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amended, notice is hereby given of the 

following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences Special 

Emphasis Panel; Member Conflict T32 

Training Grant Review meeting. 

Date: November 13, 2024. 

Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Address: National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences, Keystone 

Building, 530 Davis Drive, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27713. 

Meeting Format: Virtual Meeting. 

Contact Person: Murali Ganesan, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review 

Branch, Division of Extramural Research and 

Training (DERT), National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences, National 

Institutes of Health, Keystone Building, 

Room 3097, Research Triangle Park, NC 

27713, Phone: 984–287–4674, Email: 

murali.ganesan@nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.115, Biometry and Risk 

Estimation—Health Risks from 

Environmental Exposures; 93.142, NIEHS 

Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety 

Training; 93.143, NIEHS Superfund 

Hazardous Substances—Basic Research and 

Education; 93.894, Resources and Manpower 

Development in the Environmental Health 

Sciences; 93.113, Biological Response to 

Environmental Health Hazards; 93.114, 

Applied Toxicological Research and Testing, 

National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: October 2, 2024. 

Bruce A. George, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23176 Filed 10–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6460–N–01] 

Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests 

Granted for the First Quarter of 

Calendar Year 2024 

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, 

HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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, 2024 and ending on March 31, 2024. 

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/telecommunicationsrelay-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 2024. 

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, 2024 through March 31, 2024. 

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 § 58.73 and 

§ 58.74 would appear sequentially in the 

listing under § 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 2024) 

before the next report is published (the 


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second quarter of calendar year 2024), 

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. 

Benjamin B. Klubes, 

Principal Deputy General Counsel. 

APPENDIX 

Listing of Waivers of Regulatory 

Requirements Granted by Offices of the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development January 1, 2024 through March 

31, 2024 

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. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1). 

Project/Activity: Los Angeles, California, 

requested a waiver of 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1) to 

allow the use of the utility allowance 

established by the local public housing 

agency (PHA) for Beswick Senior 

Apartments, a HOME-assisted project. 

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 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 30, 2024. 

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 to 

establish and implement different utility 

allowances for HOME-assisted and nonHOME assisted units in a project. 

Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office 

of Affordable Housing Programs, Office of 

Community Planning and Development, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 

7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

708–2684. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1). 

Project/Activity: Sunnyvale and Santa 

Clara County, California, requested waivers 

of 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1) to allow the use of the 

utility allowance established by the local 

public housing agency (PHA) for the Block 15 

project, designated as IDIS activities #624 

(Sunnyvale) and #1859 (Santa Clara County). 

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 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: March 8, 2024. 

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 to 

establish and implement different utility 

allowances for HOME-assisted and nonHOME assisted units in a project. 

Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office 

of Affordable Housing Programs, Office of 

Community Planning and Development, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 

7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

708–2684. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1). 

Project/Activity: Clark County, Nevada, 

requested a waiver of 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1) to 

allow the use of the utility allowance 

established by the local public housing 

agency (PHA) for the Southern Pines 2 

project. 

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 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: March 27, 2024. 

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 to 

establish and implement different utility 

allowances for HOME-assisted and nonHOME assisted units in a project. 

Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office 

of Affordable Housing Programs, Office of 

Community Planning and Development, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 

7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

708–2684. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 93.400(d)(2). 

Project/Activity: The State of Hawaii 

requested a waiver of 24 CFR 93.400(d)(2) to 

extend the expenditure deadline for its Fiscal 

Year 2018 grant funds which are currently 

committed to the Kaloko Heights project. 

Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 

24 CFR 93.400(d)(2) requires HUD to reduce 

or recapture any funds in the grantee’s HTF 

Treasury account that are not expended 

within five years after HUD executed the 

grantee’s HTF grant agreement. 

Granted by: Marion M. McFadden, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Community Planning and Development. 

Date Granted: February 23, 2024. 

Reason Waived: The Department 

determined that a waiver of the State’s FY 

2018 HTF expenditure requirement is 

justified based on construction delays. This 

waiver will ensure that $1,350,000 of HTF 

funds are not deobligated and that the State 

has sufficient resources to complete the 

construction of the Kaloko Heights project, 

which will provide needed affordable rental 

housing units. 

Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office 

of Affordable Housing Programs, Office of 

Community Planning and Development, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 

7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

708–2684. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 93.400(d)(2). 

Project/Activity: The State of Texas 

requested a waiver of 24 CFR 93.400(d)(2) to 

extend the expenditure deadline for its Fiscal 

Year 2017 grant funds which are committed 

to the Heritage Heights project. 

Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 

24 CFR 93.400(d)(2) requires HUD to reduce 

or recapture any funds in the grantee’s HTF 

Treasury account that are not expended 

within five years after HUD executed the 

grantee’s HTF grant agreement. 

Granted by: Marion M. McFadden, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Community Planning and Development. 

Date Granted: March 8, 2024. 

Reason Waived: The Department 

determined that a waiver of the State’s FY 

2017 expenditure requirement is justified 

because unanticipated delays in project 

construction prevented the State from 

expending all of the HTF funds committed to 

the project before the five-year expenditure 

deadline. This waiver will enable the State to 

retain HTF funds committed to the Heritage 

Heights project and prevent the potential loss 

of affordable units. 

Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office 

of Affordable Housing Programs, Office of 

Community Planning and Development, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 

7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

708–2684. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1). 

Project/Activity: Los Angeles, California, 

requested a waiver of 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1) to 

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established by the local public housing 

agency (PHA) for Beswick Senior 

Apartments, a HOME-assisted project. 

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 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 30, 2024. 

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 to 

establish and implement different utility 

allowances for HOME-assisted and nonHOME assisted units in a project. 

Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office 

of Affordable Housing Programs, Office of 

Community Planning and Development, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 

7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

708–2684. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1). 

Project/Activity: Sunnyvale and Santa 

Clara County, California, requested waivers 

of 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1) to allow the use of the 

utility allowance established by the local 

public housing agency (PHA) for the Block 15 

project, designated as IDIS activities #624 

(Sunnyvale) and #1859 (Santa Clara County). 

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 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: March 8, 2024. 

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 to 

establish and implement different utility 

allowances for HOME-assisted and nonHOME assisted units in a project. 

Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office 

of Affordable Housing Programs, Office of 

Community Planning and Development, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 

7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

708–2684. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1). 

Project/Activity: Clark County, Nevada, 

requested a waiver of 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1) to 

allow the use of the utility allowance 

established by the local public housing 

agency (PHA) for the Southern Pines 2 

project. 

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 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: March 27, 2024. 

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 to 

establish and implement different utility 

allowances for HOME-assisted and nonHOME assisted units in a project. 

Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office 

of Affordable Housing Programs, Office of 

Community Planning and Development, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 

7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

708–2684. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 93.400(d)(2). 

Project/Activity: The State of Hawaii 

requested a waiver of 24 CFR 93.400(d)(2) to 

extend the expenditure deadline for its Fiscal 

Year 2018 grant funds which are currently 

committed to the Kaloko Heights project. 

Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 

24 CFR 93.400(d)(2) requires HUD to reduce 

or recapture any funds in the grantee’s HTF 

Treasury account that are not expended 

within five years after HUD executed the 

grantee’s HTF grant agreement. 

Granted by: Marion M. McFadden, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Community Planning and Development. 

Date Granted: February 23, 2024. 

Reason Waived: The Department 

determined that a waiver of the State’s FY 

2018 HTF expenditure requirement is 

justified based on construction delays. This 

waiver will ensure that $1,350,000 of HTF 

funds are not deobligated and that the State 

has sufficient resources to complete the 

construction of the Kaloko Heights project, 

which will provide needed affordable rental 

housing units. 

Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office 

of Affordable Housing Programs, Office of 

Community Planning and Development, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 

7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

708–2684. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 93.400(d)(2). 

Project/Activity: The State of Texas 

requested a waiver of 24 CFR 93.400(d)(2) to 

extend the expenditure deadline for its Fiscal 

Year 2017 grant funds which are committed 

to the Heritage Heights project. 

Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 

24 CFR 93.400(d)(2) requires HUD to reduce 

or recapture any funds in the grantee’s HTF 

Treasury account that are not expended 

within five years after HUD executed the 

grantee’s HTF grant agreement. 

Granted by: Marion M. McFadden, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Community Planning and Development. 

Date Granted: March 8, 2024. 

Reason Waived: The Department 

determined that a waiver of the State’s FY 

2017 expenditure requirement is justified 

because unanticipated delays in project 

construction prevented the State from 

expending all of the HTF funds committed to 

the project before the five-year expenditure 

deadline. This waiver will enable the State to 

retain HTF funds committed to the Heritage 

Heights project and prevent the potential loss 

of affordable units. 

Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office 

of Affordable Housing Programs, Office of 

Community Planning and Development, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 

7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

708–2684. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 576.106(d)(1). 

Project/Activity: HUD granted a waiver of 

24 CFR 576.106(d)(1) to the New York State 

Office of Temporary and Disability 

Assistance (OTDA) to allow its subrecipients 

use Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 and 2023 

Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Program 

Rapid Re-housing (RRH) and Homelessness 

Prevention (HP) funds for housing units with 

rents that exceed the HUD-established Fair 

Market Rent (FMR) requirements in the 

following areas: Albany County, Cattaraugus 

County, Chautauqua County, Columbia 

County, Delaware County, Dutchess County, 

Erie County, Essex County, Franklin County, 

Fulton County, Greene County, Kings 

County, Lewis County, Madison County, 

Monroe County, Montgomery County, New 

York City, Onondaga County, Ontario 

County, Orange County, Putnam County, 

Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, 

Schuyler County, Seneca County, St. 

Lawrence County, Sullivan County, 

Tompkins County, Ulster County, 

Washington County, Wayne County, 

Westchester County and Yates County. 

OTDA and its subrecipients must still 

comply with the rent reasonableness 

requirements in 24 CFR 576.106(d)(1). 

Subject to funding availability and unless 

otherwise provided by HUD, the State may 

also apply this waiver to further ESG grants 

under the same conditions that are stated 

above for the State of New York’s FY 2022 

(E22DC360001), and FY 2023 (E23DC360001) 

grants. 

Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 

576.106(d)(1) provides that 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 M. McFadden, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Community Planning and Development. 

Date Granted: January 31, 2024. 


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Reason Waived: Because ESG rental 

assistance is time-limited, and program 

participants must find other rental assistance 

or pay the full rent to stay housed at the 

program’s end, HUD’s FMR-based restriction 

in 24 CFR 576.106(d)(t) serves dually as 

safeguard and benchmark for successful 

housing placements. In some cases, though, 

allowing rental assistance only in units that 

rent at or below HUD’s FMR can impede 

rather than promote the efficient use of ESG 

assistance. In this case, HUD has received 

information showing the current FMR is not 

an accurate reflection of the rental market in 

affected areas identified by the recipient. The 

state reports that average rents are 

consistently higher than FMR limits for the 

affected areas. OTDA provided data showing 

that, on average, communities report actual 

rents 28.7 percent higher than FY 2023 

FMRs. Average rents as of November 2023 

are still 21 percent higher than current FY 

2024 FMRs. Average rent amounts for onebedroom units range from 1.0 percent greater 

than FMR in Putnam County, NY to 5 1 

percent greater than FMR in Onondaga 

County, NY. Average rent amounts for twobedroom units in the affected areas range 

from 1 .1 percent greater than FMR in St. 

Lawrence County, NY to 91.2 percent greater 

than FMR in Onondaga County, NY. Because 

renting at any amount over FMR disqualifies 

a unit as an eligible option for ESG 

assistance, these consistently higher-thanFMR average rent amounts, coupled with a 

tight rental market, continue to hamper the 

network of providers in their ability to 

provide permanent housing solutions to 

households in crisis. In circumstances like 

these, the costs of the FMR-based restriction 

seem to outweigh its benefits due to the 

challenge of finding units that meet FMR 

requirements. 

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. 

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. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 200.24. 

Project/Activity: Blanket Partial Waiver for 

Cooperative Manufactured Housing Park 

Projects insured under Section 223(f) 

Program. 

Nature of Requirement: Currently this 

regulation does not allow the purchase of 

cooperative manufactured housing parks. 

HUD’s regulation limits Section 223(f) to 

refinancing the existing debt of an existing 

cooperative projects. 

Granted By: Julia R. Gordon, Assistant 

Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing 

Commissioner. 

Date Granted: March 1, 2024. 

Reason Waived: Granting the regulation 

waiver will permit acquisition of cooperative 

manufactured housing parks, which will 

increase the options for existing residents to 

buy their manufactured home community 

when it comes up for sale. Currently the 

financing options in the industry are limited 

for purchasing cooperative manufactured 

home parks. Because of the affordable 

housing crisis, now is a crucial time to 

support a secondary market for resident 

owned community financing. 

Contact: Willie Fobbs, III, Director, 

Multifamily Production, Office of Housing, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 

6138, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

402–6257. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 200.54(b). 

Project/Activity: Waldorf Technology Park, 

Baltimore, Maryland. 

Nature of Requirement: The regulation 

states that funds provided by the borrower 

must be disbursed in full for project work 

before the disbursement of any mortgage 

proceeds. 

Granted By: Julia R. Gordon, Assistant 

Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing 

Commissioner. 

Date Granted: January 31, 2024. 

Reason Waived: This partial waiver grants 

the timely issuance of securities guaranteed 

by the Government National Mortgage 

Association (GNMA) and is limited to the 

Waldorf Technology Park project to allow 

lenders to securitize the initial draw 

(advance of mortgage proceeds). The initial 

draw is made contemporaneously with 

borrower equity funding to establish the 

mortgage-backed security and fulfill investor 

trade agreements. The initial draw will not 

exceed half percent (0.5%) of the initially 

endorsed loan amount. In practice, this 

initial draw is typically $25,000. 

Contact: Willie Fobbs, III, Director, 

Multifamily Production, Office of Housing, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 

6138, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

402–6257. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 290.30 (a). 

Project/Activity: The owner of New 

Orchard Hill Estates, located in Oxford, 

Massachusetts, requests HUD approval of the 

note sale of two HUD-held mortgages secured 

by the project to Massachusetts Housing 

Finance Agency (MassHousing) on a noncompetitive, negotiated basis. 

Nature of Requirement: HUD is required to 

sell HUD-held Notes on a competitive basis 

pursuant to 24 CFR 290.30(a). However, as an 

exception to this requirement, 24 CFR 

290.31(a)(2), permits ‘‘negotiated’’ sales to 

state of local governments for current 

mortgages securing subsidized projects, 

provided that loans are sold with FHA 

insurance. 

Granted By: Julia R. Gordon, Assistant 

Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing 

Commissioner. 

Date Granted: March 28, 2024, subject to 

OMB approval. 

Reason Waived: To facilitate the sale of the 

two HUD-held Notes a waiver of 24 CFR 

290.30(a), which requires the HUD-held 

multifamily mortgages to be sold 

competitively, is needed. This waiver will 

allow HUD to accept the non-competitive bid 

made by MassHousing and the sale of the 

notes will remove liens that have accrued to 

over $27 million dollars combined. Further, 

granting this waiver facilitates the 

preservation of this affordable housing. The 

waiver of 24 CFR 290.30(a) does not violate 

any statutory requirements, and the review 

findings constitute good cause for the waiver, 

as required by 24 CFR 5.110. 

Contact: Thomas R. Davis, Director of 

Office of Recapitalization, Office of Housing, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 

6228, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

402–7549. 

III. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the 

Office of Public and Indian Housing 

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. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 982.503(c)(2), 24 

CFR 982.503(c)(3). 

Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 

982.503(c)(2) defines payment standards 

between 110–120 percent of fair market rent, 

while 24 CFR 982.503(c)(3) defines payment 

standards above 120 percent of fair market 

rent. 

Project/Activity: Metropolitan 

Development and Housing Agency (MDHA). 

Granted By: Richard Monocchio, Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and 

Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: December 28, 2023. 

Reason Waived: The PHA has 

demonstrated i met all the regulatory 

requirements at 24 CFR 982.503(c) for 

approval of exception payment standards 

between 110 and 120 percent of the FMR and 

for approval of exception payment standards 

over 120 percent. The PHA may use the 

approved exception payment standards 

contained in the waiver request in place of 

the fiscal year (FY) 24 published FMRs. If 

MDHA wants to continue with exception 

payment standard requests for HUD’s 

consideration for FY25 FMRs, the PHA must 

submit a new exception payment standard 

request. 

Contact: Brendan Goodwin, Senior 

Housing Program Specialist, Office of Public 

and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 10 Causeway St., 

#3, Boston, MA 02222, telephone (202) 402– 

4398; brendan.c.goodwin@hud.gov. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1) and 24 

CFR 902.62(a)(3). 

Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1) 

requires agencies are to submit their audited 

financial statements no later than nine 

months after their FYE; 24 CFR 902.62(a)(3) 

dictates that agencies receive an LPF score of 

zero should they fail to meet the deadline 

described in 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1). 

Project/Activity: West Palm Beach Housing 

Authority (WPBHA). 

Granted By: Richard Monocchio, Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and 

Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: January 31, 2024. 

Reason Waived: WPBHA indicates there 

are unforeseen circumstances affecting a 

timely submission of the FYE March 31, 

2023, audited financial information to the 

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Development (HUD). WPBHA’s Finance 

Director was diagnosed with a serious health 

condition in August 2023. As a result of this 

unforeseen circumstance and the critical role 

of the Finance Director in the audit process, 

WPBHA requests an additional 30 days. HUD 

found this to be good cause and waived the 

aforementioned regulations. 

Contact: Lara Philbert, Assessment 

Manager, Integrated Assessment Team, Office 

of Public and Indian Housing, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, 

telephone (202) 475–8930; lara.philbert@

hud.gov. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 983.51(b)(1). 

Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 

983.51(b)(1) pertains to PHAs selecting 

projects for project-based voucher (PBV) 

assistance via competitive process or based 

on a previous competition. 

Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the 

City of Texarkana/(D(B)(A) Village 

Communities of Texarkana, Texas (VCTT). 

Granted By: Richard Monocchio, Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and 

Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: February 6, 2023. 

Reason Waived: Without approval of this 

waiver request, the project in question will 

not be able to close, putting this unique and 

much-needed affordable housing resource at 

risk. Allowing VCTT to select the project in 

accordance with the requested waiver 

ensures that the transaction to preserve the 

property as an affordable housing resource in 

the community will be completed and 

prevents the displacement of the 20 families. 

HUD found this to be good cause and waived 

the aforementioned regulations. 

Contact: Nathaniel Johnson, Senior 

Housing Program Specialist, Office of Public 

and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

402–5156; Nathaniel.Johnson@hud.gov. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 983.202(a) and 

983.3(b). 

Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 983.202(a) 

states that a Public Housing Agency (PHA) 

must enter a single Housing Assistance 

Payments (HAP) contract with the project 

owner. Except for a single-family scattered 

site project, a HAP contract shall cover a 

single project. If multiple projects exist, each 

project shall be covered by a separate HAP 

contract. The HAP contract must be in such 

a form as may be prescribed by HUD. 24 CFR 

983.3(b) defines such a project as a single 

building, multiple contiguous buildings, or 

multiple buildings on contiguous parcels of 

land. Contiguous in this definition includes 

‘‘adjacent to,’’ as well as touching along a 

boundary or a point. 

Project/Activity: New York City Housing 

Authority (NYCHA). 

Granted By: Richard Monocchio, Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and 

Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: March 18, 2024. 

Reason Waived: NYCHA has provided the 

following justifications: The NYCHA PACT 

program seeks to identify resources and 

opportunities to make major improvements 

to projects, while preserving long-term 

affordability and maintaining strong resident 

rights. The combination of subsidy 

conversion types is necessary to produce the 

rental revenue necessary to adequately 

address the preservation required by the 

project’s capital needs and to maximize the 

number of units and residents who will 

benefit from the Redevelopment Plan. 

NYCHA staff must perform separate record 

keeping and administrative functions at the 

execution of the HAP contract and during the 

rehabilitation of the units, as well as ongoing 

monthly and annual administration. 

NYCHA’s Leased Housing Department 

estimates that each individual HAP contract 

requires approximately 27 staff hours to 

administer during construction to convert 

units to PBV and manage RAD rental rehab 

payments, re-occupancies, and temporary 

moves. Grouping the buildings and reducing 

the number of HAP contracts will allow 

NYCHA to realize significant operational 

efficiencies, reduce administrative burden, 

and overcome potential confusion from 

administrative complexity. Since 

Manhattan’s densely populated residential 

neighborhoods, these non-contiguous 

buildings are physically very close and have, 

since acquisition by NYCHA, been operated 

as a single project. HUD found this to be good 

cause and waived the aforementioned 

regulations. 

Contact: Jerone Anderson, Recapitalization 

Transaction Specialist, Office of Public and 

Indian Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 

Washington DC 20410, telephone (202) 402– 

6709; Jerone.l.anderson@hud.gov. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 983.302(b)(2), 24 

CFR 983.302(e)(2). 

Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 

983.302(b)(2) requires that an owner of a 

property subject to a project-based voucher 

(PBV) Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) 

contract must request by written notice to the 

public housing agency (PHA) an increase in 

the rent at the annual anniversary of the HAP 

contract. 24 CFR 983.302(e)(2) states that an 

adjusted rent to owner amount applies for the 

period of 12 calendar months from the 

annual anniversary of the HAP contract. 

Project/Activity: Dane County Housing 

Authority’s (DCHA). 

Granted By: Richard Monocchio, Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and 

Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: January 12, 2024. 

Reason Waived: The DCHA only requested 

for 24 CFR 983.302(b)(2) to be waived but 

HUD determined 24 CFR 983.302(e)(2) would 

need to be waived as well to address DHCA’s 

needs and request. The DHEA asserted there 

is good cause for the requested waiver since 

there is a risk that these two properties may 

not be preserved as affordable housing unless 

the financial circumstances of the properties 

improve and stabilize. If these properties are 

not preserved as affordable housing, it would 

create an unreasonable burden on the many 

formerly homeless families currently living 

in the properties. The DCHA believes many 

of the families would struggle to find 

replacement housing. HUD found this to be 

good cause and waived the aforementioned 

regulations. 

Contact: Melissa West, Senior Housing 

Program Specialist, Office of Public and 

Indian Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 1670 Broadway Denver, 

Colorado 80202, telephone (303) 672–5352; 

melissa.west@hud.gov. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 982.617(b) and 

982.617(c). 

Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 982.617(b) 

provides for using a pro-rata formula when 

determining rent reasonableness in shared 

housing units. 24 CFR 982.617(c) establishes 

payment standards for all participants 

receiving assistance under the Housing 

Choice Voucher program. 

Project/Activity: Los Angeles County 

Development Authority (LACDA). 

Granted By: Richard Monocchio, Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and 

Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: February 6, 2024. 

Reason Waived: LACDA has demonstrated 

that the rental market for smaller-sized units 

is especially difficult in the County of Los 

Angeles. While the good cause is primarily 

based on the need to address the 

homelessness crisis in the Los Angeles area, 

this waiver is applicable to all HCV families, 

not just persons experiencing homelessness. 

Expanding the shared housing option for the 

program will increase available housing 

options for smaller-size voucher households, 

reducing some voucher holder demand for 

the very limited supply of efficiencies and 

one-bedroom units. This will provide 

persons experiencing homelessness with a 

higher overall likelihood of housing search 

success, whether through the shared housing 

option or a regular unit. HUD found this to 

be good cause and waived the 

aforementioned regulations. 

Contact: Brendan Goodwin, Senior 

Housing Program Specialist, Office of Public 

and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 10 Causeway St #3, 

Boston, MA 02222, telephone (202) 402– 

4398; brendan.c.goodwin@hud.gov. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 982.617(b) and 

982.617(c). 

Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 982.617(b) 

provides for using a pro-rata formula when 

determining rent reasonableness in shared 

housing units. 24 CFR 982.617(c) establishes 

payment standards for all participants 

receiving assistance under the Housing 

Choice Voucher program. 

Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the 

City of Los Angeles (HACLA). 

Granted By: Richard Monocchio, Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and 

Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: February 6, 2024. 

Reason Waived: HACLA has demonstrated 

that the rental market for smaller-sized units 

is especially difficult in Los Angeles. While 

the good cause is primarily based on the need 

to address the homelessness crisis in Los 

Angeles, this waiver is applicable to all HCV 

families, not just persons experiencing 

homelessness. Expanding the shared housing 

option for the program will increase available 

housing options for smaller size voucher 

households, reducing some voucher holder 

demand for the very limited supply of 

efficiencies and one-bedroom units. This will 

provide persons experiencing homelessness 

with a higher overall likelihood of housing 

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housing option or a regular unit. HUD finds 

this to be good cause and hereby waives the 

aforementioned regulations. 

Contact: Brendan Goodwin, Senior 

Housing Program Specialist, Office of Public 

and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 10 Causeway St #3, 

Boston, MA 02222, telephone (202) 402– 

4398; brendan.c.goodwin@hud.gov. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 983.51(b)(1). 

Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 

983.51(b)(1) pertains to PHAs selecting 

projects for project-based voucher (PBV) 

assistance via competitive process or based 

on a previous competition. 

Project/Activity: Tatum Housing Authority 

(THA). 

Granted By: Richard Monocchio, Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and 

Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: February 16, 2024. 

Reason Waived: The THA stated that the 

requested waiver is critical to preserving 

affordable housing in Gladewater, Texas, 

which has limited affordable housing. 

Without approval of this waiver request, the 

project will not be able to close, putting this 

unique and much-needed affordable housing 

resource at risk. Allowing the THA to select 

the project in accordance with the 2 

requested waiver ensures that the property is 

preserved as an affordable housing resource 

in the community. HUD found this to be 

good cause and waived the aforementioned 

regulation. 

Contact: Nathaniel Johnson, Senior 

Housing Program Specialist, Housing 

Voucher Management and Operations 

Division, Office of Public and Indian 

Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402– 

5156; Nathaniel.Johnson@hud.gov. 

Extended Streamlined Waivers 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(c)(4) 

Increase in Payment Standard During 

Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Contract 

Term. 

Project/Activity: Notice PIH 2023–29 

Extension of Certain Regulatory Waivers for 

the Housing Choice Voucher (including 

Mainstream) Program and Streamlined 

Review Process. 

Nature of Requirement: If the payment 

standard amount is increased during the term 

of the HAP contract, the increased payment 

standard amount shall be used to calculate 

the monthly housing assistance payment for 

the family beginning at the effective date of 

the family’s first regular reexamination on or 

after the effective date of the increase in the 

payment standard amount. 

Reason Waived: The PHAs were authorized 

to increase the payment standards for 

families at any time after the effective date 

of the payment standard increase, rather than 

waiting for the next regular reexamination. 

These waivers were approved consistent with 

the streamlined regulatory waiver process in 

Notice PIH 2023–29, which allowed PHAs to 

request regulatory waivers that would assist 

PHAs in responding to ongoing fluctuations 

and disruptions in the rental market by 

providing more flexibility with establishing 

and applying payment standards. These 

waivers were provided to the PHAs because 

allowing for earlier implementation of 

increased payment standards for families 

helped ensure that families living in rental 

markets with ongoing fluctuations and 

disruptions were not adversely impacted by 

rapidly increasing rents. 

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 

451 Seventh Street SW, Suite 3180, 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402– 

7026 or email to PIH_Expedited_Waivers@

hud.gov. 

Code PHAs Waiver signed 

AL008 ...................................... Selma Housing Authority .......................................................................................................... 2/22/2024 

CA007 ..................................... County of Sacramento Housing Authority ................................................................................ 1/31/2024 

CA033 ..................................... County of Monterey Housing Authority .................................................................................... 1/31/2024 

CA055 ..................................... Housing Authority of the City of Vallejo ................................................................................... 3/14/2024 

FL032 ...................................... Ocala Housing Authority .......................................................................................................... 1/3/2024 

FL068 ...................................... Housing Authority of the City of Homestead ........................................................................... 1/9/2024 

IA045 ....................................... Davenport Housing Commission .............................................................................................. 1/3/2024 

IL124 ....................................... Housing Authority of East Peoria ............................................................................................. 2/22/2024 

IN004 ...................................... Delaware County Housing Authority ........................................................................................ 1/9/2024 

IN005 ...................................... Housing Authority of the City of Muncie .................................................................................. 2/22/2024 

IN006 ...................................... Housing Authority of the City of Anderson .............................................................................. 2/9/2024 

IN009 ...................................... Housing Authority of the City of Richmond .............................................................................. 2/9/2024 

IN011 ...................................... Housing Authority of the City of Gary ...................................................................................... 1/31/2024 

IN019 ...................................... Housing Authority of the City of Michigan City ........................................................................ 3/14/2024 

IN020 ...................................... Housing Authority of the City of Mishawaka ............................................................................ 1/9/2024 

IN025 ...................................... Housing Authority of the City of Charlestown .......................................................................... 2/9/2024 

IN047 ...................................... Housing Authority of the City of Crawfordsvil .......................................................................... 1/3/2024 

IN050 ...................................... New Castle Housing Authority ................................................................................................. 1/31/2024 

IN078 ...................................... Housing Authority of the City of Greensburg ........................................................................... 1/31/2024 

IN086 ...................................... Housing Authority of the City of Union City ............................................................................. 1/9/2024 

IN091 ...................................... Housing Authority of the City of Peru ...................................................................................... 2/22/2024 

IN901 ...................................... Indiana Housing and Community Development ...................................................................... 1/3/2024 

MO227 .................................... Housing Assistance Prog of St Charles County ...................................................................... 1/31/2024 

NE181 ..................................... Goldenrod Regional Housing Agency ...................................................................................... 1/9/2024 

NH009 ..................................... Lebanon Housing Authority ...................................................................................................... 3/6/2024 

NY009 ..................................... Albany Housing Authority ......................................................................................................... 3/6/2024 

NY406 ..................................... Village of Fairport ..................................................................................................................... 2/22/2024 

OH029 ..................................... Ashtabula Metropolitan Housing Authority ............................................................................... 1/31/2024 

PA047 ..................................... Wilkes Barre Housing Authority ............................................................................................... 1/31/2024 

RQ013 ..................................... Municipality of Trujillo Alto ....................................................................................................... 3/14/2024 

SC028 ..................................... Housing Authority of Georgetown ............................................................................................ 3/6/2024 

TN026 ..................................... Etowah Housing Authority ........................................................................................................ 2/22/2024 

TN054 ..................................... Cleveland Housing Authority .................................................................................................... 1/3/2024 

TN062 ..................................... Dayton Housing Authority ........................................................................................................ 1/31/2024 

TX512 ..................................... Deep East Texas Council of Governments ............................................................................. 1/31/2024 

UT028 ..................................... Roosevelt City Housing Authority ............................................................................................ 2/22/2024 

WI206 ...................................... Door County Housing Authority ............................................................................................... 1/31/2024 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 982.503(b)(1)(iv) 

Exception Payment Standards up to 120% of 

the SAFMRs for PHAs that are in mandatory 

SAFMR area or Opt-in PHAs. 

Project/Activity: Notice PIH 2023–29 

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the Housing Choice Voucher (including 

Mainstream) Program and Streamlined 

Review Process. 

Nature of Requirement: At the request of a 

PHA administering the HCV program under 

Small Area FMRs, HUD may approve an 

exception payment standard for a Small Area 

FMR area above the 110 percent of the 

published FMR in accordance with 

conditions set forth by Notice in the Federal 

Register. 

Reason Waived: The PHAs were authorized 

to adopt a payment standard above the basic 

range, up to 120 percent of the Small Area 

FMR. These waivers were approved 

consistent with the streamlined regulatory 

waiver process in Notice PIH 2023–29, which 

allowed PHAs to request regulatory waivers 

that would assist PHAs in responding to 

ongoing fluctuations and disruptions in the 

rental market by providing more flexibility 

with establishing and applying payment 

standards. These waivers were provided to 

the PHAs because allowing for an exception 

payment standard up to 120 percent of the 

Small Area FMR helped ensure that families 

living in rental markets with ongoing 

fluctuations and disruptions were not 

adversely impacted by rapidly increasing 

rents and were able to find rental units with 

their voucher. 

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 

451 Seventh Street SW, Suite 3180, 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402– 

7026 or email to PIH_Expedited_Waivers@

hud.gov. 

PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES (PHAs) 

Code PHAs Waiver signed 

AZ038 ..................................... Chandler Housing Authority ..................................................................................................... 2/9/2024 

CA007 ..................................... County of Sacramento Housing Authority ................................................................................ 1/31/2024 

CA033 ..................................... County of Monterey Housing Authority .................................................................................... 1/31/2024 

IN011 ...................................... Housing Authority of the City of Gary ...................................................................................... 1/31/2024 

IN086 ...................................... Housing Authority of the City of Union City ............................................................................. 1/9/2024 

IN901 ...................................... Indiana Housing and Community Development ...................................................................... 1/3/2024 

PA015 ..................................... Fayette County Housing Authority ........................................................................................... 1/31/2024 

TN054 ..................................... Cleveland Housing Authority .................................................................................................... 1/3/2024 

UT016 ..................................... Housing Authority of Carbon County ....................................................................................... 1/9/2024 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 982.503(c)(1)–(2) and 

(4)–(5) Exception Payment Standards up to 

120% of the FMR. 

Project/Activity: Notice PIH 2023–29 

Extension of Certain Regulatory Waivers for 

the Housing Choice Voucher (including 

Mainstream) Program and Streamlined 

Review Process. 

Nature of Requirement: PHAs may request 

an exception payment standard of up to 120 

percent of the applicable Fair Market Rent 

and apply it throughout their jurisdiction. 

Reason Waived: The PHAs were authorized 

to adopt a payment standard above the basic 

range, up to 120 percent of the Fair Market 

Rent, and apply it throughout their 

jurisdiction. These waivers were approved 

consistent with the streamlined regulatory 

waiver process in Notice PIH 2023–29, which 

allowed PHAs to request regulatory waivers 

that would assist PHAs in responding to 

ongoing fluctuations and disruptions in the 

rental market by providing more flexibility 

with establishing and applying payment 

standards. These waivers were provided to 

the PHAs because allowing for an exception 

payment standard up to 120 percent of the 

Small Area FMR helped ensure that families 

living in rental markets with ongoing 

fluctuations and disruptions were not 

adversely impacted by rapidly increasing 

rents and were able to find rental units with 

their voucher. 

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 

451 Seventh Street SW, Suite 3180, 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402– 

7026 or email to PIH_Expedited_Waivers@

hud.gov. 

Code PHAs Waiver 

signed 

AL008 ........................................ Selma Housing Authority .................................................................................................................. 2/22/2024 

AR020 ....................................... Little River County Housing Authority .............................................................................................. 1/31/2024 

AR197 ....................................... White River Regional Housing Authority .......................................................................................... 1/31/2024 

CA033 ....................................... County of Monterey Housing Authority ............................................................................................ 1/31/2024 

CA055 ....................................... Housing Authority of the City of Vallejo ........................................................................................... 3/14/2024 

CA086 ....................................... County of Humboldt Housing Authority ............................................................................................ 3/14/2024 

CA144 ....................................... Lake County Housing Commission .................................................................................................. 1/3/2024 

FL017 ........................................ Housing Authority of the City of Miami Beach ................................................................................. 1/3/2024 

FL032 ........................................ Ocala Housing Authority .................................................................................................................. 1/3/2024 

FL049 ........................................ North Central Florida Regional County ............................................................................................ 3/14/2024 

FL068 ........................................ Housing Authority of the City of Homestead ................................................................................... 1/9/2024 

IA045 ......................................... Davenport Housing Commission ...................................................................................................... 1/3/2024 

IL082 ......................................... Housing Authority of the County of Jodaviess ................................................................................. 3/14/2024 

IN004 ......................................... Delaware County Housing Authority ................................................................................................ 1/9/2024 

IN005 ......................................... Housing Authority of the City of Muncie .......................................................................................... 2/22/2024 

IN006 ......................................... Housing Authority of the City of Anderson ...................................................................................... 2/9/2024 

IN009 ......................................... Housing Authority of the City of Richmond ...................................................................................... 2/9/2024 

IN019 ......................................... Housing Authority of the City of Michigan City ................................................................................ 3/14/2024 

IN020 ......................................... Housing Authority of the City of Mishawaka .................................................................................... 1/9/2024 

IN025 ......................................... Housing Authority of the City of Charlestown .................................................................................. 2/9/2024 

IN047 ......................................... Housing Authority of the City of Crawfordsvil .................................................................................. 1/3/2024 

IN050 ......................................... New Castle Housing Authority ......................................................................................................... 1/31/2024 

IN086 ......................................... Housing Authority of the City of Union City ..................................................................................... 1/9/2024 

KY026 ........................................ Housing Authority of Glasgow .......................................................................................................... 3/14/2024 

KY157 ........................................ Housing Authority of Floyd County .................................................................................................. 3/6/2024 

KY161 ........................................ Appalachian Foothills Housing Agency Inc ...................................................................................... 3/14/2024 

MI880 ........................................ Housing Services Mid-Michigan ....................................................................................................... 2/22/2024 


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Code PHAs Waiver 

signed 

MO065 ....................................... Chillicothe Housing Authority ........................................................................................................... 3/6/2024 

MO212 ....................................... Ripley County Public Housing Agency ............................................................................................ 1/31/2024 

MO227 ....................................... Housing Assistance Prog of St Charles County .............................................................................. 1/31/2024 

MT006 ....................................... Richland County Housing Authority ................................................................................................. 3/6/2024 

NE181 ....................................... Goldenrod Regional Housing Agency .............................................................................................. 1/9/2024 

NH009 ....................................... Lebanon Housing Authority .............................................................................................................. 3/6/2024 

NY001 ....................................... Syracuse Housing Authority ............................................................................................................. 3/6/2024 

NY009 ....................................... Albany Housing Authority ................................................................................................................. 3/6/2024 

NY406 ....................................... Village of Fairport ............................................................................................................................. 2/22/2024 

OH001 ....................................... Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority ....................................................................................... 2/9/2024 

OH029 ....................................... Ashtabula Metropolitan Housing Authority ....................................................................................... 1/31/2024 

PA038 ........................................ Lackawanna County Housing Authority ........................................................................................... 1/31/2024 

PA047 ........................................ Wilkes Barre Housing Authority ....................................................................................................... 1/31/2024 

RQ013 ....................................... Municipality of Trujillo Alto ............................................................................................................... 2/9/2024 

SC002 ....................................... Housing Authority of the City of Columbia ....................................................................................... 1/31/2024 

SC028 ....................................... Housing Authority of Georgetown .................................................................................................... 3/6/2024 

TN006 ........................................ Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment Authority ........................................................................... 1/9/2024 

TN026 ........................................ Etowah Housing Authority ................................................................................................................ 2/22/2024 

TN054 ........................................ Cleveland Housing Authority ............................................................................................................ 1/3/2024 

TN062 ........................................ Dayton Housing Authority ................................................................................................................ 1/31/2024 

TX512 ........................................ Deep East Texas Council of Governments ..................................................................................... 1/31/2024 

WI048 ........................................ New London Housing Authority ....................................................................................................... 1/9/2024 

WI206 ........................................ Door County Housing Authority ....................................................................................................... 1/31/2024 

WV005 ....................................... Housing Authority of the City of Parkersburg .................................................................................. 2/9/2024 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 982.503(b)(1)(iii) 

Exception Payment Standards up to 120% for 

PHAs that are currently approved for 

exception payment standard SAFMRs. 

Project/Activity: Notice PIH 2023–29 

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 up to 

120 percent of its applicable FY2024 

SAFMRs. 

Reason Waived: The PHAs were authorized 

to adopt a payment standard above the basic 

range, up to 120 percent of their approved 

Small Area FMR exception payment 

standards. These waivers were approved 

consistent with the streamlined regulatory 

waiver process in Notice PIH 2023–29, which 

allowed PHAs to request regulatory waivers 

that would assist PHAs in responding to 

ongoing fluctuations and disruptions in the 

rental market by providing more flexibility 

with establishing and applying payment 

standards. These waivers were provided to 

the PHAs because allowing for an exception 

payment standard up to 120 percent of the 

Small Area FMR exception payment 

standards helped ensure that families living 

in rental markets with ongoing fluctuations 

and disruptions were not adversely impacted 

by rapidly increasing rents and were able to 

find rental units with their voucher. 

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 

451 Seventh Street SW, Suite 3180, 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402– 

7026 or email to PIH_Expedited_Waivers@

hud.gov. 

Code PHAs Waiver signed 

CA033 ..................................... County of Monterey Housing Authority .................................................................................... 1/31/2024 

FL021 ...................................... Pahokee Housing Authority ...................................................................................................... 2/9/2024 

IN086 ...................................... Housing Authority of the City of Union City ............................................................................. 1/9/2024 

IN901 ...................................... Indiana Housing and Community Development ...................................................................... 1/3/2024 

KY040 ..................................... Housing Authority of Mayfield .................................................................................................. 1/31/2024 

MO227 .................................... Housing Assistance Prog of St Charles County ...................................................................... 1/31/2024 

TN006 ..................................... Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment .................................................................................. 1/9/2024 

UT016 ..................................... Housing Authority of Carbon County ....................................................................................... 1/9/2024 

[FR Doc. 2024–23213 Filed 10–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6418–N–05] 

Announcement of Funding Awards 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Reform Act of 1989, this announcement 

notifies the public of funding decisions 

made by the Department in 

competitions for funding under the 

Notices of Funding Opportunity 

(NOFOs) and Notices for the following 

programs: Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 NOFO 

Healthy Homes and Weatherization 

Cooperation Demonstration (HHWCD) 

Grant Program, FY23 Lead and Healthy 

Homes Technical Studies (LHHTS) 

Grant Program, and FY23 NOFO 

Housing Counseling Training Grant 

Program. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christine Brown, Acting Director, Office 

of the Chief Financial Officer (Systems), 

Grants Management and Oversight at 

AskGMO@hud.gov; telephone (202) 

402–2440 or the contact person listed in 

each appendix. HUD welcomes and is 

prepared to receive calls from 

individuals who are deaf or hard of 

hearing, as well as individuals with 

speech and communication disabilities. 

To learn more about how to make an 


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