–

52825–A, ‘‘HOPE VI Budget’’ that is 

included in your application.’’

24. On page 64160, in the first 

column, revise paragraph V.A.6. by 

adding at the end, ‘‘For all applicants, 

whether you have completed, or have 

yet to complete, relocation of all 

residents of the targeted project, your 

HOPE VI Relocation Plan must include 

the three goals set out in Section 24, as 

described in Sections a.(1)(a), (b) and (c) 

below.’’

25. On page 64160, in the first 

column, remove paragraph V.A.6.a.(2). 

26. On page 64160, in the first 

column, revise paragraph V.A.6.b. 

through d. to read as follows: ‘‘b. You 

will receive 4 Points for this Factor if: 

Your Relocation Plan complies with 

only two of the goals in (a) through (c) 

above. c. You will receive 2 Points for 

this Factor if: Your Relocation Plan 

complies with only one of the 

requirements in (a) through (c) above. d. 

You will receive 0 Points for this Factor 

if: (1) Your Relocation Plan does not 

comply with any of the requirements in 

(a) through (c) above; or (2) Your 

application does not address this factor 

to an extent that makes HUD’s rating of 

this factor possible.’’

27. On page 64161, in the middle 

column, revise paragraph V.A.8.a.(1)(a) 

to read as follows: ‘‘project-based 

affordable housing units’’ are defined as 

on-site and off-site housing units where 

there are affordable-housing use 

restrictions on the unit, e.g., public 

housing, project-based HCV (Section 8) 

units, LIHTC units, HOME units, 

affordable homeownership units, etc.’’

28. On page 64161, in the third 

column, remove paragraphs 

V.A.8.a.(1)(c) and (d). 

29. On page 64161, in the third 

column, revise paragraph V.A.8.a.(2) by 

adding at the end, ‘‘* * * In figuring 

the Housing Choice Voucher utilization 

rate, determine and provide the 

percentage of HCV units out of the total 

number authorized or the percentage of 

HCV funds expended out of the total 

amount authorized, whichever 

percentage is higher * * *.’’

30. On page 64164, in the middle 

column, revise paragraph V.B.5. by 

removing the citation to the ‘‘FY2003 

HOPE VI appropriation’’ and adding in 

its place a citation to ‘‘FY2004 HOPE VI 

appropriation.’’

31. On page 64164, in the third 

column, revise paragraph VI.B.2. to read 

as follows: ‘‘2. Timeliness of 

Development Activity. Grantees must 

proceed within a reasonable timeframe, 

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as indicated below. In determining 

reasonableness of such timeframe, HUD 

will take into consideration those delays 

caused by factors beyond your control. 

These timeframes must be reflected in 

the form of a program schedule, in 

accordance with the threshold 

requirement at Section III.C.1.i. of this 

NOFA and the Rating Factor 

requirement at Section V.A.1.c. of this 

NOFA.’’

32. On page 64166, in the third 

column, revise paragraph VII.B.1. to 

read as follows: ‘‘1. Technical 

corrections to this NOFA will be posted 

to the Grants.gov/Find website, to

http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/

otherhud.cfm and to HUD’s HOPE VI 

website.’’

33. On page 64168, remove form 

HUD–52800, ‘‘HOPE VI Revitalization 

Application Checklist,’’ as this form is 

no longer a mandatory part of the 

application. Although the application 

checklist is not required, HUD 

recommends that applicants utilize the 

suggested Table of Contents, Appendix 

1 to this Notice, to help ensure that they 

have included all necessary documents 

with their applications. For a complete 

list of required narrative exhibits and 

forms, see pages 64149 and 64150 of the 

November 3, 2004 NOFA publication. 

34. On page 64199, form HUD–52785, 

Attachment 23; In the first paragraph 

below the public reporting burden 

statement, remove the reference to 

‘‘Section VII.(A)(2)’’ and add in its place 

a reference to ‘‘Section III.C.4.j.’’ In the 

paragraph below, ‘‘Date of HOPE VI 

Resident Training Session,’’ remove the 

reference to ‘‘Section VII.(A)(3)’’ and 

add in its place a reference to ‘‘Section 

III.C.4.j.’’

35. On page 64200, form HUD–52787, 

Attachment 31; In the first paragraph 

below the public reporting burden 

statement, remove the reference to 

‘‘Section XII.(B)(4)’’ and add in its place 

a reference to ‘‘Section V.A.9.d.’’ For the 

checklist item beginning, ‘‘The PHA has 

held 5 or more public planning 

sessions * * *,’’ remove the sentence, 

‘‘No more than three of these meetings 

may be the same as those certified to in 

Attachment 23.’’

Dated: December 20, 2004. 

Michael Liu, 

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing.

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