80_FR_56662 80 FR 56481 - Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests Granted for the Second Quarter of Calendar Year 2015

80 FR 56481 - Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests Granted for the Second Quarter of Calendar Year 2015

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 181 (September 18, 2015)

Page Range56481-56489
FR Document2015-23486

Section 106 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (the HUD Reform Act) requires HUD to publish quarterly Federal Register notices of all regulatory waivers that HUD has approved. Each notice covers the quarterly period since the previous Federal Register notice. The purpose of this notice is to comply with the requirements of section 106 of the HUD Reform Act. This notice contains a list of regulatory waivers granted by HUD during the period beginning on April 1, 2015, and ending on June 30, 2015.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5871-N-02]


Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests Granted for the Second 
Quarter of Calendar Year 2015

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Section 106 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Reform Act of 1989 (the HUD Reform Act) requires HUD to publish 
quarterly Federal Register notices of all regulatory waivers that HUD 
has approved. Each notice covers the quarterly period since the 
previous Federal Register notice. The purpose of this notice is to 
comply with the requirements of section 106 of the HUD Reform Act. This 
notice contains a list of regulatory waivers granted by HUD during the 
period beginning on April 1, 2015, and ending on June 30, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information about this 
notice,

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contact Camille E. Acevedo, Associate General Counsel for Legislation 
and Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW., Room 10282, Washington, DC 20410-0500, telephone 
202-708-1793 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing- or 
speech-impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.
    For information concerning a particular waiver that was granted and 
for which public notice is provided in this document, contact the 
person whose name and address follow the description of the waiver 
granted in the accompanying list of waivers that have been granted in 
the second quarter of calendar year 2015.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 106 of the HUD Reform Act added a 
new section 7(q) to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act 
(42 U.S.C. 3535(q)), which provides that:
    1. Any waiver of a regulation must be in writing and must specify 
the grounds for approving the waiver;
    2. Authority to approve a waiver of a regulation may be delegated 
by the Secretary only to an individual of Assistant Secretary or 
equivalent rank, and the person to whom authority to waive is delegated 
must also have authority to issue the particular regulation to be 
waived;
    3. Not less than quarterly, the Secretary must notify the public of 
all waivers of regulations that HUD has approved, by publishing a 
notice in the Federal Register. These notices (each covering the period 
since the most recent previous notification) shall:
    a. Identify the project, activity, or undertaking involved;
    b. Describe the nature of the provision waived and the designation 
of the provision;
    c. Indicate the name and title of the person who granted the waiver 
request;
    d. Describe briefly the grounds for approval of the request; and
    e. State how additional information about a particular waiver may 
be obtained.
    Section 106 of the HUD Reform Act also contains requirements 
applicable to waivers of HUD handbook provisions that are not relevant 
to the purpose of this notice.
    This notice follows procedures provided in HUD's Statement of 
Policy on Waiver of Regulations and Directives issued on April 22, 1991 
(56 FR 16337). In accordance with those procedures and with the 
requirements of section 106 of the HUD Reform Act, waivers of 
regulations are granted by the Assistant Secretary with jurisdiction 
over the regulations for which a waiver was requested. In those cases 
in which a General Deputy Assistant Secretary granted the waiver, the 
General Deputy Assistant Secretary was serving in the absence of the 
Assistant Secretary in accordance with the office's Order of 
Succession.
    This notice covers waivers of regulations granted by HUD from April 
1, 2015 through June 30, 2015. For ease of reference, the waivers 
granted by HUD are listed by HUD program office (for example, the 
Office of Community Planning and Development, the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity, the Office of Housing, and the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, etc.). Within each program office grouping, 
the waivers are listed sequentially by the regulatory section of title 
24 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that is being waived. For 
example, a waiver of a provision in 24 CFR part 58 would be listed 
before a waiver of a provision in 24 CFR part 570.
    Where more than one regulatory provision is involved in the grant 
of a particular waiver request, the action is listed under the section 
number of the first regulatory requirement that appears in 24 CFR and 
that is being waived. For example, a waiver of both Sec.  58.73 and 
Sec.  58.74 would appear sequentially in the listing under Sec.  58.73.
    Waiver of regulations that involve the same initial regulatory 
citation are in time sequence beginning with the earliest-dated 
regulatory waiver.
    Should HUD receive additional information about waivers granted 
during the period covered by this report (the second quarter of 
calendar year 2015) before the next report is published (the third 
quarter of calendar year 2015), HUD will include any additional waivers 
granted for the second quarter in the next report.
    Accordingly, information about approved waiver requests pertaining 
to HUD regulations is provided in the Appendix that follows this 
notice.

    Dated: September 14, 2015.
Helen R. Kanovsky,
General Counsel.

Appendix

Listing of Waivers of Regulatory Requirements Granted by Offices of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development April 1, 2015 Through June 
30, 2015

    Note to Reader: More information about the granting of these 
waivers, including a copy of the waiver request and approval, may be 
obtained by contacting the person whose name is listed as the 
contact person directly after each set of regulatory waivers 
granted.
    The regulatory waivers granted appear in the following order:
    I. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office of Community 
Planning and Development.
    II. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office of Government 
National Mortgage Association.
    III. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office of Housing.
    IV. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office of Public and 
Indian Housing.

I. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office of Community Planning and 
Development

    For further information about the following regulatory waivers, 
please see the name of the contact person that immediately follows 
the description of the waiver granted.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 92.214(a)(6).
    Project/Activity: Chester County, PA, Department of Community 
Development requested a waiver of 24 CFR 92.214(a)(6) to invest up 
to $190,000 of HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program funds to 
purchase a previously assisted 4-unit rental housing project 
assisted under the HOME program that was in mortgage foreclosure.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 92.214(a)(6) 
prohibits assistance to a project previously assisted with HOME 
funds during the period of affordability established by the 
participating jurisdiction in the written agreement under 24 CFR 
92.504.
    Granted By: Clifford Taffet, General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: April 6, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The waiver was granted to permit the County to 
invest additional HOME funds in the HOME-assisted project during the 
period of affordability in order to preserve the units as affordable 
housing. The initial and new investment of HOME funds was within the 
applicable maximum per-unit subsidy limits, and the HOME period of 
affordability was extended for an additional ten years.
    Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., 
Room 7164, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-2684.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 570.513(b)(2) and (b)(9).
    Project/Activity: The City of Detroit, MI requested a waiver of 
24 CFR 570.513(b)(2) and (b)(9) to facilitate the funding of its 
Home Repair Program, a local housing rehabilitation program. The 
City planned to fund its program through a lump sum drawdown and 
arranged for its subrecipient Local Initiative Support Coalition 
(LISC) to administer the program. LISC arranged for two separate 
private financial institutions to provide required consideration for 
the deposit of funds rather than one institution as contemplated by 
CDBG program regulations. The first institution, Bank of America, 
agreed to provide LISC with $4 million in funding for the program 
but declined to be a party to a lump sum drawdown agreement as 
required under 24

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CFR 570.513(b)(2). The second institution, JP Morgan Chase (Chase), 
agreed to serve as LISC's depository institution, and agreed to be a 
party to a lump sum agreement and provide the appropriate benefits 
required under 24 CFR 570.513(b)(9) in support of the program. The 
City requested a waiver of 24 CFR 570.513(b)(2) and (b)(9) to allow 
the City to enter into an agreement with LISC and Chase to the 
extent necessary to allow two separate financial institutions to 
provide the appropriate benefits in support of the city's local 
housing rehabilitation program.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 570.513(b)(2) 
requires financial institutions that provide financing for a lump 
sum fund to execute a written lump sum agreement and specify the 
obligations and responsibilities of the parties, the terms and 
conditions on which Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds 
are to be deposited and used or returned, the anticipated level of 
rehabilitation activities by the financial institution, the rate of 
interest and other benefits to be provided by the financial 
institution in return for the lump sum deposit, and such other terms 
as are necessary for compliance with the provisions of this section. 
The regulation at 24 CFR 570.513(b)(9) requires the private 
financial institution in which the funds are deposited to provide 
other benefits in addition to the payment of interest. These 
benefits may include the leveraging of the deposited funds, the 
commitment of private funds at below market interest rates, or the 
provision of administrative services in support of the 
rehabilitation program.
    Granted By: Harriet Tregoning, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
    Reason Waived: Granting the waiver of 24 CFR 570.513(b)(2) and 
(b)(9) allowed the City of Detroit to enter into an agreement with 
LISC and Chase to the extent necessary to allow two separate 
financial institutions to provide the appropriate benefits in 
support of the city's local housing rehabilitation program. By 
granting these waivers, the program could be fully implemented 
bringing needed investment to the City.
    Contact: Steve Johnson, Director of Entitlement Communities 
Division, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 7282, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-4548.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 570.503(b)(7).
    Project/Activity: The County of San Luis Obispo, CA, requested a 
waiver to allow its subrecipient, the Food Bank Coalition of San 
Luis Obispo County, to sell a CDBG-funded food bank in Paso Robles 
and relocate the food bank's operations to a new larger and more 
efficient facility that will be constructed in part with the 
proceeds of the sale. The use of the new facility will meet the same 
national objective as the existing site and will serve a greater 
number of people in the County.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 570.503(b)(7) 
states that a property acquired by a subrecipient with CDBG funds 
must be used to meet one of the national objectives in 24 CFR 
570.208 until five years after the expiration of the subrecipient 
agreement. If the property is not used to meet a national objective, 
the subrecipient must reimburse the county an amount equal to the 
prorated share of the current fair market value of the property.
    Granted By: Harriet Tregoning, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
    Date Granted: June 3, 2015.
    Reason Waived: This waiver allowed the Food Bank Coalition of 
San Luis Obispo County to move the food bank from Paso Robles to a 
new larger and more efficient location that will serve a larger 
CDBG-eligible population. Rather than reimburse the CDBG program, 
the Food Bank Coalition will sell the existing Paso Robles site and 
use the proceeds to help pay for the new facility. A waiver of 24 
CFR 570.503(b)(7) was required to allow the Food Bank Coalition to 
use the proceeds to construct the new facility rather than reimburse 
the County, and to effect the transfer of programmatic requirements. 
The CDBG investment and program requirements will be transferred to 
the new facility and the use of the new facility will meet the same 
national objective as the use of the existing site.
    Contact: Steve Johnson, Director of Entitlement Communities 
Division, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 7282, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-4548.

II. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office of Government National 
Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)

    For further information about the following regulatory waivers, 
please see the name of the contact person that immediately follows 
the description of the waiver granted.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 330.20(a)(2)(i)(D).
    Project/Activity: Amherst Pierpont Securities LLC (APS) 
eligibility for approval as a Sponsor of Ginnie Mae guaranteed 
structured securities.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 
330.20(a)(2)(i)(D) establishes certain eligibility requirements for 
an entity applying for approval as a Ginnie Mae Sponsor. An 
applicant must submit an audited financial statement, which must be 
issued within the preceding 12 month period that demonstrates 
compliance with the minimum required amount of shareholders' equity 
or partners' capital in accordance with Ginnie Mae guidelines.
    Granted By: Theodore W. Tozer, President, Ginnie Mae.
    Date Granted: June 30, 2015.
    Reason Waived: On October 10, 2014 Pierpont Securities LLC 
(Pierpont Securities) acquired 100% of Amherst ASG Holdings, LLC 
(Amherst Securities Group) through an exchange of the Parent 
Company's equity units. Since the acquisition occurred after 
September 30, 2014, the next audited financial statement will be on 
the fiscal year that ends later in 2015. The timing of the merger is 
a special circumstance for APS. Therefore, Ginnie Mae found good 
cause existed to issue a one-time waiver of the requirement for an 
applicant for approval as a sponsor to submit an audited financial 
statement issued within the preceding 12 month period.
    Contact: William Hughes, Transaction Management Specialist, 
Office of Capital Markets, Government National Mortgage Association, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 550 12th Street SW., 
Suite 300, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 475-4924.

III. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office of Housing--Federal 
Housing Administration (FHA)

    For further information about the following regulatory waivers, 
please see the name of the contact person that immediately follows 
the description of the waiver granted.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 200.72.
    Project/Activity: New York Society for the Relief of the 
Ruptured and Crippled, Maintaining the Hospital for Special Surgery 
(HSS) is a not-for-profit, nationally recognized 162-bed academic 
medical center that specializes in orthopedics and rheumatology and 
is a member of the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System and an 
affiliate of the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. HSS 
main facilities are located in New York City, New York, with other 
physician offices, rehabilitation and outpatient centers located in 
Long Island and Upstate New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and 
Florida.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation mandates the project, when 
completed, shall not violate any material zoning or deed 
restrictions applicable to the project site, and shall comply with 
all applicable building and other governmental codes, ordinances, 
regulations and requirements.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The Hospital does not meet all of the applicable 
building codes, because it does not have a Permanent Certificate of 
Occupancy (PCO) for the building, but has a Temporary Certificate of 
Occupancy. HSS will be able to move to Final Endorsement, enabling 
the completion of their expansion plan, which includes adding two 
new inpatient nursing units, expanded pharmacy and pediatric 
rehabilitation departments and three additional inpatient operating 
rooms.
    Contact: Shelley M. McCracken-Rania, Senior Financial Analyst, 
Office of Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 2247, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone 202-402-5366.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 200.926d(f)(1)(i) and (f)(2)(i).
    Project/Activity: An extension of the waiver of Minimum Property 
Standards (MPS) regulations pertaining to water supply systems was 
requested to permit FHA insurance of mortgages secured by properties 
located in certain areas of the State of Alaska that rely upon water 
holding tanks and similar alternative water supply systems.
    Nature of Requirement: FHA's MPS regulations governing new 
construction for

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single family dwellings provide that to be eligible for FHA 
insurance, each living unit within newly constructed single family 
residential property should be capable of delivering a flow of five 
gallons per minute over a four hour period in order to provide a 
continuing and sufficient supply of safe water under adequate 
pressure and appropriate quality for household use. Under these 
regulatory requirements, water holding tanks, cisterns and similar 
alternative water supply systems are not considered under FHA 
requirements as acceptable water supply systems.
    Granted By: Edward Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 1, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The Santa Ana Homeownership Center requested an 
additional one year extension of the waiver pending publication of a 
proposed and final rule on alternative water supply systems.
    Contact: Cheryl Walker, Director, Home Valuation Policy 
Division, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 9274, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 402-6880.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 219.220(b).
    Project/Activity: Germano-Millgate Apartments, FHA Project 
Number 071-44081, Chicago, Illinois. The owners requested deferral 
of repayment of the Flexible Subsidy Operating Assistance Loan on 
this project due to their inability to repay the loan in full upon 
prepayment of the 236 Loan.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 219.220(b) 
governs the repayment of operating assistance provided under the 
Flexible Subsidy Program for Troubled Projects prior to May 1, 1996 
states: ``Assistance that has been paid to a project owner under 
this subpart must be repaid at the earlier of the expiration of the 
term of the mortgage, termination of mortgage insurance, prepayment 
of the mortgage, or a sale of the project . . .'' Either of these 
actions would typically terminate FHA involvement with the property, 
and the Flexible Subsidy Loan would be repaid, in whole, at that 
time.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: June 25, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The owner requested and was granted waiver of the 
requirement to defer repayment of the Flexible Subsidy Operating 
Assistance Loan to allow the much needed preservation and moderate 
rehabilitation of the project. The project will be preserved as an 
affordable housing resource of Chicago, Illinois.
    Contact: Minnie Monroe-Baldwin, Branch Chief, Affordable Housing 
Transaction, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 6222, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 402-2636.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 219.220(b).
    Project/Activity: J.O. Blanton House, FHA Project Number 083-
44025, Louisville, KY. Fifth Street High Rise, Incorporated (owner) 
seeks approval to defer repayment of the Flexible Subsidy Operating 
Assistance Loans on the subject project.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 219.220(b) 
(1995), which governs the repayment of operating assistance provided 
under the Flexible Subsidy Program for Troubled Properties, states 
``Assistance that has been paid to a project Owner under this 
subpart must be repaid at the earlier of the expiration of the term 
of the mortgage, termination of mortgage insurance, prepayment of 
the mortgage, or a sale of the project.''
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: June 26, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The owner requested and was granted waiver of the 
requirement to defer repayment of the Flexible Subsidy Operating 
Assistance Loan. Deferring the loan payment will preserve this 
affordable housing resource for an additional 35 years through the 
execution and recordation of a Rental Use Agreement.
    Contact: James Wyatt, Account Executive, Office of Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., 
Room 6172, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-2591.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 232.7.
    Project/Activity: Cedar Creek Alzheimer & Dementia Care is a 
memory care facility. The facility does not meet the requirements of 
24 CFR 232.7 pertaining to the configuration of bathrooms in such 
facilities. The project is located in Los Gatos, CA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation mandates that, in a board 
and care home or assisted living facility, not less than one full 
bathroom must be provided for every four residents, and that the 
bathroom cannot be accessed from a public corridor or area.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 12, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The project is for memory care, all rooms have 
half-bathrooms and the resident to full bathroom ratio is 9.67: 1.
    Contact: Vance T. Morris, Special Assistant, Office of 
Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 2337, Washington, DC 
20401, telephone 202-402-2419.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 232.7.
    Project/Activity: Oak Creek Alzheimer & Dementia Care is a 
memory care facility. The facility does not meet the requirements of 
24 CFR 232.7 pertaining to the configuration of bathrooms in such 
facilities. The project is located in Castro Valley, CA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation mandates that, in a board 
and care home or assisted living facility, not less than one full 
bathroom must be provided for every four residents, and that the 
bathroom cannot be accessed from a public corridor or area.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 12, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The project is for memory care, all rooms have 
half-bathrooms and the resident to full bathroom ratio is 10: 1.
    Contact: Vance T. Morris, Special Assistant, Office of 
Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 2337, Washington, DC 
20401, telephone 202-402-2419.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 232.7.
    Project/Activity: Runk and Pratt is a memory care facility. The 
facility does not meet the requirements of 24 CFR 232.7 pertaining 
to the configuration of bathrooms in such facilities. The project is 
located in Forest, Va.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation mandates that, in a board 
and care home or assisted living facility, not less than one full 
bathroom must be provided for every four residents, and that the 
bathroom cannot be accessed from a public corridor or area.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 12, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The project is for memory care, all rooms have 
half-bathrooms and the resident to full bathroom ratio is 7.28: 1.
    Contact: Vance T. Morris, Special Assistant, Office of 
Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 2337, Washington, DC 
20401, telephone 202-402-2419.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 232.7.
    Project/Activity: Via Christie is a memory care facility. The 
facility does not meet the requirements of 24 CFR 232.7 pertaining 
to the configuration of bathrooms in such facilities. The project is 
located in Omaha, NE.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation mandates that, in a board 
and care home or assisted living facility, not less than one full 
bathroom must be provided for every four residents, and that the 
bathroom cannot be accessed from a public corridor or area.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The project is for memory care, all rooms have 
half-bathrooms and the resident to full bathroom ratio is 10:1.
    Contact: Vance T. Morris, Special Assistant, Office of 
Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 2337, Washington, DC 
20401, (O) 202-402-2419.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 266.200(b)(2).
    Project/Activity: Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk Sharing 
Initiative, Substantial Rehabilitation Defined. New York City 
Housing Development Corporation (NYCHDC).
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 266.200(b)(2) 
defines substantial rehabilitation. The following changes to the 
definition were temporarily made for both Level I and II Housing 
Finance Agencies: Work that exceeds either: (a) $15,000 times the 
high cost factor ``as adjusted by HUD for inflation'', or (b) 
replacement of two or more building systems. `Replacement' is when 
cost of replacement work exceeds 50 percent of the cost of replacing 
the entire system. The base limit is revised to $15,000 per unit for 
2015, and will be adjusted annually based on the percentage change 
published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or other 
inflation cost index published by HUD. This change is consistent 
with proposed changes in the MAP Guide.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 18, 2015.

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    Reason Waived: The temporary changes were necessary to 
effectuate the Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk Sharing Initiative 
between Housing and Urban Development and the Treasury Department/
FFB announced in Fiscal Year 2014. There are 11 qualified HFAs 
participants. Concurrent with the rollout of the FFB Initiative, 
HUD's Office of Multifamily Housing is beginning the process of 
making regulatory changes to these same provisions. Under this 
Initiative, FFB provides capital to participating Housing Finance 
Agencies (HFAs) to make multifamily loans insured under the FHA 
Multifamily Risk Sharing Program.
    Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, FHA Multifamily Production, 
Office of Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of Production, Office 
of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW., Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-
8386.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 266.200(c)(2).
    Project/Activity: Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk Sharing 
Initiative, Equity Take-Outs. New York City Housing Development 
Corporation (NYCHDC).
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 266.200(c)(2) 
addresses equity take-outs for existing projects (refinance 
transactions), and permit the insured mortgage to exceed the sum of 
the total cost of acquisition, cost of financing, cost of repairs, 
and reasonable transaction costs or ``equity take-outs'' in 
refinances of HFA-financed projects and those outside of HFA's 
portfolio if the result is preservation with the following 
conditions:
    1. Occupancy is no less than 93 percent for previous 12 months;
    2. No defaults in the last 12 months of the HFA loan to be 
refinanced;
    3. A 20-year affordable housing deed restriction placed on title 
that conforms to the section 542(c) statutory definition;
    4. A Property Capital Needs Assessment (PCNA) must be performed 
and funds escrowed for all necessary repairs, and reserves funded 
for future capital needs; and
    5. For projects subsidized by Section 8 Housing Assistance 
Payment (HAP) contracts: Owner agrees to renew HAP contract(s) for 
20 year term, (subject to appropriations and statutory 
authorization, etc.), and existing and post-refinance HAP residual 
receipts are set aside to be used to reduce future HAP payments.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The waiver was necessary to effectuate the 
Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk Sharing Initiative between Housing 
and Urban Development and the Treasury Department/FFB announced in 
Fiscal Year 2014. There are 11 qualified HFAs participants. 
Concurrent with the rollout of the FFB Initiative, HUD's Office of 
Multifamily Housing is beginning the process of making regulatory 
changes to these same provisions. Under this Initiative, FFB 
provides capital to participating Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) to 
make multifamily loans insured under the FHA Multifamily Risk 
Sharing Program.
    Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, FHA Multifamily Production, 
Office of Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of Production, Office 
of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW., Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-
8386.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 266.200(d).
    Project/Activity: Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk Sharing 
Initiative, Underwriting of Projects with Section 8 HAP Contracts. 
New York City Housing Development Corporation (NYCHDC).
    Nature of Requirement: HUD's regulation at 24 CFR 266.200(d) 
pertains to projects with Section 8 rental subsidies or other rental 
subsidies: For refinancing of Section 202 projects, and for Public 
Housing Agency (PHA) projects converting to Section 8 through RAD, 
HUD will permit NYCHDC to underwrite the financing using current or 
to be adjusted project-based Section 8 assisted rents, even though 
they exceed the market rates. This is consistent with HUD Housing 
Notice 04-21, ``Amendments to Notice 02-16: Underwriting Guidelines 
for Refinancing of Section 202, and Section 202/8 Direct Loan 
Repayments'', which grants authority only to those lenders 
refinancing with mortgage programs under the National Housing Act.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The waiver was necessary to effectuate the 
Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk Sharing Initiative between Housing 
and Urban Development and the Treasury Department/FFB announced in 
Fiscal Year 2014. The waiver is consistent with changes that HUD's 
Office of Multifamily Housing is seeking now to the regulation and 
as previously approved in March 2015 for the first 11 HFAs 
participating in the Initiative. Under this Initiative, FFB provides 
capital to participating Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) to make 
multifamily loans insured under the FHA Multifamily Risk Sharing 
Program.
    Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, FHA Multifamily Production, 
Office of Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of Production, Office 
of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW., Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-
8386.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 266.410(e).
    Project/Activity: Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, for Crystal 
Lake Townhomes, Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 266.410(e) 
pertaining to amortization states that the mortgage must provide for 
complete amortization (i.e., regularly amortizing) over the term of 
the mortgage. This is financing under the Risk Sharing Program.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 5, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The granting of this waiver promotes preservation 
and affordability with minimal increased risk to the FHA Insurance 
Fund. Minnesota's HFA project is a 48-unit property located in the 
city of Grand Rapids. The approval, however, is subject to the 
following conditions: (1) Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MN 
Housing) will assume 50 percent of the risk, and (2) annual property 
inspections will be performed with appropriate adjustments made to 
the replacement reserves as needed to ensure the Project is 
maintained in good physical condition. Minnesota will finance 
Crystal Lake Townhomes (Project) with a mortgage that will mature in 
November, 2041 with a small balloon payment of preservation property 
receiving the benefit of a Section 8 subsidy for all units.
    Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, FHA Multifamily Production, 
Office of Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of Production, Office 
of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW., Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-
8386.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 266.620(e).
    Project/Activity: Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk Sharing 
Initiative, Termination of Mortgage Insurance. New York City Housing 
Development Corporation (NYCHDC). Waivers of these 4 sections of the 
regulation were approved in March, 2015 for the first 11 HFAs 
approved to participate in the Initiative.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 266.620(e), 
pertains to termination of mortgage insurance provision (required 
for FFB Initiative). As required by the Initiative, New York City 
Housing Development Corporation (NYCHDC) agrees to indemnify HUD for 
all amounts paid to FFB if ``the HFA or its successors commit fraud, 
or make a material misrepresentation to the Commissioner with 
respect to information culminating in the Contract of Insurance on 
the mortgage, or while the Contract of Insurance is in existence''. 
Only Level I HFAs are eligible for FFB financing, thereby ensuring 
the HFA maintains financial capacity to perform under the 
indemnification agreement. If the HFA loses its ``A'' rating, HFA 
must post the required reserve account as outlined in 24 CFR part 
266.
    Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing.
    Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The waiver was necessary to effectuate the 
Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk Sharing Initiative between Housing 
and Urban Development and the Treasury Department/FFB announced in 
Fiscal Year 2014. There are 11 qualified HFAs participants. 
Concurrent with the rollout of the FFB Initiative, HUD's Office of 
Multifamily is beginning the process of making regulatory changes to 
these same provisions. Under this Initiative, FFB provides capital 
to participating Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) to make multifamily 
loans insured under the FHA Multifamily Risk Sharing Program.
    Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, FHA Multifamily Production, 
Office of Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of Production, Office 
of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW., Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-
8386.

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IV. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office of Public and Indian 
Housing

    For further information about the following regulatory waivers, 
please see the name of the contact person that immediately follows 
the description of the waiver granted.
     Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1), 24 CFR 902.33(c) and 
902.62(a)(3).
    Project/Activity: Colorado Division of Housing (CO911) Denver, 
CO.
    Nature of Requirement: These regulations establish certain 
reporting compliance dates. The audited financial statements are 
required to be submitted to the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) 
no later than nine months after the housing authority's (HA) fiscal 
year end (FYE), in accordance with the Single Audit Act and OMB 
Circular A-133.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 29, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The Housing Authority (Section 8-only entity) 
requested a waiver to obtain additional time to allow for input of 
its FYE June 30, 2014 audited financial data into the FASS online 
system. The State's single audited financial information had 
recently been submitted.
    Contact: Scott Sherman, Acting Program Manager, NASS, Real 
Estate Assessment Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 550 12th Street SW., 
Suite 100, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 475-7975.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1), 24 CFR 902.33(c) and 
902.62(a)(3).
    Project/Activity: Center Housing Authority (CO043) Center, CO.
    Nature of Requirement: These regulations establish certain 
reporting compliance dates. The audited financial statements are 
required to be submitted to the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) 
no later than nine months after the housing authority's (HA) fiscal 
year end (FYE), in accordance with the Single Audit Act and OMB 
Circular A-133.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 29, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The Housing Authority requested a waiver to 
obtain additional time to allow for input of its FYE June 30, 2014 
audited financial data into the FASS online system, and to remove 
the LPF score of zero as it pertains to the Public Housing 
Assessment System (PHAS). The HAs auditor was involved in an auto 
accident. The audited data was subsequently submitted on April 1, 
2015 (one-day late).
    Contact: Scott Sherman, Acting Program Manager, NASS, Real 
Estate Assessment Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 550 12th Street SW., 
Suite 100, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 475-7975.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1).
    Project/Activity: Easton Housing Authority (MD019) Easton, MD.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation establishes certain 
reporting compliance dates. The audited financial statements are 
required to be submitted to the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) 
no later than nine months after the housing authority's (HA) fiscal 
year end (FYE), in accordance with the Single Audit Act and OMB 
Circular A-133.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 13, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The HA requested a waiver to obtain an extension 
(until May 15, 2015) to submit its audited financial data for FYE 
June 30, 2014. The HA indicated that additional time is necessary 
due to extensive damages incurred to its Administrative office 
resulting in ruptured pipelines that destroyed computers and files.
    Contact: Scott Sherman, Acting Program Manager, NASS, Real 
Estate Assessment Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 550 12th Street SW., 
Suite 100, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 475-7975.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1).
    Project/Activity: Tallahassee Housing Authority (FL073), 
Tallahassee, FL.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation establishes certain 
reporting compliance dates. The audited financial statements are 
required to be submitted to the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) 
no later than nine months after the housing authority's (HA) fiscal 
year end (FYE), in accordance with the Single Audit Act and OMB 
Circular A-133.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 6, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The Housing Authority (HA) requested a waiver of 
24 CFR 5.110 to obtain a 60-day extension (until May 30, 2015) to 
submit its audited financial data for fiscal year end (FYE) June 30, 
2014. The HA experienced numerous ledger balances and accounting 
errors due to fraud, having difficulty procuring a qualified Finance 
Director, and had recently converted to a new software system.
    Contact: Judy Wojciechowski, Program Manager, NASS, Real Estate 
Assessment Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 550 12th Street SW., Suite 100, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 475-7907.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.516(a)(2)(ii).
    Project/Activity: Raleigh County Housing Authority (RCHA), 
Raleigh, NC.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 
982.516(a)(2)(ii) states that the public housing agency must obtain 
and document in the tenant file third-party verification of the 
value of assets or must document in the tenant file why third-party 
verification was not available.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 13, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The majority of participants have less than 
$5,000 in asset income; (2) the cost of obtaining third-party 
documentation is borne by participants; and (3) waiting for such 
documentation frequently delays the completion of interim and annual 
reexaminations. A proposed regulation issued by the Department and 
published in the Federal Register on January 6, 2015 (Streamlining 
Administrative Regulations for Public Housing, Housing Choice 
Voucher, Multifamily Housing, and Community Planning and Development 
Programs) would likewise authorize self-certification of assets of 
$5,000 or less.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.503(a)(3) and 982.503(c)(2).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the County of Alameda 
(HACA), Hayward, CA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.503(a)(3) 
states that a PHA's voucher payment standard schedule shall 
establish a single payment standard amount for each unit size. The 
regulation at 24 CFR 982.503(c)(2) states that the HUD Field Office 
may approve an exception payment standard amount from above 110 
percent of the published fair market rents (FMR) if the HUD Field 
Office determines that approval is justified by either the median 
rent method or the 40th or 50th percentile rent method and that such 
approval is also supported by an appropriate program justification.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 5, 2015.
    Reason Waived: These regulations were waived to allow HACA to 
establish payment standards at 120 percent of the FMR for all 
bedroom sizes in all areas of the county for its HUD-Veterans 
Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) program. These families generally 
have a more difficult time finding units before their vouchers 
expire and require 40 percent more voucher extensions than non-HUD-
VASH families in a low vacancy area.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: Colorado Department of Local Affairs (CDLA), 
Denver, CO.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a PHA may only approve a higher payment standard for a 
family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher payment standard 
is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair market 
rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 15, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard to remain in 
the participant's current unit that meets the participant's needs To 
provide this

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reasonable accommodation so that the participant could remain in the 
participant's current unit and pay no more than 40 percent of 
adjusted income toward the family share, the CDLA was allowed to 
approve an exception payment standard that exceeded the basic range 
of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the County of Alameda 
(HACA), Hayward, CA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a PHA may only approve a higher payment standard for a 
family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher payment standard 
is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair market 
rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 16, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard to remain in 
the participant's current unit that meets the participant's needs. 
To provide this reasonable accommodation so that the participant 
could remain in the participant's current unit and pay no more than 
40 percent of adjusted income toward the family share, HACA was 
allowed to approve an exception payment standard that exceeded the 
basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the County of Alameda 
(HACA), Hayward, CA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a PHA may only approve a higher payment standard for a 
family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher payment standard 
is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair market 
rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 16, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard to remain in 
the participant's current new unit that meets the participant's 
needs. To provide this reasonable accommodation so that the 
participant could remain in participant's unit and pay no more than 
40 percent of adjusted income toward the family share, the HACA was 
allowed to approve an exception payment standard that exceeded the 
basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA), San 
Francisco, CA.
    Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 982.505(d) states that a PHA may 
only approve a higher payment standard for a family as a reasonable 
accommodation if the higher payment standard is within the basic 
range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair market rent (FMR) for the 
unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 7, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The two HUD-VASH participants, who are persons 
with disabilities, each required an exception payment standard to 
move to accessible units that met their needs. To provide this 
reasonable accommodation so that the participants could move to 
these units and pay no more than 40 percent of their adjusted income 
toward the family share, the SFHA was allowed to approve an 
exception payment standard that exceeded the basic range of 90 to 
110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: Boston Housing Authority (BHA), Boston, MA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation 24 CFR 982.505(d) states 
that a public housing agency may only approve a higher payment 
standard for a family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher 
payment standard is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of 
the fair market rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 3, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The client, whose child is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard so that the 
child could remain in the unit without being rent burdened. To 
provide this reasonable accommodation so that the client and child 
could remain in their current unit and pay no more than 40 percent 
of adjusted income toward the family share, BHA was allowed to 
approve an exception payment standard that exceeded the basic range 
of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the County of Alameda 
(HACA), Hayward, CA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a PHA may only approve a higher payment standard for a 
family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher payment standard 
is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair market 
rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 8, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard to remain in 
the participant's current unit that meets the participant's needs. 
To provide this reasonable accommodation so that the participant 
could remain in the participant's current unit and pay no more than 
40 percent of adjusted income toward the family share, the HACA was 
allowed to approve an exception payment standard that exceeded the 
basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: City of Chandler Housing and Redevelopment 
Division (CCHRD), Chandler, AZ.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a PHA may only approve a higher payment standard for a 
family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher payment standard 
is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair market 
rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 9, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard to remain in 
the participant's current unit that meets the participant's needs. 
To provide this reasonable accommodation so that the participant 
could remain in this unit and pay no more than 40 percent of 
adjusted income toward the family share, the CCHRD was allowed to 
approve an exception payment standard that exceeded the basic range 
of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA), San 
Francisco, CA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a PHA may only approve a higher payment standard for

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a family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher payment 
standard is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair 
market rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 9, 2015.
    Reason Waived: A HUD-VASH applicant, who is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard to move to 
accessible unit that met the person's needs. To provide this 
reasonable accommodation so that the applicant could move to this 
unit and pay no more than 40 percent of adjusted income toward the 
family share, the SFHA was allowed to approve an exception payment 
standard that exceeded the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the 
FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: City of Des Moines Housing Services Department 
(CDMHS), Des Moines, IA.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a PHA may only approve a higher payment standard for a 
family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher payment standard 
is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair market 
rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 15, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard to remain in 
the current unit that meets the participant's needs. To provide this 
reasonable accommodation so that the participant could remain in 
this unit and pay no more than 40 percent of adjusted income toward 
the family share, the CCHRD was allowed to approve an exception 
payment standard that exceeded the basic range of 90 to 110 percent 
of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
    Project/Activity: Washington County Department of Housing 
Services (WCDHS), Hillsboro, OR.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 982.505(d) 
states that a PHA may only approve a higher payment standard for a 
family as a reasonable accommodation if the higher payment standard 
is within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair market 
rent (FMR) for the unit size.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: June 23, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The participant, who is a person with 
disabilities, required an exception payment standard to remain in 
the current unit that meets the participant's needs. To provide this 
reasonable accommodation so that the participant could remain in 
this unit and pay no more than 40 percent of adjusted income toward 
the family share, the WCDHS was allowed to approve an exception 
payment standard that exceeded the basic range of 90 to 110 percent 
of the FMR.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 985.101(a).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of Gloucester County (HAGC), 
Deptford, NJ.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 985.101(a) 
states a PHA must submit the HUD-required Section Eight Management 
Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification form within 60 calendar 
days after the end of its fiscal year.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 17, 2015.
    Reason Waived: This waiver was granted because for the HAGC's 
fiscal year ending December 31, 2014. The HAGC experienced an 
emergency in its public housing units and due to the time and effort 
to rehouse the affected families, the HAGC was unable to submit its 
SEMAP certification on or before March 1, 2015.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 985.101(a).
    Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the Borough of Glassboro 
(HABG), Deptford, NJ.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 985.101(a) 
states a PHA must submit the HUD-required Section Eight Management 
Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification form within 60 calendar 
days after the end of its fiscal year.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 21, 2015.
    Reason Waived: This waiver was granted because for the HABG's 
fiscal year ending December 31, 2014. The Housing Authority of 
Gloucester County (HAGC) submits the SEMAP certification for HABG. 
HAGC experienced an emergency in its public housing units and due to 
the time and effort to rehouse the affected families, the HAGC was 
unable to submit the SEMAP certification for HABG on or before March 
1, 2015.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 985.101(a).
    Project/Activity: Bath Township Housing Commission (BTHC), Bath, 
MI.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 985.101(a) 
states a PHA must submit the HUD-required Section Eight Management 
Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification form within 60 calendar 
days after the end of its fiscal year.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: April 21, 2015.
    Reason Waived: BTHC provided documentation that, on February 18, 
2015, it sent an email to REAC_TAC to report that it was unable to 
enter the fair market rents and payment standards of its SEMAP 
certification into the SEMAP module of IMS/PIC. It was also 
documented that REAC_TAC did not respond to BTHC until after the 
deadline noted above. The date of the email was March 9, 2015.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4210, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 985.101(a).
    Project/Activity: City of Balch Springs (CBS), Balch Springs, 
TX.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 985.101(a) 
states a PHA must submit the HUD-required Section Eight Management 
Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification form within 60 calendar 
days after the end of its fiscal year.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 29, 2015.
    Reason Waived: The executive director was out of the office the 
week of Thanksgiving from November 24 through November 27, 2014. The 
SEMAP certification was due on November 29, 2014. The SEMAP 
coordinator was out of the office due to a family emergency at the 
same time and there was no time to prepare and submit the SEMAP 
certification by the deadline.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director, Housing Voucher Management 
and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher 
Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4210, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

     Regulation: 24 CFR 983.51(b).
    Project/Activity: Pasco County Housing Authority (PCHA), Dade 
City, FL.
    Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 983.51(b) states 
that PHA must select project-based voucher (PBV) proposals in 
accordance with the selection procedures in the PHA's administrative 
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selection of a proposal for housing assisted under a federal, state 
or local government housing assistance, community development or 
supportive services program that required a competitive selection of 
proposals.
    Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
    Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
    Reason Waived: HUD's Office of Public Housing Investments 
reported that PCHA, in partnership with Pasco County, applied for 
and received a HUD FY 2012 Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant for 
the Lacoochee/Trilby area of Pasco County. PCHA owns two USDA 
Farmers Home developments, Cypress Manor (24 units) and Cypress 
Farms (102 units). The public housing units at Cypress Villas I (27 
units) and Cypress Villas II (12 units) and the USDA units are 
contiguous with a similar look and need for improved conditions at 
the sites. However, the USDA units are no longer eligible for 
additional loans. By attaching PBV units to 25 USDA units (the 
maximum allowed under 24 CFR 983.56) at Cypress Farms, debt for the 
USDA units could be leveraged and improvements made.
    Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and 
Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4210, Washington, DC 
20410, telephone (202) 708-0477.

[FR Doc. 2015-23486 Filed 9-17-15; 8:45 am]
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                                              Washington                                                deterioration; clear threat of physical             Landholding Agency: Agriculture
                                              Beth Lake Comfort Station                                 safety.                                             Property Number: 15201520027
                                              1303.005031                                             Reasons: Extensive deterioration                      Status: Unutilized
                                              Beth Lake Campground                                    Idaho                                                 Comments: Tin roof in poor condition;
                                              Chesaw WA 98844                                                                                                 ceiling falling down; exterior walls are
                                                                                                      Bonners Cook Trailer                                    rotten & pulling apart from the floor & roof;
                                              Landholding Agency: Agriculture                         Infra. #1413
                                              Property Number: 15201520029                                                                                    floor beams are rotten and unable to
                                                                                                      Bonners Ferry Ranger District Admin. Site               support the floor structure.
                                              Status: Unutilized                                      Bonners Ferry ID
                                              Directions: 0325–0765300                                                                                      Reasons: Extensive deterioration.
                                                                                                      Landholding Agency: Agriculture
                                              Comments: Off-site removal; 50+ yrs.; old;              Property Number: 15201510025                          VIRGINIA
                                                900 sq. ft.; toilet; 24+ mos. Vacant; not             Status: Excess                                        21 Buildings
                                                needs replacing; no future agency need;               Comments: Documented deficiencies: roof               Marine Corps Base
                                                contact Agriculture for more information.               collapsing; clear threat to personal safety.        Quantico VA
                                              Wisconsin                                               Reasons: Extensive deterioration.                     Landholding Agency: Navy
                                                                                                      Maryland                                              Property Number: 77201530016
                                              Luepke Way Garage
                                                                                                                                                            Status: Unutilized
                                              207 Luepke Way                                          NIHBC #34 + 34A
                                                                                                                                                            Directions: 27010A; 27013A; 27014B;
                                              Medford WI 54451                                        34 Service Drive West
                                                                                                                                                              27015C; 27017D; 27026A; 27026Q;
                                              Landholding Agency: Agriculture                         Bethesda MD 20892
                                                                                                                                                              27030A; 27061A; 27064D; 2739; 27246;
                                              Property Number: 15201440005                            Landholding Agency: HHS
                                                                                                                                                              27246A; 27280B; 27553; 27018A; 27035;
                                              Status: Unutilized                                      Property Number: 57201510001
                                                                                                      Status: Unutilized                                      27036; 2704A; 27058; 27012B—200 sq. ft.
                                              Comments: off-site removal only; no future
                                                                                                      Directions: #40506–00–0034; #40506–00–                  for each building listed.
                                                agency need; 96+ months vacant; 576 sq.
                                                                                                        0034A                                               Comments: REDETERMINATION:
                                                ft.; roof & siding in poor conditions; wood
                                                                                                      Comments: Research based facility; Public               documented deficiencies: severely
                                                structure; contact Agriculture for more
                                                                                                        access denied & no alter method to gain               dilapidated; structurally unsound; clear
                                                information
                                                                                                        access w/out compromising Nat’l Security.             threat to physical safety.
                                              Clam Lake Warehouse #364                                                                                      Reasons: Extensive deterioration.
                                              61766 Highway 77                                        Reasons: Secured Area.
                                              Clam Lake WI 54517                                      Michigan                                              Wisconsin
                                              Landholding Agency: Agriculture                         Mio 7 Winowiecki Consumers Cab                        Vanderveen Barn; Infra. #332
                                              Property Number: 15201510029                            Huron Nat’l Forest Old M–72                           N15484 Shady Knoll Road
                                              Status: Unutilized                                      (Smith Bridge)                                        Park Falls WI 54552
                                              Comments: Off-site removal only; no future              Grayling MI 49738                                     Landholding Agency: Agriculture
                                                agency need; 800 sq. ft.; storage; good               Landholding Agency: Agriculture                       Property Number: 15201440009
                                                condition; contact Agriculture for more               Property Number: 15201520003                          Status: Unutilized
                                                information.                                          Status: Unutilized                                    Comments: Documented deficiencies:
                                                                                                      Comments: Documented deficiencies:                      dilapidated; sections of missing/collapsing;
                                              Unsuitable Properties                                                                                           clear threat to physical safety.
                                                                                                        documentation provided represents a clear
                                              Building                                                  threat to personal safety; significant rot in       Reasons: Extensive deterioration.
                                              Arkansas                                                  floor/roof structure; relocation will most          [FR Doc. 2015–23139 Filed 9–17–15; 8:45 am]
                                              NCTR—Building 6 30956                                     likely result in the roof collapsing.               BILLING CODE 4210–67–P
                                              3900 NCTR Rd.                                           Reasons: Extensive deterioration.
                                              Jefferson AR 72079                                      Michigan
                                              Landholding Agency: HHS                                 Mio 7 Winowiecki Consumers Lea                        DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
                                              Property Number: 57201530010                            Huron National Forest Old M–72                        URBAN DEVELOPMENT
                                              Status: Unutilized                                      (Smith Bridge)
                                              Comments: research-based campus; highly                                                                       [Docket No. FR–5871–N–02]
                                                                                                      Grayling MI 49738
                                                 classified; public access denied and no              Landholding Agency: Agriculture
                                                 alternative method to gain access w/out                                                                    Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests
                                                                                                      Property Number: 15201520004                          Granted for the Second Quarter of
                                                 compromising national security.                      Status: Unutilized
                                              Reasons: Secured Area                                   Comments: Documented deficiencies:
                                                                                                                                                            Calendar Year 2015
                                              NCTR-Building13 Administrative                            documentation provided represents a clear
                                              30956
                                                                                                                                                            AGENCY:    Office of the General Counsel,
                                                                                                        threat to personal safety; interior space of        HUD.
                                              3900 NCTR Rd.                                             the structure cannot be made to comply w/
                                              Jefferson AR 72079                                        habitability requirements.                          ACTION:   Notice.
                                              Landholding Agency: HHS                                 Reasons: Extensive deterioration.
                                              Property Number: 57201530011                                                                                  SUMMARY:   Section 106 of the Department
                                              Status: Unutilized                                      Pennsylvania                                          of Housing and Urban Development
                                              Comments: Researched-based campus; highly               4 Buildings                                           Reform Act of 1989 (the HUD Reform
                                                 classified; public access denied and no              Cochrans Mills Rd.                                    Act) requires HUD to publish quarterly
                                                 alternative to gain access w/out                     Pittsburgh PA 15236                                   Federal Register notices of all
                                                 compromising national security                       Landholding Agency: HHS                               regulatory waivers that HUD has
                                              Reasons: Secured Area                                   Property Number: 57201410002                          approved. Each notice covers the
                                              Colorado                                                Status: Underutilized
                                                                                                      Directions: 3, 101, 140, 145
                                                                                                                                                            quarterly period since the previous
                                              8 Buildings; East Portal Site                           Comments: w/in CDC secured campus;                    Federal Register notice. The purpose of
                                              Gilpin County Road                                        public access denied and no alternative to          this notice is to comply with the
                                              Nederland CO
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                                                                                                        gain access w/out compromising national             requirements of section 106 of the HUD
                                              Landholding Agency: Agriculture                           security.                                           Reform Act. This notice contains a list
                                              Property Number: 15201430019                            Reasons: Secured Area.                                of regulatory waivers granted by HUD
                                              Status: Excess
                                              Directions: 176; 177; 178; 179; 180; 181; 182;          Texas                                                 during the period beginning on April 1,
                                                 183                                                  Building 46 ID 620240B046                             2015, and ending on June 30, 2015.
                                              Comments: Documented deficiencies;                      2881 F&B Road                                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
                                                 structurally unsound extreme                         College Station TX 77845                              general information about this notice,


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                                              contact Camille E. Acevedo, Associate                   regulations are granted by the Assistant              name is listed as the contact person directly
                                              General Counsel for Legislation and                     Secretary with jurisdiction over the                  after each set of regulatory waivers granted.
                                              Regulations, Department of Housing and                  regulations for which a waiver was                       The regulatory waivers granted appear in
                                                                                                                                                            the following order:
                                              Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street                   requested. In those cases in which a
                                                                                                                                                               I. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office
                                              SW., Room 10282, Washington, DC                         General Deputy Assistant Secretary                    of Community Planning and Development.
                                              20410–0500, telephone 202–708–1793                      granted the waiver, the General Deputy                   II. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office
                                              (this is not a toll-free number). Persons               Assistant Secretary was serving in the                of Government National Mortgage
                                              with hearing- or speech-impairments                     absence of the Assistant Secretary in                 Association.
                                              may access this number through TTY by                   accordance with the office’s Order of                    III. Regulatory waivers granted by the
                                              calling the toll-free Federal Relay                     Succession.                                           Office of Housing.
                                              Service at 800–877–8339.                                   This notice covers waivers of                         IV. Regulatory waivers granted by the
                                                                                                                                                            Office of Public and Indian Housing.
                                                 For information concerning a                         regulations granted by HUD from April
                                              particular waiver that was granted and                  1, 2015 through June 30, 2015. For ease               I. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office
                                              for which public notice is provided in                  of reference, the waivers granted by                  of Community Planning and Development
                                              this document, contact the person                       HUD are listed by HUD program office                     For further information about the following
                                              whose name and address follow the                       (for example, the Office of Community                 regulatory waivers, please see the name of
                                              description of the waiver granted in the                Planning and Development, the Office                  the contact person that immediately follows
                                              accompanying list of waivers that have                  of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity,                the description of the waiver granted.
                                              been granted in the second quarter of                                                                            • Regulation: 24 CFR 92.214(a)(6).
                                                                                                      the Office of Housing, and the Office of                 Project/Activity: Chester County, PA,
                                              calendar year 2015.                                     Public and Indian Housing, etc.). Within              Department of Community Development
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section                      each program office grouping, the                     requested a waiver of 24 CFR 92.214(a)(6) to
                                              106 of the HUD Reform Act added a                       waivers are listed sequentially by the                invest up to $190,000 of HOME Investment
                                              new section 7(q) to the Department of                   regulatory section of title 24 of the Code            Partnerships (HOME) program funds to
                                              Housing and Urban Development Act                       of Federal Regulations (CFR) that is                  purchase a previously assisted 4-unit rental
                                              (42 U.S.C. 3535(q)), which provides                     being waived. For example, a waiver of                housing project assisted under the HOME
                                                                                                      a provision in 24 CFR part 58 would be                program that was in mortgage foreclosure.
                                              that:                                                                                                            Nature of Requirement: The regulation at
                                                 1. Any waiver of a regulation must be                listed before a waiver of a provision in
                                                                                                                                                            24 CFR 92.214(a)(6) prohibits assistance to a
                                              in writing and must specify the grounds                 24 CFR part 570.                                      project previously assisted with HOME funds
                                              for approving the waiver;                                  Where more than one regulatory                     during the period of affordability established
                                                 2. Authority to approve a waiver of a                provision is involved in the grant of a               by the participating jurisdiction in the
                                              regulation may be delegated by the                      particular waiver request, the action is              written agreement under 24 CFR 92.504.
                                              Secretary only to an individual of                      listed under the section number of the                   Granted By: Clifford Taffet, General Deputy
                                              Assistant Secretary or equivalent rank,                 first regulatory requirement that appears             Assistant Secretary for Community Planning
                                                                                                      in 24 CFR and that is being waived. For               and Development.
                                              and the person to whom authority to
                                                                                                                                                               Date Granted: April 6, 2015.
                                              waive is delegated must also have                       example, a waiver of both § 58.73 and
                                                                                                                                                               Reason Waived: The waiver was granted to
                                              authority to issue the particular                       § 58.74 would appear sequentially in the              permit the County to invest additional HOME
                                              regulation to be waived;                                listing under § 58.73.                                funds in the HOME-assisted project during
                                                 3. Not less than quarterly, the                         Waiver of regulations that involve the             the period of affordability in order to
                                              Secretary must notify the public of all                 same initial regulatory citation are in               preserve the units as affordable housing. The
                                              waivers of regulations that HUD has                     time sequence beginning with the                      initial and new investment of HOME funds
                                              approved, by publishing a notice in the                 earliest-dated regulatory waiver.                     was within the applicable maximum per-unit
                                              Federal Register. These notices (each                      Should HUD receive additional                      subsidy limits, and the HOME period of
                                                                                                                                                            affordability was extended for an additional
                                              covering the period since the most                      information about waivers granted
                                                                                                                                                            ten years.
                                              recent previous notification) shall:                    during the period covered by this report                 Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office
                                                 a. Identify the project, activity, or                (the second quarter of calendar year                  of Affordable Housing Programs, Office of
                                              undertaking involved;                                   2015) before the next report is published             Community Planning and Development,
                                                 b. Describe the nature of the provision              (the third quarter of calendar year 2015),            Department of Housing and Urban
                                              waived and the designation of the                       HUD will include any additional                       Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room
                                              provision;                                              waivers granted for the second quarter                7164, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202)
                                                 c. Indicate the name and title of the                in the next report.                                   708–2684.
                                              person who granted the waiver request;                     Accordingly, information about                        • Regulation: 24 CFR 570.513(b)(2) and
                                                 d. Describe briefly the grounds for                  approved waiver requests pertaining to                (b)(9).
                                              approval of the request; and                                                                                     Project/Activity: The City of Detroit, MI
                                                                                                      HUD regulations is provided in the
                                                                                                                                                            requested a waiver of 24 CFR 570.513(b)(2)
                                                 e. State how additional information                  Appendix that follows this notice.                    and (b)(9) to facilitate the funding of its
                                              about a particular waiver may be                          Dated: September 14, 2015.                          Home Repair Program, a local housing
                                              obtained.                                                                                                     rehabilitation program. The City planned to
                                                                                                      Helen R. Kanovsky,
                                                 Section 106 of the HUD Reform Act                                                                          fund its program through a lump sum
                                              also contains requirements applicable to                General Counsel.
                                                                                                                                                            drawdown and arranged for its subrecipient
                                              waivers of HUD handbook provisions                      Appendix                                              Local Initiative Support Coalition (LISC) to
                                              that are not relevant to the purpose of                                                                       administer the program. LISC arranged for
                                                                                                      Listing of Waivers of Regulatory                      two separate private financial institutions to
                                              this notice.                                            Requirements Granted by Offices of the                provide required consideration for the
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                                                 This notice follows procedures                       Department of Housing and Urban                       deposit of funds rather than one institution
                                              provided in HUD’s Statement of Policy                   Development April 1, 2015 Through June 30,            as contemplated by CDBG program
                                              on Waiver of Regulations and Directives                 2015                                                  regulations. The first institution, Bank of
                                              issued on April 22, 1991 (56 FR 16337).                   Note to Reader: More information about              America, agreed to provide LISC with $4
                                              In accordance with those procedures                     the granting of these waivers, including a            million in funding for the program but
                                              and with the requirements of section                    copy of the waiver request and approval, may          declined to be a party to a lump sum
                                              106 of the HUD Reform Act, waivers of                   be obtained by contacting the person whose            drawdown agreement as required under 24



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                                              CFR 570.513(b)(2). The second institution, JP           objectives in 24 CFR 570.208 until five years         requirement for an applicant for approval as
                                              Morgan Chase (Chase), agreed to serve as                after the expiration of the subrecipient              a sponsor to submit an audited financial
                                              LISC’s depository institution, and agreed to            agreement. If the property is not used to meet        statement issued within the preceding 12
                                              be a party to a lump sum agreement and                  a national objective, the subrecipient must           month period.
                                              provide the appropriate benefits required               reimburse the county an amount equal to the              Contact: William Hughes, Transaction
                                              under 24 CFR 570.513(b)(9) in support of the            prorated share of the current fair market             Management Specialist, Office of Capital
                                              program. The City requested a waiver of 24              value of the property.                                Markets, Government National Mortgage
                                              CFR 570.513(b)(2) and (b)(9) to allow the City             Granted By: Harriet Tregoning, Principal           Association, Department of Housing and
                                              to enter into an agreement with LISC and                Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community              Urban Development, 550 12th Street SW.,
                                              Chase to the extent necessary to allow two              Planning and Development.                             Suite 300, Washington, DC 20410, telephone
                                              separate financial institutions to provide the             Date Granted: June 3, 2015.                        (202) 475–4924.
                                              appropriate benefits in support of the city’s              Reason Waived: This waiver allowed the
                                                                                                                                                            III. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the
                                              local housing rehabilitation program.                   Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo
                                                                                                      County to move the food bank from Paso                Office of Housing—Federal Housing
                                                 Nature of Requirement: The regulation at
                                              24 CFR 570.513(b)(2) requires financial                 Robles to a new larger and more efficient             Administration (FHA)
                                              institutions that provide financing for a lump          location that will serve a larger CDBG-eligible          For further information about the following
                                              sum fund to execute a written lump sum                  population. Rather than reimburse the CDBG            regulatory waivers, please see the name of
                                              agreement and specify the obligations and               program, the Food Bank Coalition will sell            the contact person that immediately follows
                                              responsibilities of the parties, the terms and          the existing Paso Robles site and use the             the description of the waiver granted.
                                              conditions on which Community                           proceeds to help pay for the new facility. A             • Regulation: 24 CFR 200.72.
                                              Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds are                waiver of 24 CFR 570.503(b)(7) was required              Project/Activity: New York Society for the
                                              to be deposited and used or returned, the               to allow the Food Bank Coalition to use the           Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled,
                                              anticipated level of rehabilitation activities          proceeds to construct the new facility rather         Maintaining the Hospital for Special Surgery
                                              by the financial institution, the rate of               than reimburse the County, and to effect the          (HSS) is a not-for-profit, nationally
                                              interest and other benefits to be provided by           transfer of programmatic requirements. The            recognized 162-bed academic medical center
                                              the financial institution in return for the             CDBG investment and program requirements              that specializes in orthopedics and
                                              lump sum deposit, and such other terms as               will be transferred to the new facility and the       rheumatology and is a member of the New
                                              are necessary for compliance with the                   use of the new facility will meet the same            York-Presbyterian Healthcare System and an
                                              provisions of this section. The regulation at           national objective as the use of the existing         affiliate of the Weill Medical College of
                                              24 CFR 570.513(b)(9) requires the private               site.                                                 Cornell University. HSS main facilities are
                                              financial institution in which the funds are               Contact: Steve Johnson, Director of                located in New York City, New York, with
                                              deposited to provide other benefits in                  Entitlement Communities Division, Office of           other physician offices, rehabilitation and
                                              addition to the payment of interest. These              Community Planning and Development,                   outpatient centers located in Long Island and
                                              benefits may include the leveraging of the              Department of Housing and Urban                       Upstate New York, Connecticut, New Jersey,
                                              deposited funds, the commitment of private              Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room             and Florida.
                                              funds at below market interest rates, or the            7282, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202)              Nature of Requirement: The regulation
                                              provision of administrative services in                 402–4548.                                             mandates the project, when completed, shall
                                              support of the rehabilitation program.                                                                        not violate any material zoning or deed
                                                 Granted By: Harriet Tregoning, Principal             II. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office
                                                                                                                                                            restrictions applicable to the project site, and
                                              Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community                of Government National Mortgage
                                                                                                                                                            shall comply with all applicable building and
                                              Planning and Development.                               Association (Ginnie Mae)
                                                                                                                                                            other governmental codes, ordinances,
                                                 Date Granted: May 18, 2015.                             For further information about the following        regulations and requirements.
                                                 Reason Waived: Granting the waiver of 24             regulatory waivers, please see the name of               Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal
                                              CFR 570.513(b)(2) and (b)(9) allowed the City           the contact person that immediately follows           Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.
                                              of Detroit to enter into an agreement with              the description of the waiver granted.                   Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
                                              LISC and Chase to the extent necessary to                  • Regulation: 24 CFR 330.20(a)(2)(i)(D).              Reason Waived: The Hospital does not
                                              allow two separate financial institutions to               Project/Activity: Amherst Pierpont                 meet all of the applicable building codes,
                                              provide the appropriate benefits in support of          Securities LLC (APS) eligibility for approval         because it does not have a Permanent
                                              the city’s local housing rehabilitation                 as a Sponsor of Ginnie Mae guaranteed                 Certificate of Occupancy (PCO) for the
                                              program. By granting these waivers, the                 structured securities.                                building, but has a Temporary Certificate of
                                              program could be fully implemented bringing                Nature of Requirement: The regulation at           Occupancy. HSS will be able to move to
                                              needed investment to the City.                          24 CFR 330.20(a)(2)(i)(D) establishes certain         Final Endorsement, enabling the completion
                                                 Contact: Steve Johnson, Director of                  eligibility requirements for an entity applying       of their expansion plan, which includes
                                              Entitlement Communities Division, Office of             for approval as a Ginnie Mae Sponsor. An              adding two new inpatient nursing units,
                                              Community Planning and Development,                     applicant must submit an audited financial            expanded pharmacy and pediatric
                                              Department of Housing and Urban                         statement, which must be issued within the            rehabilitation departments and three
                                              Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room               preceding 12 month period that demonstrates           additional inpatient operating rooms.
                                              7282, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202)             compliance with the minimum required                     Contact: Shelley M. McCracken-Rania,
                                              402–4548.                                               amount of shareholders’ equity or partners’           Senior Financial Analyst, Office of
                                                 • Regulation: 24 CFR 570.503(b)(7).                  capital in accordance with Ginnie Mae                 Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing,
                                                 Project/Activity: The County of San Luis             guidelines.                                           Department of Housing and Urban
                                              Obispo, CA, requested a waiver to allow its                Granted By: Theodore W. Tozer, President,          Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room
                                              subrecipient, the Food Bank Coalition of San            Ginnie Mae.                                           2247, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 202–
                                              Luis Obispo County, to sell a CDBG-funded                  Date Granted: June 30, 2015.                       402–5366.
                                              food bank in Paso Robles and relocate the                  Reason Waived: On October 10, 2014                    • Regulation: 24 CFR 200.926d(f)(1)(i) and
                                              food bank’s operations to a new larger and              Pierpont Securities LLC (Pierpont Securities)         (f)(2)(i).
                                              more efficient facility that will be                    acquired 100% of Amherst ASG Holdings,                   Project/Activity: An extension of the
                                              constructed in part with the proceeds of the            LLC (Amherst Securities Group) through an             waiver of Minimum Property Standards
                                              sale. The use of the new facility will meet the         exchange of the Parent Company’s equity               (MPS) regulations pertaining to water supply
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                                              same national objective as the existing site            units. Since the acquisition occurred after           systems was requested to permit FHA
                                              and will serve a greater number of people in            September 30, 2014, the next audited                  insurance of mortgages secured by properties
                                              the County.                                             financial statement will be on the fiscal year        located in certain areas of the State of Alaska
                                                 Nature of Requirement: The regulation at             that ends later in 2015. The timing of the            that rely upon water holding tanks and
                                              24 CFR 570.503(b)(7) states that a property             merger is a special circumstance for APS.             similar alternative water supply systems.
                                              acquired by a subrecipient with CDBG funds              Therefore, Ginnie Mae found good cause                   Nature of Requirement: FHA’s MPS
                                              must be used to meet one of the national                existed to issue a one-time waiver of the             regulations governing new construction for



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                                              single family dwellings provide that to be              repayment of operating assistance provided               Project/Activity: Runk and Pratt is a
                                              eligible for FHA insurance, each living unit            under the Flexible Subsidy Program for                memory care facility. The facility does not
                                              within newly constructed single family                  Troubled Properties, states ‘‘Assistance that         meet the requirements of 24 CFR 232.7
                                              residential property should be capable of               has been paid to a project Owner under this           pertaining to the configuration of bathrooms
                                              delivering a flow of five gallons per minute            subpart must be repaid at the earlier of the          in such facilities. The project is located in
                                              over a four hour period in order to provide             expiration of the term of the mortgage,               Forest, Va.
                                              a continuing and sufficient supply of safe              termination of mortgage insurance,                       Nature of Requirement: The regulation
                                              water under adequate pressure and                       prepayment of the mortgage, or a sale of the          mandates that, in a board and care home or
                                              appropriate quality for household use. Under            project.’’                                            assisted living facility, not less than one full
                                              these regulatory requirements, water holding               Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal           bathroom must be provided for every four
                                              tanks, cisterns and similar alternative water           Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.               residents, and that the bathroom cannot be
                                              supply systems are not considered under                    Date Granted: June 26, 2015.                       accessed from a public corridor or area.
                                              FHA requirements as acceptable water                       Reason Waived: The owner requested and                Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal
                                              supply systems.                                         was granted waiver of the requirement to              Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.
                                                 Granted By: Edward Golding, Principal                defer repayment of the Flexible Subsidy                  Date Granted: May 12, 2015.
                                              Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.                 Operating Assistance Loan. Deferring the                 Reason Waived: The project is for memory
                                                 Date Granted: May 1, 2015.                           loan payment will preserve this affordable            care, all rooms have half-bathrooms and the
                                                 Reason Waived: The Santa Ana                         housing resource for an additional 35 years           resident to full bathroom ratio is 7.28: 1.
                                              Homeownership Center requested an                       through the execution and recordation of a               Contact: Vance T. Morris, Special
                                              additional one year extension of the waiver             Rental Use Agreement.                                 Assistant, Office of Healthcare Programs,
                                              pending publication of a proposed and final                Contact: James Wyatt, Account Executive,           Office of Housing, Department of Housing
                                              rule on alternative water supply systems.               Office of Housing, Department of Housing              and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
                                                 Contact: Cheryl Walker, Director, Home               and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street             Room 2337, Washington, DC 20401,
                                              Valuation Policy Division, Office of Housing,           SW., Room 6172, Washington, DC 20410,                 telephone 202–402–2419.
                                              Department of Housing and Urban                         telephone (202) 402–2591.                                • Regulation: 24 CFR 232.7.
                                              Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room                  • Regulation: 24 CFR 232.7.                           Project/Activity: Via Christie is a memory
                                              9274, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202)
                                                                                                         Project/Activity: Cedar Creek Alzheimer &          care facility. The facility does not meet the
                                              402–6880.
                                                                                                      Dementia Care is a memory care facility. The          requirements of 24 CFR 232.7 pertaining to
                                                 • Regulation: 24 CFR 219.220(b).                     facility does not meet the requirements of 24         the configuration of bathrooms in such
                                                 Project/Activity: Germano-Millgate                   CFR 232.7 pertaining to the configuration of          facilities. The project is located in Omaha,
                                              Apartments, FHA Project Number 071–                     bathrooms in such facilities. The project is          NE.
                                              44081, Chicago, Illinois. The owners                    located in Los Gatos, CA.                                Nature of Requirement: The regulation
                                              requested deferral of repayment of the                     Nature of Requirement: The regulation              mandates that, in a board and care home or
                                              Flexible Subsidy Operating Assistance Loan              mandates that, in a board and care home or            assisted living facility, not less than one full
                                              on this project due to their inability to repay         assisted living facility, not less than one full      bathroom must be provided for every four
                                              the loan in full upon prepayment of the 236             bathroom must be provided for every four              residents, and that the bathroom cannot be
                                              Loan.                                                   residents, and that the bathroom cannot be            accessed from a public corridor or area.
                                                 Nature of Requirement: The regulation at             accessed from a public corridor or area.                 Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal
                                              24 CFR 219.220(b) governs the repayment of                 Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal           Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.
                                              operating assistance provided under the                 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.                  Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
                                              Flexible Subsidy Program for Troubled                      Date Granted: May 12, 2015.                           Reason Waived: The project is for memory
                                              Projects prior to May 1, 1996 states:                      Reason Waived: The project is for memory           care, all rooms have half-bathrooms and the
                                              ‘‘Assistance that has been paid to a project            care, all rooms have half-bathrooms and the           resident to full bathroom ratio is 10:1.
                                              owner under this subpart must be repaid at              resident to full bathroom ratio is 9.67: 1.              Contact: Vance T. Morris, Special
                                              the earlier of the expiration of the term of the           Contact: Vance T. Morris, Special                  Assistant, Office of Healthcare Programs,
                                              mortgage, termination of mortgage insurance,            Assistant, Office of Healthcare Programs,             Office of Housing, Department of Housing
                                              prepayment of the mortgage, or a sale of the            Office of Housing, Department of Housing              and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
                                              project . . .’’ Either of these actions would
                                                                                                      and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW.,            Room 2337, Washington, DC 20401, (O) 202–
                                              typically terminate FHA involvement with
                                                                                                      Room 2337, Washington, DC 20401,                      402–2419.
                                              the property, and the Flexible Subsidy Loan
                                                                                                      telephone 202–402–2419.                                  • Regulation: 24 CFR 266.200(b)(2).
                                              would be repaid, in whole, at that time.
                                                 Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal                • Regulation: 24 CFR 232.7.                           Project/Activity: Federal Financing Bank
                                              Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.                    Project/Activity: Oak Creek Alzheimer &            (FFB) Risk Sharing Initiative, Substantial
                                                 Date Granted: June 25, 2015.                         Dementia Care is a memory care facility. The          Rehabilitation Defined. New York City
                                                 Reason Waived: The owner requested and               facility does not meet the requirements of 24         Housing Development Corporation
                                              was granted waiver of the requirement to                CFR 232.7 pertaining to the configuration of          (NYCHDC).
                                              defer repayment of the Flexible Subsidy                 bathrooms in such facilities. The project is             Nature of Requirement: The regulation at
                                              Operating Assistance Loan to allow the much             located in Castro Valley, CA.                         24 CFR 266.200(b)(2) defines substantial
                                              needed preservation and moderate                           Nature of Requirement: The regulation              rehabilitation. The following changes to the
                                              rehabilitation of the project. The project will         mandates that, in a board and care home or            definition were temporarily made for both
                                              be preserved as an affordable housing                   assisted living facility, not less than one full      Level I and II Housing Finance Agencies:
                                              resource of Chicago, Illinois.                          bathroom must be provided for every four              Work that exceeds either: (a) $15,000 times
                                                 Contact: Minnie Monroe-Baldwin, Branch               residents, and that the bathroom cannot be            the high cost factor ‘‘as adjusted by HUD for
                                              Chief, Affordable Housing Transaction,                  accessed from a public corridor or area.              inflation’’, or (b) replacement of two or more
                                              Office of Housing, Department of Housing                   Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal           building systems. ‘Replacement’ is when cost
                                              and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street               Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.               of replacement work exceeds 50 percent of
                                              SW., Room 6222, Washington, DC 20410,                      Date Granted: May 12, 2015.                        the cost of replacing the entire system. The
                                              telephone (202) 402–2636.                                  Reason Waived: The project is for memory           base limit is revised to $15,000 per unit for
                                                 • Regulation: 24 CFR 219.220(b).                     care, all rooms have half-bathrooms and the           2015, and will be adjusted annually based on
                                                                                                      resident to full bathroom ratio is 10: 1.             the percentage change published by the
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                                                 Project/Activity: J.O. Blanton House, FHA
                                              Project Number 083–44025, Louisville, KY.                  Contact: Vance T. Morris, Special                  Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or
                                              Fifth Street High Rise, Incorporated (owner)            Assistant, Office of Healthcare Programs,             other inflation cost index published by HUD.
                                              seeks approval to defer repayment of the                Office of Housing, Department of Housing              This change is consistent with proposed
                                              Flexible Subsidy Operating Assistance Loans             and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW.,            changes in the MAP Guide.
                                              on the subject project.                                 Room 2337, Washington, DC 20401,                         Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal
                                                 Nature of Requirement: The regulation at             telephone 202–402–2419.                               Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.
                                              24 CFR 219.220(b) (1995), which governs the                • Regulation: 24 CFR 232.7.                           Date Granted: May 18, 2015.



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                                                 Reason Waived: The temporary changes                 Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of               Finance Agency (MN Housing) will assume
                                              were necessary to effectuate the Federal                Production, Office of Housing, Department of          50 percent of the risk, and (2) annual
                                              Financing Bank (FFB) Risk Sharing Initiative            Housing and Urban Development, 451                    property inspections will be performed with
                                              between Housing and Urban Development                   Seventh Street SW., Room 6134, Washington,            appropriate adjustments made to the
                                              and the Treasury Department/FFB                         DC 20410, telephone (202) 402–8386.                   replacement reserves as needed to ensure the
                                              announced in Fiscal Year 2014. There are 11                • Regulation: 24 CFR 266.200(d).                   Project is maintained in good physical
                                              qualified HFAs participants. Concurrent with               Project/Activity: Federal Financing Bank           condition. Minnesota will finance Crystal
                                              the rollout of the FFB Initiative, HUD’s Office         (FFB) Risk Sharing Initiative, Underwriting           Lake Townhomes (Project) with a mortgage
                                              of Multifamily Housing is beginning the                 of Projects with Section 8 HAP Contracts.             that will mature in November, 2041 with a
                                              process of making regulatory changes to these           New York City Housing Development                     small balloon payment of preservation
                                              same provisions. Under this Initiative, FFB             Corporation (NYCHDC).                                 property receiving the benefit of a Section 8
                                              provides capital to participating Housing                  Nature of Requirement: HUD’s regulation
                                              Finance Agencies (HFAs) to make                                                                               subsidy for all units.
                                                                                                      at 24 CFR 266.200(d) pertains to projects                Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, FHA
                                              multifamily loans insured under the FHA                 with Section 8 rental subsidies or other rental
                                              Multifamily Risk Sharing Program.                                                                             Multifamily Production, Office of
                                                                                                      subsidies: For refinancing of Section 202
                                                 Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, FHA                                                                   Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of
                                                                                                      projects, and for Public Housing Agency
                                              Multifamily Production, Office of                       (PHA) projects converting to Section 8                Production, Office of Housing, Department of
                                              Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of                 through RAD, HUD will permit NYCHDC to                Housing and Urban Development, 451
                                              Production, Office of Housing, Department of            underwrite the financing using current or to          Seventh Street SW., Room 6134, Washington,
                                              Housing and Urban Development, 451                      be adjusted project-based Section 8 assisted          DC 20410, telephone (202) 402–8386.
                                              Seventh Street SW., Room 6134, Washington,              rents, even though they exceed the market                • Regulation: 24 CFR 266.620(e).
                                              DC 20410, telephone (202) 402–8386.                     rates. This is consistent with HUD Housing               Project/Activity: Federal Financing Bank
                                                 • Regulation: 24 CFR 266.200(c)(2).                  Notice 04–21, ‘‘Amendments to Notice                  (FFB) Risk Sharing Initiative, Termination of
                                                 Project/Activity: Federal Financing Bank             02–16: Underwriting Guidelines for                    Mortgage Insurance. New York City Housing
                                              (FFB) Risk Sharing Initiative, Equity Take-             Refinancing of Section 202, and Section 202/          Development Corporation (NYCHDC).
                                              Outs. New York City Housing Development                 8 Direct Loan Repayments’’, which grants              Waivers of these 4 sections of the regulation
                                              Corporation (NYCHDC).                                   authority only to those lenders refinancing           were approved in March, 2015 for the first 11
                                                 Nature of Requirement: HUD’s regulation              with mortgage programs under the National             HFAs approved to participate in the
                                              at 266.200(c)(2) addresses equity take-outs for         Housing Act.                                          Initiative.
                                              existing projects (refinance transactions), and            Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal              Nature of Requirement: The regulation at
                                              permit the insured mortgage to exceed the               Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.
                                                                                                                                                            24 CFR 266.620(e), pertains to termination of
                                              sum of the total cost of acquisition, cost of              Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
                                                                                                                                                            mortgage insurance provision (required for
                                              financing, cost of repairs, and reasonable                 Reason Waived: The waiver was necessary
                                                                                                                                                            FFB Initiative). As required by the Initiative,
                                              transaction costs or ‘‘equity take-outs’’ in            to effectuate the Federal Financing Bank
                                              refinances of HFA-financed projects and                 (FFB) Risk Sharing Initiative between                 New York City Housing Development
                                              those outside of HFA’s portfolio if the result          Housing and Urban Development and the                 Corporation (NYCHDC) agrees to indemnify
                                              is preservation with the following conditions:          Treasury Department/FFB announced in                  HUD for all amounts paid to FFB if ‘‘the HFA
                                                 1. Occupancy is no less than 93 percent for          Fiscal Year 2014. The waiver is consistent            or its successors commit fraud, or make a
                                              previous 12 months;                                     with changes that HUD’s Office of                     material misrepresentation to the
                                                 2. No defaults in the last 12 months of the          Multifamily Housing is seeking now to the             Commissioner with respect to information
                                              HFA loan to be refinanced;                              regulation and as previously approved in              culminating in the Contract of Insurance on
                                                 3. A 20-year affordable housing deed                 March 2015 for the first 11 HFAs                      the mortgage, or while the Contract of
                                              restriction placed on title that conforms to            participating in the Initiative. Under this           Insurance is in existence’’. Only Level I HFAs
                                              the section 542(c) statutory definition;                Initiative, FFB provides capital to                   are eligible for FFB financing, thereby
                                                 4. A Property Capital Needs Assessment               participating Housing Finance Agencies                ensuring the HFA maintains financial
                                              (PCNA) must be performed and funds                      (HFAs) to make multifamily loans insured              capacity to perform under the
                                              escrowed for all necessary repairs, and                 under the FHA Multifamily Risk Sharing                indemnification agreement. If the HFA loses
                                              reserves funded for future capital needs; and           Program.                                              its ‘‘A’’ rating, HFA must post the required
                                                 5. For projects subsidized by Section 8                 Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, FHA           reserve account as outlined in 24 CFR part
                                              Housing Assistance Payment (HAP)                        Multifamily Production, Office of                     266.
                                              contracts: Owner agrees to renew HAP                    Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of                  Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal
                                              contract(s) for 20 year term, (subject to               Production, Office of Housing, Department of          Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.
                                              appropriations and statutory authorization,             Housing and Urban Development, 451                       Date Granted: May 18, 2015.
                                              etc.), and existing and post-refinance HAP              Seventh Street SW., Room 6134, Washington,
                                                                                                                                                               Reason Waived: The waiver was necessary
                                              residual receipts are set aside to be used to           DC 20410, telephone (202) 402–8386.
                                                                                                                                                            to effectuate the Federal Financing Bank
                                              reduce future HAP payments.                                • Regulation: 24 CFR 266.410(e).                   (FFB) Risk Sharing Initiative between
                                                 Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal                Project/Activity: Minnesota Housing                Housing and Urban Development and the
                                              Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.                 Finance Agency, for Crystal Lake                      Treasury Department/FFB announced in
                                                 Date Granted: May 18, 2015.                          Townhomes, Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
                                                                                                                                                            Fiscal Year 2014. There are 11 qualified
                                                 Reason Waived: The waiver was necessary                 Nature of Requirement: The regulation at
                                                                                                                                                            HFAs participants. Concurrent with the
                                              to effectuate the Federal Financing Bank                24 CFR 266.410(e) pertaining to amortization
                                                                                                                                                            rollout of the FFB Initiative, HUD’s Office of
                                              (FFB) Risk Sharing Initiative between                   states that the mortgage must provide for
                                              Housing and Urban Development and the                   complete amortization (i.e., regularly                Multifamily is beginning the process of
                                              Treasury Department/FFB announced in                    amortizing) over the term of the mortgage.            making regulatory changes to these same
                                              Fiscal Year 2014. There are 11 qualified                This is financing under the Risk Sharing              provisions. Under this Initiative, FFB
                                              HFAs participants. Concurrent with the                  Program.                                              provides capital to participating Housing
                                              rollout of the FFB Initiative, HUD’s Office of             Granted By: Edward L. Golding, Principal           Finance Agencies (HFAs) to make
                                              Multifamily Housing is beginning the process            Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.               multifamily loans insured under the FHA
                                              of making regulatory changes to these same                 Date Granted: May 5, 2015.                         Multifamily Risk Sharing Program.
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                                              provisions. Under this Initiative, FFB                     Reason Waived: The granting of this waiver            Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, FHA
                                              provides capital to participating Housing               promotes preservation and affordability with          Multifamily Production, Office of
                                              Finance Agencies (HFAs) to make                         minimal increased risk to the FHA Insurance           Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of
                                              multifamily loans insured under the FHA                 Fund. Minnesota’s HFA project is a 48-unit            Production, Office of Housing, Department of
                                              Multifamily Risk Sharing Program.                       property located in the city of Grand Rapids.         Housing and Urban Development, 451
                                                 Contact: Theodore K. Toon, Director, FHA             The approval, however, is subject to the              Seventh Street SW., Room 6134, Washington,
                                              Multifamily Production, Office of                       following conditions: (1) Minnesota Housing           DC 20410, telephone (202) 402–8386.



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                                              IV. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the                   required to be submitted to the Real Estate           and annual reexaminations. A proposed
                                              Office of Public and Indian Housing                     Assessment Center (REAC) no later than nine           regulation issued by the Department and
                                                 For further information about the following          months after the housing authority’s (HA)             published in the Federal Register on January
                                              regulatory waivers, please see the name of              fiscal year end (FYE), in accordance with the         6, 2015 (Streamlining Administrative
                                              the contact person that immediately follows             Single Audit Act and OMB Circular A–133.              Regulations for Public Housing, Housing
                                              the description of the waiver granted.                     Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez,                Choice Voucher, Multifamily Housing, and
                                                 • Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1), 24 CFR             Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for              Community Planning and Development
                                              902.33(c) and 902.62(a)(3).                             Public and Indian Housing.                            Programs) would likewise authorize self-
                                                                                                         Date Granted: May 13, 2015.                        certification of assets of $5,000 or less.
                                                 Project/Activity: Colorado Division of
                                                                                                         Reason Waived: The HA requested a                     Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing
                                              Housing (CO911) Denver, CO.
                                                                                                      waiver to obtain an extension (until May 15,          Voucher Management and Operations
                                                 Nature of Requirement: These regulations
                                                                                                      2015) to submit its audited financial data for        Division, Office of Public Housing and
                                              establish certain reporting compliance dates.
                                                                                                      FYE June 30, 2014. The HA indicated that              Voucher Programs, Office of Public and
                                              The audited financial statements are required
                                                                                                      additional time is necessary due to extensive         Indian Housing, Department of Housing and
                                              to be submitted to the Real Estate Assessment
                                                                                                      damages incurred to its Administrative office         Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,
                                              Center (REAC) no later than nine months
                                                                                                      resulting in ruptured pipelines that destroyed        Room 4216, Washington, DC 20410,
                                              after the housing authority’s (HA) fiscal year
                                                                                                      computers and files.                                  telephone (202) 708–0477.
                                              end (FYE), in accordance with the Single
                                              Audit Act and OMB Circular A–133.
                                                                                                         Contact: Scott Sherman, Acting Program                • Regulation: 24 CFR 982.503(a)(3) and
                                                                                                      Manager, NASS, Real Estate Assessment                 982.503(c)(2).
                                                 Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez,
                                                                                                      Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing,             Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the
                                              Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for                Department of Housing and Urban
                                              Public and Indian Housing.                                                                                    County of Alameda (HACA), Hayward, CA.
                                                                                                      Development, 550 12th Street SW., Suite 100,             Nature of Requirement: The regulation at
                                                 Date Granted: May 29, 2015.                          Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 475–
                                                 Reason Waived: The Housing Authority                                                                       24 CFR 982.503(a)(3) states that a PHA’s
                                                                                                      7975.                                                 voucher payment standard schedule shall
                                              (Section 8-only entity) requested a waiver to
                                              obtain additional time to allow for input of               • Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1).                  establish a single payment standard amount
                                              its FYE June 30, 2014 audited financial data               Project/Activity: Tallahassee Housing              for each unit size. The regulation at 24 CFR
                                              into the FASS online system. The State’s                Authority (FL073), Tallahassee, FL.                   982.503(c)(2) states that the HUD Field Office
                                                                                                         Nature of Requirement: The regulation              may approve an exception payment standard
                                              single audited financial information had
                                                                                                      establishes certain reporting compliance              amount from above 110 percent of the
                                              recently been submitted.
                                                                                                      dates. The audited financial statements are           published fair market rents (FMR) if the HUD
                                                 Contact: Scott Sherman, Acting Program
                                                                                                      required to be submitted to the Real Estate           Field Office determines that approval is
                                              Manager, NASS, Real Estate Assessment
                                                                                                      Assessment Center (REAC) no later than nine           justified by either the median rent method or
                                              Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing,
                                                                                                      months after the housing authority’s (HA)             the 40th or 50th percentile rent method and
                                              Department of Housing and Urban
                                                                                                      fiscal year end (FYE), in accordance with the         that such approval is also supported by an
                                              Development, 550 12th Street SW., Suite 100,
                                                                                                      Single Audit Act and OMB Circular A–133.              appropriate program justification.
                                              Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 475–
                                                                                                         Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez,                   Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramı́rez,
                                              7975.
                                                                                                      Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for              Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
                                                 • Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1), 24 CFR             Public and Indian Housing.                            Public and Indian Housing.
                                              902.33(c) and 902.62(a)(3).                                Date Granted: May 6, 2015.                            Date Granted: May 5, 2015.
                                                 Project/Activity: Center Housing Authority              Reason Waived: The Housing Authority                  Reason Waived: These regulations were
                                              (CO043) Center, CO.                                     (HA) requested a waiver of 24 CFR 5.110 to            waived to allow HACA to establish payment
                                                 Nature of Requirement: These regulations             obtain a 60-day extension (until May 30,              standards at 120 percent of the FMR for all
                                              establish certain reporting compliance dates.           2015) to submit its audited financial data for        bedroom sizes in all areas of the county for
                                              The audited financial statements are required           fiscal year end (FYE) June 30, 2014. The HA           its HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing
                                              to be submitted to the Real Estate Assessment           experienced numerous ledger balances and              (VASH) program. These families generally
                                              Center (REAC) no later than nine months                 accounting errors due to fraud, having                have a more difficult time finding units
                                              after the housing authority’s (HA) fiscal year          difficulty procuring a qualified Finance              before their vouchers expire and require 40
                                              end (FYE), in accordance with the Single                Director, and had recently converted to a new         percent more voucher extensions than non-
                                              Audit Act and OMB Circular A–133.                       software system.                                      HUD–VASH families in a low vacancy area.
                                                 Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez,                     Contact: Judy Wojciechowski, Program                  Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing
                                              Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for                Manager, NASS, Real Estate Assessment                 Voucher Management and Operations
                                              Public and Indian Housing.                              Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing,          Division, Office of Public Housing and
                                                 Date Granted: May 29, 2015.                          Department of Housing and Urban                       Voucher Programs, Office of Public and
                                                 Reason Waived: The Housing Authority                 Development, 550 12th Street SW., Suite 100,          Indian Housing, Department of Housing and
                                              requested a waiver to obtain additional time            Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 475–            Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,
                                              to allow for input of its FYE June 30, 2014             7907.                                                 Room 4216, Washington, DC 20410,
                                              audited financial data into the FASS online                • Regulation: 24 CFR 982.516(a)(2)(ii).            telephone (202) 708–0477.
                                              system, and to remove the LPF score of zero                Project/Activity: Raleigh County Housing              • Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
                                              as it pertains to the Public Housing                    Authority (RCHA), Raleigh, NC.                           Project/Activity: Colorado Department of
                                              Assessment System (PHAS). The HAs auditor                  Nature of Requirement: The regulation at           Local Affairs (CDLA), Denver, CO.
                                              was involved in an auto accident. The                   24 CFR 982.516(a)(2)(ii) states that the public          Nature of Requirement: The regulation at
                                              audited data was subsequently submitted on              housing agency must obtain and document in            24 CFR 982.505(d) states that a PHA may
                                              April 1, 2015 (one-day late).                           the tenant file third-party verification of the       only approve a higher payment standard for
                                                 Contact: Scott Sherman, Acting Program               value of assets or must document in the               a family as a reasonable accommodation if
                                              Manager, NASS, Real Estate Assessment                   tenant file why third-party verification was          the higher payment standard is within the
                                              Center, Office of Public and Indian Housing,            not available.                                        basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair
                                              Department of Housing and Urban                            Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramı́rez,               market rent (FMR) for the unit size.
                                              Development, 550 12th Street SW., Suite 100,            Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for                 Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramı́rez,
                                              Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 475–              Public and Indian Housing.                            Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
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                                              7975.                                                      Date Granted: May 13, 2015.                        Public and Indian Housing.
                                                 • Regulation: 24 CFR 5.801(d)(1).                       Reason Waived: The majority of                        Date Granted: April 15, 2015.
                                                 Project/Activity: Easton Housing Authority           participants have less than $5,000 in asset              Reason Waived: The participant, who is a
                                              (MD019) Easton, MD.                                     income; (2) the cost of obtaining third-party         person with disabilities, required an
                                                 Nature of Requirement: The regulation                documentation is borne by participants; and           exception payment standard to remain in the
                                              establishes certain reporting compliance                (3) waiting for such documentation                    participant’s current unit that meets the
                                              dates. The audited financial statements are             frequently delays the completion of interim           participant’s needs To provide this



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                                              reasonable accommodation so that the                       Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing                      • Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
                                              participant could remain in the participant’s           Voucher Management and Operations                        Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the
                                              current unit and pay no more than 40 percent            Division, Office of Public Housing and                County of Alameda (HACA), Hayward, CA.
                                              of adjusted income toward the family share,             Voucher Programs, Office of Public and                   Nature of Requirement: The regulation at
                                              the CDLA was allowed to approve an                      Indian Housing, Department of Housing and             24 CFR 982.505(d) states that a PHA may
                                              exception payment standard that exceeded                Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,            only approve a higher payment standard for
                                              the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the             Room 4216, Washington, DC 20410,                      a family as a reasonable accommodation if
                                              FMR.                                                    telephone (202) 708–0477.                             the higher payment standard is within the
                                                 Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing                        • Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).                   basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair
                                              Voucher Management and Operations                          Project/Activity: San Francisco Housing            market rent (FMR) for the unit size.
                                              Division, Office of Public Housing and                  Authority (SFHA), San Francisco, CA.                     Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramı́rez,
                                              Voucher Programs, Office of Public and                     Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 982.505(d)           Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
                                              Indian Housing, Department of Housing and               states that a PHA may only approve a higher           Public and Indian Housing.
                                              Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,              payment standard for a family as a reasonable            Date Granted: June 8, 2015.
                                              Room 4216, Washington, DC 20410,                        accommodation if the higher payment                      Reason Waived: The participant, who is a
                                              telephone (202) 708–0477.                               standard is within the basic range of 90 to           person with disabilities, required an
                                                 • Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).                     110 percent of the fair market rent (FMR) for         exception payment standard to remain in the
                                                 Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the           the unit size.                                        participant’s current unit that meets the
                                              County of Alameda (HACA), Hayward, CA.                     Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramı́rez,               participant’s needs. To provide this
                                                 Nature of Requirement: The regulation at             Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for              reasonable accommodation so that the
                                              24 CFR 982.505(d) states that a PHA may                 Public and Indian Housing.                            participant could remain in the participant’s
                                              only approve a higher payment standard for                 Date Granted: May 7, 2015.                         current unit and pay no more than 40 percent
                                              a family as a reasonable accommodation if                  Reason Waived: The two HUD-VASH                    of adjusted income toward the family share,
                                              the higher payment standard is within the               participants, who are persons with                    the HACA was allowed to approve an
                                              basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair            disabilities, each required an exception              exception payment standard that exceeded
                                              market rent (FMR) for the unit size.                    payment standard to move to accessible units          the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the
                                                 Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramı́rez,                 that met their needs. To provide this                 FMR.
                                              Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for                reasonable accommodation so that the                     Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing
                                              Public and Indian Housing.                              participants could move to these units and            Voucher Management and Operations
                                                 Date Granted: April 16, 2015.                        pay no more than 40 percent of their adjusted         Division, Office of Public Housing and
                                                 Reason Waived: The participant, who is a             income toward the family share, the SFHA              Voucher Programs, Office of Public and
                                              person with disabilities, required an                   was allowed to approve an exception                   Indian Housing, Department of Housing and
                                              exception payment standard to remain in the             payment standard that exceeded the basic              Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,
                                              participant’s current unit that meets the               range of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.                Room 4216, Washington, DC 20410,
                                              participant’s needs. To provide this                       Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing                   telephone (202) 708–0477.
                                              reasonable accommodation so that the                    Voucher Management and Operations                        • Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
                                              participant could remain in the participant’s           Division, Office of Public Housing and                   Project/Activity: City of Chandler Housing
                                              current unit and pay no more than 40 percent            Voucher Programs, Office of Public and                and Redevelopment Division (CCHRD),
                                              of adjusted income toward the family share,             Indian Housing, Department of Housing and             Chandler, AZ.
                                              HACA was allowed to approve an exception                Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,               Nature of Requirement: The regulation at
                                                                                                      Room 4216, Washington, DC 20410,                      24 CFR 982.505(d) states that a PHA may
                                              payment standard that exceeded the basic
                                                                                                      telephone (202) 708–0477.                             only approve a higher payment standard for
                                              range of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.
                                                 Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing                        • Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).                   a family as a reasonable accommodation if
                                              Voucher Management and Operations                          Project/Activity: Boston Housing Authority         the higher payment standard is within the
                                              Division, Office of Public Housing and                  (BHA), Boston, MA.                                    basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair
                                              Voucher Programs, Office of Public and                     Nature of Requirement: The regulation 24           market rent (FMR) for the unit size.
                                              Indian Housing, Department of Housing and               CFR 982.505(d) states that a public housing              Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez,
                                              Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,              agency may only approve a higher payment              Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
                                              Room 4216, Washington, DC 20410,                        standard for a family as a reasonable                 Public and Indian Housing.
                                              telephone (202) 708–0477.                               accommodation if the higher payment                      Date Granted: June 9, 2015.
                                                                                                      standard is within the basic range of 90 to              Reason Waived: The participant, who is a
                                                 • Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).                     110 percent of the fair market rent (FMR) for
                                                 Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the                                                                 person with disabilities, required an
                                                                                                      the unit size.                                        exception payment standard to remain in the
                                              County of Alameda (HACA), Hayward, CA.                     Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramı́rez,
                                                 Nature of Requirement: The regulation at                                                                   participant’s current unit that meets the
                                                                                                      Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for              participant’s needs. To provide this
                                              24 CFR 982.505(d) states that a PHA may                 Public and Indian Housing.
                                              only approve a higher payment standard for                                                                    reasonable accommodation so that the
                                                                                                         Date Granted: June 3, 2015.                        participant could remain in this unit and pay
                                              a family as a reasonable accommodation if                  Reason Waived: The client, whose child is
                                              the higher payment standard is within the                                                                     no more than 40 percent of adjusted income
                                                                                                      a person with disabilities, required an               toward the family share, the CCHRD was
                                              basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair            exception payment standard so that the child
                                              market rent (FMR) for the unit size.                                                                          allowed to approve an exception payment
                                                                                                      could remain in the unit without being rent           standard that exceeded the basic range of 90
                                                 Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramı́rez,                 burdened. To provide this reasonable
                                              Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for                                                                      to 110 percent of the FMR.
                                                                                                      accommodation so that the client and child
                                              Public and Indian Housing.                                                                                       Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing
                                                                                                      could remain in their current unit and pay
                                                 Date Granted: April 16, 2015.                                                                              Voucher Management and Operations
                                                                                                      no more than 40 percent of adjusted income
                                                 Reason Waived: The participant, who is a                                                                   Division, Office of Public Housing and
                                                                                                      toward the family share, BHA was allowed to
                                              person with disabilities, required an                                                                         Voucher Programs, Office of Public and
                                                                                                      approve an exception payment standard that
                                              exception payment standard to remain in the             exceeded the basic range of 90 to 110 percent         Indian Housing, Department of Housing and
                                              participant’s current new unit that meets the           of the FMR.                                           Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,
                                              participant’s needs. To provide this                                                                          Room 4216, Washington, DC 20410,
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                                                                                                         Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing
                                              reasonable accommodation so that the                    Voucher Management and Operations                     telephone (202) 708–0477.
                                              participant could remain in participant’s unit          Division, Office of Public Housing and                   • Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).
                                              and pay no more than 40 percent of adjusted             Voucher Programs, Office of Public and                   Project/Activity: San Francisco Housing
                                              income toward the family share, the HACA                Indian Housing, Department of Housing and             Authority (SFHA), San Francisco, CA.
                                              was allowed to approve an exception                     Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,               Nature of Requirement: The regulation at
                                              payment standard that exceeded the basic                Room 4216, Washington, DC 20410,                      24 CFR 982.505(d) states that a PHA may
                                              range of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.                  telephone (202) 708–0477.                             only approve a higher payment standard for



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                                              a family as a reasonable accommodation if                  Date Granted: June 23, 2015.                       Division, Office of Public Housing and
                                              the higher payment standard is within the                  Reason Waived: The participant, who is a           Voucher Programs, Office of Public and
                                              basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair            person with disabilities, required an                 Indian Housing, Department of Housing and
                                              market rent (FMR) for the unit size.                    exception payment standard to remain in the           Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,
                                                 Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramı́rez,                 current unit that meets the participant’s             Room 4216, Washington, DC 20410,
                                              Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for                needs. To provide this reasonable                     telephone (202) 708–0477.
                                              Public and Indian Housing.                              accommodation so that the participant could              • Regulation: 24 CFR 985.101(a).
                                                 Date Granted: June 9, 2015.                          remain in this unit and pay no more than 40              Project/Activity: Bath Township Housing
                                                 Reason Waived: A HUD–VASH applicant,                 percent of adjusted income toward the family          Commission (BTHC), Bath, MI.
                                              who is a person with disabilities, required an          share, the WCDHS was allowed to approve                  Nature of Requirement: The regulation at
                                              exception payment standard to move to                   an exception payment standard that                    24 CFR 985.101(a) states a PHA must submit
                                              accessible unit that met the person’s needs.            exceeded the basic range of 90 to 110 percent         the HUD-required Section Eight Management
                                              To provide this reasonable accommodation                of the FMR.                                           Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification
                                              so that the applicant could move to this unit              Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing                   form within 60 calendar days after the end
                                              and pay no more than 40 percent of adjusted             Voucher Management and Operations                     of its fiscal year.
                                              income toward the family share, the SFHA                Division, Office of Public Housing and                   Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez,
                                              was allowed to approve an exception                     Voucher Programs, Office of Public and                Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
                                              payment standard that exceeded the basic                Indian Housing, Department of Housing and             Public and Indian Housing.
                                              range of 90 to 110 percent of the FMR.                  Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,               Date Granted: April 21, 2015.
                                                 Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing                     Room 4216, Washington, DC 20410,                         Reason Waived: BTHC provided
                                              Voucher Management and Operations                       telephone (202) 708–0477.                             documentation that, on February 18, 2015, it
                                              Division, Office of Public Housing and                     • Regulation: 24 CFR 985.101(a).                   sent an email to REAC_TAC to report that it
                                              Voucher Programs, Office of Public and                     Project/Activity: Housing Authority of             was unable to enter the fair market rents and
                                              Indian Housing, Department of Housing and               Gloucester County (HAGC), Deptford, NJ.               payment standards of its SEMAP certification
                                              Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,                 Nature of Requirement: The regulation at           into the SEMAP module of IMS/PIC. It was
                                              Room 4216, Washington, DC 20410,                        24 CFR 985.101(a) states a PHA must submit            also documented that REAC_TAC did not
                                              telephone (202) 708–0477.                               the HUD-required Section Eight Management             respond to BTHC until after the deadline
                                                 • Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).                     Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification              noted above. The date of the email was
                                                 Project/Activity: City of Des Moines                 form within 60 calendar days after the end            March 9, 2015.
                                              Housing Services Department (CDMHS), Des                of its fiscal year.                                      Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director,
                                              Moines, IA.                                                Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramı́rez,               Housing Voucher Management and
                                                 Nature of Requirement: The regulation at             Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for              Operations Division, Office of Public
                                              24 CFR 982.505(d) states that a PHA may                 Public and Indian Housing.                            Housing and Voucher Programs, Office of
                                              only approve a higher payment standard for                 Date Granted: April 17, 2015.                      Public and Indian Housing, Department of
                                              a family as a reasonable accommodation if                  Reason Waived: This waiver was granted             Housing and Urban Development, 451
                                              the higher payment standard is within the               because for the HAGC’s fiscal year ending             Seventh Street SW., Room 4210, Washington,
                                              basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair            December 31, 2014. The HAGC experienced               DC 20410, telephone (202) 708–0477.
                                              market rent (FMR) for the unit size.                    an emergency in its public housing units and             • Regulation: 24 CFR 985.101(a).
                                                 Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramı́rez,                 due to the time and effort to rehouse the                Project/Activity: City of Balch Springs
                                              Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for                affected families, the HAGC was unable to             (CBS), Balch Springs, TX.
                                              Public and Indian Housing.                              submit its SEMAP certification on or before              Nature of Requirement: The regulation at
                                                 Date Granted: June 15, 2015.                         March 1, 2015.                                        24 CFR 985.101(a) states a PHA must submit
                                                 Reason Waived: The participant, who is a                Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing                   the HUD-required Section Eight Management
                                              person with disabilities, required an                   Voucher Management and Operations                     Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification
                                              exception payment standard to remain in the             Division, Office of Public Housing and                form within 60 calendar days after the end
                                              current unit that meets the participant’s               Voucher Programs, Office of Public and                of its fiscal year.
                                              needs. To provide this reasonable                       Indian Housing, Department of Housing and                Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez,
                                              accommodation so that the participant could             Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,            Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
                                              remain in this unit and pay no more than 40             Room 4216, Washington, DC 20410,                      Public and Indian Housing.
                                              percent of adjusted income toward the family            telephone (202) 708–0477.                                Date Granted: May 29, 2015.
                                              share, the CCHRD was allowed to approve an                 • Regulation: 24 CFR 985.101(a).                      Reason Waived: The executive director was
                                              exception payment standard that exceeded                   Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the         out of the office the week of Thanksgiving
                                              the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the             Borough of Glassboro (HABG), Deptford, NJ.            from November 24 through November 27,
                                              FMR.                                                       Nature of Requirement: The regulation at           2014. The SEMAP certification was due on
                                                 Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing                     24 CFR 985.101(a) states a PHA must submit            November 29, 2014. The SEMAP coordinator
                                              Voucher Management and Operations                       the HUD-required Section Eight Management             was out of the office due to a family
                                              Division, Office of Public Housing and                  Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification              emergency at the same time and there was no
                                              Voucher Programs, Office of Public and                  form within 60 calendar days after the end            time to prepare and submit the SEMAP
                                              Indian Housing, Department of Housing and               of its fiscal year.                                   certification by the deadline.
                                              Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,                 Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramı́rez,                  Contact: Becky Primeaux, Director,
                                              Room 4216, Washington, DC 20410,                        Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for              Housing Voucher Management and
                                              telephone (202) 708–0477.                               Public and Indian Housing.                            Operations Division, Office of Public
                                                 • Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d).                        Date Granted: April 21, 2015.                      Housing and Voucher Programs, Office of
                                                 Project/Activity: Washington County                     Reason Waived: This waiver was granted             Public and Indian Housing, Department of
                                              Department of Housing Services (WCDHS),                 because for the HABG’s fiscal year ending             Housing and Urban Development, 451
                                              Hillsboro, OR.                                          December 31, 2014. The Housing Authority              Seventh Street SW., Room 4210, Washington,
                                                 Nature of Requirement: The regulation at             of Gloucester County (HAGC) submits the               DC 20410, telephone (202) 708–0477.
                                              24 CFR 982.505(d) states that a PHA may                 SEMAP certification for HABG. HAGC                       • Regulation: 24 CFR 983.51(b).
                                              only approve a higher payment standard for              experienced an emergency in its public                   Project/Activity: Pasco County Housing
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                                              a family as a reasonable accommodation if               housing units and due to the time and effort          Authority (PCHA), Dade City, FL.
                                              the higher payment standard is within the               to rehouse the affected families, the HAGC               Nature of Requirement: The regulation at
                                              basic range of 90 to 110 percent of the fair            was unable to submit the SEMAP                        24 CFR 983.51(b) states that PHA must select
                                              market rent (FMR) for the unit size.                    certification for HABG on or before March 1,          project-based voucher (PBV) proposals in
                                                 Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramı́rez,                 2015.                                                 accordance with the selection procedures in
                                              Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for                   Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing                   the PHA’s administrative plan by either a
                                              Public and Indian Housing.                              Voucher Management and Operations                     request for proposals or, alternatively, a



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                                              selection of a proposal for housing assisted            0018), (4040–0004) and should be sent                    Description of the need for the
                                              under a federal, state or local government              to: Colette Pollard, Departmental                     information and proposed use: HUD-
                                              housing assistance, community development               Reports Management Officer, QDAM,                     Common Budget Form and Worksheet
                                              or supportive services program that required
                                                                                                      Department of Housing and Urban                       intended to offer consolidated and
                                              a competitive selection of proposals.
                                                 Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramirez,                  Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,                  streamlined grant application processes
                                              Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for                Washington, DC 20410; Telephone (202)                 in accordance with the provisions of
                                              Public and Indian Housing.                              402–4300, (this is not a toll-free                    Public Law 106–107, The Federal
                                                 Date Granted: May 18, 2015.                          number) or email Ms. Pollard at                       Financial Assistance Improvement Act
                                                 Reason Waived: HUD’s Office of Public                Colette.Pollard@hud.gov; for a copy of                of 1999.
                                              Housing Investments reported that PCHA, in              the proposed form and other available                    Agency form numbers, if applicable:
                                              partnership with Pasco County, applied for              information.                                          HUD–424CB and HUD–424CBW.
                                              and received a HUD FY 2012 Choice
                                              Neighborhoods Planning Grant for the                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                         Estimation of the total number of
                                              Lacoochee/Trilby area of Pasco County.                  Dorthera Yorkshire, AJT, Grants                       hours needed to prepare the information
                                              PCHA owns two USDA Farmers Home                         Management and Oversight Division,                    collection including number of
                                              developments, Cypress Manor (24 units) and              Department of Housing and Urban                       respondents, frequency of response, and
                                              Cypress Farms (102 units). The public                   Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,                  hours of response: An estimation of the
                                              housing units at Cypress Villas I (27 units)                                                                  total number of hours needed to prepare
                                                                                                      Room 3156, Washington, DC 20410;
                                              and Cypress Villas II (12 units) and the                                                                      the forms for each grant application is
                                              USDA units are contiguous with a similar                email: Dorthera.Yorkshire@hud.gov;
                                                                                                      telephone (202) 402–4336; Fax (202)                   one (1) hour, however, the burden will
                                              look and need for improved conditions at the
                                              sites. However, the USDA units are no longer            708–0531 (this is not a toll-free number)             be assessed against each individual
                                              eligible for additional loans. By attaching             for other available information. If you               grant program submission under the
                                              PBV units to 25 USDA units (the maximum                 are a hearing-or-speech-impaired                      Paperwork Reduction Act; number of
                                              allowed under 24 CFR 983.56) at Cypress                 person, you may reach the above                       respondents is 9,091; frequency of
                                              Farms, debt for the USDA units could be                 telephone numbers through TTY by                      response is on the occasion of
                                              leveraged and improvements made.                        calling the toll-free Federal Information             application for benefits.
                                                 Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing                                                                              Status of the proposed information
                                                                                                      Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339.
                                              Voucher Management and Operations                                                                             collection: Extension of currently
                                              Division, Office of Public Housing and                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                                                                      Department will submit the proposed                   approved collection.
                                              Voucher Programs, Office of Public and
                                              Indian Housing, Department of Housing and               information collection to OMB for                       Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
                                              Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,              review, as required by the Paperwork                  Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
                                              Room 4210, Washington, DC 20410,                        Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.                      as amended.
                                              telephone (202) 708–0477.                               Chapter 35, as amended).                                 Description of the need for the
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–23486 Filed 9–17–15; 8:45 am]                This Notice is soliciting comments                 information and proposed use: The use
                                              BILLING CODE 4210–67–P                                  from members of the public and                        of the Third-Party Documentation
                                                                                                      affecting agencies concerning the                     Facsimile Transmittal Form allows the
                                                                                                      proposed collection of information to:                Department to collect the same
                                              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND                               (1) Evaluate whether the proposed                     information electronically as we would
                                              URBAN DEVELOPMENT                                       collection of information is necessary                for a paper-based application. It also
                                              [Docket No. FR–5841–N–03]                               for the proper performance of the                     produces an electronic version of the
                                                                                                      functions of the agency, including                    document that will be matched with the
                                              Notice of Proposed Information                          whether the information will have                     electronic application submitted
                                              Collection: Comment Request; HUD                        practical utility; (2) Evaluate the                   through grants.gov to HUD.
                                              Standard Grant Application Forms:                       accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the                 Agency form numbers, if applicable:
                                              Detailed Budget Form (HUD–424–CB),                      burden of the proposed collection of                  Third-Party Documentation Facsimile
                                              Budget Worksheet (HUD–424CBW),                          information; (3) Enhance the quality,                 Transmittal Form (HUD–96011).
                                              Application for Federal Assistance                      utility, and clarity of the information to               Estimation of the total number of
                                              (SF–424), and the Third-Party                           be collected; and (4) Minimize the                    hours needed to prepare the information
                                              Documentation Facsimile Transmittal                     burden of the collection of information               collection including number of
                                              Form (HUD–96011)                                        on those who are to respond; including                respondents, frequency of response, and
                                                                                                      through the use of appropriate                        hours of response: An estimation of the
                                              AGENCY:  Office of the Chief Information                automated collection techniques or                    total number of hours needed to prepare
                                              Officer, HUD.                                           other forms of information technology,                the forms for each grant application is
                                              ACTION: Notice.                                         e.g., permitting electronic submission of             5 minutes per response, however, the
                                              SUMMARY:   The proposed information                     responses.                                            burden will be assessed against each
                                              collection requirement described below                     This Notice lists the following                    individual grant program submission
                                              will be submitted to the Office of                      information:                                          under the Paperwork Reduction Act;
                                              Management and Budget (OMB) for                         Grant Application Detailed Budget Form                number of respondents is 33,000
                                              review, as required by the Paperwork                       (HUD–424–CB)                                       frequency of response is on the occasion
                                              Reduction Act. The Department is                        Grant Application Detailed Budget                     of application for benefits.
                                              soliciting public comments on the                          Worksheet (HUD–424–CBW)                               Status of the proposed information
                                              subject proposal.                                       OMB Control Number: 2501–0017                         collection: Extension of currently
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                                              DATES: November 17, 2015.                               Facsimile Transmittal Form (HUD–                      approved collection.
                                              ADDRESSES: Interested persons are                          96011)                                               Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
                                              invited to submit comments regarding                    OMB Control Number: 2535–0118                         Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
                                              this proposal. Comments should refer to                 Application for Federal Assistance (SF–               as amended.
                                              the proposal by name and/or OMB                            424)                                                 Description of the need for the
                                              approval numbers (2535–0017), (2525–                    OMB Control Number: 4040–0004                         information and proposed use: This is a


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
ContactFor general information about this notice, contact Camille E. Acevedo, Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 10282, Washington, DC 20410-0500, telephone 202-708-1793 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing- or speech-impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.
FR Citation80 FR 56481 

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