New Community Development Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C 4511, 84 Stat. 1793.)

(b) Civil rights. Submission of acceptable assurances of compliance with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 88-352, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d and HUD Title VI regulations 24 CFR Part I, 29 F.R. 16280 and with affirmative action plan requirements pursuant to Executive Order 11246, as amended 30 F.R. 12319, and HUD regulations 24 CFR Part 130, 36 F.R. 20688.

(c) Relocation requirements (if applicable) (1) Submission of acceptance assurances of compliance with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, 84 Stat. 1894, 42 U.S.C. 4601, and

(2) Absence of any known impediment to the applicant's ability to meet HUD relocation requirements and the applicant's and/or locality's ability to fulfill requirements for replacement housing. "Known impediment" refers to a practical inability to provide adequate relocation assistance.

(d) A-95 coordination. Evidence that A-95 coordination is in process. The phrase "A-95 coordination" refers to the procedure involving review of applications by the appropriate agency under OMB Circular A-95.

§ 561.6 Criteria for evaluating applica

tions.

Criteria for evaluating applications are divided into the following major categories:

(a) Availability of credit to applicant; (b) Population class;

(c) Physical need;

(d) Housing consideration;

(e) Local equal employment and entrepreneurial efforts;

(f) Local need;

(g) Commitment of local, county, State, and Federal entities to project or program;

(h) Expansion of housing for low- and moderate-income families;

(i) Community development.

The elements considered in each category are described in the following sections, and the method of assigning rating points to each element or category is set forth. Points are awarded to each element or category in the following manner unless otherwise specifically indicated: If a statement under a particular element or category applies specifically to the project application under consideration, the application is awarded the

(The value of this category is the value of paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this section.)

(a) The population of the locality is under 10,000___ 10 (b) The population of the locality is 10,000 to 25,000___. 5

§ 561.14 Physical need.

(The value of this category is the value of paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this section.)

(a) The project will meet a critical need 12 (b) The project will provide a basic, needed facility which is not currently available 6

"Critical need" refers to a demonstrated need which must be met immediately to prevent or terminate a serious threat to the health or safety of the locality, e.g., a desperate need for water or control of demonstrated causes of diseases of epidemic proportions.

§ 561.16 Housing consideration.

(The value of this category is the sum of paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section.)

(a) The project is necessary for maintenance of existing decent, safe, and sanitary housing___ 3 (b) The project is necessary for assistance to proposed decent, safe, and sanitary low- and moderate-income housing

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(c) The project is necessary for assistance for significant areas of housing that is less than decent, safe, and sanitary -3

"Decent, safe and sanitary" refers to housing that is in accordance with the local housing standards in the area in which the project is to be located.

§ 561.18 Local equal employment and entrepreneurial effort.

(The value of this category is the sum of the values of paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section.)

(a) Activities undertaken by the locality have provided relatively superior opportunities for training and/or employment, of minority persons________3

(b) Activities undertaken by the locality have provided relatively superior opportunities for business concerns owned, controlled, or managed in substantial part by minority persons-_-_-_3

(c) The applicant has taken affirmative action in its own employment in the training and/or employment of minority persons with relatively superior results

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In determining whether or not performance has been "relatively superior", the following items will be taken into consideration. Absolute numbers of persons actually trained or hired in relation to numbers of minority group persons in the labor market area; total dollar value of contracts let to minority entrepreneurs in relation to total dollar amount of contracts let by locality; within the administering agency, racial composition at all levels of employment and absolute number of training opportunities made available to minority group persons. § 561.20 Local need.

(The value of this category is the sum of the values of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.)

(a) Median income of jurisdiction. The median annual family income of the geographic area of jurisdiction of the applicant compared to the State median annual family income is: (Select one, if appropriate):

(1) $1-$500 below State median____ 3 (2) More than $500 below State median

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(The value of this category is the sum of paragraphs (a) to (d) of this section.) (a) Local commitment. There was substantial participation by the chief executive and governing body of the locality during the planning of the project, and they are demonstrating current public commitment in support of the project 4

(b) Resident commitment. There was effective widespread participation of a representative spectrum of service area residents in the development of project objectives and there is evidence of current support for the execution of the project

§ 561.24 Expansion of housing for low. and moderate-income families.

(The value of this category is the sum of the values of paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section.)

(a) Expansion of low- and moderateincome housing (applicant). Within the applicant's geographic area of jurisdiction, there has been significant expansion of the supply of standard housing for low- and moderate-income families in a nondiscriminatory way.......

(b) Expansion of low- and moderateincome housing (locality). Within the locality in which the project is located, there has been significant expansion of the supply of standard housing for low and moderate-income families in a non

discriminatory way-

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(c) Dispersion of low- and moderateincome housing. The locality has a realistic plan to expand the supply of stand

ard low- and moderate-income housing in a nondiscriminatory way outside areas of concentration of economically disadvantaged or minority citizens_-_-. § 561.26 Community development.

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The degree to which the project is necessary for undertaking other publicly supported community development activities 0 to 6

"Community development activities" refers to those publicly supported physical development activities and those related social or economic development

activities being carried out or to be carried out within a reasonable period of time in accordance with a locally determined or areawide plan or strategy. Factors taken into consideration may include the project's responsiveness to local needs and objectives, the economies possible through coordinated or joint action, the degree of support by the appropriate unit(s) of local general-purpose government, and the management capacity and efforts to develop management capacity within local general-purpose government.