REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Proposed rule. 24 CFR 570.402. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: None. ment, Community Planning and Development, Office of Program Policy Development, Technical Assistance Division, 451 7th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 755-6092. RELATED PROGRAMS: None. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Competitive process. Criteria will be published in the RFGA. 14.235 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM (Transitional Housing; Permanent Housing for Handicapped Homeless Persons) FEDERAL AGENCY: COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVEL OPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DE VELOPMENT AUTHORIZATION: Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, as amended, Title IV, Subtitle C, Public Law 100-77; Public Law 100-242; Public Law 100-628; Cranston-Gonzalez Na tional Affordable Housing Act of 1990, Public Law 101-625. OBJECTIVES: The Supportive Housing Program is designed to devel op innovative approaches for providing supportive housing, especially to deinstitutionalized homeless individuals, homeless families with children and homeless individuals with mental disabilities and other handicapped homeless persons. The Supportive Housing Program consists of two components: Transitional Housing and Permanent Housing for the Handicapped Homeless. Transitional Housing is designed to provide housing and supportive services to facilitate the transition to independent living for homeless persons who are capable of making the transition within 24 months. The Permanent Housing for the Handicapped Homeless Program has as its purpose, through providing housing and supportive services, to maximize each resident's ability to live independently within the permanent housing environment. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Direct Payments for Speci fied Use. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Seven types of assistance may be provided for Transitional Housing: acquisition/substantial rehabilitation, limited new construction or moderate rehabilitation grants; annual payments in years one through five for operating costs, for supportive services, for establishing and operating employment assistance programs; and child care programs and technical assistance (from HUD). Applicants may request one or more of these types ofassistance. Four types of assistance may be provided for Permanent Housing: Acquisition/substantial rehabilitation, or limited new construction, moderate rehabilitation grants; annual payments for operating costs and for supportive service in years one through five; and technical assistance (from HUD). Technical assistance will be made available only in conjunction with the award of funds under the program. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligsbility: For Transitional Housing: Any State, metropol itan city, urban county, governmental entity, tribe or private nonprofit corporation. For Permanent Housing: the State in which the project is to be located or Indian tribe, on behalf of a private nonprofit organization ("Project Sponsor") or a Public Housing Agency. Beneficiary Eligibility: Homeless individuals and families with chil dren. Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments. Governmental entities will certify to their eligibility. Private nonprofit entities will document eligibility based on the requirements of Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: An environmental assessment is required for this program. Any application that HUD determines would have a significant adverse impact on the human environment would not be eligible for funding. Both components of this pro gram are excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedure: A separate application package prescribing the specific information that applicants must submit is available for each component. The standard application forms as furnished by HUD must be used for this program. Both components of this program are subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No. A110. Any proposed project under this program must consistent with the applicable HUD-approved Comprehensive Housing Assistance Plan and local plans and must be permissible under appli cable zoning ordinances and regulations. Award Procedure: HUD reviews applications, rates and ranks those meeting threshold requirements, and prepares a Grant Agreement for those applications selected. Deadlines: A Notice of Fund Availability announces deadlines for completed applications and time frames for HUD selections. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Processing of applications will take place in HUD Field Offices and at HUD Headquarters, and selection of successful applicants will take place at HUD Headquarters. HUD will make its final selections and obligate funds as soon as the applications can be processed. Appeals: None. Renewals: Not applicable. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: Recipients must match grants for acquisition/substantial rehabilitation, grants for new construction, and moderate rehabilitation with an equal amount of funds from nonfederal sources. CDBG and CSBG funds are considered nonfederal sources for these purposes. The recipient must demonstrate that it has sources to pay the percentage of operating costs, supportive services costs, child care and employment assistance costs not funded by HUD in grants for such costs. HUD will include in the matching calculation the time and services contribut ed by volunteers. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Based on the individual ap plication, an acquisition/substantial rehabilitation, new construction, or moderate rehabilitation grant may be made available subsequent to execution of the Grant Agreement. Also, HUD proposes to make a portion of annual operating cost, supportive services, child care, and employment assistance program assistance payments available to recipients on a quarterly basis for a period of up to five years. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Each recipient must keep any records and make any reports as specified by HUD. Audits: The financial management systems used by governmental en tities that are recipients under this program must provide for audits in accordance with 24 CFR 44. Private nonprofit entity recipients are subject to the audit requirements of OMB Circular No. A-110. HUD may perform further and additional audits as it finds necessary or appropriate. Records: Each recipient must agree to participate in an evaluation of the program, and to keep any records and make any reports that HUD may require for the purpose of reporting to Congress on the cost of the program and the social, financial, and other advantages of transitional and permanent housing as a means of assisting homeless persons. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 86-0181-0-1-604. and FY 94 est $329,968,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: HUD imposes the follow ing limitations: (1) Acquisition/substantial rehabilitation, moderate rehabilitation or limited new construction grants for both Transitional Housing and Permanent Housing may not exceed the lesser of $200,000 ($400,000 in high cost areas) (2) funding of up to 75 percent of the annual operating and supportive services costs for the first two years and up to 50 percent for the remaining three years. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: To date, the Department has funded 536 Transitional Housing projects, obligating approximately $340 million. On August 21,1990, awards were announced for $119.5 million in fiscal year 1990 Transitional Housing funds. To date, the Department has funded 327 projects amounting to more than $93 million under the Permanent Housing program. On September 19, 1990, the Department awarded 104 Permanent Housing projects totaling $15.3 million. On August 21, 1991, the Department awarded 80 Permanent Housing projects totaling $48.6 mil lion. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: 24 CFR 577 and 578 published in the Federal Register on November 8, 1989 at 54 FR 47024. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: Designated Regional Contact Person for the Supportive Housing Program in each Regional Office of Community Planning and Development, and designated Field Office monitors in local HUD Field Offices. Headquarters Office: James N. Forsberg, Office Director, Special Needs Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 708 4300. RELATED PROGRAMS: 14.231, Emergency Shelter Grants Program. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Permanent Housing: (1) The award of $146,875 for the acquisition and rehabilitation of an office building to be converted to six one-bedroom units, and one two-bedroom unit for two physically handicapped and five mentally disabled homeless individuals; (2) The award of $85,526 for the acquisition/rehabilitation of two properties, one of which contains two units, to house four chronically mentally ill individuals and the other which will house three chronically mentally ill individuals. (3) Transitional Housing: The award of a Transitional Housing grant of $389,450. Of this amount, $170,000 will be used toward the rehabilitation of two large single family structures and $43,890 for operating costs will be provided annually for five years. The transitional housing will serve 10 homeless families; (4) The award of a Transitional Housing grant of $132,900. Of this amount, $32,900 will be used toward the acquisition of a house that will be remodeled into five rental units and $20,000 for operating costs will be provided annually for five years. The transitional housing will serve victims of domestic violence; (5) The award of a Transitional Housing Grant of $264,400. Of this amount, $200,000 will be used toward the rehabilitation of two apartment buildings and $12,880 for operating costs will be provided annually for five years. The transitional housing will serve 14 homeless and runaway youths. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Criteria for selecting applications for assistance under both components are defined in the regulations. (b) to facilitate the transfer and utilization of public buildings to assist homeless individuals and families. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants; Direct Loans. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants may be used for acquiring, leasing, rehabilitating, or converting facilities to assist the homeless and for providing supportive services, or for other purposes to assist the homeless. The maximum grant or loan award is $1 million. Recipients may not use SAFAH assistance to supplant any nonfederal resources. Not more than five percent of any award may be used for administration, and not more than $10,000 may be used for outpatient health services. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: There are two funding categories, correspond ing to the two program purposes, each having eligibility criteria. States, metropolitan cities, urban counties, Indian tribes, and private nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply for comprehensive assistance. To apply for assistance to cover costs in excess of assistance provided under the emergency shelter grant (ESG) or supportive housing demonstration (SHD) programs, an applicant must have been approved for, or have received funding under ESG or SHD. Beneficiary Eligibility: Homeless families and individuals, with spe cial emphasis on families with children, elderly homeless individ uals, and handicapped homeless individuals. Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments. Governmental entities will certify to their eligibility. Private nonprofit entities will document eligibility based on the requirements of Section 510(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: An environmental assessment is required for this program. Any application that HUD determines would have a significant adverse impact on the human environment would not be eligible for funding. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedure: A separate application package prescribing the specific information that applicants must submit is available. The standard application forms as furnished by HUD must be used for this program. The program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-110. Any proposed project under this program must be consistent with the applicable HUD-approved Comprehensive Housing Assistance Plan and local plans and must be permissible under applicable zoning ordinances and regulations. Award Procedure: HUD reviews applications, rates and ranks those meeting threshold requirements, and prepares a Grant Agreement for those applications selected. Deadlines: A Notice of Funds Availability announces deadlines for completed applications and time frames for HUD selections. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Processing of applications will take place in HUD field offices and at HUD headquarters, and selection of successful applicants will take place at HUD headquarters. HUD will make its final selections and obligate funds as soon as the applications can be processed. Appeals: None. Renewals: Not applicable. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: The McKinney Act requires that to the maximum extent practicable, HUD reserve not less than 50 percent of all funds provided under this subtitle to assist homeless elderly individuals and homeless families with children, with a portion of such funds to be used for child care facilities. This program has no matching requirement, but does award ranking points to applications that propose to use SAFAH funds to le verage other nonfederal resources. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Recipients must agree to keep any records and make any reports that HUD may require. Audits: The financial management systems used by governmental en tities under this program must provide for audits in accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations Title 24 (24 CFR) Part 44. 14.236 SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR FACILITIES TO ASSIST THE HOMELESS (SAFAH, McKinney Homeless Assistance) FEDERAL AGENCY: COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVEL OPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DE VELOPMENT AUTHORIZATION: Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, as amended, Title IV, Section D, Public Law 100-77. OBJECTIVES: To provide (1) comprehensive assistance for particular ly innovative programs for, or alternative methods of, meeting the immediate and long-term needs of homeless individuals and families by assisting: (a) the purchase, lease, renovation, or conversion of facilities to assist the homeless; or (b) the provision of supportive services for homeless individuals; or (2) assistance to cover the costs in excess of assistance provided under the emergency shelter grant program or the supportive housing demonstration program that are required: (a) to meet the special needs of homeless families with children, elderly homeless individuals, or the handicapped; or Private nonprofit organizations must comply with Federal audit requirements contained in OMB Circular No. A-110. Records: Recipients must agree to keep any records and make any reports that HUD may require. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 86-0187-0-1-451. FY 94 est SO. $330,000. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In fiscal year 1991, HUD made 20 awards totaling $10,849,000. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: 24 CFR 579 published in the Federal Register on November 7, 1989 at 54 FR 46812. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: Designated Regional Contact Persons for the SAFAH program in each Regional Office of Community Planning and Development and designated Field Office Contact Persons in local HUD Field Offices. Headquarters Office: James N. Forsberg, Office Director, Special Needs Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 708 4300. RELATED PROGRAMS: 14.231, Emergency Shelter Grants Program; 14.235, Supportive Housing Program. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Criteria for selecting applications for assistance are defined in the regulations. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: HUD's Request for Grant Application (RFGA) Kits which will cluded from coverage under Executive Order 12372. Application Procedure: The applications will be submitted to HUD and reviewed and evaluated by a Source Evaluation Board. Award Procedure: Applicants who respond to the yearly RFGA and compete successfully by being selected by the Source Evaluation Board Review Panel will be awarded a grant. HUD will usually make an award within forty (40) days of the closing date of the RFGA. Deadlines: Determined by the RFGA date published in the Federal Register Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Generally within 40 days. Appeals: None. Renewals: Applications will have to besubmitted on a yearly basis for up to a three (3) year funding cycle in response to a Request for Grant Application. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: No formula or matching re quirement. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Assistance is for an annual three (3) year funding cycle and may continue for succeeding years depending on additional yearly appropriations. Questions concerning this program should be addressed to James Turk, Office of Technical Assistance, 451 7th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 708-3176. Reports: Quarterly and Final Reports are required. defines Federal responsibilities for implementing and monitoring tive use of audit services. Records: The applicant must maintain all required records required by the terms and conditions of the grant. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 86-0162-0-1-451. FY 94 est $O. be from $275,000 to a maximum of $500,000. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: No documentation. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: The program is governed by regulations contained in 24 CFR 570.400 and 570.404 and 24 CFR Part 570, subparts A,C,J,K and O. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: None. Room 7152, 451 7th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20410. Tele phone: (202) 708-3176. RELATED PROGRAMS: None. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: No documentation. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: The criteria for select ing proposals will be listed under each Request for Grant Application. 14.237 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM FEDERAL AGENCY: COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVEL OPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DE VELOPMENT AUTHORIZATION: Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, Section 107(b)(3). OBJECTIVES: To help Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in addressing community development needs, including revitalization, housing, and economic development in their localities, consistent with the purposes of the 1974 Act. The program is designed to help HBCUs address the priority needs of their localities in meeting the following HUD priorities: (a) expand homeownership and affordable housing opportunities; (b) create jobs and economic development through enterprise zones; (c) empower the poor through resident management; (d) help make public hous ing drug free; and, (e) help end the tragedy of homelessness. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Only HBCUs as determined by the Department of Education in 34 CFR 608.2 pursuant to that Department's responsibilities under Executive Order 12677, dated April 28, 1989 are eligible to submit applications for funding. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Historically Black Colleges and Universities as determined by the Department of Education in 34 CFR 608.2 pursuant to that Department's responsibilities under Executive Order 12677, dated April 28, 1989. Beneficiary Eligibility: The principal beneficiaries of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities program will include any city, county, town, township, parish, village, or other general political subdivision of a State within which the HBCU is located. An HBCU located in a metropolitan statistical area, as established by the Office of Management and Budget, may consider its locality to be one or more of these entities within the entire area. Credentials/Documentation: Budget amounts for applications will be determined on the merits of the application in accordance with guidelines of the Request for Grant Application proposal yearly competitions. 14.238 SHELTER PLUS CARE FEDERAL AGENCY: COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVEL OPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DE VELOPMENT AUTHORIZATION: Title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended by the Housing and Community De velopment Act of 1992. OBJECTIVES: The Shelter Plus Care Program is designed to provide rental assistance, in connection with supportive services funded from sources other than this program, to homeless persons with disabilities (primarily persons who are seriously mentally ill; have chronic problems with alcohol, drugs, or both, or have acquired the funds available must be made available for each of the four components. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: No documentation reported. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: 24 CFR Part 582 Shelter Plus Care Program Final Rule, dated March 15, 1993. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: Designated regional contact person for the Shelter Plus Care Program in each Regional Office of Community in local HUD Field Offices. Headquarters Office: James N. Forsberg, Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, Department of Housing and Urban 20410. Telephone: (202) 708-4300. RELATED PROGRAMS: 14.231, Emergency Shelter Grants Pro gram. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: None reported. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: The criteria for select ing proposals will be listed under each Request for Grant Application. 14.239 HOME INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING (HOME Program) immunodeficiency syndrome and related diseases) and their fami lies. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Homeless persons with disabilities and their families. Homeless persons with disabilities. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: An eligible applicant is a State, unit of general local government, Indian tribe or public housing agency (PHA). Beneficiary Eligibility: Homeless persons with disabilities and their families. Except in SRO's which are only for homeless persons with disabilities. Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments. Governmental entities and public housing agencies will certify to their eligibility. Private nonprofit entities who are project sponsors will document their eligibility based on the requirements of Sec tion 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: An environmental assessment is re quired for this program. Any application that HUD determines would have a significant adverse impact on the human environment will not be eligible for funding. All components of this pro gram are excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedure: A separate application package prescribing the specific information that applicants must submit is available for all components. The standard application forms as furnished by HUD must be used for this program. All components of this program are subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-110. Any proposed project under this program must be consistent with the applicable HUD-approved Comprehensive Housing Afford ability Strategy. Award Procedure: HUD reviews applications, rates and ranks those meeting threshold requirements, and makes conditional grant awards to those applications most highly ranked. Deadlines: A Notice of Fund Availability announces deadlines for completed applications and time frames for HUD selections. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Processing of applications and selection of successful applicants will take place at HUD Headquarters. HUD will make final selection and obligate funds as soon as the applications can be processed. Appeals: None. Renewals: Dependent on fund availability. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: Recipients must match the rental assistance by supportive services that are equal in value to the aggregate amount of rental assistance and appropriate to the needs of the population to be served. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: HUD will provide rental as sistance under the TRA and SRA components for a five year period. Rental assistance under the SRO component will be for a 10 year period. If units are rehabilitated, and meet the standards required, assistance under the PRA component will be for a 10 years period; otherwise it will be for a five year period. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Each recipient must keep any records and make any re ports as specified by HUD. Audits: The financial management systems used by governmental entities that are recipients under this program must provide for audits in accordance with 24 CFR 44. HUD may perform further and additional audits as it finds necessary or appropriate. Records: Each recipient must keep any records and make any re ports that HUD may require. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 86-0204-0-1-604. 94 est $O. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: HUD imposes the fol lowing limitations: No more than 10 percent of the assistance available for any fiscal year may be used for programs located within any one unit of general local government. At least 10% of FEDERAL AGENCY: COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVEL OPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DE VELOPMENT AUTHORIZATION: National Affordable Housing Act, Title II, 1990. OBJECTIVES: (1) To expand the supply of decent and affordable housing, particularly rental housing, for low-and very low-income Americans; (2) To strengthen the abilities of State and local governments to design and implement strategies for achieving adequate supplies of decent, affordable housing; (3) To provide both financial and technical assistance to participating jurisdictions, including the development of model programs for developing affordable low-income housing and; (4) To extend and strengthen partnerships among all levels of government and the private sector, including for-profit and nonprofit organizations, in the pro duction and operation of affordable housing. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Formula Grants. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: For use by participating jurisdic tions or Indian tribes for housing rehabilitation, tenant-based assistance, assistance to first-time homebuyers, acquisition of housing and new construction of housing. Funding may also be used for other necessary and reasonable activities related to the develop ment of non-luxury housing, such as site acquisition, site improvements, demolition and relocation. Ten percent of a participating jurisdiction's allocation may be used for administrative costs. Funds may not be used for public housing modernization, matching funds for other Federal programs, operating subsidies for rental housing, Annual Contributions Contracts, or activities under the Low Income Housing Preservation Act. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: States, cities, urban counties and consortia (of contiguous units of general local governments with a binding agreement) are eligible to receive formula allocations; Indian tribes are eligible to receive competitive grants. Beneficiary Eligibility: For rental housing, at least 90 percent of HOME funds must benefit low and very low income families at 60 percent of the area median income; the remaining ten percent must be invested in families below 80 percent of the area median. Assistance to homeowners must be to families below 80 percent of the area median. Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments and specific requirements of 24 CFR 85 apply to ating jur ictions, State recipients and any governmental subrecipient receiving HOME funds. Single Family Homes; 14.858, HOPE for Public and Indian Hous ing Homeownership. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Not applicable. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Affordable Housing Strategy (CHAS) to HUD by October 31, for allocation. Application Procedure: Each eligible jurisdiction must submit a CHAS, notify HUD of its intent to participate in HOME and submit a program description. Award Procedure: The responsible HUD field office notifies grant ees of award. Deadlines: The CHAS is due by October 31 for fiscal year 1992 funding. Each jurisdictions must notify HUD of its intent to participate within 30 days of the NOFA publication and submit a program description within 45 days of the NOFA publication or after being designated a participating jurisdiction. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: HUD must review a partici pating jurisdiction's CHAS within 60 days. It has 30 days to review the program description. Appeals: Formula allocations may not be appealed. Renewals: A new CHAS is submitted every five years, with an annual update in the intervening years. A program description is submitted each year. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: The formula is a system of factors established to reflect a jurisdiction's need for an increase supply of affordable housing for low- and very-low income families. Designed by HUD to meet statutory criteria, it is based on a jurisdiction's inadequate housing supply, substandard housing, the number of low-income families in housing units likely to bein need of rehabilitation, the cost of producing housing, poverty, and the relative fiscal incapacity of the jurisdiction to carry out housing activities without Federal assistance. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Grant funds are drawn down based upon individual project development progress. The HOME program uses an electronic fund transfer cash and management information system. Once drawn down, funds must be expended within fifteen days. All funds must be committed within 24 months. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Financial management and annual performance reports. Audits: In accordance with 24 CFR Part 44 and OMB Circular No. A-133. Records: Records which enable HUD to determine whether the par ticipating jurisdiction has met the requirements of the program must be kept for three years. Those records required to document the period of affordability must be maintained for three years beyond the required period. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 86-0196-0-1-604. est $1,000,000,000; and FY 94 est $0. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: In FY 1992, there were 439 participating jurisdictions eligible to receive HOME allocations, with grants ranging from $500,000 to over $92 million. Maximum subsidy per unit is equal to the per-unit dollar limits established by HUD for elevator-type projects, involving nonprofit mortgagors, insured under section 221(1)(3) of the National Hous ing Act that apply to the area in which the housing is located. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: No documentation reported. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: 24 CFR Part 92. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: Contact appropriate HUD field office or regional office. Headquarters Office: David M. Cohen, Director, Office of Afford able Housing Programs, Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 708-2685. RELATED PROGRAMS: 14.185, Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere; 14.240, HOPE for Homeownership of 14.240 HOPE FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP OF (Hope 3) FEDERAL AGENCY: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMU. NITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORIZATION: Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended, Title IV, Section 441. OBJECTIVES: To provide homeownership opportunities to lower income families and individuals by providing grantees with Federal assistance to finance an eligible homebuyer's direct purchase and rehabilitation of eligible single family properties or tofund the grantee's acquisition and rehabilitation of single family properties for sale and occupancy by families at affordable prices. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Eligible activities: PLANNING GRANTS: (1) assessing stock of eligible properties; (2) training of and technical assistance to applicants tied to development of a homeownership program; (3) study feasibility of a homeownership program; (4) preliminary architectural and engineering work; (5) identification of counseling and training curricula and sources; (6) economic development planning; (7) security plans; (8) application for an implementation grant; and (9) administrative costs. IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS: (1) architectural and engineering work; (2) acquisition of eligible properties; (3) financial assistance to homebuyers; (4) rehabilitation; (5) administrative costs; (6) counseling and training; (7) relocation and temporary relocation; (8) property management and holding costs; (9) replacement reserves; (10) legal fees; (11) ongoing training needs; (12) job training and retraining; and (13) other activities proposed by the applicant, to the extent the applicant justifies them as necessary for the pro posed homeownership program and HUD approves them. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Eligible applicants are private nonprofit orga nizations, public agencies in cooperation with a private nonprofit organization, and cooperative associations. Beneficiary Eligibility: Eligible beneficiaries are families or individ uals with an income at or below 80 percent of area median adjust ed for family size and who are also first time homebuyers. Credentials/Documentation: The applicant must document its capa bility to develop a HOPE III homeownership program through the previous experience of either the applicant or key staff in managing acquisition, rehabilitation, construction, real estate financing, counseling and training, or by an explanation of how such capabil ity will be obtained. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: HUD Field Offices will provide poten tial applicants with an explanation of application requirements as set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations and technical assistance for this program. A categorical exclusion from the environmental assessment requirements of NEPA has been issued for this program. Compliance with other applicable Federal environmental laws is required. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedure: A Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA) will be published annually that will advise potential applicants to obtain an application package from HUD Field Offices and will establish deadline dates as well as other requirements for application submission. An original and two copies of the completed application must be received by the HUD Field Office that has jurisdiction over the locality in which the proposed program is located by the deadline date published in the NOFA. Applications should be addressed to the Director, Community Planning and Development Division. It is recommended that potential applicants contact their local Field Office to confirm the appropriate location and |