[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41406-41407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20299]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4220-C-02]


Notice of Fiscal Year 1997 Funding for the Section 8 Rental 
Certificate and Rental Voucher Programs; Correction

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 funding for the Section 8 
Rental Certificate and Rental Voucher Programs; Correction.

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SUMMARY: On June 23, 1997, HUD published a notice providing general 
information about the Section 8 certificate and voucher program budget 
authority made available by HUD's FY 1997 Appropriations Act and 
additional carryover budget authority that is available for use in FY 
1997. That notice also described the application process for making 
these Section 8 funds available to public housing agencies (HAs), 
including Indian housing authorities, during FY 1997. In that notice, 
HUD explained that for certain categories of Section 8 certificate and 
voucher funds, applications for funds may not be processed if the HA is 
subject to certain civil rights, litigation, Inspector General, or 
management review findings or actions. This correction document 
explains that HUD intends not to process HA applications where HUD 
determines that any pending litigation may seriously impede the ability 
of the HA to administer the certificates or vouchers.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerald J. Benoit, Director, Operations 
Division, Office of Rental Assistance, Office of Public and Indian 
Housing, Room 4220, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20410-8000, telephone (202) 708-
0477. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may call HUD's TTY 
number (202) 708-4594, or the Federal Information Relay Service at 
(800) 877-8339. (With the exception of the ``800'' number, these 
telephone numbers are not toll-free.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 23, 1997 (62 FR 33952), HUD 
published a notice providing general information about the Section 
8 certificate and voucher program budget authority made available 
by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 
(Pub. L. 104-204, approved September 26, 1996; 110 Stat. 2874, 
2882) and additional carryover budget authority that is available 
for use in FY 1997. That notice also described the application 
process for making these Section 8 funds available to public 
housing agencies (HAs), including Indian housing authorities, 
during FY 1997. The notice explained the funding categories for 
which Section 8 funds will be offered during FY 1997 (e.g., funding 
for relocation units, replacement units, and units for other 
special purposes) (see 62 FR 33952).

    The June 23, 1997 notice provided that for Funding Category 1 
(Public Housing Relocation), Funding Category 2 (Public Housing 
Development Funds Recapture Exchange), and Funding Category 3 (Public 
Housing Replacement), HUD will not process applications if the HA is 
subject to certain civil rights, litigation, Inspector General, or 
management review findings or actions (see 62 FR 33953-54). Section 
II.C.6. of that notice mistakenly provided that HUD will not process 
applications if it determines that ``any pending litigation described 
in this section II.C. of this notice may seriously impede the ability 
of the HA to administer the certificates or vouchers'' (62 FR 33954) 
(emphasis added). That phrase, however, is misdescriptive, since 
section II.C. otherwise primarily describes only civil rights-related 
litigation. HUD intended to provide in the June 23, 1997 notice that, 
for Funding Categories 1, 2, and 3, it will not process an application 
from an HA if it determines that any pending litigation may seriously 
impede the HA's ability to administer the certificates or vouchers. 
Therefore, this document corrects the June 23, 1997 NOFA to reflect 
HUD's intentions regarding the scope of this ineligibility provision.
    Accordingly, FR Doc. 97-16249, the Notice of Fiscal Year 1997 
Funding for the Section 8 Rental Certificate and Rental Voucher 
Programs, published in the Federal Register on June 23, 1997 (62 FR 
33952) is amended on page 33954, column 1, by correcting section 
II.C.6. to read as follows:

II. Applications for Funding Category 1 (Public Housing Relocation), 
Funding Category 2 (Public Housing Development Funds Recapture 
Exchange), and Funding Category 3 (Public Housing Replacement)

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C. Eligibility for Funding Category 1 (Public Housing Relocation), 
Funding Category 2 (Public Housing Development Funds Recapture 
Exchange), and Funding Category 3 (Public Housing Replacement)--
Ineligibility Due to Civil Rights, Litigation, Inspector General, and 
Management Review Findings or Actions

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    6. HUD determines that any pending litigation may seriously impede 
the ability of the HA to administer the certificates or vouchers.
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    Dated: July 28, 1997.
Kevin Emanuel Marchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 97-20299 Filed 7-31-97; 8:45 am]
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