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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5613–N–01] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Amendment to an 

Existing System of Records, Inventory 

Management System Also Known as 

the Public and Indian Housing 

Information Center 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notification of an amendment to 

an existing Privacy Act System of 

Records, Inventory Management System 

(IMS), also known as the Public and 

Indian Housing (PIH) Information 

Center (PIC), HUD/PIH.01. 

SUMMARY: HUD is amending HUD/ 

PIH.01 to reflect changes in the 

following sections, which involve 

participants and PIH program 

administrators of the Public Housing, 

Section 8 Certificate, Section 8 TenantBased Assistance (Housing Choice 

Voucher (HCV)), Section 8 ProjectBased, and Section 8 Moderate 

Rehabilitation programs: Categories of 

Individuals Covered by the System, 

Categories of Records in the System, 

Purposes of the System, and Routine 

Uses of Records Maintained in the 

System, including Categories of Users 

and purposes of such use. These 

sections are revised to reflect the 

present status of the information 

contained in the system. The existing 

scope, objectives, and business 

processes in place for this program 

remain unchanged. A more detailed 

description of the present system is 

contained in this notice. This notice 

supersedes the previously published 

notice on October 6, 2008, at 73 FR 

58256. 

DATES: Effective Date: This proposal 

shall become effective, without further 

notice, May 14, 2012, unless comments 

are received during or before this period 

which would result in a contrary 

determination. 

Comments Due Date: May 14, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk, 

Office of General Counsel, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 Seventh Street SW., Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410–3000. 

Communications should refer to the 

above docket number and title. FAX 

comments are not acceptable. A copy of 

each communication submitted will be 

available for public inspection and 

copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

weekdays at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Inquiries pertaining to Privacy Act 

records: contact Harold Williams, 

Acting Chief Privacy Officer, telephone 

number (202) 402–8087, 451 Seventh 

Street SW. Room Number 4156, 

Washington, DC 20410. Regarding 

program-related inquiries: contact 

Nicole Faison, Program Advisor, 

telephone number (202) 475–7963, 

Washington, DC 20410, for the Office of 

Public and Indian Housing (PIH). [The 

above telephone numbers are not toll 

free numbers.] A telecommunications 

device for hearing and speech-impaired 

persons (TTY) is available by calling the 

Federal Information Relay Service’s tollfree telephone number (800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD 

intends to modify an existing Privacy 

Act system of records notice to create a 

new routine use exception to permit 

information sharing with the U.S. 

Department of Veterans Affairs for the 

purpose of advancing the goals of the 

nation’s federal strategic plan to prevent 

and end homelessness among veterans 

through the collection, analysis, and 

reporting of quality and timely data on 

homelessness. Pursuant to the Privacy 

Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 

552a(e)(4)(11), the system report was 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB), the Senate 

Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs, and the House 

Committee on Government Reform 

pursuant to Paragraph 4c of Appendix l 

to OMB Circular No. A–130, ‘‘Federal 

Agencies Responsibilities for 

Maintaining Records About 

Individuals,’’ July 25, 1994 (59 FR 

37914). This notice supersedes the 

previously published notice on October 

6, 2008 at 73 FR 58256. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a; 88 Stat. 1896; 42 

U.S.C. 3535(d). 

Dated: April 5, 2012. 

Kevin R. Cooke, 

Deputy Chief Information Officer. 

HUD/PIH.01 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Inventory Management System (IMS), 

also known as the Public and Indian 

Housing (PIH) Information Center (PIC), 

HUD/PIH.01. Note: This system was 

previously enumerated as HUD/PIH–4. 

With the publication of this notice, HUD 

will now reference the system number 

of HUD/PIH.01 to IMS/PIC. 

SYSTEM LOCATIONS: 

The files are maintained at the 

following locations: U.S. Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20410; and IMS/PIC servers are located 

in Charleston, WV; and are accessed 

through the Internet. The servers are 

maintained by HUD Information 

Technology Services (HITS) contractor, 

and HUD’s information technology 

partners: Electronic Data Services (EDS) 

and Lockheed Martin. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

The U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 1437; Title VI of the 

Civil Rights Act of 1962 (42 U.S.C. 

2000d); The Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

3601–3619); The Housing Community 

Development Act of 1981, Public Law 

97–35, 85 stat., 348,408; and The 

Housing and Community Development 

Act of 1987, 42 U.S.C. 3543. 

PURPOSES: 

IMS/PIC serves as a national 

repository of information related to 

Public Housing Authorities (PHAs), 

HUD-assisted families, HUD-assisted 

properties for the purpose of monitoring 

and evaluating the effectiveness of PIH 

rental housing assistance programs. 

IMS/PIC allows PHAs and PHA-hired 

management agents to electronically 

submit information to HUD that is 

related to the administration of HUD’s 

PIH programs. It collects data for PIH 

operations, including data submitted via 

the Internet from HUD’s field offices, 

and accurately tracks activities and 

processes. IMS/PIC also helps to 

increase sharing of information 

throughout PIH and HUD, which 

improves staff awareness of activities 

related to the administration of HUDsubsidized housing programs. IMS/PIC 

is a flexible, scalable, internet-based 

integrated system, which enables PHA 

users and HUD personnel to access a 

common database of PHA information 

via their web browser. IMS/PIC aids 

HUD and entities that administer HUD’s 

assisted housing programs in: (a) 

Increasing the effective distribution of 

rental assistance to individuals that 

meet the requirements of federal rental 

assistance programs; (b) detecting 

abuses in assisted housing programs; (c) 

taking administrative or legal actions to 

resolve past and current abuses of 

assisted housing programs; (d) 

monitoring compliance with HUD 

program requirements (e) deterring 

abuses by verifying the employment and 

income of tenants at the time of annual 

and interim reexaminations of family 

income and composition via the PIH 

Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) 

system; (f) evaluating program 

effectiveness; (g) improving PHA IMS/ 

PIC reporting rate; (h) forecasting 

budgets; (i) controlling funds; (j) 

updating tenant information; and (k) 

updating building and unit data. 


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CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Families residing in a HUD-assisted 

property and/or receiving rental housing 

assistance via programs administered by 

the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, Public Housing Agencies 

(PHAs) and PHA-hired management 

agents. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Records consist of the following 

information as reported to HUD by 

PHAs and PHA-hired management 

agents: 

1. PHA information: agency name, 

HUD-assigned PHA Code, HUD program 

type family participates in; project 

number, building number, building 

entrance number, and unit number 

(applicable to only the Public Housing 

program). 

2. PHA point of contact information 

for individuals that work for, and access 

IMS/PIC and oversee the PHA’s 

administration (i.e. Mayors, board 

members, managers, directors, etc.: 

individual’s name, agency’s physical 

address, agency’s mailing address, 

agency’s telephone numbers, email 

addresses for point of contacts. 

3. Action information: type of action 

(new admission, annual reexamination, 

interim reexamination, portability 

move-in, portability move-out, end of 

participation, other change of unit, FSS/ 

WTW addendum only, annual 

reexamination searching (Section 8 

program only), issuance of voucher 

(Section 8 program only), expiration of 

voucher (Section 8 program only), flat 

rent annual updated (Public Housing 

program only), annual HQS inspection 

(Section 8 program only), historical 

adjustment, and void); effective date of 

action, indication of correction of 

previous submitted information, type of 

correction, date family was admitted 

into a PIH rental assistance program, 

projected effective date of next 

reexamination of family income and/or 

composition, projected date of next flat 

rent annual updated (applicable only to 

the Public Housing program), indication 

of whether or not the family is or has 

participated in the Family Selfsufficiency (FSS) program within the 

last year, identification of special 

Section 8 program (applicable only to 

the Section 8 program), identification of 

other special HUD rental program(s) the 

family is participating in, and ‘‘PHA Use 

Only’’ fields which are used by PHAs 

for general administrative purposes or 

other uses as prescribed by HUD. 

4. Family composition (which 

includes the following personally 

identifiable information) as reported by 

the family and verified by PHAs and 

PHA-hired management agents: Last 

name, first name, middle initial, date of 

birth, age on effective date of action, 

sex, relationship to head of household, 

citizenship status, disability status, race, 

ethnicity, social security number, alien 

registration number, compliance with 

community service or self-sufficiency 

requirement for public housing tenants, 

total number of household members, 

family subsidy status under the 

noncitizens rule, eligibility effective 

date, and former head of household’s 

social security number. 

5. Geographical and unit information: 

a. Background at admission 

information as reported by the family: 

date family entered the waiting list, zip 

code before admission, whether or not 

the family was homeless at time of 

admission, whether or not the family 

qualifies for admission over the very 

low-income limit, whether or not the 

family is continuously assisted under 

the 1937 Housing Act, whether or not 

there is a HUD-approved income 

targeting disregard. 

b. Subsidized Unit information: unit 

number and street address, city, state 

and zip code in which the subsidized 

unit is located, whether or not the 

family’s mailing address is the same 

address of the unit to be occupied by the 

family, family’s mailing address (unit 

number and street address, city, state, 

and zip code) if different from the 

address of the subsidized unit, number 

of bedrooms, whether or not the unit is 

an accessible unit (applicable to the 

Public Housing program only), whether 

or not the family has requested 

accessibility features (applicable to the 

Public Housing program only), whether 

or not the family has received the 

requested accessibility features 

(applicable to the Public Housing 

program only), date the unit last passed 

Housing Quality Standards (HQS) 

inspection (applicable to the Section 8 

program only, except Homeownership 

and Project-Based Vouchers programs), 

date of last annual HQS inspection 

(applicable to the Section 8 program 

only, except Homeownership and 

Project-Based Vouchers programs), year 

the unit was built (applicable to the 

Section 8 program only), and the 

structure type of the unit (applicable to 

the Section 8 program only). 

6. Family assets information, as 

reported by the family and verified by 

PHAs and PHA-hired management 

agents, which includes the type of asset, 

cash value of the asset, anticipated 

annual income derived from the asset, 

passbook rate, imputed asset income, 

and final asset income. 

7. Family income information, as 

reported by the family and verified by 

PHAs and PHA-hired management 

agents, which includes the income 

source, PHA income calculations, 

annual income derived from the income 

source, income exclusion amount in 

accordance with HUD program 

requirements and annual income 

amount after deducting allowable 

income exclusion for each household 

member of the family, total household 

annual income, amounts of permissible 

deductions and other deductions to 

annual income in accordance with HUD 

program requirements, and amount of 

family adjusted annual income. 

8. Total tenant payment (TTP), 

minimum rent amount, most recent TTP 

amount, and tenant rent calculation 

information in accordance with HUD 

requirements for the specific PIH rental 

assistance program the family is 

currently participating in. 

9. Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) and 

Welfare-to-Work (WTW) program 

information: type of self-sufficiency 

program the family is participating in, 

FSS report category, FSS effective date, 

PHA code of PHA administering FSS 

contract, WTW report category, WTW 

effective date of action, PHA code of 

PHA that issued the WTW voucher, 

PHA code of PHA counting the family 

as enrolled in its WTW voucher 

program if different than the PHA Code 

of PHA that issued the WTW voucher; 

and general information pertaining to 

the employment status of the head of 

household, date current employment 

began, type of employment benefits 

head of household receives from 

employer, number of years of school 

completed by the head of household, 

type of other federal assistance received 

by the family, number of children 

receiving childcare services, and 

optional information related to the type 

of family services the family needs, 

whether or not the need was met during 

participation in the FSS or WTW 

program, and the name of the service 

provider; FSS contract, account and exit 

information; and WTW voucher 

program information. 

10. PHA IMS/PIC system user’s 

information: Name, telephone number, 

fax number, email address, mailing 

address, agency Web site address. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b) of the Privacy Act, other routine 

uses include: Categories of users and 

routine uses of information contained in 

IMS/PIC may include: 

1. To a Congressional office from the 

record of an individual in response to 


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an inquiry from that Congressional 

office made at the request of the 

individual to whom the records pertain; 

2. To the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) for use 

in its records management inspections 

and its role as an Archivist; 

3. To the Department of Justice (DOJ) 

when seeking legal advice or for use in 

any proceeding, or in preparation for 

any proceeding, when HUD or any 

component thereof disclose information 

to DOJ during the course of an 

investigation to the extent necessary to 

obtain information pertinent to the 

investigation under applicable HUD 

administered rental housing assistance 

programs; 

4. To third parties during the course 

of law enforcement investigation to the 

extent necessary to obtain information 

pertinent to the investigation; 

5. To GEO Coding Service Center 

system to obtain GEO coding for all 

HUD-subsidized units; 

6. To any federal, state, and local 

agency pursuant to an approved 

computer matching agreement (e.g., 

state agencies administering the state’s 

unemployment compensation laws, 

state welfare and food stamp agencies, 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services, and U.S. Social Security 

Administration): To verify the accuracy 

and completeness of the data provided, 

to verify eligibility or continued 

eligibility in HUD’s rental assistance 

programs, to identify and recover 

improper payments in accordance with 

the Improper Payments Elimination and 

Recovery Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–204, 

31 U.S.C. 3301 note and 31 U.S.C. 3321 

note), and to aid in the identification of 

tenant errors, fraud, and abuse in 

assisted housing programs through 

HUD’s tenant income computer 

matching programs in accordance with 

the Federal Privacy Act and Computer 

Matching and Privacy Protection Act; 

7. To individuals under contract to 

HUD or under contract to another 

agency with funds provided by HUD: 

For the preparation of studies and 

statistical reports directly related to the 

management of HUD’s rental assistance 

programs, to support quality control for 

tenant eligibility efforts requiring a 

random sampling of tenant files to 

determine the extent of administrative 

errors in making rent calculations, 

eligibility determinations, etc., and for 

processing re-examinations (individuals 

provided information under this routine 

use is subject to Privacy Act 

requirements and limitation on 

disclosures as are applicable to HUD 

officials and employees); 

8. To PHAs and PHA-hired 

management agents, and auditors of 

HUD rental housing assistance 

programs: To verify the accuracy and 

completeness of tenant data used in 

determining eligibility and continued 

eligibility and the amount of housing 

assistance received; 

9. To PHAs and PHA-hired 

management agents of HUD rental 

housing assistance programs: To 

identify and resolve discrepancies in 

tenant data; 

10. To researchers affiliated with 

academic institutions, with not-forprofit organizations, or with federal, 

state or local governments, or to policy 

researchers: Without personally 

identifiable information: For the 

performance of research and statistical 

activities on housing and community 

development issues (individuals 

provided information under this routine 

use is subject to Privacy Act 

requirements and limitation on 

disclosures as are applicable to HUD 

officials and employees); 

11. To HUD contractors, independent 

public auditors and accountants, and 

PHAs: For the purpose of conducting 

oversight and monitoring of program 

operations to determine compliance 

with applicable laws and regulations, 

and financial reporting requirements 

(individuals provided information 

under this routine use is subject to 

Privacy Act requirements and limitation 

on disclosures as are applicable to HUD 

officials and employees); 

12. To the U.S. Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA) for statistical 

analysis to advance the goals of the 

nation’s federal strategic plan to prevent 

and end homelessness through the 

collection, analysis, and reporting of 

quality and timely data on veterans 

homelessness to assist VA with the 

establishment and/or verification of the 

following: Reducing homelessness 

among our nation’s veterans; identify 

and understand the needs of homeless 

veterans and to develop programs and 

services to address those needs; 

effective administration of the HUD– 

Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing 

(VASH) program by HUD and VA 

business partners; HUD–VASH program 

monitoring and evaluation; and the 

production of aggregate statistical data 

without any personal identifiers, which 

will not be used to make decisions 

concerning the rights, benefits, or 

privileges of specific individuals, or 

providers of services with respect to 

assistance provided under the HUD– 

VASH program; 

13. To the U.S. Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA), under approved 

computer matching agreement, or data 

sharing agreement pursuant to a 

Presidential Executive Order (EO) 

mandate and in accordance with the 

Federal Privacy Act and Computer 

Matching and Privacy Protection Act: 

To identify and recover overpayments 

(improper payments) of rental 

assistance, determine compliance with 

program requirements by program 

administrators and participants of HUD 

rental housing assistance programs, 

deter future abuses in rental housing 

assistance programs, reduce 

administrative costs associated with 

manual program evaluation and 

monitoring efforts, and ensure that only 

eligible participants receive rental 

assistance in the correct amount; 

14. To the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA), under an 

approved computer matching 

agreement, or data sharing agreement 

pursuant to a Presidential EO mandate 

in accordance with the Federal Privacy 

Act and Computer Matching and 

Privacy Protection Act: To identify 

existing families which participate in a 

HUD rental assistance program and are 

currently receiving housing assistance; 

15. To any Federal agency pursuant to 

statutory or regulatory authority in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

U.S. Federal Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) 

and Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protection Act; and 

16. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when: (a) HUD suspects or 

has confirmed that the security or 

confidentiality of information in a 

system of records has been 

compromised; (b) HUD has determined 

that as a result of the suspected or 

confirmed compromise there is a risk of 

harm to economic or property interests, 

identity theft or fraud, or harm to the 

security or integrity of systems or 

programs (whether maintained by HUD 

or another agency or entity) that rely 

upon the compromised information; and 

(c) the disclosure made to such 

agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with HUD’s efforts to 

respond to the suspected or confirmed 

compromise and prevent, minimize, or 

remedy such harm for purposes of 

facilitating responses and remediation 

efforts in the event of a data breach. 

POLICIES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, AND

DISPOSING OF SYSTEM RECORDS

STORAGE: 

Records are stored manually and 

electronically in PHA office automation 

equipment and paper files, respectively. 

Records are stored on HUD computer 

servers for HUD and PHA staff to access 

via the Internet. HUD’s information 

technology partners, Electronic Data 

Services (EDS) and Lockheed Martin 


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maintain disk and backup files of IMS/ 

PIC data. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Tenant records may be retrieved by 

computer search of indices by the Head 

of Household’s or household member’s 

name, date of birth, and/or SSN of an 

existing or form HUD program 

participant. PHA records may be 

retrieved by PHA Code, User ID, and/or 

IMS/PIC user’s last name. Note: A user’s 

search capability is limited to only those 

program participants within the user’s 

jurisdiction and assigned to his or her 

User ID. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records are maintained at the U.S. 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development in Washington, DC with 

limited access to those persons whose 

official duties require the use of such 

records. Computer files and printed 

listings are maintained in locked 

cabinets. Background screening, limited 

authorization and access with access 

limited to authorize personnel and 

authorize users. User’s access, updates 

access, read-only access, and approval 

access based on the user’s role and 

security access level. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Electronic records are maintained and 

destroyed in accordance with 

requirements of the HUD Records 

Disposition Schedule, 2225–6. In 

accordance with 24 CFR 908.101 and 

HUD record retention requirements at 

24 CFR 85.42, PHAs are required to 

retain at least three years’ worth of IMS/ 

PIC data either electronically or in paper 

form. 

SYSTEM MANAGERS AND ADDRESSES: 

Office of Public and Indian Housing 

(PIH), Real Estate Assessment Center 

(REAC) Nicole Faison, IMS/PIC System 

Business Owner. Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street SW., Room PCFL1, Washington, 

DC 20410; Eugene Chen, PIC/IMS 

System Project Manager, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street SW., Room PCFL2, 

Washington, DC 20410. 

NOTIFICATION AND RECORD ACCESS

PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether this system of records contains 

information about them, or those 

seeking access to such records, should 

address inquiries to Harold Williams, 

Acting Chief Privacy Officer, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., 

Room 4156, Washington, DC 20410. 

Provide verification of your identity by 

providing two proofs of identification. 

Your verification of identity must 

include your original signature and 

must be notarized. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Since tenant information reported in 

IMS/PIC is submitted to HUD by PHAs 

based on information collected directly 

from the individual, tenants must 

contact the PHA to request correction of 

any tenant-supplied information 

reported incorrectly by the PHA. HUD 

does not have the ability to modify 

PHA-reported data within IMS/PIC. 

With respect to any HUD determination 

based on IMS/PIC data, the procedures 

for appealing HUD’s initial 

determination records are outlined in 24 

CFR part 16. If additional information is 

needed, contact: 

(i) Contesting content of records: The 

Acting Chief Privacy Officer, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., 

Room 4156, Washington, DC 20410, if 

contesting the content of records; or 

(ii) Appeals of initial HUD 

determinations: The Departmental 

Privacy Appeals Office, Office of 

General Counsel, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 

20410 for appeals of initial denials. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

IMS/PIC receives data from HUD staff, 

HUD contractors, PHAs, PHA-hired 

management agents, the Social Security 

Administration, the Department of 

Veteran Affairs, the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, other federal, state 

and local agencies. The IMS/PIC data 

reported by PHAs and PHA-hired 

management agents is electronically 

transmitted to IMS/PIC using PHAowned software or via HUD’s Family 

Reporting Software (FRS). 

EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE

ACT: 

None. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8968 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5620–N–01] 

Section 8 Housing Assistance 

Payments Program-Annual Adjustment 

Factors, Fiscal Year 2012 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 

Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs). 

SUMMARY: The United States Housing 

Act of 1937 requires that assistance 

contracts signed by owners participating 

in the Department’s Section 8 housing 

assistance payment programs provide 

annual adjustments to monthly rentals 

for units covered by the contracts. This 

notice announces FY 2012 AAFs for 

adjustment of contract rents on 

assistance contract anniversaries. The 

factors are based on a formula using 

residential rent and utility cost changes 

from the most recent annual Bureau of 

Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index 

(CPI) survey. These factors are applied 

at Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) 

contract anniversaries for those calendar 

months commencing after the effective 

date of this notice. For FY 2011 and FY 

2010, these AAFs were designated as 

‘‘Contract Rent’’ AAFs, to differentiate 

them from ‘‘Renewal Funding’’ AAFs 

that were used exclusively for renewal 

funding of tenant-based rental 

assistance. Renewal Funding AAFs are 

being replaced by an inflation factor 

established by the Secretary, so there is 

no need to differentiate the AAF by use. 

A separate Federal Register Notice will 

be published that will identify the 

inflation factors that will be used to 

adjust tenant-based rental assistance 

funding for FY 2012. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 13, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael S. Dennis, Director, Housing 

Voucher Programs, Office of Public 

Housing and Voucher Programs, Office 

of Public and Indian Housing, 202–708– 

1380, for questions relating to the 

Project-Based Certificate and Moderate 

Rehabilitation programs (non Single 

Room Occupancy); Ann Oliva, Director, 

Office of Special Needs Assistance 

Programs, Office of Community 

Planning and Development, 202–708– 

4300, for questions regarding the Single 

Room Occupancy (SRO) Moderate 

Rehabilitation program; Catherine 

Brennan, Acting Director, Office of 

Housing Assistance and Grant 

Administration, Office of Housing, 202– 

708–3000, for questions relating to all 

other Section 8 programs; and Geoffrey 

Newton, Economist, Economic and 

Market Analysis Division, Office of 

Policy Development and Research, 202– 

402–6058, for technical information 

regarding the development of the 

schedules for specific areas or the 

methods used for calculating the AAFs. 

The mailing address for these 

individuals is: Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20410. Hearing- or 

speech-impaired persons may contact 

the Federal Information Relay Service at 

800–877–8339 (TTY). (Other than the 

‘‘800’’ TTY number, the above-listed 

telephone numbers are not toll free.) 


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