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Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests Granted for the First Quarter of 
Calendar Year 2023; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-6395-N-01]


Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests Granted for the First 
Quarter of Calendar Year 2023

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Section 106 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Reform Act of 1989 (the HUD Reform Act) requires HUD to publish 
quarterly Federal Register notices of all regulatory waivers that HUD 
has approved. Each notice covers the quarterly period since the 
previous Federal Register notice. The purpose of this notice is to 
comply with the requirements of section 106 of the HUD Reform Act. This 
notice contains a list of regulatory waivers granted by HUD during the 
period beginning on January 1, 2023, and ending on March 31, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information about this 
notice, contact Aaron Santa Anna, Associate General Counsel for 
Legislation and Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410-
0500, telephone 202-708-3055 (this is not a toll-free number). HUD 
welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf 
or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication 
disabilities.
    To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone call, 
please visit: https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
    For information concerning a particular waiver that was granted and 
for which public notice is provided in this document, contact the 
person whose name and address follow the description of the waiver 
granted in the accompanying list of waivers that have been granted in 
the first quarter of calendar year 2023.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 106 of the HUD Reform Act added a 
new section 7(q) to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act 
(42 U.S.C. 3535(q)), which provides that:
    1. Any waiver of a regulation must be in writing and must specify 
the grounds for approving the waiver;
    2. Authority to approve a waiver of a regulation may be delegated 
by the Secretary only to an individual of Assistant Secretary or 
equivalent rank, and the person to whom authority to waive is delegated 
must also have authority to issue the particular regulation to be 
waived;
    3. Not less than quarterly, the Secretary must notify the public of 
all waivers of regulations that HUD has approved, by publishing a 
notice in the Federal Register. These notices (each covering the period 
since the most recent previous notification) shall:
    a. Identify the project, activity, or undertaking involved;
    b. Describe the nature of the provision waived and the designation 
of the provision;
    c. Indicate the name and title of the person who granted the waiver 
request;
    d. Describe briefly the grounds for approval of the request; and
    e. State how additional information about a particular waiver may 
be obtained.
    Section 106 of the HUD Reform Act also contains requirements 
applicable to waivers of HUD handbook provisions that are not relevant 
to the purpose of this notice.
    This notice follows procedures provided in HUD's Statement of 
Policy on Waiver of Regulations and Directives issued on April 22, 1991 
(56 FR 16337). In accordance with those procedures and with the 
requirements of section 106 of the HUD Reform Act, waivers of 
regulations are granted by the Assistant Secretary with jurisdiction 
over the regulations for which a waiver was requested. In those cases 
in which a General Deputy Assistant Secretary granted the waiver, the 
General Deputy Assistant Secretary was serving in the absence of the 
Assistant Secretary in accordance with the office's Order of 
Succession.
    This notice covers waivers of regulations granted by HUD from 
January 1, 2023, through March 31, 2023. For ease of reference, the 
waivers granted by HUD are listed by HUD program office (for example, 
the Office of Community Planning and Development, the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity, the Office of Housing, and the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, etc.). Within each program office grouping, 
the waivers are listed sequentially by the regulatory section of title 
24 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that is being waived. For 
example, a waiver of a provision in 24 CFR part 58 would be listed 
before a waiver of a provision in 24 CFR part 570.
    Where more than one regulatory provision is involved in the grant 
of a particular waiver request, the action is listed under the section 
number of the first regulatory requirement that appears in 24 CFR and 
that is being waived. For example, a waiver of both Sec.  58.73 and 
Sec.  58.74 would appear sequentially in the listing under Sec.  58.73.
    Waiver of regulations that involve the same initial regulatory 
citation are in time sequence beginning with the earliest-dated 
regulatory waiver.
    Should HUD receive additional information about waivers granted 
during the period covered by this report (the first quarter of calendar 
year 2023) before the next report is published (the second quarter of 
calendar year 2023), HUD will include any additional waivers granted 
for the first quarter in the next report.
    Accordingly, information about approved waiver requests pertaining 
to HUD regulations is provided in the Appendix that follows this 
notice.

Damon Y. Smith,
General Counsel.

Appendix

Listing of Waivers of Regulatory Requirements Granted by Offices of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development January 1, 2023, Through 
March 31, 2023

    Note to Reader: More information about the granting of these 
waivers, including a copy of the waiver request and approval, may be 
obtained by contacting the person whose name is listed as the 
contact person directly after each set of regulatory waivers 
granted.
    The regulatory waivers granted appear in the following order:

I. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office of Community Planning 
and Development
II. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office of Housing
III. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office of Public and Indian 
Housing

I. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office of Community Planning and 
Development

    For further information about the following regulatory waivers, 
please see the name of the contact person that immediately follows 
the description of the waiver granted.

I. Mega-Waiver for California Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, 
Landslides, and Mudslides--Continuum of Care (CoC) Program

    On February 9, 2023, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Marion 
McFadden issued a memorandum offering waivers of certain statutory 
and regulatory requirements associated with several Community 
Planning and Development (CPD) grant programs to address damage and 
facilitate recovery from severe winter storms, flooding, landslides, 
and mudslides in areas of California covered by a major disaster 
declaration under Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), DR-4698-AR, dated 
January 14, 2023, and as may be amended (the ``declared-disaster 
areas''). The following summarizes the waivers available for CoC 
Program Recipients.

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CoC--Permanent Housing Rapid Re-Housing Limit to 24 Months of Rental 
Assistance

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 578.37(a)(1)(ii), 24 CFR 
578.37(a)(1)(ii)(C), and 24 CFR 578.51(a)(1)(i).
    Project/Activity: The 24-month limit on rental assistance is 
waived for two years for individuals and families who meet the 
following criteria. (1) The individual or family lives in a 
declared-disaster area or was displaced from a declared-disaster 
area as a result of the disaster; and (2) the individual or family 
is currently receiving rental assistance or begins receiving rental 
assistance within two years after the date of the waiver.
    Nature of Requirement: The CoC Program regulation at 24 CFR 
578.37(a)(1)(ii) and 24 CFR 578.51(a)(1)(i) defines medium-term 
rental assistance as 3 to 24 months and 24 CFR 578.37(a)(1)(ii) and 
24 CFR 578.37(a)(1)(ii)(C) limits rapid re-housing projects to 
medium-term rental assistance, or no more than 24 months.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving the 24-month cap on rapid re-housing 
rental assistance will assist individuals and families affected by 
the disaster, including those already receiving rental assistance as 
well as those who will receive rental assistance within 2 years of 
the date of the waiver, to maintain stable permanent housing in 
another area and help them return to their hometowns, as desired, 
when additional permanent housing becomes available. It will also 
provide additional time to stabilize individuals and families in 
permanent housing where vacancy rates are extraordinarily low due to 
the disaster. Experience with prior disasters has shown us some 
program participants need additional months of rental assistance to 
identify and stabilize in housing of their choice, which can mean 
moving elsewhere until they are able to return to their hometowns.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

CoC--One Year Lease Requirement

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 578.3, definition of permanent 
housing, 24 CFR 578.51(l)(1).
    Project/Activity: The one-year lease requirement is waived for 
two years beginning on the date the waiver was granted for program 
participants living in a declared-disaster area or program 
participants displaced from a declared-disaster area as a result of 
the disaster, so long as the initial lease term of all leases is for 
more than one month, and the leases are renewable for terms that are 
a minimum of one month long and the leases are terminable only for 
cause.
    Nature of Requirement: The CoC Program regulation at 24 CFR 
578.3, definition of permanent housing, and 24 CFR 578.51(l)(1) 
requires program participants residing in permanent housing to be 
the tenant on a lease for a term of one year that is renewable and 
terminable only for cause.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving the one-year lease requirement will allow 
program participants receiving PSH or RRH assistance under the CoC 
Program to enter into leases that have an initial term of less than 
one year, so long as the leases have an initial term of more than 
one month. While some program participants desire to identify new 
housing, many program participants displaced during the disaster 
desire to return to their original permanent housing units when 
repairs are complete because of proximity to schools and access to 
public transportation and services. Additionally, it will permit new 
program participants to identify permanent housing units in a tight 
rental market where many landlords prefer lease terms of less than 
one year and might not be willing to alter their policies regarding 
the length of lease terms when considering permanent housing 
applicants. Therefore, HUD had determined that waiving the one-year 
lease requirement will improve the housing options available to 
program participants in permanent housing projects.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

CoC--One-Time Limit on Moving Costs

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 578.53(e)(2).
    Project/Activity: The one-time limit on moving costs of program 
participants is waived for two years beginning on the date of the 
waiver for program participants living in a declared-disaster area 
or program participants displaced from a declared-disaster area as a 
result of the disaster.
    Nature of Requirement: The CoC Program regulation at 24 CFR 
578.53(e)(2) limits recipients of supportive service funds to using 
those funds to pay for moving costs to provide reasonable moving 
assistance, including truck rental and hiring a moving company, to 
only one-time per program participant.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving this provision will permit recipients to 
pay for reasonable moving costs for program participants more than 
once and will assist program participants affected by the disaster 
as well as those who become homeless in the areas impacted by the 
disaster to stabilize in housing locations of their choice. Many 
current program participants received assistance moving into their 
assisted units prior to being displaced by the disaster, and 
experience with prior disasters has shown us some program 
participants will need additional assistance moving to a new unit 
while others will need assistance moving back to their original 
units after repairs are completed. Further, until the housing market 
stabilizes, experience has shown many program participants will need 
to move more than once during their participation in a program to 
find a unit that best meets their needs.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202) 708-4300.

CoC--Fair Market Rent (FMR) Cap on Rent Paid With Leasing Funds

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 578.49(b)(2).
    Project/Activity: The FMR restriction is waived for any lease 
executed by a recipient or subrecipient in declared-declared areas 
to provide transitional or permanent supportive housing during the 
2-year period beginning on the date of the waiver. The affected 
recipient or subrecipient must still ensure that rent paid for 
individual units that are leased with CoC Program leasing dollars 
meet the rent reasonableness standard in 24 CFR 578.49(b)(2) meaning 
the rent paid must be reasonable in relation to rents being charged 
for comparable units, taking into account the location, size, type, 
quality, amenities, facilities, and management services.
    Nature of Requirement: The CoC Program regulation at 24 CFR 
578.49(b)(2) prohibits a recipient from using grant funds for 
leasing to pay above FMR when leasing individual units, even if the 
rent is reasonable when compared to other similar, unassisted units.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving the limit on using leasing funds to pay 
above FMR for individual units above FMR, but not greater than 
reasonable rent, will provide recipients and subrecipients with more 
flexibility in identifying housing options for program participants 
in declared-declared areas. The rental markets in areas impacted by 
disasters are often more expensive after the disaster due to 
decreased housing stock and increased rents. These more expensive 
rents are not reflected in the HUD-determined FMRs.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

CoC--Disability Documentation for Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 578.103(a) and 24 CFR 
578.103(a)(4)(i)(B).
    Project/Activity: The requirement that intake-staff recorded 
observations of disability be confirmed and accompanied by other 
evidence no later than 45 days from the date of application for 
assistance is waived for any program participant admitted into PSH 
funded by the CoC program one-year from the date of the waiver so 
long as (1) the intake-staff records observations of disability in 
the client file at time of application; or (2) the individual 
seeking assistance provides written certification that they have a 
qualifying disability is provided at time of application.

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    Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 578.103(a) requires recipient to 
maintain records providing evidence they met program requirements 
and 24 CFR 578.103(a)(4)(i)(B) establishes the requirements for 
documenting disability for individuals and families that meet the 
``chronically homeless'' definition in 24 CFR 578.3. Acceptable 
evidence of disability includes intake-staff recorded observations 
of disability no later than 45 days from the date of application for 
assistance, which is confirmed and accompanied by evidence in 
paragraphs 24 CFR 578.103(a)(4)(i)(B)(1), (2), (3), or (5). HUD is 
waiving the requirement to obtain additional evidence to confirm 
staff-recorded observations of disability.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving the requirement to obtain additional 
evidence of disability as provided in 24 CFR 578.103(a)(4)(i)(B)(4)) 
as specified below will allow recipient to house people impacted by 
severe winter storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides in 
California by relying on intake staff-recorded observations of 
disability or a written self-certification by the program 
participant. This will help individuals and families with 
disabilities to expeditiously receive needed housing assistance when 
paperwork from the Social Security Administration or medical 
professionals cannot be quickly obtained.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

II. Mega-Waiver for California Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, 
Landslides, and Mudslides--Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Program

    On February 9, 2023, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Marion 
McFadden issued a memorandum offering waivers of certain statutory 
and regulatory requirements associated with several Community 
Planning and Development (CPD) grant programs to address damage and 
facilitate recovery from severe winter storms, flooding, landslides, 
and mudslides in areas of California covered by a major disaster 
declaration under Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), DR-4698-AR, dated 
January 14, 2023, and as may be amended (the ``declared-disaster 
areas''). The following summarizes the waivers available for ESG 
Program Recipients.

ESG--Term Limits on Rental Assistance and Housing Relocation and 
Stabilization Services

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.106(a); 24 CFR 576.105(a)(5); 
and 24 CFR 576.105(b)(2)--Term Limits on Rental Assistance and 
Housing Relocation and Stabilization Services.
    Project/Activity: The 24-month limits on rental assistance and 
housing relocation and stabilization services are waived for 
individuals and families who meet both of the following criteria: 
(1) the individual or family lives in a declared-disaster area or 
was displaced from a declared-disaster area as a result of severe 
winter storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides in areas of 
California; and (2) the individual or family is currently receiving 
rental assistance or housing relocation stabilization services or 
begins receiving rental assistance or housing relocation and 
stabilization services within two years after the date of the 
waiver. For these individuals and families, ESG funds may be used to 
provide up to 36 consecutive months of rental assistance, utility 
payments, and housing stability case management, in addition to the 
30 days of housing stability case management that may be provided 
before the move into permanent housing under 24 CFR 576.105(b)(2). 
HUD will also consider further waiver requests to allow assistance 
to be provided for longer than three years, if the recipient 
demonstrates good cause.
    Nature of Requirement: The ESG regulation at 24 CFR 576.106(a) 
prohibits a program participant from receiving more than 24 months 
of ESG rental assistance during any 3-year period. Section 
576.105(a)(5) prohibits a program participant from receiving more 
than 24 months of utility payments under ESG during any 3-year 
period. Section 576.105(b)(2) limits the provision of housing 
stability case management to 30 days while the program participant 
is seeking permanent housing and 24 months while the program 
participant is living in permanent housing.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving the 24-month caps on rental assistance, 
utility payments, and housing stability case management assistance 
will assist individuals and families, both those already receiving 
assistance and those who will receive assistance subsequent to the 
date of the waiver to maintain stable permanent housing in place or 
in another area and help them return to their hometowns, as desired, 
when additional permanent housing is available.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

ESG--Restriction of Rental Assistance to Units With Rent at or Below 
Fair Market Rent (FMR)

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.106(d)(1).
    Project/Activity: The FMR restriction is waived for any rent 
amount that takes effect during the two-year period beginning on the 
date of the waiver for any individual or family who is renting or 
executes a lease for a unit in a declared-disaster area. However, 
the affected recipients and their subrecipients must still ensure 
that the units in which ESG assistance is provided to these 
individuals and families meet the rent reasonableness standard. HUD 
will consider requests to waive the FMR restriction for rent amounts 
that take effect after the two-year period, if a recipient 
demonstrates good cause.
    Nature of Requirement: Under 24 CFR 576.106(d)(1), rental 
assistance cannot be provided unless the total rent is equal to or 
less than the FMR established by HUD, as provided under 24 CFR part 
888, and complies with HUD's standard of rent reasonableness, as 
established under 24 CFR 982.507.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: HUD granted this waiver to enable ESG recipients 
to meet the critical housing needs of individuals and families whose 
housing was damaged or who were displaced as a result of severe 
winter storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides in California. 
Waiving the FMR restriction will make more units available to 
individuals and families in need of permanent housing.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

ESG--Housing Standards

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.403(c).
    Project/Activity: The ESG housing standards at 24 CFR 576.403(c) 
are waived for units in the declared disaster area that are or will 
be occupied by individuals or families eligible for ESG Rapid Re-
housing or Homelessness Prevention assistance, provided that: 1. 
Each unit must still meet applicable state and local standards; 2. 
Each unit must be free of life-threatening conditions as defined in 
Notice PIH 2017-20 (HA); and 3. Recipients must make sure all units 
in which program participants are assisted meet the ESG housing 
standards within 60 days of the date of the waiver.
    Nature of Requirement: If ESG funds are used to help a program 
participant remain in or move into housing, the housing must meet 
the minimum habitability standards provided in 24 CFR 576.403(c).
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: This waiver is needed to enable ESG recipients to 
expeditiously meet the critical housing needs of many eligible 
individuals and families in the declared disaster area.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

ESG--Shelter Standards

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.403(b).
    Project/Activity: The ESG shelter standards at 24 CFR 576.403(b) 
are waived for shelters in the declared disaster area that are or 
will be occupied by individuals and families eligible for ESG 
emergency shelter assistance, provided that: (1) Each shelter must 
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applicable state and local standards; (2) Each shelter must be free 
of life-threatening conditions defined in Notice PIH 2017-20 (HA); 
and (3) Recipients ensure that these shelters.
    Nature of Requirement: If ESG funds are used for shelter 
operations costs, the shelter must meet the minimum safety, 
sanitation and privacy standards under 24 CFR 576.403(b). If ESG 
funds are used to convert a building into a shelter, rehabilitation 
a shelter, or otherwise renovate a shelter, the shelter must meet 
the minimum safety, sanitation, and privacy standards in 24 CFR 
576.403(b) as well as applicable state or local government safety 
and sanitation standards.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: This waiver is needed to enable ESG recipients to 
expeditiously meet the critical emergency shelter needs of many 
eligible individuals and families in the declared disaster area.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

ESG--Limited Waiver of 24-Month Expenditure Deadline for Rapid Re-
Housing and Homelessness Prevention Assistance and Related 
Administrative and HMIS Costs

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.203(b).
    Project/Activity: The expenditure deadline is waived only for 
costs of providing homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing 
assistance to individuals and families under the flexibility 
provided by ESG waivers on term limits on rental assistance and 
housing relocation and stabilization services; restriction of rental 
assistance to units with rent at or below FMR; assisting program 
participants with subleases; and reasonable HMIS and administrative 
costs related to that assistance. In addition, no expenditure may be 
made or charged to any grant on or after the date Treasury closes 
the relevant account as provided by 31 U.S.C. 1552.
    Nature of Requirement: Section 576.203(b) of the ESG regulations 
requires all expenditures under an ESG grant to be made within 24 
months after the date HUD signs the grant agreement with the 
recipient. For purposes of this requirement, expenditure means 
either an actual cash disbursement for a direct charge for a good or 
service or an indirect cost, or the accrual of a direct charge for a 
good or service or an indirect cost.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Providing a limited waiver of the expenditure 
deadline as described in the applicability paragraph below will 
support recipients' ability to assist individuals and families as 
provided by ESG waivers on term limits on rental assistance and 
housing relocation and stabilization services; restriction of rental 
assistance to units with rent at or below FMR; and assisting program 
participants with subleases.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

ESG--Assisting Program Participants With Subleases

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.105 and 24 CFR 576.106.
    Project/Activity: The requirements in 24 CFR 576.105 and 576.106 
are waived to the extent that the references to ``owner'' and 
``lease'' in 24 CFR 576.105 and 576.106 restrict an individual or 
family from receiving assistance in a unit they rent from the 
primary leaseholder, provided that all of the following criteria are 
met: 1. The individual or family lives in the declared-disaster area 
or was displaced from the declared-disaster area as a result severe 
winter storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides in California; 2. 
The individual or family is currently receiving ESG-funded rental 
assistance as the leaseholder or housing relocation stabilization 
services or begins receiving rental assistance or housing relocation 
stabilization services within two years after the date of the 
waiver; 3. The individual or family chooses to rent a unit through a 
legally valid sublease or lease with the primary leaseholder for the 
unit; and 4. The recipient has developed written policies to apply 
the requirements of 24 CFR 576.105, 24 CFR 576.106, 24 CFR 576.409, 
and 24 CFR 576.500(h) with respect to that program participant by 
reading the references to ``owner'' and ``housing owner'' to apply 
to the primary leaseholder and reading the references to ``lease'' 
to apply to the program participant's sublease or lease with the 
primary leaseholder.
    Nature of Requirement: The use of ``owner'' and ``lease'' in 24 
CFR 576.105 and 576.106 prohibit program participants from receiving 
rental assistance under 24 CFR 576.106 and certain services under 24 
CFR 576.105 with respect to units that program participants rent 
from a person other than the owner or the owner's agent. 
Justification: By increasing the permissible housing options for 
program participations, this waiver would allow the recipient to 
meet the critical housing needs of more eligible individuals and 
families in the declared disaster area.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: By increasing the permissible housing options for 
program participations, this waiver would allow the recipient to 
meet the critical housing needs of more eligible individuals and 
families in the declared disaster area.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

III. Mega-Waiver for Alabama Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, 
and Tornadoes--CoC

    On February 9, 2023, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Marion 
McFadden issued a memorandum offering waivers of certain statutory 
and regulatory requirements associated with several Community 
Planning and Development (CPD) grant programs to address damage and 
facilitate recovery from Alabama severe storms, straight-line winds, 
and tornadoes covered by a major disaster declaration under Title IV 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (Stafford Act), DR-4698-AR, dated January 15, 2023, and as may 
be amended (the ``declared-disaster areas''). The following 
summarizes the waivers available for CoC Program Recipients.

CoC--Permanent Housing Rapid Re-Housing Limit to 24 Months of Rental 
Assistance

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 578.37(a)(1)(ii), 24 CFR 
578.37(a)(1)(ii)(C), and 24 CFR 578.51(a)(1)(i).
    Project/Activity: For two years from the date of the waiver, the 
24-month limit on rental assistance is waived for individuals and 
families who meet the following criteria. (1) The individual or 
family lives in a declared-disaster area or was displaced from a 
declared-disaster area as a result of the disaster; and (2) the 
individual or family is currently receiving rental assistance or 
begins receiving rental assistance within two years after the date 
of the waiver.
    Nature of Requirement: The CoC Program regulation at 24 CFR 
578.37(a)(1)(ii) and 24 CFR 578.51(a)(1)(i) defines medium-term 
rental assistance as 3 to 24 months and 24 CFR 578.37(a)(1)(ii) and 
24 CFR 578.37(a)(1)(ii)(C) limits rapid re-housing projects to 
medium-term rental assistance, or no more than 24 months.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving the 24-month cap on rapid re-housing 
rental assistance will assist individuals and families affected by 
the disaster, including those already receiving rental assistance as 
well as those who will receive rental assistance within 2 years of 
the date of the waiver, to maintain stable permanent housing in 
another area and help them return to their hometowns, as desired, 
when additional permanent housing becomes available. It will also 
provide additional time to stabilize individuals and families in 
permanent housing where vacancy rates are extraordinarily low due to 
the disaster. Experience with prior disasters has shown us some 
program participants need additional months of rental assistance to 
identify and stabilize in housing of their choice, which can mean 
moving elsewhere until they are able to return to their hometowns.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

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CoC--One Year Lease Requirement

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 578.3, definition of permanent 
housing, 24 CFR 578.51(l)(1).
    Project/Activity: The one-year lease requirement is waived for 
two years beginning on the date of the waiver for program 
participants living in a declared-disaster area or program 
participants displaced from a declared-disaster area as a result of 
the disaster, so long as the initial lease term of all leases is for 
more than one month, and the leases are renewable for terms that are 
a minimum of one month long and the leases are terminable only for 
cause.
    Nature of Requirement: The CoC Program regulation at 24 CFR 
578.3, definition of permanent housing, and 24 CFR 578.51(l)(1) 
requires program participants residing in permanent housing to be 
the tenant on a lease for a term of one year that is renewable and 
terminable only for cause.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving the one-year lease requirement will allow 
program participants receiving PSH or RRH assistance under the CoC 
Program to enter into leases that have an initial term of less than 
one year, so long as the leases have an initial term of more than 
one month. While some program participants desire to identify new 
housing, many program participants displaced during the disaster 
desire to return to their original permanent housing units when 
repairs are complete because of proximity to schools and access to 
public transportation and services. Additionally, it will permit new 
program participants to identify permanent housing units in a tight 
rental market where many landlords prefer lease terms of less than 
one year and might not be willing to alter their policies regarding 
the length of lease terms when considering permanent housing 
applicants. Therefore, HUD had determined that waiving the one-year 
lease requirement will improve the housing options available to 
program participants in permanent housing projects.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

CoC--One-Time Limit on Moving Costs

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 578.53(e)(2).
    Project/Activity: The one-time limit on moving costs of program 
participants is waived for two years beginning on the date of the 
waiver for program participants living in a declared-disaster area 
or program participants displaced from a declared-disaster area as a 
result of the disaster.
    Nature of Requirement: The CoC Program regulation at 24 CFR 
578.53(e)(2) limits recipients of supportive service funds to using 
those funds to pay for moving costs to provide reasonable moving 
assistance, including truck rental and hiring a moving company, to 
only one-time per program participant.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving this provision will permit recipients to 
pay for reasonable moving costs for program participants more than 
once and will assist program participants affected by the disaster 
as well as those who become homeless in the areas impacted by the 
disaster to stabilize in housing locations of their choice. Many 
current program participants received assistance moving into their 
assisted units prior to being displaced by the disaster, and 
experience with prior disasters has shown us some program 
participants will need additional assistance moving to a new unit 
while others will need assistance moving back to their original 
units after repairs are completed. Further, until the housing market 
stabilizes, experience has shown many program participants will need 
to move more than once during their participation in a program to 
find a unit that best meets their needs.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

CoC--Fair Market Rent (FMR) Cap on Rent Paid With Leasing Funds

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 578.49(b)(2).
    Project/Activity: The FMR restriction is waived for any lease 
executed by a recipient or subrecipient in declared-declared areas 
to provide transitional or permanent supportive housing during the 
2-year period beginning on the date of the waiver. The affected 
recipient or subrecipient must still ensure that rent paid for 
individual units that are leased with CoC Program leasing dollars 
meet the rent reasonableness standard in 24 CFR 578.49(b)(2) meaning 
the rent paid must be reasonable in relation to rents being charged 
for comparable units, taking into account the location, size, type, 
quality, amenities, facilities, and management services.
    Nature of Requirement: The CoC Program regulation at 24 CFR 
578.49(b)(2) prohibits a recipient from using grant funds for 
leasing to pay above FMR when leasing individual units, even if the 
rent is reasonable when compared to other similar, unassisted units.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving the limit on using leasing funds to pay 
above FMR for individual units above FMR, but not greater than 
reasonable rent, will provide recipients and subrecipients with more 
flexibility in identifying housing options for program participants 
in declared-declared areas. The rental markets in areas impacted by 
disasters are often more expensive after the disaster due to 
decreased housing stock and increased rents. These more expensive 
rents are not reflected in the HUD-determined FMRs.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

CoC--Disability Documentation for Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 578.103(a) and 24 CFR 
578.103(a)(4)(i)(B).
    Project/Activity: The requirement that intake-staff recorded 
observations of disability be confirmed and accompanied by other 
evidence no later than 45 days from the date of application for 
assistance is waived for any program participant admitted into PSH 
funded by the CoC program one-year from the date of the waiver so 
long as (1) the intake-staff records observations of disability in 
the client file at time of application; or (2) the individual 
seeking assistance provides written certification that they have a 
qualifying disability is provided at time of application.
    Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 578.103(a) requires recipient to 
maintain records providing evidence they met program requirements 
and 24 CFR 578.103(a)(4)(i)(B) establishes the requirements for 
documenting disability for individuals and families that meet the 
``chronically homeless'' definition in 24 CFR 578.3. Acceptable 
evidence of disability includes intake-staff recorded observations 
of disability no later than 45 days from the date of application for 
assistance, which is confirmed and accompanied by evidence in 
paragraphs 24 CFR 578.103(a)(4)(i)(B)(1), (2), (3), or (5). HUD is 
waiving the requirement to obtain additional evidence to confirm 
staff-recorded observations of disability.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving the requirement to obtain additional 
evidence of disability as provided in 24 CFR 578.103(a)(4)(i)(B)(4)) 
as specified below will allow recipient to house people impacted by 
severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes in Alabama by 
relying on intake staff-recorded observations of disability or a 
written self-certification by the program participant. This will 
help individuals and families with disabilities to expeditiously 
receive needed housing assistance when paperwork from the Social 
Security Administration or medical professionals cannot be quickly 
obtained.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

IV. Mega-Waiver for Alabama Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and 
Tornadoes--ESG

    On February 9, 2023, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Marion 
McFadden issued a memorandum offering waivers of certain statutory 
and regulatory requirements associated with several Community 
Planning and Development (CPD) grant programs to address damage and 
facilitate recovery from severe storms, straight-line winds, and 
tornadoes in areas of Alabama covered by a

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major disaster declaration under Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), DR-
4698-AR, dated January 15, 2023, and as may be amended (the 
``declared-disaster areas''). The following summarizes the waivers 
available for ESG Program Recipients.

ESG--Term Limits on Rental Assistance and Housing Relocation and 
Stabilization Services

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.106(a); 24 CFR 576.105(a)(5); 
and 24 CFR 576.105(b)(2) Term limits on Rental Assistance and 
Housing Relocation and Stabilization Services.
    Project/Activity: The 24-month limits on rental assistance and 
housing relocation and stabilization services are waived for 
individuals and families who meet both of the following criteria: 
(1) the individual or family lives in a declared-disaster area or 
was displaced from a declared-disaster area as a result of severe 
storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes in Alabama; and (2) the 
individual or family is currently receiving rental assistance or 
housing relocation stabilization services or begins receiving rental 
assistance or housing relocation and stabilization services within 
two years after the date of the waiver. For these individuals and 
families, ESG funds may be used to provide up to 36 consecutive 
months of rental assistance, utility payments, and housing stability 
case management, in addition to the 30 days of housing stability 
case management that may be provided before the move into permanent 
housing under 24 CFR 576.105(b)(2). HUD will also consider further 
waiver requests to allow assistance to be provided for longer than 
three years, if the recipient demonstrates good cause.
    Nature of Requirement: The ESG regulation at 24 CFR 576.106(a) 
prohibits a program participant from receiving more than 24 months 
of ESG rental assistance during any 3-year period. Section 
576.105(a)(5) prohibits a program participant from receiving more 
than 24 months of utility payments under ESG during any 3-year 
period. Section 576.105(b)(2) limits the provision of housing 
stability case management to 30 days while the program participant 
is seeking permanent housing and 24 months while the program 
participant is living in permanent housing.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving the 24-month caps on rental assistance, 
utility payments, and housing stability case management assistance 
will assist individuals and families, both those already receiving 
assistance and those who will receive assistance subsequent to the 
date of the waiver to maintain stable permanent housing in place or 
in another area and help them return to their hometowns, as desired, 
when additional permanent housing is available.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

ESG--Restriction of Rental Assistance to Units With Rent at or Below 
Fair Market Rent (FMR)

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.106(d)(1).
    Project/Activity: The FMR restriction is waived for any rent 
amount that takes effect during the two-year period beginning on the 
date of the waiver for any individual or family who is renting or 
executes a lease for a unit in a declared-disaster area. However, 
the affected recipients and their subrecipients must still ensure 
that the units in which ESG assistance is provided to these 
individuals and families meet the rent reasonableness standard. HUD 
will consider requests to waive the FMR restriction for rent amounts 
that take effect after the two-year period, if a recipient 
demonstrates good cause.
    Nature of Requirement: Under 24 CFR 576.106(d)(1), rental 
assistance cannot be provided unless the total rent is equal to or 
less than the FMR established by HUD, as provided under 24 CFR part 
888, and complies with HUD's standard of rent reasonableness, as 
established under 24 CFR 982.507.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: HUD granted this waiver to enable ESG recipients 
to meet the critical housing needs of individuals and families whose 
housing was damaged or who were displaced as a result of severe 
storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes in Alabama. Waiving the 
FMR restriction will make more units available to individuals and 
families in need of permanent housing.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

ESG--Housing Standards

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.403(c).
    Project/Activity: The ESG housing standards at 24 CFR 576.403(c) 
are waived for units in the declared disaster area that are or will 
be occupied by individuals or families eligible for ESG Rapid Re-
housing or Homelessness Prevention assistance, provided that: 1. 
Each unit must still meet applicable state and local standards; 2. 
Each unit must be free of life-threatening conditions as defined in 
Notice PIH 2017-20 (HA); and 3. Recipients must make sure all units 
in which program participants are assisted meet the ESG housing 
standards within 60 days of the date of the waiver.
    Nature of Requirement: If ESG funds are used to help a program 
participant remain in or move into housing, the housing must meet 
the minimum habitability standards provided in 24 CFR 576.403(c).
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: This waiver is needed to enable ESG recipients to 
expeditiously meet the critical housing needs of many eligible 
individuals and families in the declared disaster area.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202) 708-4300.

ESG--Shelter Standards

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.403(b).
    Project/Activity: The ESG shelter standards at 24 CFR 576.403(b) 
are waived for shelters in the declared disaster area that are or 
will be occupied by individuals and families eligible for ESG 
emergency shelter assistance, provided that: (1) Each shelter must 
meet applicable state and local standards; (2) Each shelter must be 
free of life-threatening conditions defined in Notice PIH 2017-20 
(HA); and (3) Recipients ensure that these shelters.
    Nature of Requirement: If ESG funds are used for shelter 
operations costs, the shelter must meet the minimum safety, 
sanitation and privacy standards under 24 CFR 576.403(b). If ESG 
funds are used to convert a building into a shelter, rehabilitation 
a shelter, or otherwise renovate a shelter, the shelter must meet 
the minimum safety, sanitation, and privacy standards in 24 CFR 
576.403(b) as well as applicable state or local government safety 
and sanitation standards.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: This waiver is needed to enable ESG recipients to 
expeditiously meet the critical emergency shelter needs of many 
eligible individuals and families in the declared disaster area.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

ESG--Limited Waiver of 24-Month Expenditure Deadline for Rapid Re-
Housing and Homelessness Prevention Assistance and Related 
Administrative and HMIS Costs

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.203(b).
    Project/Activity: The expenditure deadline is waived only for 
costs of providing homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing 
assistance to individuals and families under the flexibility 
provided by ESG waivers on term limits on rental assistance and 
housing relocation and stabilization services; restriction of rental 
assistance to units with rent at or below FMR; assisting program 
participants with subleases; and reasonable HMIS and administrative 
costs related to that assistance. In addition, no expenditure may be 
made or charged to any grant on or after the date Treasury closes 
the relevant account as provided by 31 U.S.C. 1552.
    Nature of Requirement: Section 576.203(b) of the ESG regulations 
requires all expenditures under an ESG grant to be made within 24 
months after the date HUD signs

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the grant agreement with the recipient. For purposes of this 
requirement, expenditure means either an actual cash disbursement 
for a direct charge for a good or service or an indirect cost, or 
the accrual of a direct charge for a good or service or an indirect 
cost.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Providing a limited waiver of the expenditure 
deadline as described in the applicability paragraph below will 
support recipients' ability to assist individuals and families as 
provided by waivers 19 and 20 above.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

ESG--Assisting Program Participants With Subleases

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.105 and 24 CFR 576.106.
    Project/Activity: The requirements in 24 CFR 576.105 and 576.106 
are waived to the extent that the references to ``owner'' and 
``lease'' in 24 CFR 576.105 and 576.106 restrict an individual or 
family from receiving assistance in a unit they rent from the 
primary leaseholder, provided that all of the following criteria are 
met: 1. The individual or family lives in the declared-disaster area 
or was displaced from the declared-disaster area as a result of 
severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes in Alabama; 2. The 
individual or family is currently receiving ESG-funded rental 
assistance as the leaseholder or housing relocation stabilization 
services or begins receiving rental assistance or housing relocation 
stabilization services within two years after the date of the 
waiver; 3. The individual or family chooses to rent a unit through a 
legally valid sublease or lease with the primary leaseholder for the 
unit; and 4. The recipient has developed written policies to apply 
the requirements of 24 CFR 576.105, 24 CFR 576.106, 24 CFR 576.409, 
and 24 CFR 576.500(h) with respect to that program participant by 
reading the references to ``owner'' and ``housing owner'' to apply 
to the primary leaseholder and reading the references to ``lease'' 
to apply to the program participant's sublease or lease with the 
primary leaseholder.
    Nature of Requirement: The use of ``owner'' and ``lease'' in 24 
CFR 576.105 and 576.106 prohibit program participants from receiving 
rental assistance under 24 CFR 576.106 and certain services under 24 
CFR 576.105 with respect to units that program participants rent 
from a person other than the owner or the owner's agent. 
Justification: By increasing the permissible housing options for 
program participations, this waiver would allow the recipient to 
meet the critical housing needs of more eligible individuals and 
families in the declared disaster area.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: By increasing the permissible housing options for 
program participations, this waiver would allow the recipient to 
meet the critical housing needs of more eligible individuals and 
families in the declared disaster area.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-4300.

V. Mega-Waiver for Mississippi Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, 
and Tornadoes--CoC

    On March 30, 2023, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Marion 
McFadden issued a memorandum offering waivers of certain statutory 
and regulatory requirements associated with several Community 
Planning and Development (CPD) grant programs to address damage and 
facilitate recovery from Mississippi severe storms, straight-line 
winds, and tornadoes covered by a major disaster declaration under 
Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (Stafford Act), DR-4698-AR, dated March26, 2023, and 
as may be amended (the ``declared-disaster areas''). The following 
summarizes the waivers available for CoC Program Recipients.

CoC--Permanent Housing Rapid Re-Housing Limit to 24 Months of Rental 
Assistance

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 578.37(a)(1)(ii), 24 CFR 
578.37(a)(1)(ii)(C), and 24 CFR 578.51(a)(1)(i).
    Project/Activity: For two years from the date of the waiver, the 
24-month limit on rental assistance is waived for individuals and 
families who meet the following criteria. (1) The individual or 
family lives in a declared-disaster area or was displaced from a 
declared-disaster area as a result of the disaster; and (2) the 
individual or family is currently receiving rental assistance or 
begins receiving rental assistance within two years after the date 
of the waiver.
    Nature of Requirement: The CoC Program regulation at 24 CFR 
578.37(a)(1)(ii) and 24 CFR 578.51(a)(1)(i) defines medium-term 
rental assistance as 3 to 24 months and 24 CFR 578.37(a)(1)(ii) and 
24 CFR 578.37(a)(1)(ii)(C) limits rapid re-housing projects to 
medium-term rental assistance, or no more than 24 months.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving the 24-month cap on rapid re-housing 
rental assistance will assist individuals and families affected by 
the disaster, including those already receiving rental assistance as 
well as those who will receive rental assistance within 2 years of 
the date of the waiver, to maintain stable permanent housing in 
another area and help them return to their hometowns, as desired, 
when additional permanent housing becomes available. It will also 
provide additional time to stabilize individuals and families in 
permanent housing where vacancy rates are extraordinarily low due to 
the disaster. Experience with prior disasters has shown us some 
program participants need additional months of rental assistance to 
identify and stabilize in housing of their choice, which can mean 
moving elsewhere until they are able to return to their hometowns.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202) 708-4300.

CoC--One Year Lease Requirement

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 578.3, definition of permanent 
housing, 24 CFR 578.51(l)(1).
    Project/Activity: The one-year lease requirement is waived for 
two years beginning on the date of the waiver for program 
participants living in a declared-disaster area or program 
participants displaced from a declared-disaster area as a result of 
the disaster, so long as the initial lease term of all leases is for 
more than one month, and the leases are renewable for terms that are 
a minimum of one month long and the leases are terminable only for 
cause.
    Nature of Requirement: The CoC Program regulation at 24 CFR 
578.3, definition of permanent housing, and 24 CFR 578.51(l)(1) 
requires program participants residing in permanent housing to be 
the tenant on a lease for a term of one year that is renewable and 
terminable only for cause.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving the one-year lease requirement will allow 
program participants receiving PSH or RRH assistance under the CoC 
Program to enter into leases that have an initial term of less than 
one year, so long as the leases have an initial term of more than 
one month. While some program participants desire to identify new 
housing, many program participants displaced during the disaster 
desire to return to their original permanent housing units when 
repairs are complete because of proximity to schools and access to 
public transportation and services. Additionally, it will permit new 
program participants to identify permanent housing units in a tight 
rental market where many landlords prefer lease terms of less than 
one year and might not be willing to alter their policies regarding 
the length of lease terms when considering permanent housing 
applicants. Therefore, HUD had determined that waiving the one-year 
lease requirement will improve the housing options available to 
program participants in permanent housing projects.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202) 708-4300.

CoC--One-Time Limit on Moving Costs

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 578.53(e)(2).
    Project/Activity: The one-time limit on moving costs of program 
participants is waived for two years beginning on the date

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of the waiver for program participants living in a declared-disaster 
area or program participants displaced from a declared-disaster area 
as a result of the disaster.
    Nature of Requirement: The CoC Program regulation at 24 CFR 
578.53(e)(2) limits recipients of supportive service funds to using 
those funds to pay for moving costs to provide reasonable moving 
assistance, including truck rental and hiring a moving company, to 
only one-time per program participant.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving this provision will permit recipients to 
pay for reasonable moving costs for program participants more than 
once and will assist program participants affected by the disaster 
as well as those who become homeless in the areas impacted by the 
disaster to stabilize in housing locations of their choice. Many 
current program participants received assistance moving into their 
assisted units prior to being displaced by the disaster, and 
experience with prior disasters has shown us some program 
participants will need additional assistance moving to a new unit 
while others will need assistance moving back to their original 
units after repairs are completed. Further, until the housing market 
stabilizes, experience has shown many program participants will need 
to move more than once during their participation in a program to 
find a unit that best meets their needs.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202) 708-4300.

CoC--Fair Market Rent (FMR) Cap on Rent Paid With Leasing Funds

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 578.49(b)(2).
    Project/Activity: The FMR restriction is waived for any lease 
executed by a recipient or subrecipient in declared-declared areas 
to provide transitional or permanent supportive housing during the 
2-year period beginning on the date of the waiver. The affected 
recipient or subrecipient must still ensure that rent paid for 
individual units that are leased with CoC Program leasing dollars 
meet the rent reasonableness standard in 24 CFR 578.49(b)(2) meaning 
the rent paid must be reasonable in relation to rents being charged 
for comparable units, taking into account the location, size, type, 
quality, amenities, facilities, and management services.
    Nature of Requirement: The CoC Program regulation at 24 CFR 
578.49(b)(2) prohibits a recipient from using grant funds for 
leasing to pay above FMR when leasing individual units, even if the 
rent is reasonable when compared to other similar, unassisted units.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving the limit on using leasing funds to pay 
above FMR for individual units above FMR, but not greater than 
reasonable rent, will provide recipients and subrecipients with more 
flexibility in identifying housing options for program participants 
in declared-declared areas. The rental markets in areas impacted by 
disasters are often more expensive after the disaster due to 
decreased housing stock and increased rents. These more expensive 
rents are not reflected in the HUD-determined FMRs.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202) 708-4300.

CoC--Disability Documentation for Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 578.103(a) and 24 CFR 
578.103(a)(4)(i)(B).
    Project/Activity: The requirement that intake-staff recorded 
observations of disability be confirmed and accompanied by other 
evidence no later than 45 days from the date of application for 
assistance is waived for any program participant admitted into PSH 
funded by the CoC program one-year from the date of the waiver so 
long as (1) the intake-staff records observations of disability in 
the client file at time of application; or (2) the individual 
seeking assistance provides written certification that they have a 
qualifying disability is provided at time of application.
    Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 578.103(a) requires recipient to 
maintain records providing evidence they met program requirements 
and 24 CFR 578.103(a)(4)(i)(B) establishes the requirements for 
documenting disability for individuals and families that meet the 
``chronically homeless'' definition in 24 CFR 578.3. Acceptable 
evidence of disability includes intake-staff recorded observations 
of disability no later than 45 days from the date of application for 
assistance, which is confirmed and accompanied by evidence in 
paragraphs 24 CFR 578.103(a)(4)(i)(B)(1), (2), (3), or (5). HUD is 
waiving the requirement to obtain additional evidence to confirm 
staff-recorded observations of disability.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving the requirement to obtain additional 
evidence of disability as provided in 24 CFR 578.103(a)(4)(i)(B)(4)) 
as specified below will allow recipient to house people impacted 
from severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes in 
Mississippi by relying on intake staff-recorded observations of 
disability or a written self-certification by the program 
participant. This will help individuals and families with 
disabilities to expeditiously receive needed housing assistance when 
paperwork from the Social Security Administration or medical 
professionals cannot be quickly obtained.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202) 708-4300.

VI. Mega-Waiver for Mississippi Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, 
and Tornadoes--ESG

    On March 30, 2023, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Marion 
McFadden issued a memorandum offering waivers of certain statutory 
and regulatory requirements associated with several Community 
Planning and Development (CPD) grant programs to address damage and 
facilitate recovery from severe storms, straight-line winds, and 
tornadoes in areas of Mississippi covered by a major disaster 
declaration under Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), DR-4698-AR, dated March 
26, 2023, and as may be amended (the ``declared-disaster areas''). 
The following summarizes the waivers available for ESG Program 
Recipients.

ESG--Term Limits on Rental Assistance and Housing Relocation and 
Stabilization Services

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.106(a); 24 CFR 576.105(a)(5); 
and 24 CFR 576.105(b)(2)--Term limits on Rental Assistance and 
Housing Relocation and Stabilization Services
    Project/Activity: The 24-month limits on rental assistance and 
housing relocation and stabilization services are waived for 
individuals and families who meet both of the following criteria: 
(1) the individual or family lives in a declared-disaster area or 
was displaced from a declared-disaster area as a result of severe 
storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes in Mississippi; and (2) 
the individual or family is currently receiving rental assistance or 
housing relocation stabilization services or begins receiving rental 
assistance or housing relocation and stabilization services within 
two years after the date of the waiver. For these individuals and 
families, ESG funds may be used to provide up to 36 consecutive 
months of rental assistance, utility payments, and housing stability 
case management, in addition to the 30 days of housing stability 
case management that may be provided before the move into permanent 
housing under 24 CFR 576.105(b)(2). HUD will also consider further 
waiver requests to allow assistance to be provided for longer than 
three years, if the recipient demonstrates good cause.
    Nature of Requirement: The ESG regulation at 24 CFR 576.106(a) 
prohibits a program participant from receiving more than 24 months 
of ESG rental assistance during any 3-year period. Section 
576.105(a)(5) prohibits a program participant from receiving more 
than 24 months of utility payments under ESG during any 3-year 
period. Section 576.105(b)(2) limits the provision of housing 
stability case management to 30 days while the program participant 
is seeking permanent housing and 24 months while the program 
participant is living in permanent housing.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving the 24-month caps on rental assistance, 
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assistance will assist individuals and families, both those already 
receiving assistance and those who will receive assistance 
subsequent to the date of the waiver to maintain stable permanent 
housing in place or in another area and help them return to their 
hometowns, as desired, when additional permanent housing is 
available.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202) 708-4300.

ESG--Restriction of Rental Assistance to Units With Rent at or Below 
Fair Market Rent (FMR)

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.106(d)(1).
    Project/Activity: The FMR restriction is waived for any rent 
amount that takes effect during the two-year period beginning on the 
date of the waiver for any individual or family who is renting or 
executes a lease for a unit in a declared-disaster area. However, 
the affected recipients and their subrecipients must still ensure 
that the units in which ESG assistance is provided to these 
individuals and families meet the rent reasonableness standard. HUD 
will consider requests to waive the FMR restriction for rent amounts 
that take effect after the two-year period, if a recipient 
demonstrates good cause.
    Nature of Requirement: Under 24 CFR 576.106(d)(1), rental 
assistance cannot be provided unless the total rent is equal to or 
less than the FMR established by HUD, as provided under 24 CFR part 
888, and complies with HUD's standard of rent reasonableness, as 
established under 24 CFR 982.507.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: HUD granted this waiver to enable ESG recipients 
to meet the critical housing needs of individuals and families whose 
housing was damaged or who were displaced as a result of severe 
storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes in Mississippi. Waiving 
the FMR restriction will make more units available to individuals 
and families in need of permanent housing.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202) 708-4300.

ESG--Housing Standards

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.403(c).
    Project/Activity: The ESG housing standards at 24 CFR 576.403(c) 
are waived for units in the declared disaster area that are or will 
be occupied by individuals or families eligible for ESG Rapid Re-
housing or Homelessness Prevention assistance, provided that: 1. 
Each unit must still meet applicable state and local standards; 2. 
Each unit must be free of life-threatening conditions as defined in 
Notice PIH 2017-20 (HA); and 3. Recipients must make sure all units 
in which program participants are assisted meet the ESG housing 
standards within 60 days of the date of the waiver.
    Nature of Requirement: If ESG funds are used to help a program 
participant remain in or move into housing, the housing must meet 
the minimum habitability standards provided in 24 CFR 576.403(c).
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: This waiver is needed to enable ESG recipients to 
expeditiously meet the critical housing needs of many eligible 
individuals and families in the declared disaster area.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202) 708-4300.

ESG--Shelter Standards

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.403(b).
    Project/Activity: The ESG shelter standards at 24 CFR 576.403(b) 
are waived for shelters in the declared disaster area that are or 
will be occupied by individuals and families eligible for ESG 
emergency shelter assistance, provided that: (1) Each shelter must 
meet applicable state and local standards; (2) Each shelter must be 
free of life-threatening conditions defined in Notice PIH 2017-20 
(HA); and (3) Recipients ensure that these shelters
    Nature of Requirement: If ESG funds are used for shelter 
operations costs, the shelter must meet the minimum safety, 
sanitation, and privacy standards under 24 CFR 576.403(b). If ESG 
funds are used to convert a building into a shelter, rehabilitation 
a shelter, or otherwise renovate a shelter, the shelter must meet 
the minimum safety, sanitation, and privacy standards in 24 CFR 
576.403(b) as well as applicable state or local government safety 
and sanitation standards.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: This waiver is needed to enable ESG recipients to 
expeditiously meet the critical emergency shelter needs of many 
eligible individuals and families in the declared disaster area.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202) 708-4300.

ESG--Limited Waiver of 24-Month Expenditure Deadline for Rapid Re-
Housing and Homelessness Prevention Assistance and Related 
Administrative and HMIS Costs

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.203(b).
    Project/Activity: The expenditure deadline is waived only for 
costs of providing homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing 
assistance to individuals and families under the flexibility 
provided by ESG waivers on term limits on rental assistance and 
housing relocation and stabilization services; restriction of rental 
assistance to units with rent at or below FMR; assisting program 
participants with subleases; and reasonable HMIS and administrative 
costs related to that assistance. In addition, no expenditure may be 
made or charged to any grant on or after the date Treasury closes 
the relevant account as provided by 31 U.S.C. 1552.
    Nature of Requirement: Section 576.203(b) of the ESG regulations 
requires all expenditures under an ESG grant to be made within 24 
months after the date HUD signs the grant agreement with the 
recipient. For purposes of this requirement, expenditure means 
either an actual cash disbursement for a direct charge for a good or 
service or an indirect cost, or the accrual of a direct charge for a 
good or service or an indirect cost.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: The expenditure deadline is waived only for costs 
of providing homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing assistance 
to individuals and families under the flexibility provided by other 
the ESG waivers on term limits on rental assistance and housing 
relocation and stabilization services; restriction of rental 
assistance to units with rent at or below FMR; assisting program 
participants with subleases; and reasonable HMIS and administrative 
costs related to that assistance. This waiver may be used for 
program participants affected by the disaster, even if they are 
residing outside of the disaster area. However, no expenditure may 
be made or charged to any grant on or after the date Treasury closes 
the relevant account as provided by 31 U.S.C. 1552.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202) 708-4300.

ESG--Assisting Program Participants With Subleases

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 576.105 and 24 CFR 576.106.
    Project/Activity: The requirements in 24 CFR 576.105 and 576.106 
are waived to the extent that the references to ``owner'' and 
``lease'' in 24 CFR 576.105 and 576.106 restrict an individual or 
family from receiving assistance in a unit they rent from the 
primary leaseholder, provided that all of the following criteria are 
met: 1. The individual or family lives in the declared-disaster area 
or was displaced from the declared-disaster area as a result of 
severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes in Mississippi; 2. 
The individual or family is currently receiving ESG-funded rental 
assistance as the leaseholder or housing relocation stabilization 
services or begins receiving rental assistance or housing relocation 
stabilization services within two years after the date of the 
waiver; 3. The individual or family chooses to rent a unit through a 
legally valid sublease or lease with the primary leaseholder for the 
unit; and 4.

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The recipient has developed written policies to apply the 
requirements of 24 CFR 576.105, 24 CFR 576.106, 24 CFR 576.409, and 
24 CFR 576.500(h) with respect to that program participant by 
reading the references to ``owner'' and ``housing owner'' to apply 
to the primary leaseholder and reading the references to ``lease'' 
to apply to the program participant's sublease or lease with the 
primary leaseholder.
    Nature of Requirement: The use of ``owner'' and ``lease'' in 24 
CFR 576.105 and 576.106 prohibit program participants from receiving 
rental assistance under 24 CFR 576.106 and certain services under 24 
CFR 576.105 with respect to units that program participants rent 
from a person other than the owner or the owner's agent. 
Justification: By increasing the permissible housing options for 
program participations, this waiver would allow the recipient to 
meet the critical housing needs of more eligible individuals and 
families in the declared disaster area.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: By increasing the permissible housing options for 
program participations, this waiver would allow the recipient to 
meet the critical housing needs of more eligible individuals and 
families in the declared disaster area.
    Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs 
Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202) 708-4300.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.252(d)(l) Utility Allowance 
Requirements.
    Project/Activity: The City of Los Angeles, California requested 
a waiver of 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1) to allow use of the utility 
allowance established by the local public housing agency (PHA) for 
Florence Mills Apartments, Pico Robertson Senior Community 
Apartments, and LA Pro II Apartments, three HOME-assisted projects.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1) 
requires participating jurisdictions to establish maximum monthly 
allowances for utilities and services (excluding telephone) and 
update the allowances annually. However, participating jurisdictions 
are not permitted to use the utility allowance established by the 
local public housing authority for HOME-assisted rental projects for 
which HOME funds were committed on or after August 23, 2013.
    Granted By: Marion M. McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: January 26, 2023.
    Reason Waived: The HOME requirements for establishing utility 
allowances conflict with Project Based Voucher program requirements. 
It is not possible to use two different utility allowances to set 
the rent for a single unit and it is administratively burdensome to 
require a project owner establish and implement different utility 
allowances for HOME-assisted units and non-HOME assisted units in a 
project.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.203(a)(1) and (2).
    Project/Activity: Projects located in the declared-disaster 
areas (see FEMA-DR-4683-CA).
    Nature of Requirement: These sections of the HOME regulation 
require initial income determinations for HOME beneficiaries by 
examining source documents covering the most recent two months. Many 
families whose housing was destroyed or damaged by the disaster will 
not have any documentation of income and will not be able to qualify 
for HOME assistance if the requirement remains effective.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: This waiver permits the participating 
jurisdiction to use self-certification of income, as provided in 
92.203(a)(1)(ii), in lieu of source documentation to determine 
eligibility for HOME assistance of persons displaced by the 
disaster.
    Applicability: These waivers are only available to participating 
jurisdictions within the declared-disaster areas or a State 
participating jurisdiction of the declared-disaster areas to assist 
those displaced by the disaster. This waiver applies only to 
families displaced by the disaster (as documented by FEMA 
registration) whose income documentation was destroyed or made 
inaccessible by the disaster and remains in effect for six months 
from February 9, 2023. The participating jurisdiction or, as 
appropriate, HOME project owner, is required to maintain: (1) a 
record of FEMA registration to demonstrate that a family was 
displaced by the disaster; and (2) a statement signed by appropriate 
family members certifying to the family's size and annual income and 
that the family's income documentation was destroyed or is 
inaccessible.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.209(e), (h)(1), and (i).
    Project/Activity: Projects located in the declared-disaster 
areas (see FEMA-DR-4683-CA).
    Nature of Requirement: Section 92.209(e) requires that the term 
of a HOME TBRA contract made with a landlord begin on the first day 
of the lease. Section 92.209(h)(1) limits the subsidy that a 
participating jurisdiction may pay toward a TBRA recipient's rent to 
the difference between the participating jurisdiction's rent 
standard for the unit size and 30 percent of the family's monthly 
adjusted income. Section 92.209(i) requires that units occupied by 
TBRA recipients meet the housing quality standards established in 24 
CFR 982.401.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving these provisions will provide the 
participating jurisdiction with greater flexibility to use tenant-
based rental assistance as an emergency housing resource.
    Applicability: All of these waivers are only available to a 
participating jurisdiction within the declared-disaster area or a 
State participating jurisdiction of the declared-disaster area 
providing TBRA to those displaced by the disaster, in accordance 
with the applicable conditions described below. The requirement in 
24 CFR 92.209(e) that the start date of a TBRA contract begin on the 
first day of the term of a tenant's lease is waived for TBRA 
contracts a participating jurisdiction executes for persons or 
families displaced by the disaster, as evidenced by the tenant's 
FEMA registration or other relevant documentation acceptable to the 
participating jurisdiction, for a period of 24 months after February 
9, 2023. The provision of 24 CFR 92.209(h)(1) imposing the maximum 
amount of TBRA assistance a participating jurisdiction may provide 
to a family under HOME TBRA is waived for TBRA recipients who are 
displaced by the disaster, as evidenced by the family's FEMA 
registration, for a period of 24 months after February 9, 2023. The 
other provisions of 24 CFR 92.209(h) are not waived. The waiver of 
the housing quality standards requirements at 24 CFR 92.209(i) 
applies to units leased by TBRA recipients who were displaced by the 
disaster, as evidenced by the recipient's FEMA registration, and are 
being assisted through a HOME TBRA program funded by the 
participating jurisdiction for a period of 24 months after February 
9, 2023. Units must meet any applicable State and local health and 
safety codes and requirements. The lead safe housing requirements of 
24 CFR part 35, subpart M, made applicable to units leased by 
recipients of HOME TBRA by the HOME regulation at 24 CFR 92.355, are 
not waived.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Community Planning and Development, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.222(b)(1).
    Project/Activity: Any participating jurisdiction located in the 
declared-disaster areas (see FEMA-DR-4683-CA).
    Nature of Requirement: Section 220(a) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12750(a)) (NAHA) and 24 
CFR 92.218 require all HOME participating jurisdictions to 
contribute throughout the fiscal year to housing that qualifies as 
affordable housing under the HOME program. The contributions must 
total no less than 25 percent of the HOME funds drawn from the 
participating jurisdiction's HOME Investment Trust Fund Treasury 
account. Section 220(d)(5) of NAHA (42 U.S.C. 12750(d)(5)) and Sec.  
92.222(b) also permit HUD to reduce this matching requirement for a 
participating jurisdiction located in a declared-disaster area for 
any funds drawn from a participating jurisdiction's HOME Investment 
Trust Fund by up to 100 percent during any part of a fiscal year 
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conditions in granting the reduction to the matching requirement 
which HUD has determined there is sufficient good cause to waive. 
Waiving the conditions required to reduce the match requirement for 
the participating jurisdiction by 100 percent for FY 2023 and FY 
2024 will eliminate administrative burden on affected participating 
jurisdictions and the need for the participating jurisdiction to 
identify match for HOME projects related to the damage caused by the 
disaster.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Given the urgent housing needs created by the 
disaster and the substantial financial impact the participating 
jurisdiction will face in addressing those needs, the approval of a 
100 percent match reduction for participating jurisdictions in the 
declared-disaster areas, rather than on an case-by-case basis, will 
relieve administrative and financial burden on affected 
participating jurisdictions by expediting the process for reduction 
and the need to identify and provide matching contributions to HOME 
projects.
    Applicability: This match reduction applies to funds expended by 
a participating jurisdiction located in the declared-disaster areas 
from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2024. The waiver also 
applies to State-funded HOME projects located in declared-disaster 
areas.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Community Planning and Development, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.251.
    Project/Activity: Projects located in the declared-disaster 
areas (see FEMA-DR-4683-CA).
    Nature of Requirement: This provision requires that housing 
assisted with HOME funds meet property standards based on the 
activity undertaken, i.e., acquisition of housing including through 
homebuyer assistance, and state and local standards and codes or 
model codes for rehabilitation and new construction. Property 
standard requirements are waived for repair of properties damaged by 
the disaster. Units must meet State and local health and safety 
codes. The lead housing safety regulations established in 24 CFR 
part 35 are not waived. Also, accessibility requirements at 24 CFR 
92.251(a)(2)(i) are not waived.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: This waiver is required to enable the 
participating jurisdiction to meet the critical housing needs of 
families whose housing was damaged and families who were displaced 
by the disaster.
    Applicability: This waiver applies only to housing units located 
in the declared-disaster areas which were damaged by the disaster 
and to which HOME funds are committed within two years of February 
9, 2023.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Community Planning and Development, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-2684.
    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 93.151(c).
    Project/Activity: Projects located in the declared-disaster 
areas (see FEMA-DR-4683-CA).
    Nature of Requirement: This section of the HTF regulation 
requires initial income determinations for HTF beneficiaries by 
examining source documents covering the most recent two months. Many 
families whose homes were destroyed or damaged by the disaster will 
not have any documentation of income and will not be able to qualify 
for HTF assistance if the requirement remains effective.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: This waiver permits the grantee to use self-
certification of income, as provided in section 93.151(d)(2), for 
HTF assisted units in lieu of source documentation to determine 
initial eligibility of persons displaced by the disaster.
    Applicability: This waiver is only available to the grantee of 
the declared-disaster area. This waiver applies only to families 
displaced by the disaster (as documented by FEMA registration or 
other documentation acceptable to the HTF grantee) whose income 
documentation was destroyed or made inaccessible by the disaster and 
remains in effect for six months from February 9, 2023. The grantee 
or, as appropriate, HTF project owner, is required to maintain: (1) 
a record of FEMA registration to demonstrate that a family was 
displaced by the disaster; and (2) a statement signed by appropriate 
family members certifying to the family's size and annual income and 
that the family's income documentation was destroyed or is 
inaccessible.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Community Planning and Development, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.203(a)(1) and (2).
    Project/Activity: Projects located in the declared-disaster 
areas (see FEMA-DR-4684-AL).
    Nature of Requirement: These sections of the HOME regulation 
require initial income determinations for HOME beneficiaries by 
examining source documents covering the most recent two months. Many 
families whose housing was destroyed or damaged by the disaster will 
not have any documentation of income and will not be able to qualify 
for HOME assistance if the requirement remains effective.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: This waiver permits the participating 
jurisdiction to use self-certification of income, as provided in 
92.203(a)(1)(ii), in lieu of source documentation to determine 
eligibility for HOME assistance of persons displaced by the 
disaster.
    Applicability: These waivers are only available to participating 
jurisdictions within the declared-disaster areas or a State 
participating jurisdiction of the declared-disaster areas to assist 
those displaced by the disaster. This waiver applies only to 
families displaced by the disaster (as documented by FEMA 
registration) whose income documentation was destroyed or made 
inaccessible by the disaster and remains in effect for six months 
from February 9, 2023. The participating jurisdiction or, as 
appropriate, HOME project owner, is required to maintain: (1) a 
record of FEMA registration to demonstrate that a family was 
displaced by the disaster; and (2) a statement signed by appropriate 
family members certifying to the family's size and annual income and 
that the family's income documentation was destroyed or is 
inaccessible.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.209(e), (h)(1), and (i).
    Project/Activity: Projects located in the declared-disaster 
areas (see FEMA-DR-4684-AL).
    Nature of Requirement: Section 92.209(e) requires that the term 
of a HOME TBRA contract made with a landlord begin on the first day 
of the lease. Section 92.209(h)(1) limits the subsidy that a 
participating jurisdiction may pay toward a TBRA recipient's rent to 
the difference between the participating jurisdiction's rent 
standard for the unit size and 30 percent of the family's monthly 
adjusted income. Section 92.209(i) requires that units occupied by 
TBRA recipients meet the housing quality standards established in 24 
CFR 982.401.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving these provisions will provide the 
participating jurisdiction with greater flexibility to use tenant-
based rental assistance as an emergency housing resource.
    Applicability: All of these waivers are only available to a 
participating jurisdiction within the declared-disaster area or a 
State participating jurisdiction of the declared-disaster area 
providing TBRA to those displaced by the disaster, in accordance 
with the applicable conditions described below. The requirement in 
24 CFR 92.209(e) that the start date of a TBRA contract begin on the 
first day of the term of a tenant's lease is waived for TBRA 
contracts a participating jurisdiction executes for persons or 
families displaced by the disaster, as evidenced by the tenant's 
FEMA registration or other relevant documentation acceptable to the 
participating jurisdiction, for a period of 24 months after February 
9, 2023. The provision of 24 CFR 92.209(h)(1) imposing the maximum 
amount of TBRA assistance a participating jurisdiction may provide 
to a family under HOME TBRA is waived for TBRA recipients who are 
displaced by the disaster, as evidenced by the family's FEMA

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registration, for a period of 24 months after February 9, 2023. The 
other provisions of 24 CFR 92.209(h) are not waived. The waiver of 
the housing quality standards requirements at 24 CFR 92.209(i) 
applies to units leased by TBRA recipients who were displaced by the 
disaster, as evidenced by the recipient's FEMA registration, and are 
being assisted through a HOME TBRA program funded by the 
participating jurisdiction for a period of 24 months after February 
9, 2023. Units must meet any applicable State and local health and 
safety codes and requirements. The lead safe housing requirements of 
24 CFR part 35, subpart M, made applicable to units leased by 
recipients of HOME TBRA by the HOME regulation at 24 CFR 92.355, are 
not waived.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Community Planning and Development, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.222(b)(1).
    Project/Activity: Projects located in the declared-disaster 
areas (see FEMA-DR-4684-AL).
    Nature of Requirement: Section 220(a) of NAHA (42 U.S.C. 
12750(a)) and 24 CFR 92.218 require all HOME participating 
jurisdictions to contribute throughout the fiscal year to housing 
that qualifies as affordable housing under the HOME program. The 
contributions must total no less than 25 percent of the HOME funds 
drawn from the participating jurisdiction's HOME Investment Trust 
Fund Treasury account. Section 220(d)(5) of NAHA (42 U.S.C. 
12750(d)(5)) and Sec.  92.222(b) also permit HUD to reduce this 
matching requirement for a participating jurisdiction located in a 
declared-disaster area for any funds drawn from a participating 
jurisdiction's HOME Investment Trust Fund by up to 100 percent 
during any part of a fiscal year impacted by the disaster. However, 
Sec.  92.222(b)(1) imposes certain conditions in granting the 
reduction to the matching requirement which HUD has determined there 
is sufficient good cause to waive. Waiving the conditions required 
to reduce the match requirement for the participating jurisdiction 
by 100 percent for FY 2023 and FY 2024 will eliminate administrative 
burden on affected participating jurisdictions and the need for the 
participating jurisdiction to identify match for HOME projects 
related to the damage caused by the disaster.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Given the urgent housing needs created by the 
disaster and the substantial financial impact the participating 
jurisdiction will face in addressing those needs, the approval of a 
100 percent match reduction for participating jurisdictions in the 
declared-disaster areas, rather than on an case-by-case basis, will 
relieve administrative and financial burden on affected 
participating jurisdictions by expediting the process for reduction 
and the need to identify and provide matching contributions to HOME 
projects.
    Applicability: This match reduction applies to funds expended by 
a participating jurisdiction located in the declared-disaster areas 
from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024. The waiver also 
applies to State-funded HOME projects located in declared-disaster 
areas.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Community Planning and Development, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.251.
    Project/Activity: Projects located in the declared-disaster 
areas (see FEMA-DR-4684-AL).
    Nature of Requirement: This provision requires that housing 
assisted with HOME funds meet property standards based on the 
activity undertaken, i.e., acquisition of housing including through 
homebuyer assistance, and state and local standards and codes or 
model codes for rehabilitation and new construction. Property 
standard requirements are waived for repair of properties damaged by 
the disaster. Units must meet State and local health and safety 
codes. The lead housing safety regulations established in 24 CFR 
part 35 are not waived. Also, accessibility requirements at 24 CFR 
92.251(a)(2)(i) are not waived.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: This waiver is required to enable the 
participating jurisdiction to meet the critical housing needs of 
families whose housing was damaged and families who were displaced 
by the disaster.
    Applicability: This waiver applies only to housing units located 
in the declared-disaster areas which were damaged by the disaster 
and to which HOME funds are committed within two years of February 
9, 2023.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Community Planning and Development, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 93.151(c).
    Project/Activity: Projects located in the declared-disaster 
areas (see FEMA-DR-4684-AL).
    Nature of Requirement: This section of the HTF regulation 
requires initial income determinations for HTF beneficiaries by 
examining source documents covering the most recent two months. Many 
families whose homes were destroyed or damaged by the disaster will 
not have any documentation of income and will not be able to qualify 
for HTF assistance if the requirement remains effective.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: This waiver permits the grantee to use self-
certification of income, as provided in section 93.151(d)(2), for 
HTF assisted units in lieu of source documentation to determine 
initial eligibility of persons displaced by the disaster.
    Applicability: This waiver is only available to the grantee of 
the declared-disaster area. This waiver applies only to families 
displaced by the disaster (as documented by FEMA registration or 
other documentation acceptable to the HTF grantee) whose income 
documentation was destroyed or made inaccessible by the disaster and 
remains in effect for six months from February 9, 2023. The grantee 
or, as appropriate, HTF project owner, is required to maintain: (1) 
a record of FEMA registration to demonstrate that a family was 
displaced by the disaster; and (2) a statement signed by appropriate 
family members certifying to the family's size and annual income and 
that the family's income documentation was destroyed or is 
inaccessible.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Community Planning and Development, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.300(a)(2).
    Project/Activity: The City of Muncie, Indiana, requested a 
waiver of 24 CFR 92.300(a)(2) to permit Bridges Community Services, 
Inc. (Bridges) a community housing development organization (CHDO), 
to transfer ownership of a HOME-assisted project, designated as HOME 
IDIS activity #2518, to Muncie Management, Inc., a non-CHDO for-
profit corporation, that will own and operate the HOME-assisted 
project in accordance with 24 CFR part 92.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 92.300(a)(2) 
requires that rental housing developed with CHDO set-aside funds 
under 24 CFR 92.300(a) must be owned by the CHDO for a period at 
least equal to the period of affordability in 24 CFR 92.252(e).
    Granted By: Marion M. McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 13, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Muncie Management, Inc does not meet the 
definition of a CHDO at 24 CFR 92.2. This waiver will permit the 
transfer of this HOME-assisted project to Muncie Management, Inc, 
which will own and operate the project in accordance with the HOME 
requirements in 24 CFR part 92 for the duration of the HOME period 
of affordability in 24 CFR 92.252(e). Without a waiver of 24 CFR 
92.300(a)(2), the HOME-assisted project may fall into disrepair, be 
lost to foreclosure, or fail to remain as affordable housing 
operated in accordance with 24 CFR part 92 throughout the HOME 
period of affordability and the City would be required to repay its 
HOME investment for the acquisition of the HOME-assisted project. As 
a condition to the waiver, the City must complete its proposed 
actions to assign the HOME written agreement to MMI and record an 
amended deed restriction in compliance with 24 CFR 92.252 for the 
remainder of the HOME period of affordability.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.252(d)(l) Utility Allowance 
Requirements.
    Project/Activity: San Luis Obispo County, California, requested 
a waiver of 24 CFR

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92.252(d)(1) to allow use of the utility allowance established by 
the local PHA for Willow Walk Senior Apartments, and Los Angeles 
County, California requested a waiver of 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1) to 
allow use of the utility allowance established by the local PHA for 
Stanford Avenue Apartments. Each project is HOME-assisted.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1) 
requires participating jurisdictions to establish maximum monthly 
allowances for utilities and services (excluding telephone) and 
update the allowances annually. However, participating jurisdictions 
are not permitted to use the utility allowance established by the 
local public housing authority for HOME-assisted rental projects for 
which HOME funds were committed on or after August 23, 2013.
    Granted By: Marion M. McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 14, 2023.
    Reason Waived: The HOME requirements for establishing utility 
allowances conflict with Project Based Voucher program requirements. 
It is not possible to use two different utility allowances to set 
the rent for a single unit and it is administratively burdensome to 
require a project owner establish and implement different utility 
allowances for HOME-assisted units and non-HOME assisted units in a 
project.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.2, 24 CFR 92.254(b)(2).
    Project/Activity: The State of California requested waivers of 
the HOME definition of reconstruction at 24 CFR 92.2 to permit the 
commitment of funds after 12 months from the date of destruction and 
the principal residency requirement at 24 CFR 92.254(b)(2) to permit 
the State to use HOME funds for the reconstruction of homes on the 
same lot in the Town of Paradise, California, where the properties 
were destroyed in the November 8, 2018, Camp wildfire disaster, but 
which may not be the owner's principal residence at the time HOME 
funds are committed to the project.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 92.2 defines 
reconstruction as ``rebuilding, on the same lot, of housing standing 
on a site at the time of project commitment, except that housing 
that was destroyed may be rebuilt on the same lot if HOME funds are 
committed within 12 months of the date of destruction.'' For the 
purposes of the HOME program, reconstruction is considered a 
rehabilitation activity. The regulation at Sec.  92.254(b)(2) 
requires that the rehabilitated housing be ``the principal residence 
of an owner whose family qualifies as a low-income family at the 
time HOME funds are committed to the housing.''
    Granted By: Marion M. McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 22, 2023.
    Reason Waived: More than 4 years have passed since the Camp 
wildfire disaster destroyed owner-occupied housing in the Town of 
Paradise. Requiring the State to adhere to the 12-month requirement 
in the definition of reconstruction and the requirement that a 
homeowner occupy their home as a principal residence at the time 
HOME assistance is committed would create a significant hardship for 
income-eligible homeowners in the Town of Paradise in need of 
assistance to rebuild their homes on the existing lots. A waiver of 
Sec.  92.2 to permit the commitment of funds after 12 months from 
the date of destruction will allow the State to use HOME funds to 
assist eligible homeowners whose principal residences were destroyed 
by the 2018 Camp wildfire to reconstruct their homes on the same 
site. A waiver of Sec.  92.254(b)(2)'s principal residency 
requirement will allow the State to use HOME funds to assist 
eligible homeowners with homes that were damaged or destroyed by the 
Camp wildfire and that may not be their principal residences 
(because of displacement due to the disaster) at the time HOME funds 
are committed to the project.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.203(a)(1) and (2).
    Project/Activity: Projects located in the declared-disaster 
areas (see FEMA-DR-4697-MS).
    Nature of Requirement: These sections of the HOME regulation 
require initial income determinations for HOME beneficiaries by 
examining source documents covering the most recent two months. Many 
families whose housing was destroyed or damaged by the disaster will 
not have any documentation of income and will not be able to qualify 
for HOME assistance if the requirement remains effective.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: This waiver permits the participating 
jurisdiction to use self-certification of income, as provided in 
Sec.  92.203(a)(1)(ii), in lieu of source documentation to determine 
eligibility for HOME assistance of persons displaced by the 
disaster.
    Applicability: These waivers are only available to participating 
jurisdictions within the declared-disaster areas or a State 
participating jurisdiction of the declared-disaster areas to assist 
those displaced by the disaster. This waiver applies only to 
families displaced by the disaster (as documented by FEMA 
registration) whose income documentation was destroyed or made 
inaccessible by the disaster and remains in effect for six months 
from March 30, 2023. The participating jurisdiction or, as 
appropriate, HOME project owner, is required to maintain: (1) a 
record of FEMA registration to demonstrate that a family was 
displaced by the disaster; and (2) a statement signed by appropriate 
family members certifying to the family's size and annual income and 
that the family's income documentation was destroyed or is 
inaccessible.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.209(e), (h)(1), and (i).
    Project/Activity: Projects located in the declared-disaster 
areas (see FEMA-DR-4697-MS).
    Nature of Requirement: Section 92.209(e) requires that the term 
of a HOME TBRA contract made with a landlord begin on the first day 
of the lease. Section 92.209(h)(1) limits the subsidy that a 
participating jurisdiction may pay toward a TBRA recipient's rent to 
the difference between the participating jurisdiction's rent 
standard for the unit size and 30 percent of the family's monthly 
adjusted income. Section 92.209(i) requires that units occupied by 
TBRA recipients meet the housing quality standards established in 24 
CFR 982.401.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Waiving these provisions will provide the 
participating jurisdiction with greater flexibility to use tenant-
based rental assistance as an emergency housing resource.
    Applicability: All of these waivers are only available to a 
participating jurisdiction within the declared-disaster area or a 
State participating jurisdiction of the declared-disaster area 
providing TBRA to those displaced by the disaster, in accordance 
with the applicable conditions described below. The requirement in 
24 CFR 92.209(e) that the start date of a TBRA contract begin on the 
first day of the term of a tenant's lease is waived for TBRA 
contracts a participating jurisdiction executes for persons or 
families displaced by the disaster, as evidenced by the tenant's 
FEMA registration or other relevant documentation acceptable to the 
participating jurisdiction, for a period of 24 months after March 
30, 2023. The provision of 24 CFR 92.209(h)(1) imposing the maximum 
amount of TBRA assistance a participating jurisdiction may provide 
to a family under HOME TBRA is waived for TBRA recipients who are 
displaced by the disaster, as evidenced by the family's FEMA 
registration, for a period of 24 months after March 30, 2023. The 
other provisions of 24 CFR 92.209(h) are not waived. The waiver of 
the housing quality standards requirements at 24 CFR 92.209(i) 
applies to units leased by TBRA recipients who were displaced by the 
disaster, as evidenced by the recipient's FEMA registration, and are 
being assisted through a HOME TBRA program funded by the 
participating jurisdiction for a period of 24 months after March 30, 
2023. Units must meet any applicable State and local health and 
safety codes and requirements. The lead safe housing requirements of 
24 CFR part 35, subpart M, made applicable to units leased by 
recipients of HOME TBRA by the HOME regulation at 24 CFR 92.355, are 
not waived.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Community Planning and Development, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451

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Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.222(b)(1).
    Project/Activity: Projects located in the declared-disaster 
areas (see FEMA-DR-4697-MS).
    Nature of Requirement: Section 220(a) of NAHA (42 U.S.C. 
12750(a)) and 24 CFR 92.218 require all HOME participating 
jurisdictions to contribute throughout the fiscal year to housing 
that qualifies as affordable housing under the HOME program. The 
contributions must total no less than 25 percent of the HOME funds 
drawn from the participating jurisdiction's HOME Investment Trust 
Fund Treasury account. Section 220(d)(5) of NAHA (42 U.S.C. 
12750(d)(5)) and 92.222(b) also permit HUD to reduce this matching 
requirement for a participating jurisdiction located in a declared-
disaster area for any funds drawn from a participating 
jurisdiction's HOME Investment Trust Fund by up to 100 percent 
during any part of a fiscal year impacted by the disaster. However, 
92.222(b)(1) imposes certain conditions in granting the reduction to 
the matching requirement which HUD has determined there is 
sufficient good cause to waive. Waiving the conditions required to 
reduce the match requirement for the participating jurisdiction by 
100 percent for FY 2023 and FY 2024 will eliminate administrative 
burden on affected participating jurisdictions and the need for the 
participating jurisdiction to identify match for HOME projects 
related to the damage caused by the disaster.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Given the urgent housing needs created by the 
disaster and the substantial financial impact the participating 
jurisdiction will face in addressing those needs, the approval of a 
100 percent match reduction for participating jurisdictions in the 
declared-disaster areas, rather than on an case-by-case basis, will 
relieve administrative and financial burden on affected 
participating jurisdictions by expediting the process for reduction 
and the need to identify and provide matching contributions to HOME 
projects.
    Applicability: This match reduction applies to funds expended by 
a participating jurisdiction located in the declared-disaster areas 
from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024. The waiver also 
applies to State-funded HOME projects located in declared-disaster 
areas.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Community Planning and Development, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.251.
    Project/Activity: Projects located in the declared-disaster 
areas (see FEMA-DR-4697-MS).
    Nature of Requirement: This provision requires that housing 
assisted with HOME funds meet property standards based on the 
activity undertaken, i.e., acquisition of housing including through 
homebuyer assistance, and state and local standards and codes or 
model codes for rehabilitation and new construction. Property 
standard requirements are waived for repair of properties damaged by 
the disaster. Units must meet State and local health and safety 
codes. The lead housing safety regulations established in 24 CFR 
part 35 are not waived. Also, accessibility requirements at 24 CFR 
92.251(a)(2)(i) are not waived.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: This waiver is required to enable the 
participating jurisdiction to meet the critical housing needs of 
families whose housing was damaged and families who were displaced 
by the disaster.
    Applicability: This waiver applies only to housing units located 
in the declared-disaster areas which were damaged by the disaster 
and to which HOME funds are committed within two years of March 30, 
2023.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Community Planning and Development, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 93.151(c).
    Project/Activity: Projects located in the declared-disaster 
areas (see FEMA-DR-4697-MS).
    Nature of Requirement: This section of the HTF regulation 
requires initial income determinations for HTF beneficiaries by 
examining source documents covering the most recent two months. Many 
families whose homes were destroyed or damaged by the disaster will 
not have any documentation of income and will not be able to qualify 
for HTF assistance if the requirement remains effective.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: This waiver permits the grantee to use self-
certification of income, as provided in section 93.151(d)(2), for 
HTF assisted units in lieu of source documentation to determine 
initial eligibility of persons displaced by the disaster.
    Applicability: This waiver is only available to the grantee of 
the declared-disaster area. This waiver applies only to families 
displaced by the disaster (as documented by FEMA registration or 
other documentation acceptable to the HTF grantee) whose income 
documentation was destroyed or made inaccessible by the disaster and 
remains in effect for six months from March 30, 2023. The grantee 
or, as appropriate, HTF project owner, is required to maintain: (1) 
a record of FEMA registration to demonstrate that a family was 
displaced by the disaster; and (2) a statement signed by appropriate 
family members certifying to the family's size and annual income and 
that the family's income documentation was destroyed or is 
inaccessible.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Community Planning and Development, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-2684.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 91.105(c)(2) and (k); 24 CFR 
91.115(c)(2), and (i); and 24 CFR 91.401.
    Project/Activity: The State of California and any HUD Community 
Planning and Development (CPD) grantee located in the counties 
included in the declared-disaster area (see DR-4683-CA) seeking to 
expedite action in response to severe winter storms, flooding, 
landslides, and mudslides, upon notification to the Community 
Planning and Development Director in its respective HUD Field 
Office. This authority is in effect for grantees in the areas 
covered by the major disaster declaration under title IV of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(Stafford Act), DR-4683-CA, dated January 14, 2023, as may be 
amended (the ``California declared-disaster areas'') and is limited 
to facilitating preparation of substantial amendments to FY 2022 and 
prior year plans.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulations at 24 CFR 91.105(c)(2) 
and (k); 24 CFR 91.115(c)(2) and (i); and 24 CFR 91.401 require a 
30-day public comment period in the development of a consolidated 
plan and prior to the implementation of a substantial amendment.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Several CPD grantees were affected by severe 
winter storms that hit California beginning December 27, 2022. As a 
result of substantial property loss and destruction, many 
individuals and families residing in the California declared-
disaster areas were displaced from their homes, including 
beneficiaries of various CPD programs, and families eligible to 
receive CPD program assistance. The waiver granted will allow 
grantees to expedite recovery efforts for low- and moderate-income 
residents affected by the property loss and destruction resulting 
from this event.
    Contact: Robert C. Peterson, Director, State and Small Cities 
Division, Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7282, Washington, 
DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-4211.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 91.105(c)(2) and (k); 24 CFR 
91.115(c)(2) and (i).
    Project/Activity: The State of California and any HUD Community 
Planning and Development (CPD) grantee located in the counties 
included in the California declared-disaster areas (see DR-4683-CA) 
seeking to expedite action in response to severe winter storms, 
flooding, landslides, and mudslides, upon notification to the 
Community Planning and Development Director in its respective HUD 
Field Office. This authority is in effect for grantees within the 
California declared-disaster areas and is limited to facilitating 
preparation of substantial amendments to FY 2022 and prior year 
plans.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulations at 24 CFR 91.105(c)(2) 
and (k) and 24 CFR 91.115(c)(2) and (i) require the grantee to 
follow its citizen participation plan to provide citizens with 
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opportunity to comment. The citizen participation plan must state 
how reasonable notice and opportunity to comment will be given.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: As stated above, several CPD grantees were 
affected by severe winter storms that hit California beginning 
December 27, 2022. As a result of substantial property loss and 
destruction, many individuals and families residing in the 
California declared-disaster areas were displaced from their homes, 
including beneficiaries of various CPD programs, and families 
eligible to receive CPD program assistance. The waiver granted will 
allow grantees to determine what constitutes reasonable notice and 
opportunity to comment given their circumstances and provide that 
level of notice and opportunity to comment when amending prior year 
plans in response to the disaster.
    Contact: Robert C. Peterson, Director, State and Small Cities 
Division, Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7282, Washington, 
DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-4211.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 570.207(b)(4).
    Project/Activity: All CDBG grantees located within and outside 
declared disaster areas assisting persons and families who have 
registered with FEMA in connection with California severe winter 
storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides.
    Nature of Requirement: The CDBG regulations at 24 CFR 
570.207(b)(4) prohibit income payments, but permit emergency grant 
payments for three months. ``Income payments'' means a series of 
subsistence-type grant payments made to an individual or family for 
items such as food, clothing, housing (rent or mortgage), or 
utilities. Emergency grant payments made over a period of up to 
three consecutive months to the providers of such items and services 
on behalf of an individual or family are eligible public services.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: HUD waives the provisions of 24 CFR 570.207(b)(4) 
to permit emergency grant payments for items such as food, clothing, 
housing (rent or mortgage), or utilities for up to six consecutive 
months. While this waiver allows emergency grant payments to be made 
for up to six consecutive months, the payments must still be made to 
service providers as opposed to the affected individuals or 
families. Many individuals and families have been forced to abandon 
their homes due to the damage associated with severe winter storms, 
flooding, landslides, and mudslides. The waiver will allow CDBG 
grantees, including grantees providing assistance to evacuees 
outside the California declared-disaster areas, to pay for the basic 
daily needs of individuals and families affected by the severe 
winter storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides on an interim 
basis. This authority is in effect through the end of the grantee's 
2023 program year. This waiver aligns with waivers currently in 
effect for CDBG coronavirus (CDBG-CV) grants. The six-month periods 
allowed by waiver for CDBG and CDBG-CV shall not be used 
consecutively for the same beneficiary.
    Contact: Robert C. Peterson, Director, State and Small Cities 
Division, Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7282, Washington, 
DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-4211.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 91.105(c)(2) and (k); 24 CFR 91.115 
(c)(2), and (i); and 24 CFR 91.401.
    Project/Activity: The State of Alabama and any HUD Community 
Planning and Development (CPD) grantee located in the counties 
included in the declared-disaster area (see DR-4684-AL) seeking to 
expedite action in response to severe winter storms, straight-line 
winds, and tornadoes, upon notification to the Community Planning 
and Development Director in its respective HUD Field Office. This 
authority is in effect for grantees in the areas covered by the 
major disaster declaration under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), DR-
4684-AL, dated January 15, 2023, as may be amended (the ``Alabama 
declared-disaster areas'') and is limited to facilitating 
preparation of substantial amendments to FY 2022 and prior year 
plans.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulations at 24 CFR 91.105(c)(2) 
and (k); 24 CFR 91.115(c)(2) and (i); and 24 CFR 91.401 require a 
30-day public comment period in the development of a consolidated 
plan and prior to the implementation of a substantial amendment.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Several CPD grantees were affected by severe 
winter storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes that hit Alabama 
on January 12, 2023. As a result of substantial property loss and 
destruction, many individuals and families residing in the Alabama 
declared-disaster areas were displaced from their homes, including 
beneficiaries of various CPD programs, and families eligible to 
receive CPD program assistance. The waiver granted will allow 
grantees to expedite recovery efforts for low- and moderate-income 
residents affected by the property loss and destruction resulting 
from this event.
    Contact: Robert C. Peterson, Director, State and Small Cities 
Division, Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7282, Washington, 
DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-4211.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 91.105(c)(2) and (k); 24 CFR 
91.115(c)(2) and (i).
    Project/Activity: The State of Alabama and any HUD Community 
Planning and Development (CPD) grantee located in the counties 
included in the Alabama declared-disaster areas (see DR-4684-AL) 
seeking to expedite action in response to severe winter storms, 
straight-line winds, and tornadoes, upon notification to the 
Community Planning and Development Director in its respective HUD 
Field Office. This authority is in effect for grantees within the 
Alabama declared-disaster areas and is limited to facilitating 
preparation of substantial amendments to FY 2022 and prior year 
plans.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulations at 24 CFR 91.105(c)(2) 
and (k) and 24 CFR 91.115(c)(2) and (i) require the grantee to 
follow its citizen participation plan to provide citizens with 
reasonable notice and opportunity to comment. The citizen 
participation plan must state how reasonable notice and opportunity 
to comment will be given.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: As stated above, several CPD grantees were 
affected by severe winter storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes 
that hit Alabama on January 12, 2023. As a result of substantial 
property loss and destruction, many individuals and families 
residing in the Alabama declared-disaster areas were displaced from 
their homes, including beneficiaries of various CPD programs, and 
families eligible to receive CPD program assistance. The waiver 
granted will allow grantees to determine what constitutes reasonable 
notice and opportunity to comment given their circumstances and 
provide that level of notice and opportunity to comment when 
amending prior year plans in response to the disaster.
    Contact: Robert C. Peterson, Director, State and Small Cities 
Division, Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7282, Washington, 
DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-4211.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 570.207(b)(4).
    Project/Activity: All CDBG grantees located within and outside 
declared disaster areas assisting persons and families who have 
registered with FEMA in connection with Alabama severe winter 
storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes.
    Nature of Requirement: The CDBG regulations at 24 CFR 
570.207(b)(4) prohibit income payments, but permit emergency grant 
payments for three months. ``Income payments'' means a series of 
subsistence-type grant payments made to an individual or family for 
items such as food, clothing, housing (rent or mortgage), or 
utilities. Emergency grant payments made over a period of up to 
three consecutive months to the providers of such items and services 
on behalf of an individual or family are eligible public services.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: February 9, 2023.
    Reason Waived: HUD waives the provisions of 24 CFR 570.207(b)(4) 
to permit emergency grant payments for items such as food, clothing, 
housing (rent or mortgage), or utilities for up to six consecutive 
months. While this waiver allows emergency grant payments to be made 
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be made to service providers as opposed to the affected individuals 
or families. Many individuals and families have been forced to 
abandon their homes due to the damage associated with severe winter 
storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes. The waiver will allow 
CDBG grantees, including grantees providing assistance to evacuees 
outside the Alabama declared-disaster areas, to pay for the basic 
daily needs of individuals and families affected by the severe 
winter storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes on an interim 
basis. This authority is in effect through the end of the grantee's 
2023 program year. This waiver aligns with waivers currently in 
effect for CDBG coronavirus (CDBG-CV) grants. The six-month periods 
allowed by waiver for CDBG and CDBG-CV shall not be used 
consecutively for the same beneficiary.
    Contact: Robert C. Peterson, Director, State and Small Cities 
Division, Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7282, Washington, 
DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-4211.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 91.105(c)(2) and (k); 24 CFR 91.115 
(c)(2), and (i); and 24 CFR 91.401.
    Project/Activity: The State of Mississippi and any HUD Community 
Planning and Development (CPD) grantee located in the counties 
included in the declared-disaster area (see DR-4697-MS) seeking to 
expedite action in response to severe winter storms, straight-line 
winds, and tornadoes, upon notification to the Community Planning 
and Development Director in its respective HUD Field Office. This 
authority is in effect for grantees in the areas covered by the 
major disaster declaration under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), DR-
4697-MS, dated March 26, 2023, as may be amended (the ``Mississippi 
declared-disaster areas'') and is limited to facilitating 
preparation of substantial amendments to FY 2022 and prior year 
plans.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulations at 24 CFR 91.105(c)(2) 
and (k); 24 CFR 91.115(c)(2) and (i); and 24 CFR 91.401 require a 
30-day public comment period in the development of a consolidated 
plan and prior to the implementation of a substantial amendment.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Several CPD grantees were affected by severe 
winter storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes that hit 
Mississippi on March 24-25, 2023. As a result of substantial 
property loss and destruction, many individuals and families 
residing in the Mississippi declared-disaster areas were displaced 
from their homes, including beneficiaries of various CPD programs, 
and families eligible to receive CPD program assistance. The waiver 
granted will allow grantees to expedite recovery efforts for low- 
and moderate-income residents affected by the property loss and 
destruction resulting from this event.
    Contact: Robert C. Peterson, Director, State and Small Cities 
Division, Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7282, Washington, 
DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-4211.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 91.105(c)(2) and (k); 24 CFR 
91.115(c)(2) and (i).
    Project/Activity: The State of Mississippi and any HUD Community 
Planning and Development (CPD) grantee located in the counties 
included in the Mississippi declared-disaster areas (see DR-4697-MS) 
seeking to expedite action in response to severe winter storms, 
straight-line winds, and tornadoes, upon notification to the 
Community Planning and Development Director in its respective HUD 
Field Office. This authority is in effect for grantees within the 
Mississippi declared-disaster areas and is limited to facilitating 
preparation of substantial amendments to FY 2022 and prior year 
plans.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulations at 24 CFR 91.105(c)(2) 
and (k) and 24 CFR 91.115(c)(2) and (i) require the grantee to 
follow its citizen participation plan to provide citizens with 
reasonable notice and opportunity to comment. The citizen 
participation plan must state how reasonable notice and opportunity 
to comment will be given.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: As stated above, several CPD grantees were 
affected by severe winter storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes 
that hit Mississippi on March 24-25, 2023. As a result of 
substantial property loss and destruction, many individuals and 
families residing in the Mississippi declared-disaster areas were 
displaced from their homes, including beneficiaries of various CPD 
programs, and families eligible to receive CPD program assistance. 
The waiver granted will allow grantees to determine what constitutes 
reasonable notice and opportunity to comment given their 
circumstances and provide that level of notice and opportunity to 
comment when amending prior year plans in response to the disaster.
    Contact: Robert C. Peterson, Director, State and Small Cities 
Division, Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7282, Washington, 
DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-4211.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 570.207(b)(4).
    Project/Activity: All CDBG grantees located within and outside 
declared disaster areas assisting persons and families who have 
registered with FEMA in connection with Mississippi severe winter 
storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes.
    Nature of Requirement: The CDBG regulations at 24 CFR 
570.207(b)(4) prohibit income payments, but permit emergency grant 
payments for three months. ``Income payments'' means a series of 
subsistence-type grant payments made to an individual or family for 
items such as food, clothing, housing (rent or mortgage), or 
utilities. Emergency grant payments made over a period of up to 
three consecutive months to the providers of such items and services 
on behalf of an individual or family are eligible public services.
    Granted By: Marion McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: March 30, 2023.
    Reason Waived: HUD waives the provisions of 24 CFR 570.207(b)(4) 
to permit emergency grant payments for items such as food, clothing, 
housing (rent or mortgage), or utilities for up to six consecutive 
months. While this waiver allows emergency grant payments to be made 
for up to six consecutive months, the payments must still be made to 
service providers as opposed to the affected individuals or 
families. Many individuals and families have been forced to abandon 
their homes due to the damage associated with severe winter storms, 
straight-line winds, and tornadoes. The waiver will allow CDBG 
grantees, including grantees providing assistance to evacuees 
outside the Mississippi declared-disaster areas, to pay for the 
basic daily needs of individuals and families affected by the severe 
winter storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes on an interim 
basis. This authority is in effect through the end of the grantee's 
2023 program year. This waiver aligns with waivers currently in 
effect for CDBG coronavirus (CDBG-CV) grants. The six-month periods 
allowed by waiver for CDBG and CDBG-CV shall not be used 
consecutively for the same beneficiary.
    Contact: Robert C. Peterson, Director, State and Small Cities 
Division, Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7282, Washington, 
DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-4211.

II. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office of Housing--Federal 
Housing Administration (FHA)

    For further information about the following regulatory waivers, 
please see the name of the contact person that immediately follows 
the description of the waiver granted.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 200.73(c), Property Development, 
2023.
    Project/Activity: Wasmver Apartments, Mount Vernon, Ohio, 
Project No. 043-11318.
    Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 200.73(c). (c) The improvements 
shall constitute a single project. Not less than five rental 
dwelling units or personal care units, 20 medical care beds, or 50 
manufactured home pads, shall be on one site, except that such 
limitations do not apply to group practice facilities. However, 
Chapter 3, Section 3.1.30 of the MAP Guide permits a project with 
two or more noncontiguous parcels of land when the parcels comprise 
one marketable, manageable real estate entity, provided each site 
contains at least five (5) rental dwelling units.
    The lender, Orix Real Estate Capital, LLC, has applied for 
mortgage insurance under the Section 223(f) program to refinance the 
project, Wasmver Apartments, with moderate renovation of 
approximately $95,261 ($7,216 per unit). The property is in Knox 
County in Mount Vernon, Ohio and is comprised of thirteen (13) 
affordable units within three (3) buildings located on two (2) 
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has two (2) of the three (3) buildings with five (5) units each, but 
the other site has one (1) building with only three (3) units.
    Granted By: Julia R. Gordon, Assistant Secretary Office of 
Housing-Federal Housing Administration.
    Date Granted: February 21, 2023.
    Reason Waived: The project was originally approved and 
constructed under the Section 202 program as one project, and the 
two (2) sites have been operated as one marketable and manageable 
real estate entity with management and operations under one 
management office for the past 30 years. The project has historic 
occupancy of 95% annually. The existing Regulatory Agreement on the 
project restricts tenancy to seniors aged 62+ and mobility impaired 
residents. The project is 100% Project-Based Section 8 rental 
assistance under a 20-year HAP Contract (which expires on 8/31/2036) 
and therefore meets HUD's requirements for flexibility for scattered 
sites (See, MAP Guide, Chapter 3, Section 3.1.30.C.7). The waiver 
will meet HUD's goal of preserving and maintaining affordable rental 
housing for low-income families.
    Contact: Willie Fobbs III, Director, Office of Multifamily 
Production, HTD, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW, Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
402-6257.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 200.73(c).
    Project/Activity: Talmage-Oakland Portfolio, Minneapolis, 
Minnesota, Project No. 092-35886.
    Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 200.73(c). (c) The improvements 
shall constitute a single project. Not less than five rental 
dwelling units or personal care units, 20 medical care beds, or 50 
manufactured home pads, shall be on one site, except that such 
limitations do not apply to group practice facilities. However, 
Chapter 3, Section 3.1.30 of the MAP Guide permits a project with 
two or more contiguous parcels of land when the parcels comprise one 
marketable, manageable real estate entity, provided each site 
contains at least five (5) units.
    The lender, Colliers Mortgage, LLC, proposes to finance the 
Talmage-Oakland Portfolio project with a loan insured pursuant to 
the Section 221(d)(4) Substantial Rehabilitation program to finance 
much needed repairs and physical improvements of the project. The 
project is in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is comprised of 57 total 
affordable units. The subject property, comprised of 16 buildings, 
is located on 13 parcels, which are clustered on five (5) non-
contiguous sites. Four (4) of the 13 parcels have only two (2) to 
four (4) units. This project is 100% Section 8, and will be covered 
by a single Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Land Use Restrictive 
Agreement (LIHTCLURA) restricting the units to residents earning 60% 
Area Median Income (AMI).
    Granted By: Julia R. Gordon, Assistant Secretary Office of 
Housing-Federal Housing Administration.
    Date Granted: February 27, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Colliers Mortgage, LLC, submitted application for 
mortgage insurance under the Section 221(d)(4) Substantial 
Rehabilitation program to finance the project's, Talmage-Oakland 
Portfolio, approximately $7,410,000 ($130,000 per unit) planned 
repairs. The property will be owned and managed by a non-profit 
organization that has developed and owned over 50 properties with 
more than 4,500 affordable units. The non-profit organization also 
has extensive experience with HUD and has previously completed 
multiple in-place rehabilitation through FHA loans. As a 100% 
Section 8 project, it meets HUD's requirements for flexibility for 
scattered sites (See, MAP Guide, Chapter 3, Section 3.1.30.C.7). The 
FHA transaction will address much-needed repairs and replacements 
that will help preserve this affordable housing for the community.
    Contact: Willie Fobbs III, Director, Office of Multifamily 
Production, HTD, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410, 
telephone (202) 402-6257.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 206.113 Late charge and interest.
    Project/Activity: Temporary, Partial Waiver of required late 
charges and interest for past due mortgage insurance premiums (MIP).
    Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 206.113 Late Charge and Interest, 
under Mortgage Insurance Premiums under Subpart B--Eligibility; 
Endorsement of 24 CFR part 206 Home Equity Conversion Mortgage 
Insurance, stipulates initial MIP remitted to the Commissioner more 
than five days after the payment date in Sec.  206.111(a) and 
monthly MIP remitted to the Commissioner more than five days after 
the payment date in Sec.  206.111(b) shall include a late charge of 
four percent of the amount owed. 24 CFR 206.113(b) also requires 
mortgagees pay interest on any initial MIP remitted to the 
Commissioner more than 20 days after closing, and interest on any 
monthly MIP remitted to the Commissioner more than five days after 
the payment date prescribed in Sec.  206.111(b).
    Granted By: Julia R. Gordon, Secretary for Housing--Federal 
Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: January 10, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC (RMF) filed for 
Chapter 11 bankruptcy on November 30, 2022 and did not provide for 
timely payment of their December 2022 Mortgage Insurance Premium 
(MIP) obligation, resulting in late charges and interest being 
assessed. This partial waiver of required late charges and interest 
for past due MIP was issued for FHA-approved mortgagees accepting 
transfer of those Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) for which 
RMF failed to timely pay MIP to the Federal Housing Administration, 
resulting in the accrual of late charges and interest. Without this 
waiver, HECM servicers of the RMF portfolio would not have been able 
to submit claims and thereby would have increased the instability of 
the HECM program that was made worse through the RMF bankruptcy. The 
waiver relinquished the requirement for RMF Transferees to pay 
December 2022 late charges and interest for late payment of MIP in 
December for RMF HECMs.
    Contact: Graham Mayfield, Acting Director, Office of Single 
Family Asset Management, Office of Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 9172, Washington, 
DC 20410, telephone (202) 768-2838 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#224550434a434f0c400c4f435b444b474e46624a57460c454d54"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5b3c293a333a36753975363a223d323e373f1b332e3f753c342d">[email protected]</span></a>.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 214.300(a)(3).
    Project/Activity: The renewal of this partial waiver continues 
to provide temporary removal of the requirement that housing 
counseling agencies participating in HUD's Housing Counseling 
Program provide in-person housing counseling services to clients 
that prefer this format, but still allow housing counseling agencies 
to utilize alternative methods of providing counseling to clients. 
The renewal of this partial waiver will be in effect through 
December 31, 2023.
    Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 214.3009(a)(3) requires that all 
agencies participating in HUD's Housing Counseling Program that 
provide services directly to clients must provide in person 
counseling to clients that prefer this format.
    Granted By: Julia Gordon, Assistant Secretary for Housing/
Federal Housing Commissioner.
    Date Granted: March 8, 2023.
    Reason Waived: The renewal of this partial waiver is required 
because the Department recognizes that there continues to be a 
demand for housing counseling services but clients and counselors 
may remain hesitant to provide in-person counseling as a result of 
continued concerns related to COVID-19, Respiratory Syncytial Virus 
(RSV), and increasing rates of seasonal influenza. This renewal of 
this partial waiver allows participating agencies to provide 
continuous services in a format other than in-person without 
violating the requirements of 24 CFR 214.300(a)(3).
    Contact: David Valdez, Office of Housing Counseling, Office of 
Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW, Room 550, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (713) 718-3178.

III. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office of Public and Indian 
Housing

    <bullet> For further information about the following regulatory 
waivers, please see the name of the contact person that immediately 
follows the description of the waiver granted.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1) and 24 CFR 902.62.
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the City of Frederick 
(MD003).
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation establishes certain 
reporting compliance dates. The audited financial statements are 
required to be submitted to the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) 
no later than nine months after the housing authority's (HA) fiscal 
year end FYE March 31, 2022, in accordance with the Single Audit Act 
and OMB Circular A-133.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: March 17, 2023.
    Reason Waived: The Housing Authority of the City of Frederick 
provided the requested financial information to its auditor in 
preparation for its audit. However, on November 2, 2022, the audit 
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the audit until mid-December due to previous extensions of audit due 
dates during the COVID-19 pandemic. The HA believes this is not 
adequate time to complete its audit by the December 31, 2022, due 
date. Pursuant to 24 CFR 5.110, the request to extend the submission 
due date and waive 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1) and 24 CFR 902.62 (a)(3) is 
approved, as the reason provided is considered good cause for a 
waiver. Therefore, the HA is granted an additional ninety days from 
the due date of December 31, 2022. The HA has until March 31, 2023, 
to complete and submit its FYE March 31, 2022, audited financial 
information to the Department without receiving an LPF.
    Contact: Lara Philbert, Housing Programs Specialist, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(202) 475-8930.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 902.33 and 24 CFR 902.64.
    Project/Activity: Crisfield Housing Authority (MD009).
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation establishes certain 
reporting compliance dates. The audited financial statements are 
required to be submitted to the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) 
no later than nine months after the housing authority's (HA) fiscal 
year end FYE March 31, 2022, in accordance with the Single Audit Act 
and OMB Circular A-133.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: March 17, 2023.
    Reason Waived: The HA contends it could not meet the reporting 
deadline due to circumstances beyond its control. As a result of its 
accountant's retirement at the end of March 2022, the HA's staff 
needed help providing timely financial information to the auditor. 
Due to the CARES Act extension, the FY2021 audit was extended, and 
the HA and its auditor worked together to complete FY2021 and begin 
FY22. Subsequently, the audit firm withdrew its engagement on July 
18, 2022. The HA immediately contacted several firms to procure 
audit services; however, with the COVID-19 pandemic and a 
significant backlog, most auditors were unwilling to take on the 
HA's FY21 and FY22 audits and complete them on time. The HA contends 
it has found an audit firm to do the work but will need six months 
to complete it. Under 24 CFR 5.110, there is good cause to waive the 
reporting compliance deadlines under 24 CFR 902.33 and 24 CFR 
902.64. The circumstance preventing the Agency from submitting its 
audited financial information is acceptable. Therefore, Crisfield 
Housing Authority is granted an additional six months from the 
extended due date of December 31, 2022. The HA has until June 30, 
2023, to complete and submit its FYE March 31, 2022, audited 
financial information to the Department.
    Contact: Lara Philbert, Housing Programs Specialist, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(202) 475-8930.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 905.300(b)(1).
    Project/Activity: Woonsocket Housing Authority/ESSG.
    Nature of Requirement: The Capital Fund Regulations at 24 CFR 
905.300 require certain annual submissions by the public housing 
authority (PHA). One of the requirements is the submission of the 
CFP 5-Year Action Plan which describes the capital improvements to 
be undertaken within the 5-year period. The 5-Year Action Plan 
allows the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to 
monitor the PHA's use of Capital Funds ensuring that Capital Funds 
are not used for ineligible purposes and that the PHA is efficiently 
using these funds.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: March 6, 2023.
    Reason Waived: WHA received a Fiscal Year 2021 Emergency Safety 
and Security grant (ESSG) for the purchase of security cameras. WHA 
did not include security cameras in the CFP 5-Year Action Plan in 
the Energy and Performance Information Center (EPIC). Consequently, 
WHA was notified by HUD that the grant would be recaptured. WHA's 
letter identified extenuating circumstance such as the termination 
of the previous executive director, who executed the CFP grant 
amendment but did not amend the 5-Year Action Plan. However, WHA 
correctly completed the tasks required to obligate the grant 
including signing and uploading the Annual Contributions Contract 
Amendment to EPIC and, on August 18, 2022, the WHA Board of 
Commissioners unanimously approved the award of the ESSG contract in 
an amount not-to-exceed the approved grant amount of $244,188 to 
Sentrillion, a responsive bidder in the best interest of the PHA.
    Contact: David Fleischman, Housing Programs Specialist, Office 
of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(202) 402-2071.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.161(a)(1).
    Project/Activity: The Klamath Housing Authority (KHA) is 
requesting a waiver of 24 CFR 982.161(a)(1), which requires a PHA 
not to enter into any contract or arrangement in connection with the 
HCV program in which any present or former member or officer of the 
PHA has interest, direct or indirect.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.161(c), and 
the HAP contract, allows the conflict of interest to be waived by 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for good 
cause.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: January 24, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Based on the circumstances of this request, HUD 
finds that there is good cause to waive, and pursuant to 24 CFR 
5.110, HUD hereby waives 24 CFR 982.161(a) to allow the KHA to 
continue its existing HAP contract with Stephanie Hirche, for the 
unit specified in your waiver request.
    Contact: Kristen Arnold, Housing Programs Specialist, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(971) 222-2667.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.161(a)(1).
    Project/Activity: The waiver would allow AHA to enter into an 
employment contract with Mr. Julio Guridy as Executive Director 
within 12 months of his tenure as a member of the Board of 
Directors.
    Nature of Requirement: Public Housing conflict of interest 
waiver requests are reviewed and considered under Section 19(A)(1) 
of the ACC, which prohibits a Public Housing Agency (PHA) from 
entering into a contract, subcontract, or arrangement in connection 
with the administration of its Public Housing program where any 
present or former member or officer of the governing body has an 
interest, direct or indirect, during his or her tenure or for one 
year thereafter.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: February 6, 2023.
    Reason Waived: The Department has considered the information 
provided in support of this request and determined that good cause 
does exist to grant a waiver of Section 19(A)(1)(i) of the ACC and 
CFR 982.161(a), based on AHA's search committee efforts and Mr. 
Guridy's qualifications compared to the recommended candidates.
    Contact: Erick Wood, Housing Programs Specialist, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(202) 708-0614.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.161(a).
    Project/Activity: The request states Patrick Patterson was 
appointed to the Quorum Court as of January 1, 2021 and owns a 
property located at 465 N Monroe St. that is currently occupied by 
an HCV participant with a disability. The Quorum Court acts as Clay 
County Housing Department's (CCHD) board of directors, and CCHD 
seeks the waiver so that the HCV participant may continue to reside 
in the unit owned by Patrick Patterson and avoid the hardship and 
expense of moving. The request also notes the shortage of rental 
units available in the Clay County Arkansas area due to its small 
size (population 14,350) and rural location.
    Nature of Requirement: Any public official, member of a 
governing body, or State or local legislators, who exercises 
functions or responsibilities with respect to the programs, may not 
have any direct or indirect interest in the Housing Assistance 
Payments (HAP) contract or in any benefits or payments under the 
contract during tenure or one year thereafter.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: January 31, 2023.
    Contact: Kristen Arnold, Housing Programs Specialist, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(971) 222-2667.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.161(a)(1).

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    Project/Activity: 24 CFR 982.161(a)(1), which states, in part, 
that any present or former member or officer of the public housing 
agency (PHA) (except a participant commissioner) may not have any 
direct or indirect interest in the housing assistance program (HAP) 
contract or in any benefits or payments under the contract during 
tenure or one year thereafter. The regulation at 24 CFR 982.161(c), 
and the HAP contract, allows the conflict of interest to be waived 
by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for good 
cause.
    Nature of Requirement: Under the tenant-based framework, such 
individualized analysis is made possible because tenant-based HAP 
contracts cover a single unit, occupied by a single family. This 
programmatic characteristic also minimizes the potential impact a 
conflict of interest may have on the program. Because Ms. Furneaux 
holds a position as a board member, if the regulation is not waived, 
Ms. Micknick would be required to move from the unit they have 
resided in for the past five years in order to utilize HCV 
assistance.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: February 13, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Based on the circumstances of this request, HUD 
finds that there is good cause to waive, and pursuant to 24 CFR 
5.110, HUD hereby waives, 24 CFR 982.161(a), to allow WCHRA to enter 
into a HAP contract with by Ms. Furneaux, on behalf of Ms. Micknick 
for the unit specified in your waiver request. Ms. Furneaux must 
continue to abstain themselves from all matters concerning the HAP 
contract in question.
    Contact: Kristen Arnold, Housing Programs Specialist, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(971) 222-2667.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.161(a) and 24 CFR 982.161(c).
    Project/Activity: RPHA's request states that Daniel Pedri was 
elected to the Rock Springs City Council, which acts as the RPHA's 
board, and officially started the position on January 2, 2023. Mr. 
Pedri is employed by Pedri Investments LLC which owns a property 
that is currently occupied by an elderly and extremely low-income 
HCV participant with a disability. Pedri Investments LLC is owned by 
Daniel Pedri's father, also a ``covered individual''. Your agency 
seeks the waiver so that the HCV participant may continue to reside 
in the unit owned by Pedri Investments LLC and avoid the hardship 
and expense of moving. The request also notes the shortage of rental 
units available in the Rock Springs City, Wyoming area due to its 
small size (population 23,036) and rural location.
    Nature of Requirement: Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) regulations 
at 24 CFR 982.161(a), which states, in part, that any public 
official, member of a governing body, or State or local legislators, 
who exercises functions or responsibilities with respect to the 
programs, may not have any direct or indirect interest in the 
Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contract or in any benefits or 
payments under the contract during tenure or one year thereafter. 
The regulation at 24 CFR 982.161(c), and the HAP contract, allows 
the conflict of interest to be waived by the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development (HUD) for good cause.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: March 2, 2023.
    Reason Waived: While it has been the Department's long-standing 
position that the individual's intent to recuse himself or herself 
from program determinations is not by itself good cause to waive the 
conflict of interest provision, HUD has found good cause for this 
waiver beyond Daniel Pedri's recusal due to the hardship on the 
existing assisted tenant and the lack of available rental housing in 
RPHA's jurisdiction. Nonetheless, the Department finds that Daniel 
Pedri's recusal is an important safeguard to the integrity of 
administration of the RPHA's HAP contracts, and an essential factor 
in HUD's consideration of good cause.
    Contact: Kristen Arnold, Housing Programs Specialist, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(971) 222-2667.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.207(b)(3) and 24 CFR 983.251(d).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of Macon-Bibb County 
(GA006--MHA) requests to waive 24 CFR 982.207(b)(3), which prohibits 
preferences for persons with specific disabilities for the Housing 
Choice Voucher (HCV) program, and 24 CFR 983.251(d), which prohibits 
preferences for persons with specific disabilities for Project-Based 
Voucher (PBV) assistance.
    Nature of Requirement: Under a 2010 Settlement Agreement between 
the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the State of Georgia, 
Georgia must transition individuals living with serious and 
persistent mental illness (SPMI) and developmental disabilities into 
integrated, community-based settings while making voluntary 
supportive services available to those individuals. To facilitate 
continued compliance with the Settlement Agreement, MHA requests 
extension of a waiver, most recently approved by HUD on March 9, 
2020, that allows for MHA to establish alternate tenant selection 
preferences. The extension approved the waiver for an additional 
three years.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: January 24, 2023.
    Reason Waived: HUD has determined that there is good cause to 
waive program regulations of HCV and PBV tenant selection 
preferences to provide an admissions preference for persons with 
SPMI and developmental disabilities. HUD hereby waives 24 CFR 
982.207(b)(3) and 24 CFR 983.251(d), pursuant to the waiver 
authority provided to HUD at 24 CFR 5.110.
    Contact: Emily Warren, Housing Programs Specialist, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(971) 708-0614.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.503(c)(1), CFR 982.503(c)(2), 24 
CFR.982.503(c)(3), 24 CFR 982.503(c)(4)(ii).
    Project/Activity: The PHA stated that the rents in the area have 
dramatically increased in certain areas and are expected to continue 
an upward trajectory. Additionally, the PHA is participating in the 
Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Mobility Demonstration, which requires 
that participating PHAs adopt adequate payment standards in 
opportunity areas. This request updates a previously approved 
request from March 2022 with updated data and revised payment 
standards. The MDHA has determined that even at 110 percent of the 
fair market rent (FMR), payment standards are not adequate, or high 
enough, in opportunity areas.
    Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR.982.503(c)(3), which is for 
payment standards above 120 percent of the FMR. While the MDHA also 
requested a waiver of CFR 982.503(c)(2) for payment standards 
between 110 percent and 120 percent of the FMR, HUD has determined 
that this waiver is not necessary as all the requested exception 
payment standards under this request exceed 120 percent of FMR. 
Finally, the MDHA also requests a waiver of 24 CFR 982.503(c)(4)(ii) 
which requires that the PHA have previously adopted an exception 
payment standard for six months prior. HUD has also determined that 
this waiver is not necessary, since it has been more than six months 
since HUD approved, and the MDHA adopted, the previous exception 
payment standards request in March of 2022.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: March 2, 2023.
    Reason Waived: In order to achieve the goals of the Community 
Choice Demonstration, and to provide access to low-poverty 
neighborhoods for families in their voucher program, the MDHA needs 
to establish exception payment standards over 120 percent of the 
FMR, where justified by statistically representative housing survey 
data. Therefore, HUD has determined that there is good cause to 
waive 24 CFR 982.503(c)(3). Pursuant to the waiver authority 
provided at 24 CFR 5.110, I hereby waive 24 CFR 982.503(c)(3). Since 
the PHA has demonstrated they meet all of the regulatory 
requirements at 24 CFR 982.503(c) for approval of an exception 
payment standard above 120 percent of the FMR, HUD approves the 
MDHA's request for an exception payment standard. The PHA may use 
this exception payment standard in place of the FY23 published FMRs. 
The PHA may submit a new exception payment standard request for 
HUD's consideration for the FY24 FMRs.
    Contact: Brendan Goodwin, Housing Programs Specialist, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(202) 708-0614.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.517 and 24 CFR 
983.301(f)(2)(ii)--Waiver Request for PBV Utility Allowance Setting.

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    Project/Activity: Pursuant to 24 CFR 5.110 and Notice PIH 2018-
16, the Hawaii Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD) 
has requested a waiver of these program regulations to establish a 
site-specific utility allowance for Mohouli Senior Residences, Phase 
3, where OHCD will have 92 PBV units.
    Nature of Requirement: For the Department to consider such a 
waiver, the public housing agency (PHA) should submit: (a) an 
analysis of utility rates for the community; (b) an estimate of 
energy consumption that will take place at the newly constructed 
site; and (c) a proposed alternative methodology for calculating 
utility allowances on an ongoing basis. The PHA should demonstrate 
that the utility allowance provided under the HCV program would 
either create an undue cost on families or discourage conservation 
and efficient use of housing assistance payments (HAP).
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: January 23, 2023.
    Reason Waived: The information submitted to HUD by OHCD supports 
its request. The OHCD has submitted an analysis of utility rates for 
the community and an estimate of the energy consumption that will 
take place at the newly constructed site. Due to the energy 
efficient systems being built at the Mohouli Senior Residences, 
Phase 3, the community consumption estimates are significantly 
higher than the consumption expected at the site. As such, the 
standard HCV utility allowance would be excessive.
    Contact: Nathaniel Johnson, Housing Programs Specialist, Office 
of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(202) 402-5156.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 983.51(b).
    Project/Activity: The HACOO is seeking a HUD waiver to allow it 
to non-competitively award Project-Based Vouchers (PBVs) to the 
Marfa Housing Authority (MHA), a Public Housing-only PHA that was 
previously approved by the HUD Special Applications Center (SAC) to 
convert 74 public housing units to vouchers under a RAD/Section 18 
blend transaction. The MHA plans to have all 74 vouchers to be 
administered as project-based by the HACOO, which the HUD San 
Antonio Office of Public Housing previously approved
    Nature of Requirement: Requires a public housing agency (PHA) to 
award project-based vouchers (PBVs) through a competitive process or 
based on a previous competition. The request, dated November 23, 
2022, seeks a waiver so that the HACOO can non-competitively award 
PBVs to the Marfa Housing Authority (MHA).
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: February 17, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Pursuant to the waiver authority provided at 24 
CFR 5.110, and considering the good cause presented due to HACOO's 
representations regarding the limited availability of affordable 
housing stock in the City of Marfa, HUD hereby waives 24 CFR 
983.51(b) so that HACOO may select Public Housing Development 
TX318000001 for an award PBVs without following a competitive 
process.
    Contact: Kristen Arnold, Housing Programs Specialist, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(971) 222-2667.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 983.51 (b)(2).
    Project/Activity: LACDA is requesting a waiver of the federal 
regulation at 24 CFR 983.51 (b)(2) to allow the LACDA to continue 
committing Project-Based Veterans Affairs Supportive (VASH) vouchers 
noncompetitively to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
Campus development by accepting the Enhanced-Use Lease award by the 
VA as a valid prior competition without expiration.
    Nature of Requirement: This regulation states that the Public 
Housing Authority (PHA) may select, without competition, a proposal 
for housing assisted under a federal, state, or local government 
housing assistance, community development, or supportive services 
program that required competitive selection of proposals (e.g., 
HOME, and units for which competitively awarded low-income housing 
tax credits (LIHTCs) have been provided), where the proposal has 
been selected in accordance with such program's competitive 
selection requirements within 3 years of the Project-Based Vouchers 
(PBV) proposal selection date, and the earlier competitively 
selected housing assistance proposal did not involve any 
consideration that the project would receive PBV assistance.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: February 22, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Pursuant to the waiver authority provided at 24 
CFR 5.110, HUD has determined that there is good cause to waive, and 
HUD hereby waives, 24 CFR 983.51(b)(2) to allow the LACDA to 
continue committing Project-Based VASH vouchers noncompetitively to 
the VA Campus development by considering the Enhanced-Use Lease 
award by the VA as a valid prior competition through the end of 
calendar year 2023.
    Contact: Nathaniel Johnson, Housing Programs Specialist, Office 
of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(202) 402-5156.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 983.51(b).
    Project/Activity: The District of Columbia Housing Authority 
(DCHA) selection of Friendship Terrace for project-based voucher 
(PBV) assistance without undergoing a competitive process or based 
on a previous competition.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 983.51(b) 
provides that the public housing agency (PHA) must select PBV 
proposals either through a competitive process or based on a 
competition for other assistance the project is receiving, provided 
the project was competitively selected for that other assistance 
within 3 years of the PBV proposal selection date and the 
competitively selected housing assistance proposal did not involve 
any consideration that the project would receive PBV assistance in 
the future.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: March 27, 2023.
    Reason Waived: The DCHA received an allocation of 140 enhanced 
vouchers as the result of a HUD Multifamily Housing conversion 
action under section 536 of the Preserving Affordable Housing for 
Senior Citizens and Families into the 21st Century Act (Pub. L. 106-
74). Section 536 provides that any project that receives or has 
received assistance under the Flexible Subsidy Program and is the 
subject of a transaction under which the project is preserved as 
affordable housing (as determined by HUD) shall be considered 
eligible low-income housing under section 229 of the Low-Income 
Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 
(LIHPRHA) for tenant-based enhanced voucher rental assistance. The 
owner and the DCHA are seeking to convert the tenant-based 
assistance to PBV assistance pursuant to Notice PIH 2013-27, under 
which families have voluntarily agreed to relinquish their enhanced 
voucher assistance for PBV assistance. The requested waiver is 
critical to preserving affordable housing in the Tenleytown 
neighborhood of Northwest Washington, DC, which has limited 
affordable housing. Without approval of this waiver request, the 
project will not be able to close, putting this much-needed 
affordable housing resource at-risk. Allowing the DCHA to select 
Friendship Terrace ensures that the transaction to preserve the 
property as affordable housing will be realized and this property 
will remain an affordable housing resource in the community.
    Contact: Nathaniel Johnson, Housing Programs Specialist, Office 
of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(202) 402-5156.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 983.53(d), 983.152(c), and 
983.153(c).
    Project/Activity: DHCD is seeking approval from HUD on behalf of 
its developer, Covenant Commonwealth Corporation (CCC), to permit 
CCC to proceed with necessary environmental remediation, demolition, 
and relocation work prior to entering into an Agreement to enter 
into a Housing Assistance Payment Contract (AHAP).
    Nature of Requirement: As stated in the request, DHCD began a 
planning process to redevelop a public housing development located 
at 1185 River Street, 1191-1203 River Street, and 12 Central Avenue 
located in Boston, Massachusetts in the Hyde Park section of Boston 
over a period of time. To avoid the long-term displacement of 
impacted residents, the public housing units on site are scheduled 
to be demolished in phases. The developer is set to commence the 
development of 63 units, including eight that DHCD intends to cover 
by a PBV contract.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.

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    Date Granted: March 1, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Pursuant to the waiver authority provided at 24 
CFR 5.110 and considering the good cause presented, HUD hereby 
waives 24 CFR 983.53(d), 983.152(c), and 983.153(c) permitting CCC 
to begin the demolition remediation activities specified in the 
demolition services agreement, prior to entering an AHAP with DCHD. 
However, even with the granting of this waiver request, until an 
AHAP is executed with DHCD, no work beyond what has been identified 
in this request may be performed; and all activities must be 
performed in compliance with the same Federal requirements that 
would apply if an AHAP were in place, including Davis-Bacon 
prevailing wage requirements.
    Contact: Nathaniel Johnson, Housing Programs Specialist, Office 
of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(202) 402-5156.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 983.53(d) 983.152(c), and 
983.153(c).
    Project/Activity: FCRHA is seeking approval from the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on behalf of its developer, 
Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH), to permit APAH 
to proceed with necessary environmental remediation, demolition, and 
utility relocation work prior to entering into an AHAP.
    Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 983.53(d) 983.152(c), and 
983.153(c), which prohibit a public housing agency (PHA) from 
executing an Agreement to Enter into a Housing Assistance Payment 
(AHAP) contract and attaching Project-Based Voucher (PBV) assistance 
to units if construction or rehabilitation has commenced after 
proposal submission.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: March 15, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Due to the scale and schedule for this early 
utility work, the FCRHA is requesting a good cause waiver of the 
regulations at Sec.  Sec.  983.53(d) 24 CFR 983.152(c) and 
983.153(c) that will allow APAH to commence the utility relocation 
work after completion of the Environmental Review, but before 
completion of the Subsidy Layering Review (SLR) and execution of the 
AHAP. Allowing the utility relocation work to proceed before the 
AHAP is executed will allow for the completion of the new housing 
faster and before changes in the economy could render the phases 
unfinanceable, therefore prolonging the lack of affordable housing 
units within the community.
    Contact: Nathaniel Johnson, Housing Programs Specialist, Office 
of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(202) 402-5156.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 983.205(b).
    Project/Activity: The context for THA's waiver request is a 
redevelopment effort involving the acquisition and renovation of an 
existing PBV project that will include a Rental Assistance 
Demonstration (RAD) PBV conversion of 96 public housing units. THA 
is requesting a waiver to allow a 20-year contract extension to be 
executed for the Belmont Phase III PBV HAP contract earlier than the 
regulations provide.
    Nature of Requirement: This regulation states that extensions 
after the initial extension are allowed at the end of any extension 
term provided that, not more than 24 months prior to the expiration 
of the previous extension contract, the public housing agency (PHA) 
agrees to extend the term. The extension must be appropriate to 
continue to provide affordable housing for low-income families or to 
expand housing opportunities.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: March 6, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Consistent with PIH Notice 2017-21, THA could 
extend this contract until February 1, 2036, without any waiver. 
Please see Attachment G, Scenario 3 of the Notice. However, for a 
20-year extension (which will run from February 2026 until February 
2046) to be entered into prior to February 1, 2024, a waiver of 24 
CFR 983.205(b) is required. The owners of Belmont Heights Phase III 
need this waiver because they are working with a lender and investor 
to refinance the development using tax-exempt bonds and Low-Income 
Housing Tax Credits. The refinancing is necessary to address 
physical needs at the property and to preserve long-term 
affordability. Ultimately, the waiver will facilitate the renovation 
and development of this important project.
    Contact: Nathaniel Johnson, Housing Programs Specialist, Office 
of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(202) 402-5156.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 985.101(a).
    Project/Activity: FHA has been understaffed due to COVID-19 and 
recently hired a new Executive Director. FHA notes that these issues 
will impact its ability to compile the necessary data required to 
complete its SEMAP submission timely. Therefore the FHA needs an 
extension to allow time to collect the necessary data.
    Nature of Requirement: This regulation states that a public 
housing agency (PHA) must submit the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development (HUD) required SEMAP certification form within 60 
calendar days after the end of its fiscal year. The PHA's fiscal 
year ended on September 30, 2022; the SEMAP certification was due on 
or before November 29, 2022.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: January 24, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Due to these circumstances, HUD has determined, 
pursuant to the waiver authority provided at 24 CFR 5.110, that 
there is good cause to waive, and HUD hereby waives, 24 CFR 
985.101(a) to permit the FHA to submit its SEMAP certification after 
the deadline for its fiscal year ending September 30, 2022.
    Contact: Michelle Daniels, Housing Programs Specialist, Office 
of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(202) 402-6051.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 985.101(a).
    Project/Activity: The Housing Authority of the City of Perth 
Amboy requesting a waiver of the requirements of 24 CFR 985.101(a), 
requiring the SEMAP certification to be submitted within 60 calendar 
days after the end of their fiscal year, along with their 
justification for ``good cause''.
    Nature of Requirement: Title 24 CFR 985.101(a) states that a 
public housing agency (PHA) must submit the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development (HUD) required Section Eight Management 
Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification form within 60 calendar 
days after the end of its fiscal year. The PAHA's fiscal year ends 
on March 31, 2022, and its SEMAP certification was due on or before 
May 30, 2022.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: February 22, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Pursuant to the waiver authority provided at 24 
CFR 5.110, that there is good cause to waive, HUD waives 24 CFR 
985.101(a) to permit the PAHA to submit its SEMAP certification 
after the deadline for its fiscal year ending March 31, 2022.
    Contact: Michelle Daniels, Housing Programs Specialist, Office 
of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(202) 402-6051.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 985.101(a) and 24 CFR 985.105(a)(1).
    Project/Activity: The regulations at CFR 985.101(a) provide that 
a public housing agency (PHA) must submit the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development (HUD) required Section Eight Management 
Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification form within 60 calendar 
days after the end of its fiscal year. The regulations at 24 CFR 
985.105(a)(1) provide that HUD shall assess each PHA's performance 
under SEMAP annually and shall assign each PHA a SEMAP score and 
overall performance rating.
    Nature of Requirement: The UCHA waiver request states that the 
disruption of COVID-19 and the impact that it had specifically on 
the agency justifies this waiver. UCHA states that completing 
inspections and briefings were difficult because of the COVID-19 
pandemic. UCHA closed several times (for two weeks each occasion) 
during the pandemic, in addition to experiencing staff turnovers. 
The Executive Director retired in early 2021, due to his declining 
health, the inspector left in April 2022, and the Section Eight 
Program Director left without notice in September 2022. The UCHA is 
in rural Oregon and has struggled to recruit staff in general, 
especially experienced individuals. The UCHA received an overall 
rating score as High performer on its prior SEMAP certifications in 
2019, Standard in 2018, and High in 2017.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.

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    Date Granted: March 15, 2023.
    Reason Waived: Therefore, HUD has determined, pursuant to the 
waiver authority provided at 24 CFR 5.110, that there is good cause 
to waive, and I hereby waive, 24 CFR 985.101(a) to permit UCHA to 
submit its SEMAP certification after the deadline for its fiscal 
year ending December 31, 2022. The new submission deadline is May 1, 
2023.
    Contact: Michelle Daniels, Housing Programs Specialist, Office 
of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
202-402-6051.

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 990.145(b) Public housing dwelling 
units with approved vacancies.
    Project/Activity: Regulatory and Administrative Requirement 
Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public Housing and 
Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing Agencies to 
Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of Families 
Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters.
    Reason Waived: HUD's expedited process for waivers and 
flexibilities from HUD regulatory and administrative requirements 
(``HUD requirements'') during Presidentially Declared Disasters 
(PDDs). To respond to PDDs, this notice establishes an expedited 
process for the review of waiver requests and flexibilities for 
calendar years (CY) 2022 and 2023, for Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) located within PDDs (PDD PHAs). PDD PHAs may make such 
requests utilizing the expedited process set forth in this 
notification.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aefee7e6f1eac7ddcfdddacbdcf1fccbc2c7cbc8eec6dbca80c9c1d8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="015148495e45687260727564735e53646d686467416974652f666e77">[email protected]</span></a>.

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City of Daytona Beach......................................     2/7/2023
Puerto Rico PHA............................................    1/13/2023
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    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801 Uniform Financial Reporting.
    Project/Activity: Regulatory and Administrative Requirement 
Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public Housing and 
Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing Agencies to 
Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of Families 
Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters (Docket No. FR-6301-N-
01).
    Reason Waived: HUD's expedited process for waivers and 
flexibilities from HUD regulatory and administrative requirements 
(``HUD requirements'') during Presidentially Declared Disasters 
(PDDs). To respond to PDDs, this notice establishes an expedited 
process for the review of waiver requests and flexibilities for 
calendar years (CY) 2022 and 2023, for Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) located within PDDs (PDD PHAs). PDD PHAs may make such 
requests utilizing the expedited process set forth in this 
notification.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ce9e8786918aa7bdafbdbaabbc919caba2a7aba88ea6bbaae0a9a1b8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aafae3e2f5eec3d9cbd9decfd8f5f8cfc6c3cfcceac2dfce84cdc5dc">[email protected]</span></a>.

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Municipality of San Juan...................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Salinas....................................    1/24/2023
Municipality of Hormigueros................................    1/24/2023
City of Daytona Beach......................................     2/7/2023
Lee County Housing Authority...............................     2/7/2023
Municipality of Gurabo.....................................    2/16/2023
Puerto Rico PHA............................................    1/13/2023
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    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 902 Public Housing Assessment.
    Project/Activity: Regulatory and Administrative Requirement 
Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public Housing and 
Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing Agencies to 
Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of Families 
Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters (Docket No. FR-6301-N-
01).
    Reason Waived: HUD's expedited process for waivers and 
flexibilities from HUD regulatory and administrative requirements 
(``HUD requirements'') during Presidentially Declared Disasters 
(PDDs). To respond to PDDs, this notice establishes an expedited 
process for the review of waiver requests and flexibilities for 
calendar years (CY) 2022 and 2023, for Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) located within PDDs (PDD PHAs). PDD PHAs may make such 
requests utilizing the expedited process set forth in this 
notification.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5d0d14150219342e3c2e29382f020f383134383b1d352839733a322b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="510118190e15382230222534230e03343d383437113924357f363e27">[email protected]</span></a>.

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                            PHA                                  Date
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City of Daytona Beach......................................     2/7/2023
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    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 905.322(b) Fiscal Closeout.
    Project/Activity: Regulatory and Administrative Requirement 
Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public Housing and 
Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing Agencies to 
Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of Families 
Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters (Docket No. FR-6301-N-
01).
    Reason Waived: HUD's expedited process for waivers and 
flexibilities from HUD regulatory and administrative requirements 
(``HUD requirements'') during Presidentially Declared Disasters 
(PDDs). To respond to PDDs, this notice establishes an expedited 
process for the review of waiver requests and flexibilities for 
calendar years (CY) 2022 and 2023, for Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) located within PDDs (PDD PHAs). PDD PHAs may make such 
requests utilizing the expedited process set forth in this 
notification.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#43130a0b1c072a3022303726311c11262f2a2625032b36276d242c35"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbebf2f3e4ffd2c8dac8cfdec9e4e9ded7d2deddfbd3cedf95dcd4cd">[email protected]</span></a>.

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                            PHA                                  Date
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Municipality of Hormigueros................................    1/24/2023
Municipality of Cayey......................................    1/24/2023
Puerto Rico PHA............................................    1/13/2023
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    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 905.314(b)-(c) (Cost and Other 
Limitations; Maximum Project Cost; TDC Limit).
    Project/Activity: Regulatory and Administrative Requirement 
Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public Housing and 
Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing Agencies to 
Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of Families 
Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters (Docket No. FR-6301-N-
01).
    Reason Waived: HUD's expedited process for waivers and 
flexibilities from HUD regulatory and administrative requirements 
(``HUD requirements'') during Presidentially Declared Disasters 
(PDDs). To respond to PDDs, this notice establishes an expedited 
process for the review of waiver requests and flexibilities for 
calendar years (CY) 2022 and 2023, for Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) located within PDDs (PDD PHAs). PDD PHAs may make such 
requests utilizing the expedited process set forth in this 
notification.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#114158594e55786270626574634e43747d787477517964753f767e67"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7c2c35342338150f1d0f08190e232e191015191a3c140918521b130a">[email protected]</span></a>.

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                            PHA                                  Date
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Puerto Rico PHA............................................    1/13/2023
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    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 905.314(j) (Cost and Other 
Limitations; Types of Labor).
    Project/Activity: FR-6301-N-01 Regulatory and Administrative 
Requirement Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public 
Housing and Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing 
Agencies to Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on

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Behalf of Families Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters.
    Reason Waived: HUD's expedited process for waivers and 
flexibilities from HUD regulatory and administrative requirements 
(``HUD requirements'') during Presidentially Declared Disasters 
(PDDs). To respond to PDDs, this notice establishes an expedited 
process for the review of waiver requests and flexibilities for 
calendar years (CY) 2022 and 2023, for Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) located within PDDs (PDD PHAs). PDD PHAs may make such 
requests utilizing the expedited process set forth in this 
notification.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410-5000, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#83d3cacbdcc7eaf0e2f0f7e6f1dcd1e6efeae6e5c3ebf6e7ade4ecf5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9eced7d6c1daf7edffedeafbecc1ccfbf2f7fbf8def6ebfab0f9f1e8">[email protected]</span></a>.

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                            PHA                                  Date
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Puerto Rico PHA............................................    1/13/2023
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    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 905.400(i)(5) Capital Fund Formula 
Need for Projects with Demo or Dispo.
    Project/Activity: Regulatory and Administrative Requirement 
Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public Housing and 
Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing Agencies to 
Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of Families 
Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters (Docket No. FR-6301-N-
01).
    Reason Waived: HUD's expedited process for waivers and 
flexibilities from HUD regulatory and administrative requirements 
(``HUD requirements'') during Presidentially Declared Disasters 
(PDDs). To respond to PDDs, this notice establishes an expedited 
process for the review of waiver requests and flexibilities for 
calendar years (CY) 2022 and 2023, for Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) located within PDDs (PDD PHAs). PDD PHAs may make such 
requests utilizing the expedited process set forth in this 
notification.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh St. SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b7e7feffe8f3dec4d6c4c3d2c5e8e5d2dbded2d1f7dfc2d399d0d8c1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83d3cacbdcc7eaf0e2f0f7e6f1dcd1e6efeae6e5c3ebf6e7ade4ecf5">[email protected]</span></a>.

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                            PHA                                  Date
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Puerto Rico PHA............................................    1/13/2023
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    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 960.202(c)(1) Tenant Selection 
Policies.
    Project/Activity: Regulatory and Administrative Requirement 
Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public Housing and 
Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing Agencies to 
Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of Families 
Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters (Docket No. FR-6301-N-
01).
    Reason Waived: HUD's expedited process for waivers and 
flexibilities from HUD regulatory and administrative requirements 
(``HUD requirements'') during Presidentially Declared Disasters 
(PDDs). To respond to PDDs, this notice establishes an expedited 
process for the review of waiver requests and flexibilities for 
calendar years (CY) 2022 and 2023, for Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) located within PDDs (PDD PHAs). PDD PHAs may make such 
requests utilizing the expedited process set forth in this 
notification.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d5859c9d8a91bca6b4a6a1b0a78a87b0b9bcb0b395bda0b1fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="316178796e75584250424554436e63545d585457715944551f565e47">[email protected]</span></a>.

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                            PHA                                  Date
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Municipality of Hormigueros................................    1/24/2023
Municipality of Cayey......................................    1/24/2023
Puerto Rico PHA............................................    1/13/2023
Municipality of San Juan...................................     1/5/2023
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    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.206(a)(2) Waiting List; Opening 
and Closing; Public Notice.
    Project/Activity: Regulatory and Administrative Requirement 
Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public Housing and 
Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing Agencies to 
Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of Families 
Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters (Docket No. FR-6301-N-
01).
    Reason Waived: HUD's expedited process for waivers and 
flexibilities from HUD regulatory and administrative requirements 
(``HUD requirements'') during Presidentially Declared Disasters 
(PDDs). To respond to PDDs, this notice establishes an expedited 
process for the review of waiver requests and flexibilities for 
calendar years (CY) 2022 and 2023, for Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) located within PDDs (PDD PHAs). PDD PHAs may make such 
requests utilizing the expedited process set forth in this 
notification.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2c7c65647368455f4d5f58495e737e494045494a6c445948024b435a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="114158594e55786270626574634e43747d787477517964753f767e67">[email protected]</span></a>.

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                            PHA                                  Date
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Municipality of Cayey......................................    1/24/2023
Puerto Rico PHA............................................    1/13/2023
Municipality of Cidra......................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Caguas.....................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Mayaguez...................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Guaynabo...................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Humacao....................................    1/24/2023
Municipality of Gurabo.....................................    2/16/2023
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    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.503(c) (HUD approval of 
exception payment standard amount).
    Project/Activity: Regulatory and Administrative Requirement 
Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public Housing and 
Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing Agencies to 
Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of Families 
Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters (Docket No. FR-6301-N-
01).
    Reason Waived: HUD's expedited process for waivers and 
flexibilities from HUD regulatory and administrative requirements 
(``HUD requirements'') during Presidentially Declared Disasters 
(PDDs). To respond to PDDs, this notice establishes an expedited 
process for the review of waiver requests and flexibilities for 
calendar years (CY) 2022 and 2023, for Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) located within PDDs (PDD PHAs). PDD PHAs may make such 
requests utilizing the expedited process set forth in this 
notification.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh St. SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5d0d14150219342e3c2e29382f020f383134383b1d352839733a322b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="62322b2a3d260b1103111607103d30070e0b0704220a17064c050d14">[email protected]</span></a>.

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                            PHA                                  Date
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Municipality of Cayey......................................    1/24/2023
Puerto Rico PHA............................................    1/13/2023
Municipality of Caguas.....................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Mayaguez...................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Guaynabo...................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Ponce......................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of San Juan...................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Carolina...................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Bayamon....................................     1/5/2023
City of Daytona Beach......................................     2/7/2023
Municipality of Trujillo Alto..............................    1/24/2023
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    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.401(d) Housing Quality 
Standards; Space and Security.
    Project/Activity: Regulatory and Administrative Requirement 
Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public Housing and 
Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing Agencies to 
Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of Families 
Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters (Docket No. FR-6301-N-
01).
    Reason Waived: HUD's expedited process for waivers and 
flexibilities from HUD regulatory and administrative requirements 
(``HUD requirements'') during Presidentially Declared Disasters 
(PDDs). To respond to PDDs, this notice establishes an expedited

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process for the review of waiver requests and flexibilities for 
calendar years (CY) 2022 and 2023, for Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) located within PDDs (PDD PHAs). PDD PHAs may make such 
requests utilizing the expedited process set forth in this 
notification.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0c5c45445348657f6d7f78697e535e696065696a4c647968226b637a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="19495051465d706a786a6d7c6b464b7c75707c7f59716c7d377e766f">[email protected]</span></a>.

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                            PHA                                  Date
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Municipality of Hormigueros................................    1/24/2023
Municipality of Cayey......................................    1/24/2023
Puerto Rico PHA............................................    1/13/2023
Municipality of San Juan...................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Humacao....................................    1/24/2023
Municipality of Gurabo.....................................    2/16/2023
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    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.633(a) Occupancy of Home.
    Project/Activity: FR-6301-N-01 Regulatory and Administrative 
Requirement Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public 
Housing and Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing 
Agencies to Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of 
Families Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters.
    Reason Waived: HUD's expedited process for waivers and 
flexibilities from HUD regulatory and administrative requirements 
(``HUD requirements'') during Presidentially Declared Disasters 
(PDDs). To respond to PDDs, this notice establishes an expedited 
process for the review of waiver requests and flexibilities for 
calendar years (CY) 2022 and 2023, for Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) located within PDDs (PDD PHAs). PDD PHAs may make such 
requests utilizing the expedited process set forth in this 
notification.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8edec7c6d1cae7fdeffdfaebfcd1dcebe2e7ebe8cee6fbeaa0e9e1f8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d2d34352239140e1c0e09180f222f181114181b3d150819531a120b">[email protected]</span></a>.

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                            PHA                                  Date
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Municipality of Cayey......................................    1/24/2023
Puerto Rico PHA............................................    1/13/2023
Municipality of Gurabo.....................................    2/16/2023
Municipality of Humacao....................................    1/24/2023
Municipality of San Juan...................................     1/5/2023
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    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 984.303(d) Contract of 
Participation: Contract Extension.
    Project/Activity: Regulatory and Administrative Requirement 
Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public Housing and 
Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing Agencies to 
Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of Families 
Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters (Docket No. FR-6301-N-
01).
    Reason Waived: HUD's expedited process for waivers and 
flexibilities from HUD regulatory and administrative requirements 
(``HUD requirements'') during Presidentially Declared Disasters 
(PDDs). To respond to PDDs, this notice establishes an expedited 
process for the review of waiver requests and flexibilities for 
calendar years (CY) 2022 and 2023, for Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) located within PDDs (PDD PHAs). PDD PHAs may make such 
requests utilizing the expedited process set forth in this 
notification.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#46160f0e19022f3527353223341914232a2f2320062e332268212930"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6e6fffee9f2dfc5d7c5c2d3c4e9e4d3dadfd3d0f6dec3d298d1d9c0">[email protected]</span></a>.

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                            PHA                                  Date
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Municipality of Cayey......................................    1/24/2023
Puerto Rico PHA............................................    1/13/2023
Municipality of San Juan...................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Carolina...................................     1/5/2023
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    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 985 (SEMAP).
    Project/Activity: FR-6301-N-01 Regulatory and Administrative 
Requirement Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public 
Housing and Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing 
Agencies to Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of 
Families Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters.
    Reason Waived: HUD's expedited process for waivers and 
flexibilities from HUD regulatory and administrative requirements 
(``HUD requirements'') during Presidentially Declared Disasters 
(PDDs). To respond to PDDs, this notice establishes an expedited 
process for the review of waiver requests and flexibilities for 
calendar years (CY) 2022 and 2023, for Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) located within PDDs (PDD PHAs). PDD PHAs may make such 
requests utilizing the expedited process set forth in this 
notification.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b1e1f8f9eef5d8c2d0c2c5d4c3eee3d4ddd8d4d7f1d9c4d59fd6dec7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="abfbe2e3f4efc2d8cad8dfced9f4f9cec7c2cecdebc3decf85ccc4dd">[email protected]</span></a>.

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                            PHA                                  Date
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Municipality of Hormigueros................................    1/24/2023
Municipality of Cayey......................................    1/24/2023
Puerto Rico PHA............................................    1/13/2023
Municipality of Cidra......................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Caguas.....................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Mayaguez...................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Guaynabo...................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Humacao....................................    1/24/2023
Municipality of Ponce......................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of San Juan...................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Carolina...................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Salinas....................................    1/24/2023
Municipality of Adjuntas...................................    1/30/2023
City of Daytona Beach......................................     2/7/2023
Municipality of Gurabo.....................................    2/16/2023
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    <bullet> Regulation: Notice PIH 2018-24, Section 8(c) 
Verification of Social Security Notice (SSN).
    Project/Activity: FR-6301-N-01 Regulatory and Administrative 
Requirement Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public 
Housing and Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing 
Agencies to Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of 
Families Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters.
    Reason Waived: HUD's expedited process for waivers and 
flexibilities from HUD regulatory and administrative requirements 
(``HUD requirements'') during Presidentially Declared Disasters 
(PDDs). To respond to PDDs, this notice establishes an expedited 
process for the review of waiver requests and flexibilities for 
calendar years (CY) 2022 and 2023, for Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) located within PDDs (PDD PHAs). PDD PHAs may make such 
requests utilizing the expedited process set forth in this 
notification.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b2e2fbfaedf6dbc1d3c1c6d7c0ede0d7dedbd7d4f2dac7d69cd5ddc4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b8e8f1f0e7fcd1cbd9cbccddcae7eaddd4d1dddef8d0cddc96dfd7ce">[email protected]</span></a>.

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                            PHA                                  Date
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Municipality of Cayey......................................    1/24/2023
Puerto Rico PHA............................................    1/13/2023
Municipality of Guaynabo...................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Humacao....................................    1/24/2023
Municipality of San Juan...................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Bayamon....................................     1/5/2023
Municipality of Gurabo.....................................    2/16/2023
City of Daytona Beach......................................     2/7/2023
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    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 970.15(b)(1)(ii) Specific Criteria 
for HUD Approval of Demo Request.
    Project/Activity: Regulatory and Administrative Requirement 
Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public Housing and 
Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing Agencies to 
Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of Families 
Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters (Docket No. FR-6301-N-
01).
    Reason Waived: HUD's expedited process for waivers and 
flexibilities from HUD regulatory and administrative requirements 
(``HUD requirements'') during Presidentially Declared Disasters 
(PDDs). To respond to PDDs, this notice establishes an expedited

[[Page 71456]]

process for the review of waiver requests and flexibilities for 
calendar years (CY) 2022 and 2023, for Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) located within PDDs (PDD PHAs). PDD PHAs may make such 
requests utilizing the expedited process set forth in this 
notification
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#306079786f74594351434455426f62555c595556705845541e575f46"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c5c45445348657f6d7f78697e535e696065696a4c647968226b637a">[email protected]</span></a>.

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                            PHA                                  Date
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Puerto Rico PHA............................................    1/13/2023
City of Daytona Beach......................................     2/7/2023
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    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 970.15(b)(2) Specific Criteria for 
HUD Approval of Demo Request.
    Project/Activity: Regulatory and Administrative Requirement 
Waivers and Flexibilities Available to HUD Public Housing and 
Section 8 During CY 2022 and CY 2023 to Public Housing Agencies to 
Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of Families 
Affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters (Docket No. FR-6301-N-
01).
    Reason Waived: HUD's expedited process for waivers and 
flexibilities from HUD regulatory and administrative requirements 
(``HUD requirements'') during Presidentially Declared Disasters 
(PDDs). To respond to PDDs, this notice establishes an expedited 
process for the review of waiver requests and flexibilities for 
calendar years (CY) 2022 and 2023, for Public Housing Agencies 
(PHAs) located within PDDs (PDD PHAs). PDD PHAs may make such 
requests utilizing the expedited process set forth in this 
notification.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4e1e0706110a273d2f3d3a2b3c111c2b22272b280e263b2a60292138"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c7c65647368455f4d5f58495e737e494045494a6c445948024b435a">[email protected]</span></a>.

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                            PHA                                  Date
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Puerto Rico PHA............................................    1/13/2023
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Extended Streamlined Waivers/Regulation 1

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(c)(4) Increase in Payment 
Standard During Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Contract Term.
    Project/Activity: Notice PIH 2022-30 Extension of Certain 
Regulatory Waivers for the Housing Choice Voucher (including 
Mainstream) Program and Streamlined Review Process.
    Nature of Requirement: PHAs may request an extension of the 
option to increase the payment standard for the family at any time 
after the effective date of the increase, rather than waiting for 
the next regular reexamination.
    Reason Waived: Extension for PHAs that were granted to the 
opportunity to apply for certain regulatory waivers that were 
originally offered as part of the CARES Act waivers in Notice PIH 
2021-14 to provide continued flexibility during the pandemic and 
pandemic recovery. HUD expeditiously responded to these waiver 
request in accordance with Section 106 of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: First Quarter of 2023.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#67372e2f38221f1702030e1302033830060e11021514270f120349000811"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d7879e9f8892afa7b2b3bea3b2b38880b6bea1b2a5a497bfa2b3f9b0b8a1">[email protected]</span></a>.

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                          PHAs                                 Date
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Hope Housing Authority..................................        3/8/2023
Polk County Housing Authority...........................        2/7/2023
Paragould Housing Authority.............................       3/21/2023
White River Regional Housing Authority..................        2/2/2023
County of Monterey Hsg Auth.............................       2/17/2023
Center Housing Authority................................       2/17/2023
Boulder County Housing Authority........................       3/31/2023
County of Hawaii........................................        3/1/2023
City of Sioux City Housing Authority....................       1/25/2023
Moline Housing Authority................................       3/21/2023
Fulton County Housing Authority.........................       1/25/2023
Indianapolis Housing Agency.............................        3/1/2023
Housing Authority of the City of Charlestown............       3/21/2023
Housing Authority of the City of Crawfordsville.........        3/8/2023
Seymour Housing Authority...............................        2/2/2023
Housing Authority of the City of Noblesville............        1/4/2023
Johnson County Housing Authority........................       3/31/2023
Cumberland Valley Regional Housing Authority............        1/4/2023
Housing Authority of East Baton Rouge...................        3/8/2023
West Springfield Housing Authority......................        3/8/2023
Leominster Housing Authority............................       1/25/2023
Wicomico County Housing Authority.......................        2/7/2023
Housing Authority of the Town of Easton.................       2/17/2023
Baltimore County, MD....................................        1/4/2023
HRA of Duluth, Minnesota................................       2/17/2023
Scotland County Public Hsg Agency.......................       1/25/2023
Phelps County Public Housing Agency.....................       2/17/2023
Housing Authority of the City of High Point.............        2/6/2023
Williamston Housing Authority...........................       1/17/2023
Scotts Bluff County Housing Authority...................        3/1/2023
West Central Nebraska Joint Housing Authority...........       3/31/2023
Housing Authority of the Township of Middleton..........       3/16/2023
Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority...................        2/2/2023
Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency.........................        2/2/2023
Reading Housing Authority...............................        2/2/2023
Clearfield County Housing Authority.....................       3/28/2023
Housing Authority Providence............................        2/7/2023
Municipality of Patillas................................        3/8/2023
Housing Authority of the City of Columbia...............        2/7/2023
Housing Authority of Fort Mill..........................       3/31/2023

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Vermillion Housing And Redevelopment Commission.........       3/31/2023
East Tennessee Human Resource Agency....................       3/16/2023
Hampton Redevelopment & Housing Authority...............       1/25/2023
Va. Beach Dept. of Hsg & Neighborhood Pres..............        3/1/2023
Housing Authority of Skagit County......................        2/7/2023
Racine County Housing Authority.........................        3/8/2023
Kenosha Housing Authority...............................       3/28/2023
Sawyer County Housing Authority.........................       3/21/2023
Dodge County Housing Authority..........................       3/28/2023
Charleston/Kanawha Housing Authority....................       3/28/2023
Housing Authority of the City of Martinsburg............        3/8/2023
Housing Authority of Raleigh County.....................       3/28/2023
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Extended Streamlined Waivers/Regulation 2

    <bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.503(b) Voucher Tenancy: New 
Payment Standard Amount.
    Project/Activity: Notice PIH 2022-30 Extension of Certain 
Regulatory Waivers for the Housing Choice Voucher (including 
Mainstream) Program and Streamlined Review Process.
    Nature of Requirement: PHAs may request an extension of 
expedited waiver(s) to allow for establishment of payment standards 
from 111 to 120 percent of the FMR.
    Reason Waived: Extension for PHAs that were granted to the 
opportunity to apply for certain regulatory waivers that were 
originally offered as part of the CARES Act waivers in Notice PIH 
2021-14 to provide continued flexibility during the pandemic and 
pandemic recovery. HUD expeditiously responded to these waiver 
request in accordance with Section 106 of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
    Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant for Public 
and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: First Quarter of 2023.
    Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Office of Field Operations/Coordination 
and Compliance Division, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 
Suite 3180, Washington, DC 20410-5000, or email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#75253c3d2a300d0510111c0110112a22141c03100706351d00115b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f9a9b0b1a6bc81899c9d908d9c9da6ae98908f9c8b8ab9918c9dd79e968f">[email protected]</span></a>.

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                          PHAs                                 Date
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HA Midland City.........................................       2/17/2023
Hope Housing Authority..................................        3/8/2023
Polk County Housing Authority...........................        2/7/2023
Paragould Housing Authority.............................       3/21/2023
White River Regional Housing Authority..................        2/2/2023
Pulaski County Housing Agency...........................       3/21/2023
Center Housing Authority................................       2/17/2023
Housing Authority of the City of Miami Beach............        2/2/2023
County of Hawaii........................................        3/1/2023
County of Maui..........................................        3/8/2023
Indianapolis Housing Agency.............................        3/1/2023
Housing Authority of the City of Crawfordsville.........        3/8/2023
Seymour Housing Authority...............................        2/2/2023
South Central KS Area Agency on Aging (Cowley Co.)......       3/16/2023
Housing Authority of Newport............................        3/8/2023
Cumberland Valley Regional Housing Authority............        1/4/2023
Housing Authority of East Baton Rouge...................        3/8/2023
West Springfield Housing Authority......................        3/8/2023
Wicomico County Housing Authority.......................        2/7/2023
Housing Authority of the Town of Easton.................       2/17/2023
Baltimore County, MD....................................        1/4/2023
Phelps County Public Housing Agency.....................       2/17/2023
Whitefish Housing Authority.............................       2/17/2023
Housing Authority of the City of High Point.............        2/6/2023
Williamston Housing Authority...........................       1/17/2023
Scotts Bluff County Housing Authority...................        3/1/2023
Housing Authority of the Township of Middleton..........       3/16/2023
Cortland Housing Authority..............................       3/16/2023
Hudson Housing Authority................................       2/17/2023
Village of New Hartford.................................       3/21/2023
Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority...................        2/2/2023
Erie Metropolitan Housing Authority.....................       1/17/2023
Hocking Metropolitan Housing Authority..................        2/2/2023
Emerald Development and Economic Network................       3/31/2023
Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency.........................        2/2/2023
Reading Housing Authority...............................        2/2/2023
Clearfield County Housing Authority.....................       3/28/2023
Housing Authority Providence............................       3/21/2023
Municipality of Patillas................................        3/8/2023
Housing Authority of the City of Columbia...............        2/7/2023
Vermillion Housing And Redevelopment Commission.........       3/31/2023
Murfreesboro Housing Authority..........................       3/21/2023
East Tennessee Human Resource Agency....................       3/16/2023
Housing Authority of Odessa.............................        3/8/2023

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Panhandle Community Services............................        2/7/2023
Housing Authority of the City of Ogden..................        2/7/2023
Trempealeau County Housing Authority....................       3/16/2023
Racine County Housing Authority.........................        3/8/2023
CDA of the City of West Allis...........................       3/28/2023
Janesville Neighborhood Services........................       3/16/2023
Sawyer County Housing Authority.........................       3/21/2023
Dodge County Housing Authority..........................       3/28/2023
Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority......        3/8/2023
Charleston/Kanawha Housing Authority....................       3/16/2023
Housing Authority of the City of Martinsburg............        3/8/2023
Clarksburg/Harrison Housing Authority...................       2/17/2023
Housing Authority of Raleigh County.....................       1/17/2023
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[FR Doc. 2023-22603 Filed 10-13-23; 8:45 am]
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