[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 199 (Wednesday, October 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
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Part II
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Funding Availability for HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME)--
Competitive Reallocation of Funds to Provide Permanent Housing for the
Chronically Homeless; Notice
Federal Register / Vol. 68, No. 199 / Wednesday, October 15, 2003 /
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4860-N-01]
Funding Availability for HOME Investment Partnerships Program
(HOME)--Competitive Reallocation of Funds to Provide Permanent Housing
for the Chronically Homeless
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA).
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SUMMARY: This NOFA announces the availability of approximately $6.5
million for the competitive reallocation of deobligated Community
Housing Development Organization (CHDO) set-aside funds.
Program Overview
Purpose of the Program. To expand the supply of standard,
affordable, permanent housing for chronically homeless persons through
the competitive reallocation of deobligated CHDO set-aside funds.
Available Funds. Approximately $6.5 million.
Eligible Applicants. You must currently be a participating
jurisdiction (PJ) in the regular HOME Program and have received an
annual HOME formula allocation each year since FY 2000. The projects
funded through this NOFA must be carried out by eligible, currently
certified CHDOs in your jurisdiction. Awarded funds are subject to the
requirements of this NOFA and all other HOME requirements found at 24
CFR part 92. Where there is a conflict between the HOME regulations and
this NOFA, the more stringent or limiting requirements shall prevail.
Application Deadline. November 25, 2003.
Match. 25 percent of the awarded funds invested in projects.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you are interested in applying for
funding under this competitive reallocation of HOME funds, please
review the contents of this NOFA carefully.
I. Application Due Date, Standard Forms, Further Information, and
Technical Assistance
Application Due Date. Applications for HOME competitive grants are
due on or before November 25, 2003.
Application Submission Procedures. New Security Procedures. HUD has
implemented new security procedures that apply to application
submission. Please read the following instructions carefully and
completely. HUD will not accept hand-delivered applications.
Applications may be mailed using the United States Postal Service
(USPS) or may be shipped via the following delivery services: United
Parcel Service (UPS), FedEx, DHL, or Falcon Carrier. No other delivery
services are permitted into HUD Headquarters without an escort. You
are, therefore, urged to use one of the four carriers listed above.
Mailed Applications. Your application will be considered timely
filed if your application is postmarked on or before 12 midnight on the
application due date and received in HUD Headquarters on or within
fifteen (15) days of the application due date. Applicants must obtain
and save a receipt for the mailing showing the date when the
application was submitted to the United States Postal Service (USPS).
This receipt from USPS showing the date and time of the mailing will be
your documentary evidence that your application was timely filed.
Applications Sent by Overnight/Express Mail Delivery. If your
application is sent by overnight delivery or express mail, your
application will be timely filed if it is received before or on the
application due date, or when you submit documentary evidence that your
application was placed in transit with the overnight delivery/express
service no later than the application due date. Due to new security
measures, you are urged to use one of four carrier services that do
business with HUD Headquarters regularly. These services are UPS, DHL,
FedEx and Falcon Carrier. Timely delivery of your application to HUD by
a carrier other than those listed cannot be guaranteed. Delivery by
these carriers must be made during HUD's Headquarters business hours,
between 8:30 AM and 5:30 PM Eastern time, Monday through Friday. If
these companies do not service your area, you should submit your
application via the United States Postal Service.
Address for Submitting Applications. Submit one original and two
copies of the application to Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Office of Community Planning and Development, Processing
and Control Unit, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7251, Washington, DC
20410, ATTN: HOME Program--Permanent Housing for the Chronically
Homeless (HOME).
For Application Forms. Only current participating jurisdictions in
the HOME Program that have received an annual HOME formula allocation
each year since FY 2000 are eligible to apply. There is no separate
application kit. This notice contains all the information necessary for
submission of your application. Copies of the standard forms are
located at Appendix 2 of this NOFA, or you may request copies by
calling the contact person in the Office of Affordable Housing Programs
identified in the following paragraph. When requesting standard forms,
you should refer to the HOME Program Competition and provide your name
and address (including zip code) and telephone number (including area
code). See Section VI for application submission requirements.
Further Information and Technical Assistance. You may contact Cliff
Taffet, Deputy Director, Office of Affordable Housing Programs,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 7168, 451 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-7000; telephone (202) 708-3226, ext.
4589 (this is not a toll-free number). This number can be accessed via
TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service Operator
at 1-800-877-8339.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement. The information collection
requirements in this NOFA have been approved by OMB under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520) and assigned OMB control
number 2506-0175. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, 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.
II. Amount Allocated
The amount available for this program is approximately $6.5
million. Section 217(c) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act (NAHA) (42 U.S.C. 12704 et seq.) requires that funds that
become available as a result of the deobligation by HUD of CHDO set-
aside funds previously allocated to HOME Program participating
jurisdictions must be reallocated by competition. Approximately $6.5
million has been recaptured since the program began in 1992. Any
additional recaptured CHDO set-aside funds that become available within
12 months of the announcement of awards may be used to fund
applications submitted in response to this NOFA.
III. Program Description; Eligible Applicants; Eligible Projects;
Ineligible Activities
(A) Program Description. The purpose of the regular HOME program is
to expand the supply of standard, affordable housing for low- and very
low-income families by providing annual formula grants to states, units
of general local government and consortia
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of units of general local governments that are participating
jurisdictions (PJs). Each PJ must spend at least 15 percent of its
grants on housing that is owned, developed or sponsored by nonprofit
CHDOs. PJs use their HOME grants to fund housing programs that meet
local needs and priorities and have a great deal of flexibility in
designing their local HOME programs within the guidelines established
by the HOME program statute and regulations. PJs may use HOME funds to
help renters, new homebuyers or existing homeowners through
rehabilitation of substandard housing, acquisition of standard housing
(including downpayment assistance), or new construction of housing or
tenant-based rental assistance. HOME works well with other HUD programs
such as Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Empowerment Zones/
Enterprise Communities (EZ/EC) and HOPE VI to complement comprehensive
neighborhood revitalization and economic revitalization strategies.
In July 2001, Secretary Martinez declared a national goal to end
chronic homelessness within a decade. As part of HUD's overall effort
to reduce or eliminate chronic or episodic homelessness, grants awarded
to PJs under this competition must be used to provide permanent housing
to persons meeting the definition of chronically homeless. A
chronically homeless person is defined as an unaccompanied homeless
individual with a disabling condition who has either been continuously
homeless for a year or more OR has had at least four episodes of
homelessness in the past three years. For the purposes of this NOFA,
the term ``homeless'' means a person sleeping in a place not meant for
human habitation (e.g., living on the streets or in an emergency
shelter). The term ``disabling condition'' is defined as a diagnosable
substance use disorder, serious mental illness, developmental
disability or chronic physical illness or disability, including the co-
occurrence of two or more of these conditions. A disabling condition
limits an individual's ability to work or perform one or more
activities of daily living.
(B) Eligible Applicants. For the purposes of this competition,
eligible applicants are existing participating jurisdictions in the
regular HOME Program that have received an annual HOME formula
allocation each year since FY 2000. The projects funded through this
NOFA must be carried out by nonprofit organizations that have been
currently determined by the PJ to meet the definition of CHDO. CHDOs
selected by a PJ to carry out these projects are expected to establish
partnerships with other community-based organizations, including grass-
roots faith-based organizations, with experience in serving the
chronically homeless, in order to ensure that appropriate supportive
services are available to tenants on an ongoing basis. Information on
such organizations active in your area may be obtained through local
Continuum of Care networks. A list of contact persons for established
continua of care that have submitted applications to HUD for homeless
assistance funding under the McKinney-Vento Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et
seq.) can be found in Appendix 3.
(C) Eligible Projects. The only eligible projects under this NOFA
are CHDO set-aside rental projects permitted under the regular HOME
formula program, except that rental housing units produced using these
funds must be permanent housing units with occupancy during the HOME
affordability period limited to persons having met the definition of
chronically homeless at the time they are selected as tenants. An
eligible set-aside project is one where a CHDO owns, develops or
sponsors the housing produced. Funds awarded in this competition are
subject to all regular HOME Program regulations (24 CFR part 92),
including the 24-month commitment deadline and five-year expenditure
deadline. As permitted in the regular HOME Program, up to five percent
of the total of a participating jurisdiction's regular HOME formula
allocation plus funds awarded in this competition may be used to pay
for CHDO operating costs necessary in carrying out projects funded
through this NOFA (see 24 CFR 92.208). In order to ensure the ongoing
viability of projects funded under this NOFA, long-term operating
support may be needed from other sources such as the Shelter Plus Care
Program through which rental assistance may be obtained. You should
identify these potential sources of support and make provision now for
obtaining them as part of your planning for the use of funds awarded
under this NOFA, should you be selected. Existing continuum of care
networks will be of assistance as well in this effort.
(D) Ineligible Activities: See 24 CFR 92.214 of the regular HOME
Program regulations. Except for the development and support of the
acquisition, rehabilitation or new construction of rental housing,
activities that are otherwise eligible in the regular HOME Program
(i.e., homeownership and tenant-based rental assistance) are ineligible
uses of funds under this competition.
IV. Threshold and Program Requirements
(A) Threshhold Requirements:
(1) Ineligible Applicants. HUD will not consider an application
from an ineligible applicant.
(2) Compliance with Fair Housing and Civil Rights Laws.
(a) All applicants and their subrecipients must comply with all
Fair Housing and Civil Rights laws, statutes, regulations, and
Executive Orders as enumerated in 24 CFR 5.105(a), as applicable.
(b) If you, the applicant:
(i) Have been charged with a systemic violation of the Fair Housing
Act alleging ongoing discrimination;
(ii) Are a defendant in a Fair Housing Act lawsuit filed by the
Department of Justice alleging an on-going pattern or practice of
discrimination; or,
(iii) Have received a letter of non-compliance findings,
identifying on-going or systemic noncompliance, under Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, or Section 109
of the Housing and Community Development Act; and
If the charge, lawsuit, or letter of findings has not been resolved
to HUD's satisfaction before the application deadline, you may not
apply for assistance under this NOFA. HUD will not rate and rank your
application. HUD's decision regarding whether a charge, lawsuit, or a
letter of findings has been satisfactorily resolved will be based upon
whether appropriate actions have been taken to address allegations of
on-going discrimination in the policies or practices involved in the
charge, lawsuit, or letter of findings. Examples of actions that may be
taken prior to the application deadline to resolve the charge, lawsuit,
or letter of findings, include, but are not limited to:
(i) a voluntary compliance agreement signed by all parties in
response to the letter of findings;
(ii) a HUD-approved conciliation agreement signed by all parties;
(iii) a consent order or consent decree; or
(iv) a judicial ruling or a HUD Administrative Law Judge's decision
that exonerates the respondent of any allegations of discrimination.
(3) Conducting Business In Accordance with Core Values and Ethical
Standards.
Entities subject to 24 CFR parts 84 and 85 (most non-profit
organizations and state, local and tribal governments or government
agencies or instrumentalities that receive federal awards of financial
assistance) are required to develop and maintain a
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written code of conduct (see 24 CFR 84.42 and 85.36(b)(3)). Consistent
with regulations governing specific programs, your code of conduct
must: prohibit real and apparent conflicts of interest that may arise
among officers, employees, or agents; prohibit the solicitation and
acceptance of gifts or gratuities by your officers, employees, and
agents for their personal benefit in excess of minimal value; and,
outline administrative and disciplinary actions available to remedy
violations of such standards. If awarded assistance under this NOFA,
you will be required, prior to entering into an agreement with HUD, to
submit a copy of your code of conduct and describe the methods you will
use to ensure that all officers, employees, and agents of your
organization are aware of your code of conduct. Failure to meet the
requirement for a code of conduct will prohibit you from receiving an
award of funds from HUD.
(4) Delinquent Federal Debts. Consistent with the purpose and
intent of 31 U.S.C. 3720B and 28 U.S.C. 3201(e), no award of federal
funds shall be made to an applicant who has an outstanding delinquent
federal debt until: (a) The delinquent account is paid in full; (b) a
negotiated repayment schedule is established and at least one payment
is received; or (c) other arrangements satisfactory to the Department
of Housing and Urban Development are made prior to the deadline
submission date.
(5) Executive Order 13202, Preservation of Open Competition and
Government Neutrality Toward Government Contractors' Labor Relations on
Federal and Federally Funded Construction Contracts. Compliance with
HUD regulations at 24 CFR 5.108 implementing Executive Order 13202 is a
condition of receipt of assistance under this NOFA. Subrecipients are
considered recipients of financial assistance for purposes of Sec.
5.108.
(6) Procurement of Recovered Materials. State agencies and agencies
of a political subdivision of a state that are using assistance under
this NOFA for procurement, and any person contracting with such an
agency with respect to work performed under an assisted contract, must
comply with the requirements of Section 6002 of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
In accordance with Section 6002, these agencies and persons must
procure items designated in the guidelines of the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) at 40 CFR part 247 that contain the highest
percentage of recovered materials practicable, consistent with
maintaining a satisfactory level of competition, where the purchase
price of the item exceeds $10,000 or the quantity acquired in the
preceding fiscal year exceeded $10,000; must procure solid waste
management services in a manner that maximizes energy and resource
recovery; and must have established an affirmative procurement program
for procurement of recovered materials identified in the EPA
guidelines.
(B) Program Requirements: In addition to meeting the requirements
of this NOFA, you are subject to the regular HOME program regulations
found at 24 CFR part 92, including the reporting of results in the
Integrated Disbursement and Information System (IDIS). Where there is a
conflict between the HOME regulations and this NOFA, the more stringent
or limiting requirements shall prevail.
V. Application Selection Process
(A) Rating. HUD will review all applications in accordance with the
requirements of this NOFA and will use the threshold criterion
described below and the three selection criteria and sub-factors
referenced at 24 CFR 92.453 and found at section 217(c) of NAHA. As
explained below in section V.(E), two of the three selection criteria
are related to the applicant's past performance in the regular HOME
Program. To facilitate the competition, HUD has already determined the
scores for all potential applicants for these two selection criteria,
including sub-factors, based on information reported to HUD by
participating jurisdictions. A summary of these scores can be found in
Appendix 1 to this NOFA. The score received for the remaining selection
criterion will be added to the applicant's scores for the past
performance criteria in order to obtain the applicant's total score in
the competition.
(B) Ranking and Selection Procedures. Applications that receive a
total rating of 75 points or more will be eligible for selection, and
HUD will place these applications and make selections in rank order.
HUD will not fund any portion of an application that is ineligible
for funding under program requirements, or which does not meet the
requirements of this NOFA. If funds remain after all selections have
been made, these funds may be combined with deobligations of CHDO set-
aside funds over the 12-month period following announcement of
selections under this NOFA, and awarded to the highest-ranking un-
funded, eligible application(s) in this competition.
(C) Applicant Debriefing. Beginning not less than 30 days after the
public announcement of awards, and not longer than 120 days, HUD will,
upon receiving a written request from an applicant, provide a
debriefing to the requesting applicant. Materials provided during a
briefing will be the applicant's final score and final evaluator
comments for the third selection criterion, and the calculations for
assigning scores for the two pre-scored criteria. Applicants requesting
to be debriefed must send a written request to Cliff Taffet, Deputy
Director, Office of Affordable Housing Programs, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, Room 7168, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,
DC 20410-7000.
(D) Requirements. The following requirements apply specifically to
this HOME Program competition:
(1) You, the applicant, must be eligible to apply under HOME (see
Section III(B) of this NOFA).
(2) The projects undertaken with funds awarded through this NOFA
must be permanent housing projects that are owned, developed or
sponsored by eligible, currently certified CHDOs, and qualify as CHDO
set-aside projects under the regular HOME regulations.
(3) During the affordability period applicable to the projects
developed with funds provided through this NOFA, persons residing in
assisted units must meet the definition of ``chronically homeless'' at
the time they are selected as tenants.
(E) Factors for Award Used to Evaluate Applications. HUD will
review and rate all eligible HOME competitive applications using the
Threshold Criterion, Selection Criteria and the Application Submission
Requirements described below. The maximum number of points for this
competition is 100. No RC/EZ/EC bonus points are given.
Threshold Criterion: Narrative on chronic homelessness in your
jurisdiction.
No applicant will be awarded funding without providing this
narrative as part of the application! However, your response to this
item will NOT be scored and will NOT count toward the 10-page
limitation on responses to Selection Criterion 3 described below.
Please provide a description of the extent of chronic homelessness in
your jurisdiction and the main points of your strategy to end chronic
homelessness by 2012, including any cooperation with other
participating jurisdictions in your state to develop, coordinate and
implement such a plan. Much if not all of this information may be found
in the FY 2003 homeless assistance
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application from local Continua of Care networks and/or as part of the
housing strategy described in your Consolidated Plan. If the boundaries
of your participating jurisdiction do not coincide with those of the
local Continuum of Care or if there is no active Continuum of Care
network in your jurisdiction, please explain this as part of your
narrative.
Selection Criterion 1: Commitment (up to 25 points--pre-scored)
The applicant's demonstrated commitment to expand the supply of
affordable rental housing, as indicated by the additional number of
units of affordable housing made available through production or
rehabilitation within the previous two years, making adjustment for
regional variations in construction and rehabilitation costs and giving
special consideration to the number of additional units made available
under HOME through production or rehabilitation in relation to the
amounts made available under HOME.
In scoring this criterion, HUD used Integrated Disbursement and
Information System (IDIS) reports consisting of information provided by
the PJs on the number of HOME-assisted rental units completed over the
past two years (from July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2003), adjusting for
variations in construction costs and the size of HOME allocations. The
PJs were then rank-ordered from highest to lowest by the adjusted
number of rental units produced or rehabilitated. PJs with no HOME-
assisted rental units produced or rehabilitated received zero points.
The remaining PJs were divided into 25 equal groups, adjusted for ties,
with the group having the most such units receiving 25 points, the next
group receiving 24 points and so on. (See Appendix 1 for the score
assigned to your PJ for this criterion.)
Submission Requirements for Selection Criterion 1:
No submission required.
Selection Criterion 2: Actions (up to 50 points--pre-scored)
This criterion consists of four parts and rates the applicant's
actions that:
Part A: (up to 15 points--pre-scored): Direct funds made available
under HOME to benefit very low-income families, with a range of
incomes, in numbers that exceed the income-targeting requirements of
HOME, with extra consideration given for activities that expand the
supply of affordable housing for very-low-income families whose incomes
do not exceed 30 percent of the median income for the area (i.e.,
extremely low-income), as determined by HUD.
In scoring this part, HUD used Integrated Disbursement and
Information System (IDIS) reports consisting of information provided by
the PJs on the percentage of their completed units over the period of
their participation in the HOME Program occupied by very low- and
extremely low-income households, with double weighting given the
extremely low-income segment. The PJs were then rank-ordered from
highest to lowest by the weighted percentage of units occupied by the
very low- and extremely low-income households. PJs with fewer than 20
units indicated as being occupied by these households or with less than
70 percent of completed rental units occupied received zero points. The
remaining PJs were divided into 15 equal groups, adjusted for ties,
with the group having the highest adjusted percentage receiving 15
points, the next group receiving 14 points and so on. (See Appendix 1
for the score assigned to your PJ for this part of criterion 2.)
Submission Requirements for Selection Criterion 2, part A:
No submission required.
Part B: (up to 10 points--pre-scored): Provide matching resources
in excess of funds required under the HOME requirements.
In scoring this part, HUD used HUD field office reports on the
status of PJs in meeting their regular HOME Program match requirement
for the past two completed reporting periods. Those PJs having met or
exceeded their match liability over this period received 10 points.
Those PJs not having met their match liability in one or more of the
past two completed reporting periods received zero points. (See
Appendix 1 for the score assigned to your PJ for this part of criterion
2.)
Submission Requirements for Selection Criterion 2, part B:
No submission required.
Part C: (up to 15 points--pre-scored): Stimulate a high degree of
participation in development by the private sector, including non-
profit organizations.
In scoring this part, HUD used Integrated Disbursement and
Information System (IDIS) reports consisting of information provided by
the PJs to determine that at least one of the multi-family (5-units or
more) rental projects completed within the past two years within the
participating jurisdiction was funded through the eligible use of the
CHDO set-aside. The focus was on CHDO rental projects in this part
since funds awarded in this competition must be used by CHDOs for
eligible CHDO set-aside projects. Those PJs having met this standard
received 15 points. Those PJs not having met this standard received
zero points. (See Appendix 1 for the score assigned to your PJ for this
part of criterion 2.)
Submission Requirements for Selection Criterion 2, part C:
No submission required.
Part D: (up to 10 points--pre-scored): Stimulate a high degree of
investment in development by the private sector, including non-profit
organizations.
In scoring this part, HUD used Integrated Disbursement and
Information System (IDIS) reports consisting of information provided by
the PJs to determine the extent to which, in percentages, each PJ was
leveraging private funds with HOME dollars invested in completed
projects. The PJs were then rank-ordered from highest to lowest by the
leveraging percentage. PJs with no leveraging indicated in IDIS, or
less than $50,000 in HOME funds invested overall in completed projects,
received zero points. The remaining PJs were divided into 10 equal
groups, adjusted for ties, with the group having the highest percentage
receiving 10 points, the next group receiving 9 points and so on. (See
Appendix 1 for the score assigned to your PJ for this part of criterion
2.)
Submission Requirements for Selection Criterion 2, part D:
No submission required.
Selection Criterion 3: Policies (up to 25 points)
This criterion examines the degree to which your PJ is pursuing
policies that:
(A) Make existing housing more affordable;
(B) Remove or ameliorate any negative effects that public policies
identified by you in your Consolidated Plan may have on the cost of
housing or the incentives to develop, maintain, or improve affordable
housing in the jurisdiction;
(C) Preserve the affordability of privately owned housing that is
vulnerable to conversion, demolition, disinvestment, or abandonment;
(D) Increase the supply of housing that is affordable to very low-
income and low-income persons, particularly in areas that are
accessible to expanding job opportunities; and
(E) Remedy the effects of discrimination and improve housing
opportunities for disadvantaged minorities.
Submission Requirements for Selection Criterion 3:
(1) Identify for each of the five goals listed above the policy or
policies currently being implemented by your PJ to achieve the goal.
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(2) Indicate for each policy whether it has been formally adopted
(e.g., city council or legislative action; city, county or state
executive action; included as part of a state or local planning
document, etc.).
(3) Describe the effects of the policy or policies thus far in
achieving the goal being specific as to performance measures used.
(4) There is an absolute maximum limit of 10 pages (letter-sized,
single-sided) for your submission in response to selection criterion 3.
No information contained on page 11 or higher will be reviewed by HUD
or considered in the scoring of your application.
(F) Final Ranking and Conditional Awards. The score received by
each PJ for the three selection criteria will be totaled and the PJs
will be rank ordered from highest to lowest score received. Five
hundred thousand dollars will be awarded to the PJ receiving the
highest score. Moving down the ranking, $500,000 will be awarded to the
next highest scoring PJ and so on until the balance of funds remaining
is less than $500,000. Should two or more PJs have tie scores for the
final award, the PJ receiving the highest score for selection criterion
number 1 will be awarded the funds. Additional tie-breaks will be
applied in the following order until a final award can be made:
selection criterion 2A, selection criterion 2B, selection criterion 2C,
selection criterion 2D, selection criterion 3. The awards are
conditional pending execution of a special grant agreement between HUD
and the PJ applicant. These awards may be combined with other federal
funds, including regular HOME Program funds, state, local or private
funding to develop the required permanent rental housing for the
homeless that is subject to all regular HOME Program regulations.
VI. Application Requirements and Checklist for Application Submission
Your application consists of the items listed in this Section VI.
The standard forms, certifications, and assurances that are applicable
to this funding (collectively referred to as the ``standard forms'')
can be found in Appendix 2. The following checklist helps to ensure
that all of the required items have been submitted in order to receive
consideration for funding:
--HUD 424, Application for Federal Assistance and Funding Matrix
(signed by the authorized representative of the organization eligible
to receive funds, and incorporating Assurance and Certifications
currently on file with HUD); and
Narrative Statements Addressing
--Threshold Criterion--Description of the extent of and the strategy to
address chronic homelessness in your jurisdiction;
--Selection Criterion 3--Policies; and
Forms
--HUD-2880, Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/Update Report
--HUD-2993, Acknowledgment of Application Receipt
These forms are available on the following Web site: http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/nofa/stdforms.cfm.
VII. Corrections to Deficient Applications
After the application due date, HUD may not, consistent with its
regulations in 24 CFR part 4, subpart B, consider any unsolicited
information you, the applicant, may want to provide. HUD may contact
you to clarify an item in your application or to correct technical
deficiencies. HUD may not seek clarification of items or responses that
improve the substantive quality of your response to any rating factors.
In order not to unreasonably exclude applications from being rated and
ranked, HUD may contact applicants to ensure proper completion of the
application and will do so on a uniform basis for all applicants.
Examples of curable (correctable) technical deficiencies include
failure to submit the proper certifications or failure to submit an
application that contains an original signature by an authorized
official. In each case, HUD will notify you in writing by describing
the clarification or technical deficiency. HUD will notify applicants
by facsimile or by USPS, return receipt requested. Clarifications or
corrections of technical deficiencies in accordance with the
information provided by HUD must be submitted within 14 calendar days
of the date of receipt of the HUD notification. (If the due date falls
on a Saturday, Sunday, or federal holiday, your correction must be
received by HUD on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or
federal holiday.) If the deficiency is not corrected within this time
period, HUD will reject the application as incomplete and it will not
be considered for funding.
VIII. Environmental Requirements
This NOFA provides funding under, and does not alter the
environmental requirements of, 24 CFR part 92. Accordingly, under 24
CFR 50.19(c)(5), this NOFA is categorically excluded from environmental
review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321). Activities under this NOFA are subject to the environmental
review provisions set out at 24 CFR 92.352.
All HOME assistance is subject to the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 and related federal environmental authorities. HOME grant
applicants are cautioned that no federal or non-federal funds or
assistance which limits reasonable choices or could produce an adverse
environmental impact may be committed to a project until all required
environmental reviews and notifications have been completed by a unit
of general local government or State and until HUD approves a
recipient's request for release of funds under the environmental
provisions contained in 24 CFR part 58.
IX. Authority
The funding made available under this NOFA is authorized by section
217(c) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA)
(42 U.S.C. 12704 et seq.).
Dated: October 6, 2003.
Roy A. Bernardi,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
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