[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 184 (Friday, September 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55916-55917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18986]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4984-C-03]


Public Housing Graduation Incentive Bonus Program; Correction

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

ACTION: Notice of funding availability; correction.

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SUMMARY: On June 2, 2005, HUD published its notice of funding 
availability (NOFA) for the Public Housing Graduation Incentive Bonus 
program. The NOFA includes a provision that disqualifies applicants 
that request funding in excess of the applicable maximum award. The 
Department has determined that this provision was erroneously included 
in this NOFA. This notice corrects this error by removing the provision 
from the NOFA. Except for the changes discussed here, and the other 
technical change published on July 29, 2005, the original NOFA 
published on June 2, 2005, is unchanged.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions and technical 
assistance, applicants may call the Public and Indian Housing 
Information and Resource Center at 800-955-2232. Hearing- or speech-
impaired persons may call the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339. 
(These are toll-free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 2, 2005 (70 FR 32470), HUD published 
a NOFA for the Public Housing Graduation Incentive Bonus program. The 
purpose of the program is to invite Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) 
to apply for a graduation incentive bonus. The graduation incentive 
bonus is awarded to PHAs that can show their public housing residents 
are moving away from long-term dependence on housing assistance. This 
showing is evidenced by the proportion of households that leaves public 
housing and end their participation in assisted housing programs during 
calendar year 2004 plus the average length of stay among public housing 
residents.
    The NOFA announced the availability of up to $10 million under the 
Graduation Incentive Bonus program in fiscal year 2005. Eligible 
applicants are PHAs that operated a public housing program during 
calendar year 2004, have reported Public and Indian Housing Information 
Center (PIC) Family Household form HUD-50058 data for residents who 
ended their residency in public housing during calendar year 2004, have 
a minimum of 100 dwelling units in management status as reported in PIC 
as approved by the field office as of January 15, 2005, have a minimum 
of twenty-five Family Household form HUD-50058 records reported in PIC 
and have met the minimum threshold criteria based upon its size 
category.
    Following publication of the June 2, 2005, NOFA, HUD determined 
that paragraph III.C.2. (Excess Funding Requests) was erroneously 
included in the June 2, 2005, NOFA. That paragraph provides that 
``Applicants that request funding in excess of the maximum award that 
they are eligible to receive will not receive funding consideration.'' 
This provision, adopted in error in the June 2, 2005, NOFA, is 
inappropriate as a basis for awarding the funds reserved in the NOFA. 
As discussed in the June 2, 2005, NOFA, the funding is predetermined 
and will be awarded based on PHA size and certain

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identified historical data. Consequently, a PHA cannot receive an award 
in excess of the amount predetermined for its size. The formulaic 
nature of the allocation process makes it irrelevant that a PHA may 
inadvertently or otherwise apply for an amount larger than HUD decided 
to award. HUD will not exceed the respective award limits for the 
different sizes of PHAs.
    Accordingly, in the Public Housing Graduation Incentive Bonus 
Program, HUD will remove paragraph III.C.2. entitled Excess Funding 
Requests.

    Dated: September 15, 2005.
Paula O. Blunt,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 05-18986 Filed 9-22-05; 8:45 am]
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