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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 106762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30961]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Enhanced-Use Lease of Department of Veterans Affairs Real 
Property for the Development of Permanent Supportive Housing at the 
Charlie Norwood Uptown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Augusta, 
Georgia Campus

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice of intent to enter into an enhanced-use lease.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this Federal Register notice is to provide the 
public with notice that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) intends 
to enter into an Enhanced-Use Lease (EUL) of Buildings 19 and 20 on 
approximately 2.46 acres of underutilized land on the campus of the 
Charlie Norwood Uptown VA Medical Center.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: C. Brett Simms, Executive Director, 
Office of Asset Enterprise Management, Office of Management, 810 
Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 502-0262. This is not a 
toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 8161, et seq. as 
amended by Public Law 117-168, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is 
authorized to enter into an EUL, for a term of up to 99 years, that (a) 
provides supportive housing for Veterans and their families, or (b) 
enhances the use of the leased property by directly or indirectly 
benefitting Veterans. In addition, the EUL must not be inconsistent 
with and not adversely affect VA's mission or the operation of VA's 
facilities, programs, and services in the area of the leased property. 
Consistent with this authority, the Secretary intends to enter into an 
EUL for the purpose of outleasing Buildings 19 and 20 on approximately 
2.46 acres of underutilized land on the campus of the Charlie Norwood 
Uptown VA Medical Center, to develop approximately 77 units of 
permanent supportive housing for Veterans and their families. The 
competitively selected EUL lessee/developer, Freedom's Path Augusta 
III, LP will finance, design, develop, renovate, construct, manage, 
maintain, and operate housing for eligible homeless Veterans or 
Veterans at risk of homelessness on a priority placement basis. In 
addition, the lessee/developer will be required to provide supportive 
services that guide Veteran residents towards long-term independence 
and self-sufficiency.

Signing Authority

    Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved and signed 
this document on December 19, 2024, and authorized the undersigned to 
sign and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for 
publication electronically as an official document of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs.

Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy & 
Management, Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-30961 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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