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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5018–N–02] 

Extension of Regulatory and 

Administrative Waivers Granted for 

Public and Indian Housing Programs 

To Assist With Recovery and Relief in 

Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma 

Disaster Areas 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

of HUD’s decision to extend for an 

additional period ending December 31, 

2007, or for such other period as 

specified in this notice (e.g., Uniform 

Financial Reporting Standards (UFRS) 

and Public Housing Assessment System 

(PHAS) waivers) certain HUD 

regulations and other administrative 

requirements governing HUD’s Office of 

Public and Indian Housing (PIH) 

programs that were identified and 

waived or deferred under notices of 

Regulatory and Administrative Waivers 

Granted for Public and Indian Housing 

Programs to Assist with Recovery and 

Relief in Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and 

Wilma Disaster Areas, published 

October 3, 2005, November 1, 2005, and 

March 13, 2006. The requirements in 

these three notices were waived or 

deferred in order to facilitate the 

delivery of safe and decent housing 

under these programs to families and 

individuals who were displaced from 

their housing by Hurricanes Katrina, 

Rita, and Wilma. 

This notice provides that entities that 

administer PIH programs, which 

include public housing agencies (PHAs), 

tribally designated housing entities 

(TDHEs), and local and tribal 

governments, and that are located in an 

area declared by the President to be a 

federal disaster area as a result of 

Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma, and 

that previously notified HUD that they 

were deferring compliance with the 

program requirements identified in the 

three Federal Register notices, may 

continue to defer compliance with the 

regulations and requirements listed in 

this notice for an additional period 

ending December 31, 2007, or for such 

other period as specified in this notice 

(e.g., for UFRS and PHAS waivers). The 

additional waiver period is subject to 

the program administrator submitting a 

notification to HUD, within 45 calendar 

days of the effective date of this notice, 

advising of the intent to defer 

compliance with the program 

requirements identified in this notice, 

unless a specific waiver provision 

states: (1) That the waiver will be 

applied automatically or (2) the specific 

waiver does not require such 

notification. 

PIH program administrators that are 

not located in a disaster area but are 

continuing to assist with Hurricane 

Katrina, Rita, or Wilma recovery and 

relief and have requested and were 

approved for waiver of the regulations 

and administrative requirements listed 

in this notice under the original waiver 

notices, may request waiver or deferral 

of the requirements for an additional 

period ending December 31, 2007, or for 

such other period as specified in this 

notice (e.g., under UFRS and PHAS 

waivers), with justification of the need 

for more time, unless a specific waiver 

provision states it will be applied 

automatically. HUD will review and 

respond to waiver requests through an 

expedited process that assigns priority 

to these requests and maximizes use of 

electronic communications to speed 

response time. PIH program 

administrators, located in an area 

declared a federal disaster area as a 

result of Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or 

Wilma, or PIH program administrators 

not located in such an area but 

continuing to assist with Hurricane 

Katrina, Rita, or Wilma relief and 

recovery efforts, may defer compliance 

or request waiver of a regulation or 

other administrative requirement, 

respectively, through the expedited 

waiver process provided in this notice. 

This notice applies only to PIH 

programs or to cross-cutting regulatory 

or administrative requirements that are 

applicable to PIH program 

administrators. 

In addition to the regulatory and 

administrative requirements cited in the 

notice of waivers granted to assist with 

recovery and relief in Hurricane Katrina 

disaster areas, this notice includes a 

waiver, identified in Section III.A.2 of 

the notices of waivers granted to assist 

with recovery and relief in Hurricane 

Rita disaster areas, for an extension for 

improved performance by certain PHAs 

located in areas declared a federal 

disaster area as a result of Hurricane 

Katrina. 

DATES: Effective Date: December 28, 

2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PIH 

Disaster Relief Officer, Office of Policy 

Programs and Legislation, Office of 

Public and Indian Housing, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 4116, 

Washington, DC 20410–5000; telephone 

numbers (202) 708–4016, extension 

4245, or (202) 708–0713, extension 

7651. Persons with hearing or speech 

impairments may access this number 

via TTY by calling the Federal 

Information Relay Service at (800) 877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background Information 

In late August 2005, Hurricane 

Katrina hit the Gulf Coast area of the 

United States, causing unprecedented 

and catastrophic damage to property, 

significant loss of life, and the 

displacement of tens of thousands of 

individuals and families from their 

homes and communities. Hurricane Rita 

soon followed, adding to the damage to 

property and displacement of 

individuals and families from their 

homes and communities that already 

had been caused by Hurricane Katrina. 

After Hurricane Katrina struck, the 

President called upon all federal 

agencies to do everything in their power 

to assist the victims, with the top 

priority to save and sustain lives. The 

President later directed federal agencies 

to include victims of Hurricane Rita in 

relief and recovery efforts underway for 

victims of Hurricane Katrina. With 

recognition that shelter is key to saving 

and sustaining lives, and following the 

President’s direction to eliminate or 

reduce ‘‘red tape’’ that would impede 

the delivery of federal financial 

assistance and other needed benefits, 

the October 3, 2005, and November 1, 

2005, notices identified HUD 

regulations and other administrative 

requirements governing HUD’s PIH 

programs that were waived or 

temporarily suspended or deferred in an 

area declared by the President to be a 

federal disaster area as a result of 

Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (‘‘disaster 

area’’). In addition, HUD provided an 

expedited review process to waive the 

requirements listed in the notices, upon 

request from PIH program 

administrators that were not located in 

disaster areas but were assisting with 

Hurricane Katrina or Rita recovery and 

relief efforts. In a notice published 

March 13, 2006, similar relief from the 

same regulatory and administrative 

requirements was offered to PIH 

program administrators in areas 

declared a disaster as a result of 

Hurricane Wilma (71 FR 12988). 

In developing the waiver notices, PIH 

examined the regulations governing its 

programs and recommended waiver or 

temporary suspension or deferral of 

those regulations that it believed could 

impede PIH program administrators 

from expeditiously helping to house PIH 

program participants who lost housing 

as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and 


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Rita, as well as others who needed 

housing assistance under PIH programs 

as a result of the hurricanes. The 

waivers allowed PIH program 

administrators located in disaster areas 

to defer compliance with the 

requirements listed in the notices for an 

initial period of 12 months under the 

notification process described in the 

three notices. The requirements listed in 

the notices that were deferred, or 

temporarily suspended by waiver, 

included regulatory and other 

administrative provisions that require 

periodic reporting and other 

information delivery by PHAs, Indian 

tribes, and TDHEs. While such reporting 

is important to ensure effective and 

efficient administration of PIH 

programs, those requirements were 

waived so that PIH program 

administrators could focus their time 

and resources on identifying and 

providing decent and safe housing 

during the period of unparalleled 

displacement of families and 

individuals. 

For the majority of the regulations and 

administrative requirements listed in 

the previously published notices and for 

which a waiver was granted, HUD did 

not waive the requirements entirely but 

deferred compliance until such time as 

compliance would be feasible. For 

example, in many cases HUD extended 

deadlines for reports or other 

documents that PIH program 

administrators must submit to HUD. 

Because the devastation caused by 

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was 

unprecedented, and the need for 

housing and other basic life-saving and 

sustaining relief was widespread and 

immediate, HUD relied on its 

experienced local partners in the HUD 

housing-assistance programs who are in 

the front-line of recovery efforts to meet 

the challenge of providing decent, safe, 

and sanitary housing as expeditiously as 

possible and to comply to the extent 

possible with the regulations that 

promote that goal. HUD did not want 

the time and resources of PHAs, Indian 

tribes, and TDHEs diverted by 

requirements that are important but 

could be deferred until a degree of 

normalcy in operations returned in the 

disaster areas. As the recovery period 

proceeded, HUD indicated it might: (1) 

identify other regulations for which 

waiver or temporary deferral or 

suspension is needed or (2) determine 

that other alternative requirements may 

be necessary to assist with facilitation of 

delivery of housing to those most in 

need. Any additional HUD waivers or 

suspensions or other alternative 

requirements would be announced by 

direct notice to PIH program 

administrators and by Federal Register 

publication. 

PIH program administrators not 

located in a disaster area but assisting 

with Hurricane Katrina recovery and 

relief efforts could request waiver of the 

regulations and administrative 

requirements through the expedited 

waiver request and response process set 

forth in the waiver notices. 

In addition to HUD’s waiver of 

regulatory requirements in the 

previously published notices, HUD also 

identified statutory provisions that 

contain built-in waiver provisions that 

allow administrative waiver of the 

statutory requirements for cause. Certain 

of those provisions were included in 

Section III.A of the October 3, 2005, 

notice. An additional provision was 

included in Section III.A.2 of the 

November 1, 2005, notice, for an 

extension for improved performance by 

certain PHAs located in areas declared 

a federal disaster area as a result of 

Hurricane Katrina. 

The three previously published 

notices listed HUD regulatory and 

administrative requirements that PIH 

determined needed to be waived or 

temporarily deferred or suspended 

during the Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and 

Wilma recovery periods. If PHAs, Indian 

tribes, and TDHEs, and other PIH 

program administrators identified other 

regulations that they believed should be 

waived, they were advised to seek a 

waiver by submitting a waiver request 

that specified the need for a waiver. 

Section II of each notice described the 

expedited waiver process, and that 

process is explained in Section II of this 

notice. 

The extension of certain requirements 

provided by this notice underscores the 

unprecedented devastation caused by 

the hurricanes of 2005, and the 

additional time needed to recover from 

such devastation. 

II. Waiver Process 

A. For PIH Program Administrators in 

Declared Disaster Areas 

1. The Waiver Process Previously 

Established. This notice continues the 

process for notification to HUD by 

program administrators of their intent to 

use, or their actual use of, the waived or 

deferred requirements under the 

previously published notices, with some 

exceptions, as described here in section 

II. The previous notices provided that 

entities that administer public or Indian 

housing or voucher programs and were 

located in the areas declared a federal 

disaster area as a result of Hurricanes 

Katrina, Rita, and Wilma could defer or 

suspend compliance with the 

regulations and other administrative 

requirements listed in each notice, with 

the exception of the waiver of the 

provision in Section III.B.12, upon the 

effective date of each notice, for an 

initial period of 12 months or for such 

other period as may be specified in each 

notice. These entities, however, were 

advised to notify HUD within 2 weeks 

of the determination of any need to 

utilize the waived requirements in each 

notice, or as soon as possible, by 

contacting HUD in the manner detailed 

in the following paragraph. 

An official of the PHA, TDHE, or 

tribal or local government that had a 

need and intended to suspend 

compliance with or defer the 

requirements listed in each notice was 

required to contact HUD in writing (email communication was allowed) and 

identify the requirements by section and 

number utilized in each notice (e.g., 

Section III.A.2, Section III.B.1, 2, or 3, 

etc., or ‘‘all of the waived or suspended 

requirements in Section III.’’). The 

following e-mail addresses were 

established in order to expedite the 

process: PIH_Disaster_Relief@hud.gov, 

PIH_Ritadisaster_Relief@hud.gov, and 

PIH_Wilmadisaster_Relief@hud.gov. 

This process was described as a 

notification only, and HUD asked that 

the notification be made to HUD no later 

than 2 weeks after a PHA determined 

the need to rely on one or more or all 

of the waived or suspended 

requirements in each notice. While, as 

noted earlier in this notice, HUD did not 

want to impose additional 

administrative requirements on PIH 

program administrators located in the 

disaster areas during the recovery 

period, it was important for HUD to 

know (and helpful for HUD to know) 

how these entities were administering 

their PIH programs during the recovery 

period. HUD maintains information on 

the PHAs, Indian tribes, and TDHEs that 

elected to defer compliance with certain 

regulatory and administrative 

requirements in accordance with each 

notice. A list of those PHAs, Indian 

tribes, or TDHEs are included as an 

appendix to this notice. The previously 

published notices provide that certain 

regulations or administrative 

requirements would remain 

inapplicable for a period of 12 months 

and would be considered waived or 

suspended by HUD for an additional 3 

months upon notification to HUD, 

following the same notification process 

described above. 

2. The Waiver Process for this Notice. 

HUD will continue to use the waiver 

process previously established, with 

some exceptions. First, HUD has since 


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determined that timely notification of 

an entity’s intent to use, or its actual use 

of the waivers or deferral periods is 

essential to effective program 

administration, and in light of the 

intervening period for entities to 

determine whether they need relief, 

HUD is now requiring that such 

notifications or waiver requests must be 

submitted to HUD within 45 calendar 

days of the publication of this notice as 

described in Section IV, unless a 

specific waiver provision states the 

waiver will be applied automatically, or 

the specific waiver does not require 

such notification. Secondly, under this 

notice there is not an additional 3- 

month deferral period beyond the initial 

12-month period granted under the 

original notices, and the period for 

deferral ends December 31, 2007, 

regardless of the expiration dates of the 

15-month deferral periods granted 

under the original three notices. Finally, 

some regulatory or administrative 

requirements included in the original 

notices are not eligible for continued 

deferral in this notice, and are identified 

in Section III below. 

B. For PIH Program Participants in NonDisaster Declared Areas 

The previous notices provided that 

PIH program administrators not located 

in a disaster area but that were 

contributing to Hurricanes Katrina and 

Rita relief and recovery efforts could 

request a waiver of the regulations or 

administrative requirements listed in 

each of the original notices by e-mailing 

a request for a waiver to 

PIH_Disaster_Relief@hud.gov, 

PIH_Ritadisaster_Relief@hud.gov, or 

PIH_Wilmadisaster_Relief@hud.gov. 

The request was required to specify the 

need for the waiver of the requirement. 

HUD would review and respond to 

waiver requests submitted through the 

e-mail addresses using an expedited 

waiver process that would assign a 

priority to such requests and maximize 

the use of electronic communications. 

As with the previous notices, this 

notice provides that PIH program 

administrators not located in a disaster 

area but contributing to the relief and 

recovery efforts must request a waiver of 

the regulations or administrative 

requirements by e-mailing the request 

for a waiver to 

PIH_Disaster_Relief@hud.gov, 

PIH_Ritadisaster_Relief@hud.gov, or 

PIH_Wilmadisaster_Relief@hud.gov. 

This process remains in effect unless a 

specific waiver provision (e.g., under 

UFRS or PHAS) states that it will be 

applied automatically to the nondisaster PHAs that previously requested 

and received the waivers under the 

original notices, or if a specific waiver 

is not eligible for continued deferral, as 

identified in Section III below. 

C. Regulations and Requirements Not 

Waived in This Notice 

In the three prior notices published 

previously, HUD provided that, for any 

regulation or other administrative 

requirement not listed in each notice for 

which a PIH program administrator 

sought a waiver or suspension, the 

program administrator could seek a 

waiver by e-mailing a request to 

PIH_Disaster_Relief@hud.gov, 

PIH_Ritadisaster_Relief@hud.gov, and 

PIH_Wilmadisaster_Relief@hud.gov. 

Any such request had to specify the 

need for the waiver of the requirement. 

As noted earlier in this notice, waiver 

requests submitted through each e-mail 

address would receive expedited and 

priority processing, and HUD would 

respond to the requestor by e-mail. 

That expedited waiver process was 

provided only for waiver or suspension 

of requirements that would assist with 

Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma 

relief and recovery efforts. HUD would 

not respond to any waiver requests 

submitted to any of the hurricane 

designated e-mail addresses that were 

unrelated to relief and recovery of the 

disaster areas. 

This process remains in effect for this 

notice. 

III. Authority to Grant Waivers 

In general, waivers of HUD 

regulations are handled on a case-bycase basis. Under statutory requirements 

set forth in section 7(q) of the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(q)), a 

regulated party that seeks a waiver of a 

HUD regulation must request a waiver 

from HUD in writing and the request 

must specify the need for the waiver. 

HUD then responds to the request in 

writing and, if the waiver is granted, 

HUD includes a summary of the waiver 

granted (and all regulatory waivers 

granted during a 3-month period) in a 

Federal Register notice that is 

published quarterly. Since the damage 

to property and the displacement of 

families and individuals in the disaster 

areas was massive, and the need for 

regulatory relief in many areas 

pertaining to HUD-assisted housing 

readily apparent, HUD suspended its 

usual regulatory waiver protocols for the 

disaster areas and substituted an 

expedited process that meets the 

requirements of section 7(q). 

In its quarterly notice of regulations 

waived, HUD identifies the PIH program 

administrators in the disaster areas that 

are utilizing: (1) One or more of the 

waived regulations in the three notices 

or (2) other regulations for which a 

waiver was requested or granted. The 

quarterly notice also identifies PIH 

program administrators that are located 

in non-federally declared disaster areas 

and are contributing to Hurricane 

Katrina, Rita, or Wilma relief and 

recovery efforts, and that requested and 

were granted waivers in accordance 

with the waiver process, as provided in 

each notice. 

The regulatory and administrative 

requirements set forth in Section III of 

each of the prior notices were waived or 

temporarily deferred or suspended, as 

provided in each notice. This action was 

determined necessary to help PIH 

program administrators in the disaster 

areas in the identification and delivery 

of housing for families and individuals 

displaced from their homes by 

Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. 

With respect to this notice, the term 

‘‘PIH program administrators,’’ as 

referenced in Section III of this notice, 

includes those PHAs, tribes, and TDHEs 

located in disaster areas. 

As the preceding discussion discloses, 

the process for deferring compliance 

with certain requirements listed in this 

notice is similar to the process utilized 

under the previously published notices, 

with some exceptions. First, PHAs, 

tribes, and TDHEs located in a federally 

declared disaster area will be required 

to notify HUD within 45 calendar days 

of the effective date of this notice that 

they intend to continue deferring 

compliance during the extended waiver 

period. If the PHAs, tribes, and TDHEs 

are outside the disaster areas but are 

continuing to assist recovery efforts, 

they must submit a new waiver request 

during the extended waiver period. 

Secondly, some waivers (e.g., UFRS, 

PHAS) will be automatically applied to 

PHAs, tribes, and TDHEs that 

previously notified HUD they were 

deferring compliance or that requested 

the waiver and were granted approval to 

defer compliance. Finally, this notice 

does not provide an extension of 

deferral of compliance with the 

following requirements: 

A. Requirements for Which No Waiver 

Extension Is Provided by This Notice 

1. Waiver of Indian Community 

Development Block Grant Program 

(ICDBG) 50 Percent Downpayment 

Assistance Limitation for Low- and 

Moderate-Income Homebuyers. Section 

122 of the Housing and Community 

Development Act of 1974 (‘‘Act’’) (42 

U.S.C. 5321) authorizes the Secretary to 

suspend requirements for activities that 

address the damage in a Presidentially 

declared disaster area. Section 


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105(a)(24)(D) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 5305) 

permits a grantee to provide 

downpayment assistance to low- and 

moderate-income homebuyers, but 

limits the assistance to 50 percent of the 

amount of downpayment the 

homebuyer must provide. Because of 

the extraordinary need for housing 

among low- and moderate-income 

evacuees, HUD found good cause to 

permit downpayment assistance of up to 

100 percent for the purchase of homes 

in the disaster area. Based on 

consultation with affected entities, this 

waiver is not extended. 

2. 24 CFR 5.216(g)(5) (Disclosure and 

Verification of Social Security and 

Employer Identification Numbers). 

Section 5.216 addresses the disclosure 

and verification of Social Security 

Numbers and employer identification 

numbers of applicants for assistance 

under certain HUD-assisted housing 

programs. Section 5.216(g) imposes 

special documentation requirements on 

applicants, and subsection (g)(5) 

establishes the time limit for submission 

of this documentation. The time period 

required for submission of verification 

documents was waived for a period of 

3 months, in the case of all families, 

and, with HUD approval, for a period 

not to exceed 12 months. 

Under this notice, this waiver is not 

extended. The use of Social Security 

and employer identification numbers is 

essential for updating and maintaining 

HUD’s management information 

systems and the Department’s key 

initiatives for ensuring accurate 

reporting. As a result, HUD believes it 

is not advisable to further extend the 

time frames for disclosures and 

submitting verification documents. 

3. 24 CFR 5.512(c) (Verification of 

Eligible Immigration Status; Secondary 

Verification). Section 5.512 provides the 

process by which verification of eligible 

immigration status must be undertaken 

for families seeking assistance under 

certain HUD programs. While the 

declaration of eligibility and this 

verification process is required by 

statute and cannot be waived, HUD does 

have the authority to waive certain 

deadlines. Section 5.512(d) provides the 

time frame under which a secondary 

verification must be requested from the 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

(ICE), by the responsible entity, when 

the primary verification (the automated 

verification system) is not conclusive of 

immigration status. The responsible 

entity must submit a request to ICE to 

undertake a secondary verification 

within 10 days of receipt of the results 

of the primary verification, and must 

provide the ICE with all records on the 

applicant, evidencing citizen or eligible 

immigration status, that the applicant 

has provided to the responsible entity. 

The three previous notices expanded 

the time frame under which a secondary 

verification must be requested, from 10 

days after the date of the results of the 

primary verification to 90 days after 

such date. 

Under this notice, this waiver is not 

extended. HUD believes it is not 

advisable to further extend the time 

frames for requesting from ICE the 

secondary verifications of eligible 

immigration status. 

4. 24 CFR 1000.156 and 1000.158 

Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) 

Moderate Design Requirements for 

Housing Development. The IHBG 

program regulations at §§ 1000.156 and 

1000.158 require that housing 

developed with IHBG funds must be of 

moderate design. Under these regulatory 

sections, IHBG recipients must either 

adopt written moderate design 

standards or comply with the total 

development cost (TDC) limits issued by 

HUD. In recognition of the higher 

development costs in communities 

affected by Hurricane Katrina, and to 

facilitate the development of housing for 

families in such communities, these 

moderate design requirements were 

waived for IHBG recipients until 

issuance of new TDC levels. Based on 

consultation with affected entities, this 

waiver is not extended. 

5. 24 CFR 1000.214 (Indian Housing 

Plan (IHP) Submission Deadline). To 

receive an IHBG formula allocation, an 

Indian tribe or its TDHE must annually 

submit an IHP to HUD describing the 

affordable housing activities the Indian 

tribe or TDHE will undertake. Section 

1000.214 requires that the IHP must be 

submitted to HUD no later than July 1 

of each year. This section was waived to 

permit tribes and TDHEs to undertake 

affordable housing activities on behalf 

of families displaced by Hurricane 

Katrina, Rita, or Wilma, although such 

activities may not have been identified 

in the IHP originally submitted by the 

tribe or TDHE. 

Based on consultation with affected 

entities, this waiver is not extended. 

6. 24 CFR 1003.400(c) and Section I.C. 

of Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 ICDBG Program 

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 

(Grant Ceilings for ICDBG Imminent 

Threat Applications). The ICDBG 

regulations at § 1003.400(c) provide that 

HUD will establish grant ceilings for 

imminent threat applications. On March 

21, 2005, HUD published its FY2005 

ICDBG NOFA as part of HUD’s FY2005 

SuperNOFA (70 FR 13655). Section I.C. 

of the FY2005 ICDBG NOFA specifies 

that the grant ceiling for ICDBG 

imminent threat requests for FY2005 is 

$425,000. This grant ceiling was waived 

to permit applicants to request 

imminent threat funding in excess of 

$425,000, if necessary to address 

disaster-related needs in their 

communities. 

This waiver is not extended. The 

grant ceiling requirement was included 

as part of the FY2005 ICDBG grant 

funding cycle, which has passed. 

7. 24 CFR 1003.401 and Section I.C. 

of FY2005 ICDBG NOFA (Application 

Requirements for ICDBG Imminent 

Threat Funds). The ICDBG regulations 

at § 1003.401 provide that, in response 

to applications for assistance, HUD may 

make ICDBG funds available to 

applicants to address imminent threats 

to health and safety. The regulations 

further provide that applications must 

contain the information specified by the 

annual ICDBG NOFA. For FY2005, the 

required information that must be 

contained for imminent threat 

applications is located in Section I.C. of 

the FY2005 ICDBG NOFA. These 

application requirements were waived 

to permit Indian tribes located in areas 

affected by Hurricane Katrina to more 

expeditiously request and receive 

ICDBG imminent threat funds. 

This waiver is not extended. The 

application requirements waived were 

part of the FY2005 ICDBG grant funding 

cycle, which has passed. 

8. 24 CFR 1003.604 (ICDBG Citizen 

Participation Requirements). The ICDBG 

regulations at § 1003.604 require 

applicants to consult with residents 

prior to submitting their funding 

applications. The consultation 

requirements have the potential to delay 

the ability of ICDBG recipients to 

address urgent housing, health, and 

safety needs of persons displaced by 

Hurricane Katrina. Accordingly, this 

section was waived to permit eligible 

ICDBG applicants to address disasterrelated needs without the need for prior 

resident consultation. 

This waiver is not extended. The 

resident consultation requirement was 

waived as part of the FY2005 ICDBG 

grant funding cycle, which has passed. 

9. 24 CFR 982.206 (Waiting List; 

Opening and Public Notice). This 

section requires a PHA to give public 

notice that families may apply for 

tenant-based assistance. The regulation 

requires a PHA to publish, in a local 

newspaper of general circulation, and 

also by minority media and other 

suitable means, a notice of the opening 

of the waiting list. The requirement to 

publish in a newspaper of general 

circulation and also by minority media 

was waived, and a PHA was permitted 

to provide such information on its 

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a voice mail message for any callers that 

may inquire whether a list is opened. 

Under this notice, the waiver of the 

requirement for publishing a notice of 

the opening of a waiting list, in local 

newspapers of general circulation and 

in minority media or other means, is not 

extended. In the 15 months after the 

hurricanes, PHAs should now have the 

ability to secure publication of the 

opening of their waiting lists. It is 

especially important to relocation efforts 

that PHAs advertise, in a variety of 

media, that they are now ready to accept 

tenant applications. 

B. Requirements Eligible under this 

Notice for Continued Extension of 

Deferral of Compliance 

The following requirements are 

eligible for continued deferment of 

compliance, in accordance with the 

procedures of this notice and subject to 

any specific conditions that may be 

identified in the description of the 

requirement for which compliance may 

be deferred. 

1. Statutory Requirements with BuiltIn Waiver Authority. 

a. Extension of Deadline for 

Obligation and Expenditure of Capital 

Funds. Section 9(j)(2) of the United 

States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

1437g(j)(2)) (1937 Act) authorizes the 

Secretary to extend the time period for 

obligation of capital funds by PHAs, as 

set forth in section 9(j)(1), for such 

period as the Secretary determines 

necessary if the Secretary determines 

that the failure of the PHA to obligate 

assistance in a timely manner is 

attributable to, among other criteria 

listed, an event beyond the control of 

the PHA, or any other reason 

established by the Secretary by notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Pursuant to section 9(j)(1) of the 1937 

Act, PHAs are required to obligate 

capital funds not later than 24 months 

after the date on which the funds 

became available, or the date on which 

the PHA accumulates adequate funds to 

undertake modernization, substantial 

rehabilitation, or new construction of 

units, plus the period of any extension 

approved under section 9(j)(2). Because 

Hurricane Katrina was beyond the 

control of the PHAs located in the 

disaster areas and caused such massive 

and widespread destruction and 

displacement, the obligation deadline 

under section 9(j)(1) of the 1937 Act is 

hereby extended, pursuant to section 

9(j)(2) of the 1937 Act, for an additional 

12 months for PHAs located in the areas 

declared a federal disaster area. 

In addition, section 9(j)(5)(A) of the 

1937 Act requires a PHA to expend 

capital funds not later than 4 years after 

the date on which the funds become 

available for obligation, plus the period 

of any extension approved under 

section 9(j)(2). The expenditure period 

under section 9(j)(5) is accordingly also 

extended in the affected areas for 12 

months to include the extension 

approved under section 9(j)(2). The 

extension of the section 9(j) obligation 

and extension deadlines made in this 

notice also apply to the implementing 

regulation for section 9(j) at 24 CFR 

905.120. 

Under this extension notice, the 

original deadlines for obligation and 

expenditure of capital funds may be 

extended an additional 12 months from 

the initial 12 months plus subsequent 3 

months made available under the 

Katrina, Rita, and Wilma regulatory and 

administrative waiver notices for all 

PHAs in federally declared disaster 

areas that previously notified HUD they 

were suspending compliance with this 

requirement, thereby allowing a total of 

27 additional months beyond the 

original obligation and expenditure 

deadlines, subject to submission to HUD 

of the necessary notification or waiver 

request to cover the extended waiver 

period, as explained in the Summary 

and Section II.A.(2) of this notice. 

b. Extension of Deadlines for 

Improvement of PHAs Designated 

Troubled or Substandard (Extension 

Available for PHAs in Hurricane Rita as 

well as Hurricane Katrina Disaster 

Areas). Sections 6(j)(3)(B)(ii)(I) and (II) 

of the 1937 Act (42 U.S.C. 

1437d(j)(3)(B)(ii)(I) and (II)) and the 

implementing regulations for these 

sections at 24 CFR 902.75(d)(1) and (2) 

require that a PHA designated as 

troubled improve its performance by 50 

percent within one year of such 

designation, and improve its 

performance to no longer be designated 

as troubled within 2 years of such 

designation. The implementing 

regulations also apply these one- and 2- 

year deadlines for improvement to 

PHAs designated as overall troubled and 

substandard. The consequences for 

failure to timely achieve the required 

improvements could require the 

appointment of a receiver for the PHA, 

pursuant to section 6(j)(3)(B)(ii)(III) of 

the 1937 Act and 24 CFR 902.77 of the 

implementing regulations. The apparent 

meaning of the provision is that 

Congress intended that a troubled PHA 

would have one or 2 uninterrupted 

years of continuous operation during 

which to improve its performance so 

that it is no longer designated as 

troubled, before the actions by the 

Secretary required under section 

(6)(j)(3)(B)(ii)(III) would be triggered. 

HUD has determined that because the 

extraordinary conditions created by 

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita cited 

throughout this notice and the notice 

published on October 3, 2005 (70 FR 

57716), were caused by acts outside the 

control of any PHA, and outside the 

control of any government or private 

entity, and because such conditions 

interrupted the one-or 2-year period of 

contemplated continuous operation of 

the troubled agency in the disaster 

areas, the Secretary will extend, by 12 

months, each of the respective periods 

for improvement under sections 

6(j)(3)(B)(ii)(I) and (II) of the 1937 Act 

and the implementing regulations for 

these sections (at 24 CFR 902.75(d)(1) 

and (2)) for troubled or substandard 

PHAs in the disaster area that were 

substantially impacted by Hurricanes 

Katrina and Rita. This action will permit 

the administrators of affected PHAs 

designated as troubled or substandard to 

devote their attention to the fullest 

extent necessary to address the 

problems created by the disaster. 

Under this extension notice, the 

respective periods for improvement are 

extended by an additional 12 months 

from the initial 12 months plus 

subsequent 3 months made available 

under the prior Katrina, Rita, and Wilma 

regulatory and administrative waiver 

notices, for a total of 27 months beyond 

the standard deadlines for the respective 

periods for improvement, subject to 

submission to HUD of the necessary 

notification or waiver request to cover 

the extended waiver period, as 

explained in the Summary and Section 

II.A.(2) of this notice. 

2. Regulatory Requirements. 

a. 24 CFR 5.801(c) and 5.801(d)(1) 

(Uniform Financial Reporting Standards 

(UFRS); Reporting Due Date). These 

sections establish uniform financial 

reporting standards for PHAs and other 

owners and administrators of HUDassisted housing. Section 5.801(c) 

establishes the financial information 

requirements and § 5.801(d)(1) 

establishes the filing deadline for 

financial information and provides that 

PHAs must submit their unaudited 

financial information no later than 60 

days after the end of their fiscal year. In 

addition, § 5.801(d)(1) requires that 

PHAs submit their audited financial 

information no later than 9 months after 

the PHA’s fiscal year end. Under the 

original three notices, the deadline for 

the submission of unaudited financial 

information was changed from 60 days 

to 180 days after the end of the PHA’s 

fiscal year. Also, under the original 

three notices, the deadline for the 

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information was changed from 9 months 

to 13 months after the end of the PHA’s 

fiscal year, for PHAs with fiscal years 

ending December 31, 2004, and March 

31, 2005. 

Under this notice, the deadline for 

submitting unaudited financial 

information is automatically changed 

from 60 days to 180 days after the end 

of the PHA’s fiscal year for PHAs in the 

federally declared disaster areas that 

previously notified HUD they were 

utilizing the extended deadlines for 

unaudited financial submissions set 

forth in the original Hurricane Katrina, 

Rita, and Wilma waiver notices, as well 

as for PHAs in non-disaster declared 

areas contributing to Hurricanes 

Katrina, Rita, and Wilma recovery 

efforts that requested and were granted 

an extended deadline for unaudited 

financial submissions under the original 

three waiver notices. The extended 

deadline will apply only to eligible 

PHAs with fiscal years ending December 

31, 2006, March 31, 2007, June 30, 2007, 

and September 30, 2007. The deadline 

for submitting audited financial 

information is not changed and remains 

9 months after the end of the PHA’s 

fiscal year. 

Although PHAs are still required to 

submit unaudited and audited financial 

information pursuant to UFRS, they will 

not be scored under the Public Housing 

Assessment System (PHAS), as more 

fully discussed in Section III.B.2.b. 

b. 24 CFR part 902 (Public Housing 

Assessment System (PHAS)). Part 902 

sets out the indicators by which HUD 

measures the performance of a PHA. 

These indicators measure a PHA’s 

physical condition, financial condition, 

management operations, and resident 

service and satisfaction. 

In the original three notices, for PHAs 

in the federally declared disaster area 

beginning with a fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2005, and for those with 

fiscal years ending March 31, 2005, and 

June 30, 2005, that had not yet received 

their physical condition inspections for 

2005, the PHAS score would be the 

same as their previous year score. 

However, PHAs were still required to 

submit unaudited and audited 

information in accordance with Section 

III.B.3 of the original notice. 

Under this extension notice, PHAs in 

the federally declared disaster areas that 

previously notified HUD they were 

suspending the requirements set forth in 

the Hurricane Katrina, Rita, and Wilma 

waiver notices, as well as PHAs in nondisaster declared areas contributing to 

Katrina, Rita, and Wilma recovery 

efforts that requested and were granted 

a waiver by HUD, will be automatically 

waived for fiscal years ending December 

31, 2006, March 31, 2007, June 30, 2007, 

and September 30, 2007, and will 

receive the same PHAS score that they 

received for the most recent year that 

they were fully assessed under PHAS. 

However, these PHAs must submit 

unaudited and audited information in 

accordance with Section III.B.2.a. 

Beginning with fiscal years ending 

December 31, 2007, and continuing for 

all fiscal years thereafter, these PHAs 

will be fully assessed under PHAS, 

unless they notify HUD within 45 

calendar days of the effective date of 

this notice that they want to be scored 

under PHAS sooner. Thus, on January 1, 

2007, the affected PHAs must begin to 

prepare for their PHAS assessments that 

will start with the PHAs with fiscal 

years ending December 31, 2007. 

c. 24 CFR 903.5 (Annual Plan 

Submission Deadline). Section 5A(h)(2) 

of the 1937 Act (42 U.S.C. 1437c–

1(h)(2)) and 24 CFR 903.5 provide that 

a PHA Annual Plan must be submitted 

no later than 75 days before the 

commencement of a PHA’s fiscal year. 

Each PHA affected may have a different 

fiscal year and for those PHAs that are 

approaching this submission deadline, 

this requirement may be impossible to 

meet because the PHAs are not 

operating. Because this requirement is a 

statutory one and not waivable by HUD 

without further authority, HUD is 

currently seeking legislative relief. In 

the interim, HUD will accept, as a 

submission, a letter from the PHA 

stating that HUD should consider its 

existing annual plan to be the plan for 

the next year or until it submits another 

annual plan. For Capital Fund activities, 

PHAs may obligate their Capital Funds 

for any activity listed in their existing 

and approved 5-year plan. PHAs should 

also submit amendments to their 5-year 

plan to the extent necessary. 

For this extension period ending 

December 31, 2007, HUD will continue 

to accept, as a PHA Plan submission, a 

letter from the PHA stating that HUD 

should consider its existing annual plan 

to be the plan for the next year or until 

it submits another annual plan, subject 

to submission to HUD of the necessary 

notification or waiver request to cover 

the extended waiver period, as 

explained in Section II.A.(2) of this 

notice. PHAs are still required to submit 

the Capital Fund Annual Statement and 

Performance and Evaluation Report for 

each open grant. 

d. 24 CFR 905.10(i) (Capital Fund 

Formula; Limitation of Replacement 

Housing Funds to New Development). 

Section 905.10 describes the Capital 

Fund formula. Section 905.10(i) limits 

the use of replacement housing funds to 

the development of new public housing. 

This section is waived to allow 

replacement housing funds to be used 

for two other areas: (1) Public housing 

modernization and (2) homeownership 

for public housing families, which will 

help address housing needs caused by 

Hurricane Katrina. 

Under this extension, the time frame 

during which the PHA has the authority 

to use Replacement Housing Factor 

(RHF) grants for modernization or 

homeownership is extended for an 

additional period ending December 31, 

2007, subject to submission to HUD of 

the necessary notification or waiver 

request to cover the extended waiver 

period, as explained in the Summary 

and Section II.A.(2) of this notice. PHAs 

are required to resubmit their RHF Plans 

and identify which RHF grants will be 

used for modernization or 

homeownership. 

e. 24 CFR 941.306 (Maximum Project 

Cost). Section 941.306 establishes the 

calculation of maximum project cost 

and the calculation of the total 

development cost. In order to facilitate 

the use of capital funds for repairs and 

construction for needed housing in the 

disaster areas, HUD has waived the total 

development cost (TDC) and housing 

cost cap limits for all work funded by 

the Capital Fund and HOPE VI funds 

until issuance of new TDC levels. Until 

new TDC levels are issued, PHAs 

should strive to keep housing costs 

reasonable in light of local market 

conditions. 

Under this waiver extension notice, 

the time frame during which PHAs have 

the authority to waive the TDC and 

housing cost cap limits is extended for 

an additional period, ending December 

31, 2007, subject to submission to HUD 

of the necessary notification or waiver 

request to cover the extended waiver 

period, as explained in the Summary 

and Section II.A.(2) of this notice, and 

in recognition of the higher 

development costs in communities 

affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and 

Wilma, and to facilitate the 

development of housing for families in 

these communities. 

f. 24 CFR 965.302 (Requirements for 

Energy Audits). This section establishes 

the requirement that all PHAs complete 

an energy audit for each PHA-owned 

project under management, not less than 

once every 5 years. PHAs that were 

required to conduct or update an audit 

this year are given an additional 12 

months after September 30, 2005, to 

complete the audit. HUD is relieving 

PHAs of this administrative burden so 

that they may focus on the more urgent 

need to house impacted families. 

Under this notice, PHAs that are 

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in the current year are given until 

December 31, 2007, to complete the 

audit, subject to submission to HUD of 

the necessary notification or waiver 

request to cover the extended waiver 

period, as explained in the Summary 

and Section II.A.(2) of this notice. 

g. 24 CFR 982.54 (Administrative 

Plan). This section provides that a PHA 

must adopt, in accordance with HUD 

requirements, a written administrative 

plan that establishes local policies for 

the administration of the Housing 

Choice Voucher Program. In order to 

allow PHAs to exercise maximum 

flexibility with program administration 

as a result of Hurricane Katrina, the 

PHA may temporarily revise the 

administrative plan to address unique 

circumstances without PHA Board of 

Commissioners approval or other 

authorized PHA official approval, if 

such Board or officials also waive this 

requirement. 

Under this notice, the waiver is 

extended an additional time period, 

ending December 31, 2007, subject to 

submission to HUD of the necessary 

notification or waiver request to cover 

the extended waiver period, as 

explained in the Summary and Section 

II.A.(2) of this notice. 

h. 24 CFR 982.401(d) (Housing 

Quality Standards: Space 

Requirements). By regulation, § 982.401 

establishes housing quality standards. 

Section 982.401(d) provides, among 

other things, the requirement for 

adequate space for the family. With 

respect to space, this section provides 

that each dwelling unit must have at 

least one bedroom or living/sleeping 

room for every two persons. The spacing 

requirements of this section can be 

waived only if the family understands 

and consents to a waiver of this 

provision. Again, as noted from the 

outset, the waiver of these regulations 

does not represent a long-term change 

but rather a temporary suspension of 

requirements to address emergency 

needs. 

Under this notice, the waiver of space 

requirements is extended an additional 

time period, ending December 31, 2007, 

subject to submission to HUD of the 

necessary notification or waiver request 

to cover the extended waiver period, as 

explained in Section II.A.(2) of this 

notice. 

i. 24 CFR 982.503(b) (Waiver of 

Payment Standard Limit; Establishing 

Payment Standard Amounts). [Waiver of 

this Provision Available through Waiver 

Request.] Section 982.503(b) imposes a 

cap on the amount a PHA may establish 

as its payment standard amount at 110 

percent of the published fair market rent 

(FMR). In order to expand the housing 

available to families displaced by 

Hurricane Katrina, PHAs in disaster 

areas may establish separate payment 

standard amounts up to 120 percent of 

the published FMR. Higher exception 

payment standards above 120 percent 

may be requested through the expedited 

waiver process, but must be justified by 

rental housing data. In all cases, the 

actual gross rent for the unit leased by 

the family may not exceed what is 

charged for comparable unassisted units 

in the area. 

Note that areas outside of disaster 

areas in which rental housing markets 

have been significantly affected by 

families displaced by Hurricane Katrina 

may request a waiver through the 

expedited waiver review process, set 

forth in Section II of this notice, for 

approval of payment standards in excess 

of 110 percent of the published FMRs. 

However, the PHA must provide 

information indicating that: (1) They 

have a significant number of displaced 

families and (2) area rents have 

increased. 

Under this notice, the waiver of 

payment standard limits is extended an 

additional time period, ending 

December 31, 2007, subject to 

submission to HUD of the necessary 

waiver request to cover the extended 

waiver period as explained in the 

Summary and Section II.A.(2) of this 

notice, and upon HUD approval of 

waiver requests submitted through the 

expedited waiver process. 

j. 24 CFR 984.303 (Contract of 

Participation; Family Self-Sufficiency 

(FSS) Program; Extension of Contract) 

and 24 CFR 984.105 (Minimum Program 

Size). Part 984 of HUD’s regulations 

provide the requirements for the Section 

8 and Public Housing FSS Program. 

Section 984.303 sets out the 

requirements for the contract of 

participation, and § 984.303(d) allows 

for an extension of the FSS program for 

a period not to exceed 2 years. For those 

families at the end of their initial 

contract term, the 2-year limitation is 

waived and PHAs may provide an 

extension for a period not to exceed 3 

years. This additional time period 

would account for any time lost on the 

FSS contract as a result of the 

displacement of families participating in 

the FSS program. Section 984.105 sets 

out the requirements for minimum FSS 

program size. This notice exempts PHAs 

from the minimum program size 

(§§ 984.105(a) and (b)) for a period of 2 

years. 

Under this waiver extension notice, 

the 2-year limitation continues to be 

waived and PHAs may extend the 

extension period an additional 12 

months, not to exceed 4 years; and the 

minimum program size exemption may 

be extended an additional 12 months, 

for a period of 3 years, subject to 

submission to HUD of the necessary 

notification or waiver request to cover 

the extended waiver period, as 

explained in the Summary and Section 

II.A.(2) of this notice. 

k. 24 CFR part 985 (Section 8 

Management Assessment Program 

(SEMAP)). Part 985 sets out the 

requirements by which Section 8 tenantbased assistance programs are assessed. 

Similar to the action that HUD has taken 

with respect to the PHAS regulations in 

24 CFR part 902, PHAs administering a 

Section 8 tenant-based assistance 

program are eligible to defer compliance 

with the SEMAP requirements for a 

period of 12 months. 

Under this waiver extension notice, 

eligibility to defer compliance with 

SEMAP requirements is extended 

another 12 months, similarly to 

eligibility to defer compliance with 

PHAS requirements, except that this 

waiver is subject to submission to HUD 

of the necessary notification or waiver 

request to cover the extended waiver 

period, as explained in the Summary 

and Section II.A.(2) of this notice. That 

is, PHAs in the federally declared 

disaster areas that notify HUD they are 

suspending this requirement during the 

extended waiver period, and PHAs in 

non-disaster declared areas contributing 

to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma 

recovery efforts that request and are 

granted a waiver by HUD during the 

waiver extension period with fiscal 

years ending December 31, 2006, March 

31, 2007, June 30, 2007, and September 

30, 2007, will receive the same SEMAP 

score that they received for the most 

recent year that they were fully assessed 

under SEMAP. Beginning with fiscal 

years ending December 31, 2007, these 

PHAs will be fully assessed under 

SEMAP. 

l. 24 CFR 990.145 (Dwelling Units 

with Approved Vacancies). Section 

990.145 of the Operating Fund Program 

regulation lists the categories of vacant 

units that are eligible to receive 

operating subsidy and, therefore, are 

considered approved vacancies. PHAs 

that had vacant units during the 

reporting period that were not 

‘‘approved’’ vacancies pursuant to 

§ 990.145, but were available for 

occupancy, may treat those units as 

approved vacancies if: (1) The PHA 

anticipates the units will be occupied by 

families and individuals affected by the 

disaster during the upcoming funding 

year or (2) the PHA is holding the units 

vacant for families and individuals 

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Under this notice, PHAs may 

continue to treat vacant units as 

approved, if the subject conditions are 

met, for FY2007 operating subsidy 

calculations, subject to submission to 

HUD of the necessary notification or 

waiver request to cover the extended 

waiver period, as explained in the 

Summary and Section II.A.(2) of this 

notice. 

IV. Twelve-Month Extension of Waivers 

Due to the lengthy recovery period 

brought about by Hurricanes Katrina, 

Rita, and Wilma, HUD will 

automatically extend for an additional 

period, ending December 31, 2007, or 

for such other period as specified in this 

notice (e.g., for UFRS and PHAS 

waivers): (1) Those waivers that PHAs 

in the disaster-declared areas notified 

HUD they were utilizing and (2) those 

waivers that PHAs outside of the 

disaster declared areas that were 

assisting with recovery efforts in the 

disaster areas requested and were 

approved for by HUD under the waiver 

notices published for each hurricane. A 

list of those PHAs is included with this 

notice. The expiration date for waivers 

granted under the Hurricane Katrina 

notice published October 3, 2005, is 

December 28, 2006; the one for the 

Hurricane Rita notice published 

November 1, 2005 (70 FR 66222), is 

January 26, 2007; and the one for the 

Hurricane Wilma notice published on 

March 13, 2006, is June 7, 2007. 

Any PHA that does not wish for or 

need an automatic extension must 

notify HUD within 45 calendar days of 

the effective date of this notice by using 

the e-mail addresses identified in 

Section II of this notice. 

Dated: December 21, 2006. 

Roy A. Bernardi, 

Deputy Secretary. 

APPENDIX A.—PHAS/TRIBES/TDHES THAT SUBMITTED WAIVER SUSPENSION NOTIFICATIONS OR REQUESTS UNDER

ORIGINAL WAIVER NOTICES

Disaster (Katrina, 

Rita or Wilma) 

Agency type 

(PHA/TDHE/ 

tribe/local 

government) 

Agency 

code Agency or government name 

Katrina Suspension Notifications Received 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ AL165 ...... Foley Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA001 ...... Housing Authority of New Orleans 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA003 ...... East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA004 ...... Lake Charles Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA005 ...... Lafayette Parish Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA011 ...... Westwego Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA012 ...... Housing Authority of Kenner 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA013 ...... Jefferson Parish Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA024 ...... Bogalusa Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA026 ...... Kaplan Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA029 ...... Crowley Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA036 ...... Morgan City Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA043 ...... Donaldsonville Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA045 ...... Arcadia Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA055 ...... Housing Authority of the City of Opelousas 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA063 ...... Sulphur Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA070 ...... Housing Authority of the Town of Patterson 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA076 ...... Ferriday Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA080 ...... Housing Authority of Lafourche Parish 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA090 ...... Houma-Terrebonne Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA092 ...... St. James Parish Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA094 ...... St. Charles Parish Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA095/ .....

LA181 ......

Housing Authority of St. John the Baptist Parish 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA103 ...... Slidell Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA254 ...... Pearl River Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA122 ...... Colfax Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA132 ...... Avoyelles Parish Section 8 Program 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA178 ...... St. Martin Parish Police Jury 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA207 ...... Tangipahoa Parish Government 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA215 ...... Assumption Parish Police Jury 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA219 ...... City of Baton Rouge Office of Community Development 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA221 ...... Morgan City Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA238 ...... Covington Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA253 ...... Housing Authority of Lafourche Parish 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ LA262 ...... East Carroll Parish Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS001 ..... Hattiesburg Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS002 ..... City of Laurel Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS003 ..... The Housing Authority of the City of McComb City, Mississippi 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS004 ..... The Housing Authority of the City of Meridian 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS005 ..... Biloxi Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS030 ..... Mississippi Regional Housing Authority No. V 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS040 ..... Mississippi Regional Housing Authority No. VIII 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS047 ..... The Housing Authority of the City of Starkville, Mississippi 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS057 ..... Mississippi Regional Housing Authority No. VII 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS058 ..... Mississippi Regional Housing Authority No. VI 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS061 ..... Canton Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS064 ..... Bay St. Louis Housing Authority 


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APPENDIX A.—PHAS/TRIBES/TDHES THAT SUBMITTED WAIVER SUSPENSION NOTIFICATIONS OR REQUESTS UNDER

ORIGINAL WAIVER NOTICES—Continued 

Disaster (Katrina, 

Rita or Wilma) 

Agency type 

(PHA/TDHE/ 

tribe/local 

government) 

Agency 

code Agency or government name 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS066 ..... Picayune Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS067 ..... Richton Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS071 ..... Aberdeen Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS077 ..... Tupelo Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS082 ..... Winona Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS084 ..... Housing Authority of the Town of Summit 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS086 ..... Vicksburg Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS094 ..... Hazlehurst Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS101 ..... Waveland Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS103 ..... Housing Authority of the City of Jackson, Mississippi 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS105 ..... Natchez Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS107 ..... Greenwood Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MS109 ..... Long Beach Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... Tribe ........... Tribe ......... Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana 

Katrina ............... TDHE ......... Indian HA Choctaw Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... Tribe ........... Tribe ......... Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana 

Katrina ............... Tribe ........... Tribe ......... Poarch Band of Creek Indians 

Katrina Waiver Requests Submitted 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ AR006 ...... Housing Authority of the City of Conway 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ CA004 ...... Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ CA052 ...... Housing Authority of the County of Marin 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ CA058 ...... Berkeley Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ CO005 ..... Housing Authority of the City of Trinidad 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ CT001 ...... Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ FL003 ....... Tampa Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ FL089 ....... Hillsborough County—OCC 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ GA059 ...... Gainesville Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ GA148 ...... Housing Authority City of Dallas, Georgia 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MA029 ..... Pittsfield Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MD002 ..... Housing Authority of Baltimore City 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MI024 ....... Bay City Housing Commission 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MO004 ..... Housing Authority of St. Louis County 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ MO006 ..... Saint Charles City Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ NJ050 ...... East Orange Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ NY086 ...... North Hempstead Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ TN001 ...... Housing Authority of the City of Memphis 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ TX063 ...... Hearne Housing Authority 

Katrina ............... PHA ............ TX431 ...... Tarrant County Housing Assistance Office 

Rita Suspension Notifications Received 

Rita .................... PHA ............ LA046 ...... Housing Authority of the Town of Vinton 

Rita .................... PHA ............ LA065 ...... Housing Authority of the Town of Delcambre 

Rita .................... PHA ............ LA084 ...... Parks Housing Authority 

Rita .................... PHA ............ LA090 ...... Houma-Terrebonne Housing Authority 

Rita .................... PHA ............ LA172 ...... Calcasieu Parish Housing Department 

Rita .................... PHA ............ LA261 ...... Fenton Housing Authority 

Rita .................... PHA ............ LA889 ...... Pilgrim Rest Community Development Agency 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX004 ...... Fort Worth Housing Authority 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX005 ...... Housing Authority of the City of Houston 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX006 ...... San Antonio Housing Authority 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX009 ...... Housing Authority of the City of Dallas, Texas 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX018 ...... Lubbock Housing Authority 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX023 ...... Housing Authority of the City of Beaumont 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX029 ...... Mercedes Housing Authority 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX034 ...... City of Port Arthur Housing Authority 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX037 ...... Orange Housing Authority 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX223 ...... Newton Housing Authority 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX225 ...... Woodville Housing Authority 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX383 ...... San Augustine Housing Authority 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX431 ...... Tarrant County Housing Assistance Office 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX436 ...... City of Mesquite Housing Authority 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX451 ...... Asherton Housing Authority 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX492 ...... Jasper Housing Authority 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX512 ...... Deep East Texas Council of Governments (DETCOG) Regional Housing Authority 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX526 ...... Brazos Valley Council of Governments 


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APPENDIX A.—PHAS/TRIBES/TDHES THAT SUBMITTED WAIVER SUSPENSION NOTIFICATIONS OR REQUESTS UNDER

ORIGINAL WAIVER NOTICES—Continued 

Disaster (Katrina, 

Rita or Wilma) 

Agency type 

(PHA/TDHE/ 

tribe/local 

government) 

Agency 

code Agency or government name 

Rita .................... PHA ............ TX540 ...... Brenham Section 8 Program, City of (BVDC) 

Wilma Suspension Notifications Received 

Wilma ................. PHA ............ FL005 ....... Miami Dade Housing Authority 

Wilma ................. PHA ............ FL010 ....... Housing Authority of Fort Lauderdale 

Wilma ................. PHA ............ FL013 ....... Housing Authority City of Key West 

Wilma ................. PHA ............ FL017 ....... Housing Authority City of Miami Beach 

Wilma ................. PHA ............ FL021 ....... Pahokee Housing Authority 

Wilma ................. PHA ............ FL025 ....... Housing Authority of the City of Titusville 

Wilma ................. PHA ............ FL066 ....... Hialeah Housing Authority 

Wilma ................. PHA ............ FL076 ....... Riviera Beach Housing Authority 

Wilma ................. PHA ............ FL116 ....... Dania Beach Housing Authority 

Wilma ................. PHA ............ FL136 ....... Hollywood Housing Authority 

Wilma ................. PHA ............ FL144 ....... Monroe County Housing Authority 

Wilma Waiver Requests Submitted 

Wilma ................. PHA ............ FL003 ....... Tampa Housing Authority 

[FR Doc. 06–9902 Filed 12–22–06; 10:58 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 


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