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Capital Advance: $1,499,500 

Five-year rental subsidy: $188,500 

Number of units 15 

Texas 

Dallas, TX 

Non-Profit Sponsor: CC Young Memorial 

Home Inc 

Capital Advance: $4,216,500 

Five-year rental subsidy: $806,000 

Number of units 54 

Houston, TX 

Five-year rental subsidy: $1,012,000 

Number of units 67 

San Antonio, TX 

Non-Profit Sponsor: Retirement Housing 

Foundation 

Capital Advance: $4,065,300 

Five-year rental subsidy: $753,500 

Number of units 55 

Waco, TX 

Non-Profit Sponsor: Mercy Housing Inc 

Co-Sponsor: Mercy Housing Colorado 

Capital Advance: $4,208,400 

Five-year rental subsidy: $821,500 

Number of units 55 

Utah 

Price, UT 

Non-Profit Sponsor: Comm Hsg Ser Inc 

Capital Advance: $3,516,000 

Five-year rental subsidy: $466,000 

Number of units 33 

Project Description: 

The funds will be used for the new 

construction of two buildings for the very 

low-income elderly consisting of a total of 33 

units. Some of the supportive services that 

will be provided are meals-on-wheels, 

housekeeping assistance, social activities and 

transportation. 

Virginia 

Kilmarnock, VA 

Non-Profit Sponsor: Bay Aging 

Capital Advance: $1,515,900 

Five-year rental subsidy: $299,500 

Number of units 19 

Vinton, VA 

Non-Profit Sponsor: Metropolitan Housing 

and CDC, Inc. 

Capital Advance: $5,824,400 

Five-year rental subsidy: $1,150,500 

Number of units 73 

Washington 

Buckley, WA 

Non-Profit Sponsor: Enumclaw Community 

Hospital 

Capital Advance: $2,042,700 

Five-year rental subsidy: $318,500 

Number of units 20 

Kennewick, WA 

Non-Profit Sponsor: Shalom Ecumenical 

Center 

Capital Advance: $4,008,900 

Five-year rental subsidy: $722,000 

Number of units 45 

Spokane, WA 

Non-Profit Sponsor: East Central Community 

Organization 

Capital Advance: $2,157,200 

Five-year rental subsidy: $394,000 

Number of units 25 

Vancouver, WA 

Non-Profit Sponsor: Columbia Non-Profit 

Housing 

Capital Advance: $5,479,700 

Five-year rental subsidy: $866,500 

Number of units 56 

Yakima, WA 

Non-Profit Sponsor: Diocese of Yakima 

Housing Services 

Capital Advance: $3,544,700 

Five-year rental subsidy: $640,000 

Number of units 40 

Wisconsin 

Milwaukee, WI 

Non-Profit Sponsor: Eternal Life Church of 

God in Christ 

Capital Advance: $2,799,900 

Five-year rental subsidy: $380,000 

Number of units 24 

Town of Russell, WI 

Non-Profit Sponsor: Impact Seven INC 

Capital Advance: $1,255,300 

Five-year rental subsidy: $198,500 

Number of units 12 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5089–N–01] 

Allocations and Waivers Granted to 

and Alternative Requirements for 

CDBG Disaster Recovery Grantees 

Under Chapter 9 of Title II of the 

Emergency Supplemental 

Appropriations Act for Defense, the 

Global War on Terror, and Hurricane 

Recovery, 2006 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of allocation, waivers, 

and alternative requirements. 

SUMMARY: This Notice advises the public 

of the allocations for grant funds for 

Community Development Block Grant 

(CDBG) disaster recovery grants for the 

purpose of assisting in the recovery in 

the most impacted and distressed areas 

related to the consequences of 

Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 

the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. As 

described in the Supplementary 

Information section of this notice, HUD 

is authorized by statute to waive 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

and specify alternative requirements for 

this purpose, upon the request of the 

State grantees. This notice also 

describes the application and reporting 

waivers and the common alternative 

requirements for the grants made under 

the subject appropriations act. 

DATES: Effective Date: November 6, 

2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan 

C. Opper, Director, Disaster Recovery 

and Special Issues Division, Office of 

Block Grant Assistance, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Room 7286, 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone 

number (202) 708–3587. Persons with 

hearing or speech impairments may 

access this number via TTY by calling 

the Federal Information Relay Service at 

(800) 877–8339. FAX inquiries may be 

sent to Mr. Opper at (202) 401–2044. 

(Except for the ‘‘800’’ number, these 

telephone numbers are not toll-free.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority To Grant Waivers 

Chapter 9 of Title II of the Emergency 

Supplemental Appropriations Act for 

Defense, the Global War on Terror, and 

Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Pub. L. 109–

234, approved June 15, 2006) (Public 

Law 109–234) appropriates $5.2 billion 

in Community Development Block 

Grant funds for necessary expenses 

related to disaster relief, long-term 

recovery, and restoration of 

infrastructure directly related to the 

consequences of the covered disasters. 

Public Law 109–234 authorizes the 

Secretary to waive, or specify alternative 

requirements for, any provision of any 

statute or regulation that the Secretary 

administers in connection with the 

obligation by the Secretary or use by the 

recipient of these funds and guarantees, 

except for requirements related to fair 

housing, nondiscrimination, labor 

standards, and the environment, upon a 

request by the State and a finding by the 

Secretary that such a waiver would not 

be inconsistent with the overall purpose 

of the statute. The following application 

and reporting waivers and alternative 

requirements are in response to requests 

from the States receiving an allocation 

under this notice. 

The Secretary finds that the following 

waivers and alternative requirements, as 

described below, are not inconsistent 

with the overall purpose of Title I of the 

Housing and Community Development 

Act of 1974, as amended, or the 

Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

Housing Act, as amended. 

Under the requirements of the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development Act, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 3535(q)), regulatory waivers must 

be published in the Federal Register. 

Except as described in this and other 

notices applicable to this grant, 

statutory and regulatory provisions 

governing the Community Development 

Block Grant program for States, 

including those at 24 CFR part 570, 

shall apply to the use of these funds. In 

accordance with Public Law 109–234, 

HUD will reconsider every waiver in 

this notice on the two-year anniversary 

of the day this notice is published. 


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Allocations 

Public Law 109–234 (effective June 

15, 2006) provides $5.2 billion of 

supplemental appropriation for the 

CDBG program for: 

necessary expenses related to disaster 

relief, long-term recovery, and 

restoration of infrastructure in the most 

impacted and distressed areas related to 

the consequences of Hurricanes Katrina, 

Rita, or Wilma. 

The law further notes: 

That funds provided under this heading 

shall be administered through an entity 

or entities designated by the Governor of 

each State. And that: No State shall 

receive more than $4.2 billion of the 

amount provided under this heading. 

As provided for in Public Law 109–

234, the funds may not be used for 

activities reimbursable by or for which 

funds are made available by the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency or the 

Army Corps of Engineers. Further, none 

of the funds made available under this 

heading may be used by a State or 

locality as a matching requirement, 

share, or contribution for any other 

Federal program. 

Also as required by the law, not less 

than $1.0 billion of the $5.2 billion 

appropriation less $27.0 million in 

administrative set-asides (which 

computes to 19.3311 percent of any 

State’s allocation) shall be used for 

repair, rehabilitation, and 

reconstruction (including demolition, 

site clearance and remediation) of the 

affordable rental housing stock 

(including public and other HUDassisted housing) in the impacted areas. 

Therefore, HUD is requiring that not less 

than 19.3311 percent of each State’s 

grant be used for these activities. 

From this supplemental 

appropriation, the Secretary is 

allocating funds as follows. 

State Disaster Allocation amount 

($) 

Alabama ................................. Hurricane Katrina (FEMA–1605–DR) ................................................................................. $21,225,574 

Florida .................................... Hurricane Katrina (FEMA–1602–DR), Hurricane Wilma (FEMA–1609–DR) ..................... 100,066,518 

Louisiana ................................ Hurricane Katrina (FEMA–1603–DR), Hurricane Rita (FEMA–1607–DR) ......................... 4,200,000,000 

Mississippi .............................. Hurricane Katrina (FEMA–1604–DR) ................................................................................. 423,036,059 

Texas ...................................... Hurricane Rita (FEMA–1606–DR) ...................................................................................... 428,671,849 

State 

Minimum amount 

for affordable 

rental housing 

($) 

Alabama ............................ $4,103,146 

Florida ............................... 19,344,001 

Louisiana .......................... 811,907,984 

Mississippi ........................ 81,777,703 

Texas ................................ 82,867,166 

The amounts in the table directly 

above are the minimum required for 

each State to use of its allocation from 

Public Law 109–234 for repair, 

rehabilitation, and reconstruction 

(including demolition, site clearance 

and remediation) of the affordable rental 

housing stock (including public and 

other HUD-assisted housing) in the 

impacted areas. 

In Louisiana, the Department has 

reviewed data chronicling the massive 

impact of the disasters on affordable 

rental housing, including public 

housing, in the areas of the State most 

affected by disasters. In light of the 

unprecedented housing needs resulting 

from the disasters, the Secretary is 

carrying out his statutory duty to ensure 

that priority has been given to identified 

affordable rental housing by providing 

an alternative requirement. HUD is 

requiring that, before the State of 

Louisiana expends any funds to meet 

the minimum requirement for affordable 

rental housing under this notice (see 

table above), the Governor of Louisiana 

shall demonstrate to the Secretary’s 

satisfaction that the State will provide 

funds or has identified dedicated 

resources sufficient to meet the key 

disaster recovery needs for repair, 

rehabilitation, and reconstruction of 

affordable rental housing stock, 

including public housing, in the most 

impacted areas of the State. 

HUD invites each State receiving an 

allocation to submit an Action Plan for 

Disaster Recovery in accordance with 

this notice. 

The appropriations statute requires 

funds be used only for disaster relief, 

long-term recovery, and restoration of 

infrastructure in the most impacted and 

distressed areas related to the 

consequences of hurricanes in the Gulf 

of Mexico in 2005. The statute directs 

that each grantee will describe in its 

Action Plan for Disaster Recovery how 

the use of the grant funds gives priority 

to infrastructure development and 

rehabilitation and the rehabilitation and 

reconstruction of the affordable rental 

housing stock including public and 

other HUD-assisted housing. HUD will 

monitor compliance with this direction 

and may be compelled to disallow 

expenditures if it finds uses of funds are 

not disaster-related, or funds allocated 

duplicate other benefits. 

For the State of Louisiana, which 

suffered major impacts from two 

different hurricanes, HUD estimates that 

over 85 percent of the major and severe 

damage due to those storms is in the 

New Orleans-Metairie-Bogalusa 

Metropolitan Area (Jefferson, Orleans, 

Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, 

St. John the Baptist, and St. Tammany 

Parishes). HUD therefore expects that 

the State will target a substantial 

majority of its disaster recovery funds 

under Pub. L. 109–234 toward the 

disaster recovery needs in the New 

Orleans-Metairie-Bogalusa Metropolitan 

Area, and has included an alternative 

requirement to that effect. 

Prevention of Fraud, Abuse, and 

Duplication of Benefits 

The statute also directs the Secretary 

to: 

Establish procedures to prevent 

recipients from receiving any 

duplication of benefits and report 

quarterly to the Committees on 

Appropriations with regard to all steps 

taken to prevent fraud and abuse of 

funds made available under this 

heading including duplication of 

benefits. 

To meet this directive, HUD is 

pursuing five courses of action. First, 

this notice makes applicable specific 

reporting, written procedures, 

monitoring, and internal audit 

requirements for grantees. Second, to 

the extent its resources allow, HUD will 

institute risk analysis and on-site 

monitoring of grantee management of 

the grants and of the specific uses of 

funds. Third, HUD will be extremely 

cautious in considering any waiver 

related to basic financial management 

requirements. The standard, time-tested 

CDBG financial requirements will 

continue to apply. Fourth, HUD is 

collaborating with the HUD Office of 

Inspector General to plan and 

implement oversight of these funds. 

Fifth, HUD will follow the direction of 

the conference report, 109–494, and 

apply $6 million of funds appropriated 

for the Working Capital Fund for 

‘‘immediate enhancement of the 

capabilities of the Disaster Recovery 

Grant Reporting system by building 


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additional electronic controls that will 

increase accountability while further 

decreasing the risk of fraud, waste, or 

abuse.’’

Waiver Justification 

In general, waivers already granted to 

the States and alternative requirements 

already specified for CDBG disaster 

recovery grant funds provided under the 

Department of Defense Appropriations 

Act, 2006 (Pub. L. 109–148, approved 

December 30, 2005) (Appropriations 

Act) will also apply to grant funds 

provided under Public Law 109–234. 

This eliminates unnecessary 

inconsistencies in administration of the 

two grants and thus reduces the 

opportunities for technical errors. The 

notices in which these prior waivers 

and alternative requirements appear are 

71 FR 7666, published February 13, 

2006 (all five States); 71 FR 34448 (for 

Alabama), 71 FR 34451 (for 

Mississippi), and 71 FR 34457 (for 

Louisiana), all published June 14, 2006; 

71 FR 43622, published August 1, 2006 

(for Texas); 71 FR 51678 (for Florida), 

published August 30, 2006; and 71 FR 

62372 (for Mississippi), published 

October 24, 2006, except that the 

provisions of paragraph four of the latter 

notice do not apply to the funds 

allocated under Pub. L. 109–234. 

In addition to making applicable the 

requirements cited above, this notice 

specifies and provides for differences in 

program rules, waivers, or alternative 

requirements that are necessary due to 

the provisions of Public Law 109–234. 

The provisions of this notice do not 

apply to funds provided under the 

regular CDBG program. The provisions 

provide additional flexibility in program 

design and implementation and 

implement statutory requirements 

unique to this appropriation. 

Application for Allocation 

The waivers and alternative 

requirements related to a State’s 

application for its allocation are those 

delineated in a notice entitled, 

‘‘Allocations and Common Application 

and Reporting Waivers Granted to and 

Alternative Requirements for CDBG 

Disaster Recovery Grantees Under the 

Department of Defense Appropriations 

Act, 2006,’’ published February 13, 2006 

71 (FR 7666), with the changes noted 

below. HUD encourages each State 

receiving an allocation to submit an 

Action Plan for Disaster Recovery to 

HUD within 60 days of the publication 

date of this notice. 

New elements added to the State’s 

Action Plan for Disaster Recovery 

include a description of how the State 

will give priority to infrastructure 

development and rehabilitation and 

how the State will give priority to the 

rehabilitation and reconstruction of the 

affordable rental housing stock 

including public and other HUDassisted housing. The State must also 

explain how its choices for fund use 

will result in the State meeting the 

requirement to use not less than 19.3311 

percent of its allocation for repair, 

rehabilitation, and reconstruction 

(including demolition, site clearance 

and remediation) of the affordable rental 

housing stock (including public and 

other HUD-assisted housing) in the 

impacted areas. The explanation should 

include how the State has considered 

the unique challenges that individuals 

with disabilities face in finding 

accessible and affordable housing. 

Applicable Rules, Statutes, Waivers, 

and Alternative Requirements 

1. General note. Except as described 

in this notice, the statutory, regulatory, 

and notice provisions that shall apply to 

the use of these funds are: 

a. Those governing the funds 

appropriated under the Appropriations 

Act and already published in the 

Federal Register, including those in 

notices 71 FR 7666, published February 

13, 2006 (for all five States); 71 FR 

34448 (for Alabama), 71 FR 34451 (for 

Mississippi), and 71 FR 34457 (for 

Louisiana), all published June 14, 2006; 

71 FR 43622 for Texas, published 

August 1, 2006; 71 FR 51678 (for 

Florida), published on August 30, 2006; 

and 71 FR 62372 (for Mississippi), 

published October 24, 2006, except that 

the provisions of paragraph four of the 

latter notice do not apply to the funds 

allocated under Public Law 109–234; 

and 

b. Those governing the Community 

Development Block Grant program for 

States, including those at 42 U.S.C. 5301 

et seq. and 24 CFR part 570. 

2. Action Plan additional elements. a. 

In addition to the waivers and 

alternative requirements published in 

the ‘‘Allocations and Common 

Application and Reporting Waivers 

Granted to and Alternative 

Requirements for CDBG Disaster 

Recovery Grantees Under the 

Department of Defense Appropriations 

Act, 2006’’ notice published February 

13, 2006, the disaster recovery grantees 

receiving funding under Public Law 

109–234 must add the items in 

paragraph b below to those described in 

paragraph number 7 on page 7669 of 

that notice regarding the information 

required in the State’s overall plan for 

disaster recovery for use of funds under 

Public Law 109–234. 

b. The grantee’s overall plan for 

disaster recovery will also include: 

(i) An explanation of how the State 

will give priority to the rehabilitation 

and reconstruction of the affordable 

rental housing stock including public 

and other HUD-assisted housing, a 

description of the activities the State 

plans to undertake with grant funds 

under this priority, and a description of 

the unique challenges that individuals 

with disabilities face in finding 

accessible and affordable housing; 

(ii) An explanation of how the State 

will give priority to infrastructure 

development and rehabilitation, and a 

description of the infrastructure 

activities it plans to undertake with 

grant funds; and 

(iii) An explanation of how the 

method of distribution or use of funds 

described in accordance with the 

applicable notices will result in the 

State meeting the requirement that at 

least 19.3311 percent of its allocation 

under this notice shall be used for 

repair, rehabilitation, and 

reconstruction (including demolition, 

site clearance and remediation) of the 

affordable rental housing stock 

(including public and other HUDassisted housing) in the impacted areas. 

3. Note that use of grant funds must 

relate to the covered disaster(s). In 

addition to being eligible under 42 

U.S.C. 5305(a) of this notice and 

meeting a CDBG national objective 

under the penultimate paragraph of 42 

U.S.C. 5304(b)(3), Public Law 109–234 

requires that activities funded under 

this notice must also be for necessary 

expenses related to disaster relief, longterm recovery, and restoration of 

infrastructure in the most impacted and 

distressed areas related to the 

consequences of Hurricanes Katrina, 

Rita, and Wilma in communities 

included in Presidential disaster 

declarations. 

4. Alternative Requirements 

Regarding Targeting in Louisiana. a. The 

State of Louisiana will target 70 percent 

of its disaster recovery funds under Pub. 

L. 109–234 towards the disaster 

recovery needs in the New OrleansMetairie-Bogalusa Metropolitan Area; 

and 

b. Before the State of Louisiana 

expends any funds to meet the 

minimum requirement for affordable 

rental housing under this notice, the 

Governor of Louisiana shall demonstrate 

to the Secretary’s satisfaction that the 

State will provide funds or has 

identified dedicated resources sufficient 

to meet the key disaster recovery needs 

for repair, rehabilitation, and 

reconstruction of affordable rental 

housing stock, including public housing 


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disaster recovery in the most impacted 

areas of the State. 

5. Information collection approval 

note. HUD has approval for information 

collection requirements in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520) under OMB 

control number 2506–0165, which 

expires August 31, 2007. In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 

HUD may not conduct or sponsor, nor 

is a person required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless the 

collection displays a valid control 

number. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

The Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance numbers for the disaster 

recovery grants under this notice are as 

follows: 14.219; 14.228. 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

A Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) with respect to the 

environment has been made in 

accordance with HUD regulations at 24 

CFR part 50, which implement section 

102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). The 

FONSI is available for public inspection 

between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays in 

the Office of the Rules Docket Clerk, 

Office of General Counsel, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410–0500. Due to 

security measures at the HUD 

Headquarters building, please schedule 

an appointment to review the finding by 

calling the Regulations Division at (202) 

708–3055 (this is not a toll-free 

number). 

Dated: October 25, 2006. 

Roy A. Bernardi, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5067–N–02] 

Extension of Period of Submission for 

Notices of Intent and Fungibility Plans 

in Accordance With HUD’s 

Implementation Guidance for Section 

901 of the Emergency Supplemental 

Appropriations To Address Hurricanes 

in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic 

Influenza Act, 2006 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On July 28, 2006, HUD 

published a notice entitled, 

‘‘Implementation Guidance for Section 

901 of the Emergency Supplemental 

Appropriations to Address Hurricanes 

in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic 

Influenza Act, 2006.’’ This notice 

extends the period for eligible public 

housing agencies (PHAs) located within 

the most heavily impacted areas of 

Louisiana and Mississippi that are 

subject to a declaration by the President 

of a major disaster under the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act in connection with 

Hurricanes Katrina or Rita to submit 

Notices of Intent and Fungibility Plans 

in accordance with the July 28, 2006, 

notice. Section 901 of the supplemental 

appropriations act authorizes PHAs to 

combine assistance provided under 

sections 9(d) and (e) of the United States 

Housing Act of 1937 (Act) and 

assistance provided under section 8(o) 

of the Act, for the purpose of facilitating 

the prompt, flexible, and efficient use of 

funds provided under these sections of 

the Act to assist families who were 

receiving housing assistance under the 

Act immediately prior to Hurricane 

Katrina or Rita and were displaced from 

their housing by the hurricanes. In 

addition to extending the PHA 

submission deadline, this notice 

removes the restriction that the 

combined funding may not be spent for 

uses under the housing choice voucher 

(HCV) program. If approved by HUD, 

the combined funding may now be used 

for eligible purposes under the HCV 

program. Any use of combined funds 

under the HCV program must also be in 

accordance with the requirement to 

assist those families who were receiving 

housing assistance under the public 

housing or HCV program immediately 

prior to Hurricane Katrina or Rita and 

were displaced from their housing by 

the hurricane. A PHA that already has 

an approved Fungibility Plan may 

request HUD approval to change the 

Plan in order to use the combined funds 

for HCV program eligible purposes. As 

provided in the July 28, 2006 Federal 

Register notice, PHAs must submit to 

HUD requests for approval of any 

substantial deviations from the 

approved Fungibility Plan, and HUD 

will respond to such requests within 10 

calendar days. 

DATES: Eligible PHAs must submit their 

Notices of Intent and Fungibility Plans 

no later than November 21, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical assistance and other questions 

concerning the Notice of Intent and 

Section 901 Fungibility Plan, PHAs 

should contact their local HUD Public 

Housing Hub in New Orleans, 

Louisiana, or Jackson, Mississippi; or 

Bessy Kong, Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Policy, Program, and Legislative 

Initiatives, Office of Public and Indian 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, 

SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 

20410–5000, telephone (202) 708–0614 

or 708–0713, extension 2548 (this is not 

a toll-free number). Persons with 

hearing or speech impairments may 

access this number via TTY by calling 

the toll-free Federal Information Relay 

Service at (800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On July 28, 2006 (71 FR 42996), HUD 

published a notice entitled, 

‘‘Implementation Guidance for Section 

901 of the Emergency Supplemental 

Appropriations to Address Hurricanes 

in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic 

Influenza Act, 2006.’’ Section V.A. of 

the July 28, 2006, notice, entitled, 

‘‘General Procedures for Combining 

Public Housing and Voucher Funds 

Under Section 901,’’ instructs that PHAs 

interested in implementing the 

flexibility authorized in Section 901 

should submit, in writing for HUD 

review and approval, no later than 45 

days from the date of the notice or 

September 11, 2006: (1) A Notice of 

Intent to invoke Section 901 flexibility 

and (2) a detailed Section 901 

Fungibility Plan describing the total 

amount under Section 901, and the 

source of those funds by account (HCV, 

Operating Fund, Capital Fund). 

Some eligible PHAs are facing 

circumstances that precluded 

submission of their Notices of Intent 

and Fungibility plans by September 11, 

2006, and require additional time to 

determine whether program funds are 

available to combine for other program 

uses. Therefore, HUD has extended the 

period during which eligible PHAs may 

submit their Notices of Intent and 

Fungibility Plans to no later than 

November 21, 2006, in order to allow 

sufficient time for HUD to review and 

approve the plans. HUD strongly 

recommends earlier submission, if 

possible, in the event resubmission of 

plans is required because of HUD’s 

review determinations. HUD must 

approve all plans, including those that 

must be resubmitted, no later than 

December 31, 2006. 

In addition to extending the PHA 

submission deadline, this notice 

removes the restriction that the 

combined funding may not be spent for 

uses under the housing choice voucher 

(HCV) program. If approved by HUD, 

the combined funding may now be used 


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