39986 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 125 / Wednesday, June 28, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4509–N–11]

Public Housing Assessment System

(PHAS) Information on PHAS Scoring

Procedures

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, and Office of the Director of

the Real Estate Assessment Center,

HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In this edition of the Federal

Register, HUD is publishing additional

information for public housing agencies,

their residents and members of the

public about HUD’s process for issuing

scores for each of the four PHAS

Indicators: Physical Condition;

Financial Condition; Management

Operations; and Resident Service and

Satisfaction.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information contact the Real

Estate Assessment Center (REAC),

Attention: Wanda Funk, U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 1280 Maryland Avenue,

SW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20024;

telephone Technical Assistance Center

at (888)–245–4860 (this is a toll free

number). Persons with hearing or

speech impairments may access that

number via TTY by calling the Federal

Information Relay Service at (800) 877–

8339. Additional information is

available from the REAC Internet Site,

http://www.hud.gov/reac.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

On January 11, 2000 (65 FR 1712),

HUD issued a final rule that made

certain amendments to the Public

Housing Assessment System (PHAS)

regulations. The PHAS was

implemented by final regulations

published on September 1, 1998. The

amendments published to the PHAS

regulations on January 11, 2000,

followed a proposed rule published on

June 22, 1999, and were prompted by

both statutory and administrative

changes to the PHAS.

On June 6, 2000, HUD published a

technical correction to the January 11,

2000, final rule, and HUD also

published a notice that provided further

transition assistance to PHAs with fiscal

years ending March 31, 2000, and June

30, 2000, by allowing these PHAs to

inspect occupied units in accordance

with HUD’s Housing Quality Standards

(HQS). Under sub-indicator #3 of PHAS

Indicator #3, Management Operations,

PHAs are assessed on the percentage of

units and systems that a PHA inspects

on an annual basis in order to determine

short-term maintenance needs and longterm Capital Fund needs. In the June 6,

2000, Transition Notice, HUD also

advised that PHAs with fiscal years

ending March 31, 2000, would receive

PHAS advisory scores. PHAS scores will

be issued to PHAs with fiscal years

ending on or after June 30, 2000.

II. PHAS Scoring Notices

In this edition of the Federal Register,

HUD is publishing its scoring notices for

each of the four PHAS Indicators:

Physical Condition; Financial

Condition; Management Operations, and

Resident Service and Satisfaction. For

the Management Operations Indicator,

HUD is publishing two scoring notices.

The first Management Operations

scoring notice is applicable to PHAs

with fiscal years ending September 30,

1999, to December 31, 1999. The second

Management Operations scoring notice

is applicable to PHAs with fiscal years

ending on or after March 31, 2000. The

reason for the two notices is that the

January 11, 2000, final rule made

substantive changes to the Management

Operations Indicator and those changes

are reflected in the second Management

Operations Scoring Notice. PHAs with

fiscal years ending before 1999, were

covered by the PHAS regulations before

amendments made by the January 11,

2000, final rule. The first Management

Operations Scoring Notice reflects the

earlier regulation.

All the PHAS scoring notices

published in this edition of the Federal

Register take into consideration public

comment received on the notices

published on May 13, 1999 and again on

June 13, 1999.

Dated: June 20, 2000.

Harold Lucas,

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing.

Donald J. LaVoy,

Director, Real Estate Assessment Center.

[FR Doc. 00–16152 Filed 6–27–00; 8:45 am]

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