[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 9, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 35958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17177]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Part 941

[Docket No. FR-3919-N-04]


Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing; 
Public/Private Partnerships for the Mixed-Finance Development of Public 
Housing Units Extension of Public Comment Deadline on Interim Rule

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Public Comment Deadline on Interim Rule.

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SUMMARY: On May 2, 1996, HUD published an interim rule that added a new 
subpart F to the public housing development program at 24 CFR part 941. 
Under this new subpart, a public housing authority (PHA) was authorized 
to provide to a non-PHA entity public housing development and operating 
funds for the development and operation of the resulting public housing 
units. In addition, the rule clarified that replacement public housing 
units for public housing units that have been demolished could be built 
on the original public housing site, or in the same neighborhood, if 
the number of such replacement units was significantly fewer than the 
number of units demolished. The May 2, 1996 interim rule provided for 
the public comment period to expire on July 1, 1996. This notice 
extends the public comment period to September 15, 1996.

DATES: Comment Due Date: September 15, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on the 
interim rule to the Office of the General Counsel, Rules Docket Clerk, 
Room 10276, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-0500. Communications should refer to 
the above docket number and title. A copy of each communication 
submitted will be available for public inspection and copying during 
regular business hours at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Flood, Office of Capital 
Improvements, Office of Public and Indian Housing, U.S. Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 4134, 
Washington, DC 20410-0500, telephone (202) 708-1640, ext. 4185; (TTY): 
(202) 708-9300 or 1-800-877-8339. (Except for the ``800'' telephone 
number, these are not toll-free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 2, 1996, HUD published an interim 
rule (61 FR 19708) that added a new subpart F to the public housing 
development program at 24 CFR part 941. Under this interim rule, a PHA 
is authorized to provide a portion of its HUD-awarded development and 
operating funds to a non-PHA entity for the entity to own, develop and 
operate the resulting public housing units. The non-PHA entity may 
develop and operate the public housing units using public and private 
financing (i.e., as a ``mixed-finance'' project), and to develop solely 
public housing units or a combination of public housing, shallow 
subsidy, and market rate units.
    In addition, the May 2, 1996 interim rule added a new paragraph 
(c)(3) to HUD's existing site and neighborhood standards at 
Sec. 941.202. This purpose of this provision was to clarify HUD's 
existing authority to approve the building of replacement public 
housing units for public housing units that have been demolished on 
either the original public housing site, or in the same neighborhood, 
if the number of such replacement public housing units is significantly 
fewer than the number of public housing units demolished. This 
authority was affirmed by the passage of section 1002(a)(9) of Pub. L. 
104-19 (approved July 27, 1995) which explicitly authorized HUD to 
approve the building of replacement public housing units under such 
circumstances.

Extension of Public Comment Period

    The May 2, 1996 interim rule provided for a 60-day public comment 
period which is scheduled to close on July 1, 1996. Because of the 
significant public interest in this rule, HUD is extending the public 
comment period to September 15, 1996.

    Dated: June 28, 1996.
Michael B. Janis,
General Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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