[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40370-40372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19916]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4238-N-04]


Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) and Program Guidelines for 
Homeownership Zones; Fiscal Year 1997; Correction and Extension of 
Deadline

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA); Correction and Extension 
of Deadline.

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SUMMARY: On July 7, 1997 HUD published the fiscal year (FY) 1997 NOFA 
and program guidelines for Homeownership Zones. This notice provides a 
copy of the lobbying certification that applicants must submit in 
accordance with 24 CFR part 87; the copy of the certification was 
inadvertently omitted from the July 7, 1997 NOFA. This notice also 
provides additional information about the availability of and 
instructions for completing the forms applicants are required to 
submit. This notice corrects a typographical error with regard to the 
points available for the rating criteria. Finally, this notice extends 
the application submission deadline until September 30, 1997.

DEADLINE DATE: One original and two copies of each application must be 
received by HUD Headquarters at the address provided below by the 
deadline date. One additional copy must be received by the HUD Field 
Office by the deadline date. All four copies may be used in reviewing 
the application.

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    Applications Delivered. Applications are due before midnight on 
September 30, 1997. Before the deadline date, and on normal workdays 
between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., completed applications 
will be accepted at the Processing and Control Unit, Room 7255, 
Community Planning and Development at the address provided below.
    After 4:30 p.m. on the deadline date, hand-delivered applications 
will be received at the South Lobby of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development at the address provided below. HUD will treat as 
ineligible for consideration hand-delivered applications that are 
received after midnight on September 30, 1997.
    Applications Mailed. HUD will consider applications as received by 
the deadline if they are postmarked before midnight on September 30, 
1997, and received by HUD Headquarters within ten (10) calendar days 
after that date.
    Applications Sent by Overnight Delivery. HUD will consider 
applications sent by overnight delivery as having been received by the 
deadline upon submission of documentary evidence that they were placed 
in transit with the overnight delivery service by no later than 
September 30, 1997.
    Applications Sent by Facsimile (FAX). HUD will NOT accept any 
application sent by FAX.
    Applications Sent to HUD Field Offices. One copy of the application 
must be received by the HUD field office serving the area in which the 
applicant's Homeownership Zone is located. The field office must 
receive this copy by the deadline date, but a determination that an 
application was received on time will be made solely according to the 
receipt of the application at HUD Headquarters in Washington, DC.

ADDRESSES: This notice does not change the application submission 
information provided in the July 7, 1997 NOFA. One original and two 
copies of the completed application must be submitted to HUD 
Headquarters at the following address: Processing and Control Unit, 
Room 7255, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20410. One additional copy of the application must be sent to the 
Director of Community Planning and Development, at the HUD field office 
serving the State in which the Homeownership Zone is located.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Gordon McKay, Director, Office of 
Affordable Housing Programs, Room 7164, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; telephone 
(202) 708-2685 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing- or speech-
impaired individuals may access this number via TTY by calling the 
Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-TDDY, which is a toll-
free number. You may also contact the HUD field office serving your 
area at the number and address provided in Appendix A of the July 7, 
1997 NOFA. General background information about homeownership zones is 
also available through Community Connections by calling (800) 998-9999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 7, 1997 (62 FR 36412), HUD published 
the FY 1997 NOFA and program guidelines for Homeownership Zones. The 
July 7, 1997 NOFA announced the availability of $10 million to help 
reclaim distressed neighborhoods by creating homeownership 
opportunities for low-and moderate-income families, and to serve as a 
catalyst for private investment, business creation, and neighborhood 
revitalization. The NOFA contained information concerning basic program 
requirements, eligible applicants, funding availability, and 
application requirements and procedures.

Application Submission Requirements

    One of the application submission requirements is the certification 
regarding lobbying, which is required under HUD's regulations in 24 CFR 
part 87 (see 62 FR 36415). As indicated in the NOFA, HUD intended to 
include a copy of this certification as part of Appendix B of the NOFA 
(see 62 FR 36415), as well as a copy of the form for the disclosure of 
lobbying activities (SF-LLL) (see 62 FR 36419). While Appendix B of the 
NOFA did include the form for the disclosure of lobbying activities, 
HUD inadvertently failed to provide a copy of the required 
certification. Therefore, a copy of that certification is attached to 
this notice.
    Another application submission requirement is the Standard Form 
(SF) 424, the Application for Federal Assistance (see 62 FR 36414). 
Applicants should note that since the funding for Homeownership Zones 
is relatively new, there is no Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 
number for the program; applicants should indicate ``not applicable'' 
in box 10 of application form.
    The lobbying certification, the lobbying disclosure form (SF-LLL), 
and the application form (SF-424), as well as general background 
information about homeownership zones, are also available through 
Community Connections by calling (800) 998-9999. The forms are also 
available through HUD's homepage on the Internet (http://www.hud.gov).

Criteria for Rating Applications

    The July 7, 1997 NOFA described the criteria HUD will consider when 
selecting applications for funding (see 62 FR 36415-16). The 
description of criteria (5)--Capacity to Successfully Carry Out the 
Plan--in the NOFA contains a typographical error. Although the NOFA 
provides that 15 points are available for this criteria, the NOFA 
incorrectly provides that HUD will award not more than 19 points to 
proposals that do not includes a local partnership recognized by the 
National Partners in Homeownership. The NOFA should, however, provide 
that no more than 14 points will be awarded in the absence of such a 
partnership.
    Accordingly, FR Doc. 97-17548, the NOFA and Program Guidelines for 
Homeownership Zones, published in the Federal Register on July 7, 1997 
(62 FR 36412) is amended on page 36416, column 3, by correcting the 
introductory paragraph of section I.J(5), to read as follows:

I. Purpose and Substantive Description

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J. Criteria for Rating Applications

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(5) Capacity to Successfully Carry Out the Plan
    HUD will award up to 15 points based on the capacity of the 
applicant, its development team, and other partners to implement 
Homeownership Zone activities successfully. HUD is primarily concerned 
that the experience of the entities and key staff carrying out each 
activity reflect the specific areas of competency required for success 
in carrying out that activity. For example, if a nonprofit developer 
will be responsible for building and marketing 100 homes, HUD will 
expect that the developer has successfully undertaken similar projects 
in the past. HUD may consider information from performance reports, 
financial status information, monitoring reports, audit reports, and 
other information available to HUD in making its determination under 
this criterion. HUD will not award more than 14 points under this 
criterion to any proposal that does not include a local partnership 
recognized by the National Partners in Homeownership. In responding to 
this criterion, applicants should:
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    Dated: July 23, 1997.
Jacquie Lawing,
General Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.

Certification Regarding Lobbying

Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans, and Cooperative 
Agreements

    The undersigned certifies, to the best of his or her knowledge 
and belief, that:
    (1) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be 
paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned, to any person for 
influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of an 
agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or 
an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding 
of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making 
of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, 
and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification 
of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.
    (2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been 
paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to 
influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of 
Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a 
Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant, 
loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and 
submit Standard Form-LLL, ``Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying,'' in 
accordance with its instructions.
    (3) The undersigned shall require that the language of this 
certification be included in the award documents for all subawards 
at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under 
grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all 
subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.
    This certification is a material representation of fact upon 
which reliance was placed when this transaction was made or entered 
into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making 
or entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31, 
U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required certification 
shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not 
more than $100,000 for each such failure.

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