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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Housing—Federal Housing

Commissioner

[Docket No. FR–4073–N–01]

FY 1996 Funding Availability for HUDApproved Housing Counseling

Agencies

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing

Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Fiscal year 1996 notice of

funding availability for HUD-approved

housing counseling agencies.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 1996

funding from the U.S. Department of

Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

for HUD-approved housing counseling

agencies to provide housing counseling

to homebuyers, homeowners, and

renters. HUD announces the availability

of up to $10.5 million dollars for

housing counseling services through

this Notice of Funding Availability

(NOFA). All housing counseling

agencies approved by HUD as of the

publication date of this NOFA may

apply for FY 1996 funding. This

includes: (1) multi-State, regional, or

national intermediary organizations,

and (2) local housing counseling

agencies that do not elect to affiliate

with a HUD-approved intermediary

organization.

This NOFA contains additional

information on the purpose and

background of the NOFA and funding

levels available to local counseling

agencies and intermediary organizations

respectively; eligible activities and

funding criteria; and application

requirements and procedures.

DATES: Completed applications must be

submitted no later than 4:00 p.m. local

time on August 7, 1996. As further

described below, any completed

application must be physically received

by this deadline date and hour at the

appropriate local HUD office (for local

applicants) or at the Office of Housing,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Room

9282, Washington D.C. 20410 (for

national, regional or multi-State

applicants). In the interest of fairness to

all applicants, late applications will be

treated as ineligible for consideration.

Applicants should take this requirement

into account and make early submission

of their applications to avoid loss of

eligibility brought about by any

unanticipated delays or other deliveryrelated problems. It is not sufficient for

an application to be postmarked within

the deadline. Applications sent by

facsimile (FAX) will not be accepted.

HUD will not waive this submission

deadline for any reason.

ADDRESSES: For local housing

counseling agency applicants: An

original and two copies of the

completed application must be

submitted to the local HUD office

having jurisdiction over the locality or

area in which the proposed program is

located. These copies should be sent to

the attention of the Single Family

Division Director, and the envelope

should be clearly marked, ‘‘FY 1996

Counseling Application’’. A list of

Single Family Division Directors and

local HUD Offices appears at the end of

this NOFA. Failure to submit an

application to the correct office in

accordance with the above procedures

will result in disqualification of the

application.

For national, regional and multi-State

housing counseling agencies: An

original and two copies of the

completed application must be

submitted to the person listed below in

HUD Headquarters. The envelope

should be clearly marked, ‘‘FY 1996

Counseling Application.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan

Morgan, Chief, Product Development

and Special Projects Branch, Office of

Housing, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW,

Room 9272, Washington D.C. 20410;

telephone (202) 708–0614, extension

2213 (voice), or (202) 708–4594 (TTY

number). (These are not toll-free

numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

The information collection

requirements contained in this NOFA

have been approved by the Office of

Management and Budget, under section

3504(h) of the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and

assigned OMB control number 2502–

0261. An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless the collection displays a valid

control number.

I. Purpose and Substantive Description

A. Authority and Purpose

HUD’s housing counseling program is

authorized under section 106 of the

Housing and Urban Development Act of

1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x). The purpose of

the program is to promote and protect

the interests of housing consumers

participating in HUD and other housing

programs, as well as to help protect the

interests of HUD and mortgage lenders.

The Housing Counseling program is

generally governed by HUD Handbook

7610.1, REV–4, dated August 9, 1995.

Section 106 authorizes HUD to

provide counseling and advice to

tenants and homeowners with respect to

property maintenance, financial

management, and such other matters as

may be appropriate to assist tenants and

homeowners in improving their housing

conditions and in meeting the

responsibilities of tenancy and

homeownership. In addition, HUDapproved counseling agencies are

permitted and encouraged by HUD to

conduct community outreach activities

and provide counseling to individuals

with the objective of increasing

awareness of homeownership

opportunities and improving access of

low and moderate income households to

sources of mortgage credit. HUD

believes that this activity is key to the

revitalization and stabilization of low

income and minority neighborhoods.

Under the housing counseling

program, HUD contracts with qualified

public or private nonprofit

organizations to provide the services

authorized by the statute. When

Congress appropriates funds for this

purpose, HUD announces the

availability of such funds, and invites

applications from eligible agencies,

through a notice published in the

Federal Register. Currently there are

705 HUD-approved local housing

counseling agencies with 386 Branch

Offices and 10 HUD-approved

intermediary organizations. Annually,

all HUD-approved agencies are eligible

to apply for housing counseling grants.

However, an agency that is approved by

HUD does not automatically receive

HUD funding, and HUD expects that all

counseling agencies will continually

work to develop other funding

resources. In FY ’95, 240 HUD-approved

local housing counseling agencies and 5

HUD-approved national/regional/multistate housing counseling agencies

received funding from HUD.

B. Allocation Amounts

Twelve million dollars ($12 million)

has been appropriated from the 1996

Appropriations Act, P. L. 104–134, 110

Stat. 1321, approved April 26, 1996 for

this program. Of this amount, $10.5

million is being made available under

this NOFA for lump-sum, performancebased grants, as defined at 24 CFR part

84, subpart E. Approximately $4 million

is being set aside to fund national,

regional and multi-State organizations

that apply for funding under this NOFA.

No national, regional, or multi-State

agency may receive more than $1
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million. Approximately $6.5 million has

been made available for grants to local

HUD approved housing counseling

agencies, and it has been allocated to

each of the 10 HUD geographical areas

(formerly Regions) by a formula that

gives equal weight to the percentage of

HUD insured single family mortgage

defaults within each geographical area

as of September 30, 1995, compared to

the nationwide total and the percentage

of first-time homebuyers that were

approved for FHA-insured mortgages by

geographical area during FY 1995

compared to the nationwide total for

that period. This formula reflects the

increased emphasis that HUD is placing

on the expansion of homeownership

opportunities for first-time homebuyers.

For FY 1996, no individual local

housing counseling agency may be

awarded more than $100,000.

Allocations for use in local agency

programs, by HUD geographical area,

are estimated as follows:

Geographical areas

Default data First-time Homebuyer Data

No. of defaults Nat’l defaults

(Percent)

Allocation

amount

No. of 1st timersNat’l. 1st timers (Percent)Allocation

amount

Total allocation

New England ................. 2,836 1.95 63,465 11,887 3.26 105,959 169,424

NY/NJ ............................ 11,853 8.16 265,252 23,034 6.32 205,322 470,573

Mid-Atlantic .................... 16,502 11.36 369,289 41,427 11.36 369,274 738,563

SE/Caribbean ................ 36,049 24.82 806,721 72,746 19.95 648,447 1,455,168

Midwest ......................... 23,087 15.90 516,651 63,812 17.50 568,811 1,085,462

Southwest ...................... 19,834 13.66 443,854 40,238 11.04 358,676 802,530

Great Plains .................. 4,102 2.82 91,796 14,671 4.02 130,775 222,572

Rocky Mts ..................... 3,607 2.48 80,719 21,014 5.76 187,316 268,035

Pac/Hawaii .................... 24,685 17.00 552,412 62,277 16.25 555,128 1,107,540

.

NW/Alaska ..................... 2,674 1.84 59,840 13,495 3.70 120,292 180,132

Totals ..................... 145,229 100 3,250,000 364,601 100 3,250,000 6,500,000

An allocation of $1.5 million in

program funding has been set aside for

Housing Counseling support which may

include: Continuation of the Housing

Counseling Clearinghouse, 800 service

to provide information to the public

regarding local HUD-approved housing

counseling agencies, and/or other HUD

counseling initiatives.

If funds remain after HUD has funded

all approvable grant applications in a

HUD geographical area, or if any funds

become available due to deobligation,

that amount shall be reallocated and

used in keeping with the statute and in

a manner that will improve the delivery

of housing counseling service

nationwide.

C. Eligible Applicants

1. General. There are two types of

HUD-approved organizations that are

eligible to submit applications pursuant

to this NOFA: (1) national, regional, or

multi-State housing counseling

organizations (also known as

‘‘intermediaries’’ or ‘‘umbrella groups’’);

and (2) local housing counseling

agencies.

National, regional, and multi-State

nonprofit, intermediary organizations

must identify all their proposed

affiliates in their application. These

intermediaries must assure that their

proposed affiliates are unique to their

team and will not undertake a separate

application for funds either as an

affiliate of another intermediary or

directly as a HUD-approved local

counseling agency. Should any

duplication occur, both the

intermediary organization and the local

agency involved will automatically be

ineligible for further consideration to

receive FY 1996 housing counseling

funds. In addition, an intermediaryapplicant must also assure that it has

executed a sub-agreement with its

affiliates that clearly delineates their

mutual responsibilities for program

management, incorporating appropriate

timeframes for reporting results to HUD.

Once funded, the national, regional,

and multi-State intermediaries will be

given broad discretion in implementing

their housing counseling programs. On

behalf of HUD, the intermediaries will

act as managers in the housing

counseling process and, as such, may

determine funding levels and

counseling activity for each of their

affiliates, except that no single affiliate

may receive more than $100,000. HUD

will hold the intermediary organization

accountable for the performance of its

affiliates.

Local counseling agencies may apply

either directly to HUD for funding, or as

a part of an affiliated intermediary

network. Since continuation of funding

for housing counseling activities as a

separate and discrete program for FY

1997 and thereafter is not guaranteed,

HUD encourages local agencies to

consider affiliating with a larger entity

as one avenue of possible future funding

and support for local programs. Local

housing counseling agencies that are not

currently HUD-approved may receive

FY 1996 funding only as an affiliate of

a HUD-approved national, regional, or

multi-State intermediary’s application

for FY 1996 funds. In this instance, the

intermediary organization must certify

that the quality of services provided will

meet, or exceed, standards for local

HUD-approved agencies.

2. Civil Rights Prerequisites.

Applicants that fall into any one of the

following categories will be ineligible

for funding under this NOFA:

a. The Department of Justice has

brought a civil rights suit against the

applicant and the suit is pending;

b. There has been an adjudication of

a civil rights violation in a civil action

brought against the applicant by a

private individual, unless the applicant

is operating in compliance with a court

order, or implementing a HUD-approved

compliance agreement designed to

correct the areas of noncompliance;

c. There are outstanding findings of

noncompliance with civil rights

statutes, Executive Orders or regulations

as a result of formal administrative

proceedings, or the Secretary has issued

a charge against the applicant under the

Fair Housing Act, unless the applicant

is operating under a conciliation or

compliance agreement designed to

correct the areas of noncompliance; or

d. HUD has deferred application

processing by HUD under one of the

following authorities:

i. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of

1964 and the implementing guidelines

of the Attorney General (28 CFR 50.3)

and the HUD regulations (24 CFR 1.8);
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ii. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation

Act of 1973 and the HUD section 504

regulations (24 CFR 8.57);

iii. Executive Order 11063, as

amended by Executive Order 12892 and

HUD regulations (24 CFR Part 107);

iv. Title II of the Americans with

Disabilities Act of 1990 and applicable

regulations (28 CFR Part 36); or

v. The Age Discrimination Act of 1975

(42 U.S.C. 6101–6107) and

implementing regulations (24 CFR Part

146).

3. Requirements Applicable to

Religious Organizations. Where the

applicant is, or proposes to contract

with, a primarily religious organization,

or a wholly secular organization

established by a primarily religious

organization, to provide, manage, or

operate a housing counseling program,

the organization must undertake its

responsibilities under the counseling

program in accordance with the

following principles:

a. It will not discriminate against any

employee or applicant for employment

under the program on the basis of

religion and will not limit employment

or give preference in employment to

persons on the basis of religion;

b. It will not discriminate against any

person applying for counseling under

the program on the basis of religion and

will not limit such assistance or give

preference to persons on the basis of

religion; and

c. It will provide no religious

instruction or religious counseling,

conduct no religious services or

worship, engage in no religious

proselytizing, and exert no other

religious influence in the provision of

assistance under the housing counseling

program.

D. Eligible Activities

Eligible activities will vary depending

upon whether the applicant is a HUDapproved local counseling agency or a

HUD-approved national, regional, or

multi-State housing counseling

intermediary.

1. Local Housing Counseling

Agencies. Local housing counseling

agencies funded under this NOFA may

use HUD funds to deliver

comprehensive housing counseling or to

specialize in the delivery of particular

housing counseling services according

to the housing needs they identified for

their target area in the plan that was

previously approved by HUD. HUD

recognizes that local housing counseling

agencies may offer a wide range of

services, including:

a. Renter assistance, including

information about rent subsidy

programs, rights and responsibilities of

tenants, lease and rental agreements,

etc.;

b. Outreach initiatives, including

providing general information about

housing opportunities within the

community and providing appropriate

information to persons with disabilities;

c. Pre-purchase homeownership

counseling, covering such issues as

purchase procedures, mortgage

financing, downpayment/closing cost

fund accumulation, accessibility

requirements of the property—if

appropriate, credit improvement, debt

consolidation, etc.;

d. Post-purchase counseling,

including such issues as property

maintenance, personal money

management, home equity conversion

mortgages, etc.; or

e. Mortgage delinquency and default

resolution, including restructuring debt,

arrangement of reinstatement plans,

loan forbearance, loss mitigation, etc.

HUD-funded local counseling

agencies may elect to offer their services

to a wide range of clients or may elect

to serve a more limited audience.

Potential clients include: renters;

potential homebuyers; homeowners

eligible for and applying for HUDrelated, VA, FmHA (or its successor

agency), State, local, or conventionally

financed housing or housing assistance;

or persons who occupy such housing

and seek the assistance of a HUDapproved housing counseling agency to

resolve a housing need (including the

need of a person with a disability for

accessible housing) or problem. Local

housing counseling agencies may elect

to offer this assistance in conjunction

with any HUD housing program but

must be familiar with FHA’s single

family and multifamily housing

programs.

2. National, Regional, or Multi-State

Counseling Intermediaries. The primary

activity of national, regional, or multiState nonprofit housing counseling

intermediaries will be to manage the use

of HUD housing counseling funds,

including the distribution of counseling

funding to affiliated local housing

counseling organizations. Local

affiliates of the selected national,

regional, or multi-State counseling

intermediaries are eligible to undertake

any or all of the housing counseling

activities outlined above for the HUDapproved local housing counseling

agencies. The local affiliates receiving

funding through intermediaries do not

need to be HUD-approved in order to

receive these funds from the

intermediary. However, the national,

regional, or multi-State intermediary

organization must be HUD-approved as

of the NOFA publication date.

E. Selection Process

1. Housing Counseling Agencies. All

applications meeting the requirements

of this NOFA will be selected for

funding within their competitive

category, if sufficient funds are

available: (1) in the set aside for

National, Regional, or multi-State

organizations, or (2) within the HUD

geographic allocation area for local

housing counseling agency applicants.

a. Criteria/Ranking Factors. All

applications will be rated and ranked by

staff in the appropriate local HUD Office

and by the Secretary’s Representative in

the appropriate State office. The

Secretary’s Representative and the local

HUD Office staff will use the same

criteria and ranking factors, as follows:

i. Capability of the applicant as

determined by HUD, including

competent delivery of counseling

services and timely drawdown of any

HUD funds awarded in the prior Fiscal

Year—up to 50 points (up to 45 points

assigned by HUD’s Housing staff; up to

5 points assigned by the Secretary’s

Representative);

ii. Adequacy of the activities

proposed by the applicant in response

to housing needs identified in the

applicant’s housing counseling plan as

previously approved by HUD—up to 25

points (up to 20 points assigned by

HUD’s Housing staff; up to 5 points

assigned by the Secretary’s

Representative);

iii. Evidence of private funding

sources contributing to the applicant’s

operating budget over the past calendar

year—up to 15 points assigned by

HUD’s Housing staff; and

iv. Evidence of current funding

support from units of government

located within the target area which the

applicant intends to serve—up to 10

points.

b. Selection Procedure. National,

regional, and multi-State applications

will be rated and ranked in

Headquarters and selected for funding,

in rank order, until all funds for such

agencies are depleted. Local agency

applications will be reviewed by the

Field Office and assigned points under

the selection criteria. Then the Field

Office will submit its recommendations

for funding to HUD Headquarters for

final review, to ensure appropriate

geographical distribution of program

funds and consistent application of the

criteria described above. HUD

Headquarters will then rank the local

agency applications within the

geographical areas and select for

funding, in rank order, all acceptable

applications to the point at which all

funds are depleted.
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i. Breaking a Tie. If two or more

applications receive the same number of

points and sufficient funds are not

available to fund all such applications,

first the application or applications

requesting the smallest grants will be

selected, if a sufficient amount remains

to fund them. If two or more tied

applications request the same amount

and sufficient funds are not available to

fund all such applications, the following

system will be used to break the ties:

A. If the tied applications are for

programs to be carried out in different

jurisdictions, applications with the

highest number of points for the rating

criterion a.ii. (adequacy of activities)

stated above will be selected, if

sufficient funds remain.

B. If the tied applications are to be

carried out in the same jurisdiction,

applications with the highest number of

points for the rating criterion a.i.

(capability) stated above will be

selected, if sufficient funds remain.

ii. Reallocations. Funds remaining

after applying the procedures described

in paragraph E.1.b. will be reallocated to

fund the highest ranking remaining

applications without regard to their

location.

iii. Procedural Errors. Procedural

errors by HUD discovered after initial

ratings, but before notification to

Congress of selected applicants, will be

corrected and rankings will be revised.

iv. Reductions. HUD will approve an

application for an amount lower than

the amount requested or adjust line

items in the proposed budget within the

amount requested (or both) if it

determines that:

A. The amount requested for one or

more eligible activities is unreasonable,

unnecessary, or unjustified;

B. An activity proposed for funding

does not qualify as an eligible activity;

C. The applicant is not able to carry

out all the activities requested; or

D. Insufficient amounts remain in that

funding round to fund the full amount

requested in the application.

v. Limitation of Geographic Scope.

HUD may reduce the geographic scope

of the proposed program if it determines

that:

A. Two or more fundable applications

substantially overlap; or

B. The proposed geographic scope is

overly large given the capacity of the

organization.

2. National, Regional, and Multi-State

Counseling Organizations. If more

applications are submitted to HUD

Headquarters from national, regional,

and multi-State organizations that meet

all the requirements of this NOFA than

can be funded with the amount

allocated for this purpose, they will be

rated by staff in HUD Headquarters

using the above ranking criteria stated

in paragraph 1.a., and the top-rated

applicants will be selected. Paragraphs

1. c.iii., c.iv., and c.v., above also apply

to the selection of national, regional,

and multi-State counseling

organizations.

3. Notification of Approval or

Disapproval. After completion of the

selection process, but no later than six

months after the deadline date for

submission of the applications, as stated

in this NOFA, HUD will notify, in

writing, the applicants that have been

selected and the applicants that have

not been selected.

F. Funding Levels

Funding levels will be based on the

amount authorized by the Congress,

geographical distribution as described

above, the performance record of each

counseling agency as determined by

HUD’s analysis of prior year counseling

workload and results of the most recent

biennial performance review, competent

delivery of counseling services and

timely drawdown of funds awarded,

and the agency’s needs, as specified in

the application according to its housing

counseling plan previously approved by

HUD. In addition, applicants that can

demonstrate successful efforts to obtain

non-HUD funding in their applications

will receive extra consideration in

HUD’s rating and ranking process. HUD

funding provided must be less than the

total actual cost of the agency’s housing

counseling program.

1. Local Housing Counseling

Agencies. HUD will fund local agencies

according to the budget submitted with

the application, in an amount not to

exceed $100,000. Amounts requested by

local housing counseling agencies

should reflect anticipated operating

needs for housing counseling activities,

based upon counseling experience

during the last year and existing agency

capacity. To the maximum extent

possible, local counseling agencies also

must seek other private and public

sources of funding to supplement HUD

funding. HUD never intends for its

counseling grant funds to cover all costs

incurred by an agency participating in

the program.

Local housing counseling agencies

may use the HUD grant to undertake any

of the eligible counseling activities

described in this NOFA and included in

their HUD-approved plan. FY 1996

housing counseling grant funds also

may be used for ‘‘capacity building’’ as

defined in this NOFA. Up to $4,000 of

the grant amount may be used to:

purchase computer equipment that

meets, or exceeds, HUD specifications;

enhance existing telephone service,

such as purchasing telecommunications

equipment for the hearing-impaired

(TTY) to serve persons with hearing

impairments (as an alternative to using

the TTY relay service); and install FAX

machines. The Department will require

that all grantees funded in 1996 which

do not currently have adequate

computer systems (and were not funded

by HUD under the FY 1995 NOFA) use

all or a portion of their $4,000 capacity

building portion of the grant to purchase

computer hardware according to HUD

specifications. Computer training for

one staff person also may be paid from

the $4,000 set-aside, as may training on

how to use a TTY. Title to equipment

acquired by a recipient with program

funds shall vest in the recipient, subject

to the provisions of 24 CFR part 84,

subpart E. Agencies funded under the

FY 1995 NOFA already received an

allocation of capacity building funds

and may not request additional capacity

building funds in 1996.

2. National, Regional, or Multi-State

Counseling Intermediaries. The

intermediary organization will

distribute the majority of funds awarded

to their proposed local housing

counseling affiliates. Intermediaries

should budget an amount which reflects

their best estimate of cost to oversee and

fund these counseling efforts, as well as

the funding needs of their affiliates.

Note that HUD housing counseling

funding is not intended to fully fund

either the intermediary’s housing

counseling program or the housing

counseling programs of the local

affiliates. To the maximum extent

possible, intermediaries and their local

affiliates are expected to seek other

private and public sources of funding

for housing counseling to supplement

HUD funding.

An intermediary may use up to $5,000

of its total grant amount for capacity

building expenses such as: purchasing

computer equipment; enhancing

telephone service, such as purchasing

telecommunications equipment for the

hearing-impaired (TTY) to serve persons

with hearing impairments (as an

alternative to using TTY relay service);

installing FAX machines; and preparing

or publishing counseling materials. If

the intermediary does not have an

adequate computer system and was not

funded under the FY 1995 NOFA, the

Department will require that the $5,000

capacity building portion of the grant be

used to purchase necessary equipment

meeting HUD specifications. Title to

equipment acquired by a recipient with

program funds shall vest in the

recipient, subject to the provisions of 24

CFR part 84, subpart E. Intermediaries
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funded under the FY 1995 NOFA may

not request additional capacity building

funds in FY 1996.

HUD will give the selected nonprofit

intermediaries wide discretion to

implement the housing counseling

program with their affiliates. The

intermediary may decide how to

allocate funding among its affiliates and

may determine funding levels at or

below $100,000 for individual affiliates

with the understanding that a written

record will be kept of how this

determination is made. This record shall

be made available to the agencies

affiliated with the intermediary.

III. Checklist of Application

Submission Requirements

A. General

Contents of an application will differ

somewhat for local housing counseling

agencies and for national, regional, or

multi-State intermediaries; however, all

applicants are expected to submit:

1. Standard Form 424, Application for

Federal Assistance

2. Standard Form 424B, Assurances—

Non-construction Programs

3. Drug-Free Workplace Requirements

Certification

4. Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/

Update Report, Form HUD–2880

5. Certification and Disclosure of

Lobbying Activities, Standard Form

LLL, for National Intermediaries only, if

applicable

6. Certification Regarding Civil Rights

7. Form HUD–9902, Housing

Counseling Agency FISCAL YEAR

Activity Report for fiscal year October 1,

1994 through September 30, 1995.

Where an applicant did not participate

in HUD’s Housing Counseling Program

during FY 1995, this report should be

completed to reflect the agency’s

counseling workload during that period

in any case. This form must be fully

completed and submitted by every

applicant for FY 1996 HUD funding.

HUD will reject any application that

does not include this form

8. Computer Equipment Inventory (if

applicable)

9. Budget Worksheet. A realistic,

proposed budget for use of HUD funds

if awarded. This should be broken down

into two categories: direct counseling

costs and capacity building costs. Note

that the budget submitted by a local

agency may not exceed a total of

$100,000, including capacity building

costs which may not exceed $4,000.

National, regional and multi-State

organizations may submit a proposed

budget up to $1 million, including

capacity building costs which may not

exceed $5,000

10. Exhibits for National, regional,

multi-State or local housing counseling

agencies (as described below in B1–B3

and in the application kit)

11. Evidence of Housing Counseling

Funding Sources (required by all

applicants)

12. Current Housing Counseling Plan

13. A description of counseling

activities to be performed

14. A description of organization

capability

15. Direct-labor and Hourly-labor rate

and Counseling Time Per Client

16. Congressional District Information

B. National, Regional, and Multi-State

Intermediaries

National, regional, and multi-State

intermediaries must submit an

application which covers both their

network organization and their affiliated

agencies. This application must include:

1. Description of affiliated agencies.

For each, list the following information:

a. Organization name

b. Address

c. Director and contact person (if

different)

d. Phone/FAX numbers (including

TTY, if appropriate)

e. Federal tax identification number

f. ZIP code service areas

g. Number of staff providing

counseling

h. Type of services offered (defined by

renter assistance, outreach initiatives,

pre-purchase counseling, post-purchase

counseling, and mortgage default and

delinquency counseling)

i. Number of years of housing

counseling experience

2. Relationship with affiliates. Briefly

describe the intermediary’s relationship

with affiliates (i.e. membership

organization, field or branch offices,

subsidiary organizations, etc.).

3. Oversight system. Describe the

process that will be used for

determining affiliate funding levels,

distributing funds, and monitoring

affiliate performance.

IV. Corrections to Deficient

Applications

After the submission deadline,

applicants may cure only nonsubstantial, technical deficiencies that

surface during HUD screening of their

application. Applicants will have a

‘‘cure period’’ to correct such

deficiencies that are not integral to

HUD’s review of the application.

Applicants have 14 calendar days from

the date HUD notifies them of any

problem to submit the appropriate

information to HUD. Notification of a

technical deficiency may be in writing

or by telephone. If the HUD notification

is by telephone, a written confirmation

will be transmitted by HUD to the

applicant. Where HUD determines that

an application as initially submitted is

fundamentally incomplete, or would

require substantial revisions, it will not

consider the application further. Note:

HUD will not inform applicants

regarding application deficiencies other

than as described in this section.

V. Other Matters

Environmental Impact

A Finding of No Significant Impact

with respect to the environment was

made in accordance with HUD

regulations at 24 CFR part 50 that

implement section 102(2)(C) of the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332, in connection

with the Notice of Funding Availability

published in connection with the

Housing Counseling program on March

21, 1994 (59 FR 13366). That Finding is

applicable to this NOFA and is available

for public inspection during business

hours in the Office of the Rules Docket

Clerk, Office of General Counsel, room

10276, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

SW, Washington, DC 20410.

Federalism Impact

The General Counsel, as the

Designated Official under section 6(a) of

Executive Order 12612, Federalism, has

determined that this NOFA does not

have ‘‘federalism implications’’ because

it does not have substantial direct

effects on the States (including their

political subdivisions), or on the

distribution of power and

responsibilities among the various

levels of government. This NOFA only

affects nonprofit or public organizations

who seek funding for their housing

counseling activities.

Impact on the Family

The General Counsel, as the

Designated Official under Executive

Order 12606, the Family, has

determined that this NOFA has

potential significant impact on family

formation, maintenance, and general

well-being only to the extent that the

entities who qualify for participation in

HUD’s housing counseling program

under this notice will provide families

with the counseling and advice they

need to avoid rent delinquencies or

mortgage defaults, and to develop

competence and responsibility in

meeting their housing needs. Since the

potential impact on the family is

considered beneficial, no further review

under the Order is necessary.
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Documentation and Public Access

Requirements: HUD Reform Act

HUD will ensure that documentation

and other information regarding each

application submitted pursuant to this

NOFA are sufficient to indicate the basis

upon which assistance was provided or

denied. This material, including any

letters of support, will be made

available for public inspection for a fiveyear period beginning not less than 30

days after the award of the assistance.

Material will be made available in

accordance with the Freedom of

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and

HUD’s implementing regulations at 24

CFR part 15. In addition, HUD will

include the recipients of assistance

pursuant to this NOFA in its Federal

Register notice of all recipients of HUD

assistance awarded on a competitive

basis. (See 24 CFR 12.14(a) and 12.16(b),

and the notice published in the Federal

Register on January 16, 1996, for further

information on these requirements.)

Prohibition Against Advance

Information on Funding Decisions: HUD

Reform Act

HUD’s regulation implementing

section 103 of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development

Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3537a),

24 CFR part 4, applies to the funding

competition announced today. The

requirements of the rule continue to

apply until the announcement of the

selection of successful applicants.

HUD employees involved in the

review of applications and in the

making of funding 4.decisions are

restrained by part 4 from providing

advance information to any person

(other than an authorized employee of

HUD) concerning funding decisions, or

from otherwise giving any applicant an

unfair competitive advantage. Persons

who apply for assistance in this

competition should confine their

inquiries to the subject areas permitted

under 24 CFR part 4.

Applicants or employees who have

ethics related questions should contact

the HUD Office of Ethics (202) 708–

3815. (This is not a toll-free number.)

Hearing or speech-impaired persons

may access that number by calling tollfree the Federal Information Relay

Service at (800) 877–8339. For HUD

employees who have specific program

questions, such as whether particular

subject matter can be discussed with

persons outside HUD, the employee

should contact the appropriate Field

Office Counsel, or Headquarters counsel

for the program to which the question

pertains.

Prohibition Against Lobbying Activities

The use of funds awarded under this

NOFA is subject to the disclosure

requirements and prohibitions of 24

CFR part 87. That regulation prohibits

recipients of federal contracts, grants, or

loans from using appropriated funds for

lobbying the Executive or Legislative

branches of the federal government in

connection with a specific contract,

grant, or loan. The prohibition also

covers the awarding of contracts, grants,

cooperative agreements, or loans unless

the recipient has made an acceptable

certification regarding lobbying. Under

24 CFR part 87, applicants, recipients,

and subrecipients of assistance

exceeding $100,000 must certify that no

federal funds have been or will be spent

on lobbying activities in connection

with the assistance.

Catalog

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Program number is 14.169.

Dated: July 1, 1996.

Nicolas P. Retsinas,

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal

Housing Commissioner.

Appendix A—HUD Offices

Note: The title of all those listed is:

Director, Single Family Division, U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban

Development. Telephone numbers are not

toll-free.

HUD—New England Area

Connecticut state office

Mr. John Ertle

First Floor

330 Main Street

Hartford, CT 06106–1860

(203) 240–4569

Massachusetts State Office

Mr. Edward T. Bernard

Room 375

Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. Federal Building

10 Causeway Street

Boston, MA 02222–1092

(617) 565–5101

New Hampshire State Office

Mr. Loren Cole

Norris Cotton Federal Building

275 Chestnut Street

Manchester, NH 03101–2487

(603) 666–7755

Rhode Island State Office

Mr. Michael Dziok

Sixth Floor

10 Weybosset Street

Providence, RI 02903–2808

(401) 528–5351

HUD—New York, New Jersey Area

New Jersey State Office

Ms. Theresa Arce

Thirteenth Floor

One Newark Center

Newark, NJ 07102–5260

(201) 622–7900 X3500

New York State Office

Mr. Juan Baustista

26 Federal Plaza

New York, NY 10278–0068

(212) 264–0777 X3746

Albany Area Office

Mr. Robert S. Scofield, Jr.

52 Corporate Circle

Albany, NY 12203–5121

(518) 464–4200 EXT. 4205

Buffalo Area Office

Mr. Glenn Ruggles

Lafayette Court

465 Main Street

Buffalo, NY 14203–1780

(716) 846–5732

Camden Area Office

Mr. Philip Caulfield

Second Floor

Hudson Building

800 Hudson Square

Camden, NJ 08102–1156

(609) 757–5083

HUD—Midatlantic area

District of Columbia office

Ms. Carole Catineau

820 First Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20002–4502

(202) 275–9200 X3055

Maryland state office

Ms. Candace Simms

Fifth Floor

City Crescent Building

10 South Howard Street

Baltimore, MD 21201–2505

(410) 962–2520 X3094

Pennsylvania state office

Mr. Mike Perretta

The Wanamaker Building

100 Penn Square East

Philadelphia, PA 19107–3380

(215) 656–0507

Virginia state office

Ms. Rheba G. Gwaltney

The 3600 Centre

3600 West Broad Street

P.O. Box 90331

Richmond, VA 23230–0331

(804) 278–4512

West Virginia state office

Mr. Peter Minter

Suite 708

405 Capitol Street

Charleston, WV 25301–1795

(304) 347–7064

Pittsburgh area office

Mr. Al Curotola

339 Sixth Ave., Sixth Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15222–2515

(412) 644–6940

HUD—Southeast/Caribbean area

Alabama state office

Ms. Martha Andrus

Suite 300

Beacon Ridge Tower

600 Beacon Parkway, West

Birmingham, AL 35209–3144
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(205) 290–7648

Caribbean office

Ms. Margarita Delgado

New San Juan Office Building

159 Carlos Chardon Avenue

San Juan, PR 00918–1804

(787) 766–5402

Georgia state office

Ms. Janice Cooper

Richard B. Russell Federal Building

75 Spring Street, S.W.

Atlanta, GA 30303–3388

(404) 331–4801

Kentucky state office

Mr. David A. Powell

601 West Broadway

P.O. Box 1044

Louisville, KY 40201–1044

(502) 582–6167

Mississippi state office

Mr. Jerry F. Perkins

Suite 910

Doctor A.H. McCoy Federal Building

100 West Capitol Street

Jackson, MS 39269–1016

(601) 965–4930

North Carolina state office

Mr. Robert Dennis

Koger Building

2306 West Meadowview Road

Greensboro, NC 27407–3707

(910) 547–4053

South Carolina state office

Mr. David L. Ball

Strom Thurmond Federal Building

1835 Assembly Street

Columbia, SC 29201–2480

(803) 765–5593

Coral Gables area office

Ms. Sara D. Warren

Gables 1 Tower

1320 South Dixie Highway

Coral Gables, FL 33146–2911

(305) 662–4526

Jacksonville area office

Ms. Ann Whaley

Suite 2200

Southern Bell Tower

301 West Bay Street

Jacksonville, FL 32202–5121

(904) 232–2811

Knoxville area office

Mr. William Pavelchik

Third Floor

John J. Duncan Federal Building

710 Locust Street

Knoxville, TN 37902–2526

(423) 545–4377

Memphis area office

Ms. Fellece S. Sawyer, Acting

Suite 1200

One Memphis Place

200 Jefferson Avenue

Memphis, TN 38103–2335

(901) 544–3367

Tennessee state office

Mr. Ed M. Phillips

Suite 200

251 Cumberland Bend Drive

Nashville, TN 37228–1803

(615) 736–7154

Orlando area office

Mr. Robert K. Osterman

Suite 270

Langley Building

3751 Maguire Boulevard

Orlando, FL 32803–3032

(407) 648–6441

Tampa area office

Ms. Nikki A. Spitzer

Suite 700

Timberlake Federal Building Annex

501 East Polk Street

Tampa, FL 33602–3945

(813) 228–2504

HUD—Midwest area

Illinois state office

Ms. Debra F. Robinson

Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building

77 West Jackson Boulevard

Chicago, IL 60604–3507

(312) 353–5066

Indiana state office

Ms. Brenda Laroche

151 North Delaware Street

Indianapolis, IN 46204–2526

(317) 226–7034

Michigan state office

Mr. John Frelich

Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building

477 Michigan Avenue

Detroit, MI 48226–2592

(313) 226–6885

Minnesota state office

Mr. John E. Buenger

220 Second Street, South

Minneapolis, MN 55401–2195

(612) 370–3053

Ohio state office

Mr. Verlon Shannon

200 North High Street

Columbus, OH 43215–2499

(614) 469–5536

Wisconsin state office

Mr. Larry Milewski

Suite 1380

Henry S. Reuss Federal Plaza

310 West Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53203–2289

(414) 297–3156

Cincinnati area office

Ms. Louistine Tuck

525 Vine St Suite 700

Cincinnati, OH 45202–3253

(513) 684–2833

Cleveland area office

Mr. Kendel King

Fifth Floor

Renaissance Building

1350 Euclid Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44115–1815

(216) 522–2784

Flint area office

Mr. Gary Levine

Room 200

605 North Saginaw Street

Flint, MI 48502–1953

(810) 766–5107

Grand Rapids area office

Ms. Shirley Bryant

50 Louis St, N.W.

Grand Rapids, MI 49503–2648

(616) 456–2146

HUD—Southwest area

Arkansas state office

Ms. Susan E. Finister

Suite 900

TCBY Tower

425 West Capitol Avenue

Little Rock, AR 72201–3488

(501) 324–5961

Louisiana state office

Mr. Byron D. Duplantier

9th Floor

Hale Boggs Federal Building

501 Magazine St.

New Orleans, LA 70130–3099

(504) 589–6570

New Mexico state office

Ms. Carol G. Johnson

625 Truman Street, NE

Albuquerque, NM 87110–6443

(505) 262–6269

Texas state office

Mr. Louis Ybarra

1600 Throckmorton Street

P.O. Box 2905

Fort Worth, TX 76113–2905

(817) 885–6255

Houston area office

Mr. Henry Hadnot

Suite 200

Norfolk Tower

2211 Norfolk

Houston, TX 77098–4096

(713) 313–2274 EXT. 7019

Lubbock area office

Mr. Miguel Rincon

Federal Office Building

1205 Texas Avenue

Lubbock, TX 79401–4093

(806) 743–7262

Oklahoma state office

Mr. Ken Beck

500 West Main St., Suite 400

Oklahoma City, OK 73102–2233

(405) 553–7444

San Antonio area office

Mr. Antonio C. Cabral

Washington Square

800 Dolorosa Street

San Antonio, TX 78207–4563

(210) 229–6898

Shreveport area office

Ms. Martha Sakre

Suite 1510

401 Edwards Street

Shreveport, LA 71101–3107

(318) 676–3440

Tulsa area office

Ms. Jeanne King

50 East 15th Street

Suite 110

Tulsa, OK 74119–4032

(918) 581–7442
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HUD—Great Plains

Iowa state office

Mr. Patrick Liao

Room 239

Federal Building

210 Walnut Street

Des Moines, IA 50309–2155

(515) 284–4804

Kansas/Missouri state office

Mr. Deryl Sellmeyer

Room 200

Gateway Tower II

400 State Avenue

Kansas City, KS 66101–2406

(913) 551–6820

Nebraska state office

Ms. Nancy Sheets

Executive Tower Centre

10909 Mill Valley Road

Omaha, NE 68154–3955

(402) 492–3135

Saint Louis area field office

Mr. Dennis Martin

Third Floor

Robert A. Young Federal Building

1222 Spruce Street

St. Louis, MO 63103–2836

(314) 539–6388

HUD—Rocky Mountains area

Colorado state office

Ms. Sheryl S. Miller

First Interstate Tower North

633 17th Street

Denver, CO 80202–3607

(303) 672–5343

Montana state office

Mr. Gerard Boone

Room 340

Federal Office Building, Drawer 10095

301 S. Park

Helena, MT 59626–0095

(406) 441–1300

Utah state office

Mr. Richard P. Bell

Suite 550

257 Tower

257 East, 200 South

Salt Lake City, UT 84111–2048

(801) 524–5241

HUD—Pacific/Hawaii area

Arizona state office

Ms. Bernice Campbell

Suite 1600

Two Arizona Center

400 North 5th Street

Phoenix, AZ 85004–2361

(602) 379–6704

California state office

Mr. James McClanahan

Philip Burton Federal Building and U.S.

Courthouse

450 Golden Gate Avenue

P.O. Box 36003

San Francisco, CA 94102–3448

(415) 436–6517

Hawaii state office

Ms. Jill B. Hurt

7 Waterfront Plaza (Suite 500)

500 Ala Moana Boulevard

Honolulu, HI 96813–4918

(808) 522–8190

Nevada state office

Mr. William Fattic

Suite 700

Atrium Building

333 No. Rancho Drive

Las Vegas, NV 89106–3714

(702) 388–6500

Fresno area office

Ms. Yvielle Edwards-Lee

Suite 138

1630 E. Shaw Avenue

Fresno, CA 93710–8193

(209) 487–5032

Los Angeles area office

Mr. Malcolm Findley

1615 West Olympic Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90015–3801

(213) 251–7217

Reno area office

Mr. William Fattic

Suite 114

1575 Delucchi Lane

Reno, NV 89502–6581

(702) 784–5388

Sacramento area office

Mr. Ron M. Johnson

Suite 200

777 12th Avenue

Sacramento, CA 95814–1997

(916) 498–5254

San Diego area office

Mr. Danny E. Mendez

Mission City Corporate Center

2365 Northside Drive (Suite 300)

San Diego, CA 92108–2712

(619) 557–2608

Santa Ana area office

Mr. David A. Westerfield

Suite 500

3 Hutton Centre

Santa Ana, CA 92707–5764

(714) 957–7352

Tucson area office

Ms. Sharon K. Atwell

Suite 700

Security Pacific Bank Plaza

33 North Stone Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85701–1467

(520) 670–6000

HUD—Northwest/Alaska area

Alaska state office

Mr. Paul O. Johnson

Suite 401

University Plaza Building

949 East 36th Avenue

Anchorage, AK 99508–4399

(907) 271–4610

Idaho state office

Mr. Gary L. Gillespie

Suite 220

Plaza IV

800 Park Boulevard

Boise, ID 83712–7743

(208) 334–1991

Oregon state office

Ms. Pamela D. West

400 S.W. Sixth Ave., Suite 700

Portland, OR 97204

(503) 326–2684

Washington state office

Mr. David L. Rodgers

Suite 200

Seattle Federal Office Building

909 First Avenue

Seattle, WA 98104–1000

(206) 220–5200 X3252

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