Texas Administrative Code › Title 10 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 7 - HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS › Subchapter D - ENDING HOMELESSNESS FUND › Section 7.64 - Application Review Process

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Review of
				  Applications. When not using a NOFA, an Application received in response to
				  solicitation by the Department will be assigned a "Received Date" and processed
				  as noted below. An Application will be prioritized for review based on its
				  "Received Date." All Applications received by the deadline described in §
										RSA
				  7.62(e) of this
				  subchapter will be reviewed by the Department for completeness and
				  administrative deficiencies to prepare for Board action and potential
				  funding.
(b) The administrative
				  deficiency process allows staff to request that an Applicant provide
				  clarification, correction, or non-material missing information to resolve
				  inconsistencies in the original Application or to assist staff in evaluating
				  the Application. Staff will request such information via a deficiency notice.
				  Staff will send the deficiency notice via email. Responses to the Department's
				  deficiency notice must be submitted electronically to the Department. A review
				  of the Applicant's response may reveal that additional administrative
				  deficiencies are exposed or that issues initially identified as an
				  administrative deficiency are actually determined to be beyond the scope of an
				  administrative deficiency process, meaning that they are in fact matters of a
				  material nature not susceptible to be resolved. For example, a response to an
				  administrative deficiency that causes a new inconsistency which cannot be
				  resolved without reversing the first deficiency response would be an example of
				  an issue that is beyond the scope of an administrative deficiency. Department
				  staff will make a good faith effort to provide an Applicant confirmation that
				  an administrative deficiency response has been received and/or that such
				  response is satisfactory. Communication from staff that the response was
				  satisfactory does not establish any entitlement to points, eligibility status,
				  or to any presumption of a final determination that the Applicant has fulfilled
				  any other requirements.
(1) An Application
				  with outstanding administrative deficiencies may be suspended from further
				  review until all administrative deficiencies have been cured or addressed to
				  the Department's satisfaction. The administrative deficiency process allows
				  staff to request that an Applicant provide clarification, correction, or
				  missing information to resolve inconsistencies in the original Application or
				  to assist staff in evaluating the Application.
(2) Applications that have completed the
				  review process may be presented to the Board for approval with priority over
				  Applications that continue to have administrative deficiencies at the time
				  Board materials are prepared, regardless of "Received Date."
(3) If all funds available under a
				  solicitation from the Department are awarded, all remaining Applicants will be
				  notified and the remaining Applications will not be processed.