81_FR_1645 81 FR 1637 - Announcement of Requirements and Registration for “Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition”

81 FR 1637 - Announcement of Requirements and Registration for “Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition”

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 8 (January 13, 2016)

Page Range1637-1638
FR Document2016-00520

This notice announces the third year of the Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition. The competition requires teams of graduate students from multiple disciplines to submit plans in response to a real life affordable housing design issue. The goals of this competition are: To encourage research and innovation in quality affordable housing design that strengthens the social and physical fabric of low and moderate-income communities and neighborhoods, to raise practitioner and future practitioner capacity to produce more livable and sustainable housing for low and moderate-income people through disseminating best practices, and to foster cross-cutting team-work within the design and community development process.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 8 (Wednesday, January 13, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1637-1638]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00520]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5924-N-01]


Announcement of Requirements and Registration for ``Innovation in 
Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition''

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the third year of the Innovation in 
Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition. The 
competition requires teams of graduate students from multiple 
disciplines to submit plans in response to a real life affordable 
housing design issue. The goals of this competition are: To encourage 
research and innovation in quality affordable housing design that 
strengthens the social and physical fabric of low and moderate-income 
communities and neighborhoods, to raise practitioner and future 
practitioner capacity to produce more livable and sustainable housing 
for low and moderate-income people through disseminating best 
practices, and to foster cross-cutting team-work within the design and 
community development process.

DATES: February 8, 2016. The real life affordable housing design issue 
was released on December 11, 2015. The deadline for phase one of the 
competition will be February 8, 2016. Finalists will be announced on 
February 19, 2016, and will have until April 19, 2016, to prepare their 
presentations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachelle Levitt, Research Utilization 
Division, Office of Policy Development and Research, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 8110, 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone 202-402-5867. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Subject of Challenge Competition

    Entrants in the Innovation in Affordable Housing Design are 
requested to present their plans for a site owned by a public housing 
authority (PHA). This presentation will include architectural designs, 
neighborhood planning, and financial plans.

Eligibility Rules for Participating in the Competition

    The competition is open to any contestant, defined as a team of 
U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States who are 
currently enrolled in a graduate level program at a university in the 
United States. The team members must represent at least three related 
academic disciplines and will be supported by a faculty advisor. 
Individuals may not participate in more than one team.
    To be eligible to win a prize under this challenge (Challenge), an 
individual or entity--
    (1) Shall have registered to participate in the competition under 
the rules promulgated by HUD;
    (2) Shall have complied with all the requirements under this 
section;
    (3) In the case of a private entity, shall be incorporated in and 
maintain a primary place of business in the United States, and in the 
case of an individual, whether participating singly or in a group, 
shall be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States in order 
to receive prize money;
    (4) May not be a Federal entity or Federal employee acting within 
the scope of their employment;
    (5) Shall not be a HUD employee working on their applications or 
submissions during assigned duty hours;
    (6) May not be a judge of the competition, or any other party 
involved with the design, production, execution, or distribution of the 
Challenge or their immediate family (spouse, parents or step-parents, 
siblings and step-siblings, and children and step-children);
    (7) Federal grantees may not use Federal funds to develop challenge 
applications under the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2011 
(COMPETES Act) unless consistent with the purpose of their grant award;
    (8) Federal contractors may not use Federal funds from a contract 
to develop COMPETES Act challenge applications or to fund efforts in 
support of a COMPETES Act challenge submission.
    An individual or entity shall not be ineligible because the 
individual or entity used Federal facilities or consulted with Federal 
employees during a competition if the facilities and employees are made 
available to all individuals and entities participating in the 
competition on an equitable basis.
    By participating in this Challenge, contestants agree to assume any 
and all risks and waive claims against the Federal Government and its 
related

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entities, except in the case of willful misconduct, for any injury, 
death, damage, or loss of property, revenue, or profits, whether 
direct, indirect, or consequential, arising from participation in this 
prize contest, whether the injury, death, damage, or loss arises 
through negligence or otherwise. By participating in this Challenge, 
contestants agree to indemnify the Federal Government against third 
party claims for damages arising from or related to Challenge 
activities.

Registration Process for Participants

    All Contestants could register on the competition Web site, http://www.huduser.ogov/challenge . Interested parties can also read all 
official rules and sign up to receive more information and competition 
updates on this site.
    Submission Period Begins: 12:01 a.m., EDT, December 11, 2015.
    Submission Period Ends: 11:59 p.m., EDT, February 8, 2016.

Amount of the Prize

    The winning team of the competition will be awarded $20,000. The 
runner-up team will be awarded $10,000. Prizes awarded under this 
competition may be subject to Federal income taxes. HUD will comply 
with the Internal Revenue Service withholding and reporting 
requirements, where applicable.

Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be Selected

    Submissions to the competition will be assessed by an informed jury 
of approximately five practitioners and experts in the fields of 
architecture, urban planning, affordable housing, and other relevant 
areas, in compliance with the requirements of the COMPETES Act. Jury 
members will be named after the commencement of the competition.
    The jury will make decisions based on the following criteria: 
Completeness of design, applicability, financial and economic 
viability, planning criterion, and innovation and creativity.

Additional Information

    The finalists will be invited to a site visit of the PHA in early 
March, with expenses paid for two team members. All rules and 
competition information and updates can be found at www.huduser.gov/challenge.
    Copyright and Intellectual Property: Upon submission, each team 
warrants that the team members are the sole owners of the submission, 
and that the submission is wholly original to the team and does not 
infringe on any copyright or other rights of any third party of which 
the team is aware.
    Submission Rights: By participating in this Challenge, each Team 
grants to HUD an irrevocable, paid-up, royalty-free, non-exclusive 
license to post, link to, share, and display publicly on the Web. The 
Public Housing Authority may use ideas from submissions in their future 
efforts to address the affordable housing design issue.

Compliance With Rules and Contacting Contest Winners

    Finalists and the Contest Winners must comply with all terms and 
conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon 
fulfilling all requirements herein. The initial finalists will be 
notified by email after the date of the judging.

Privacy

    Personal information provided to HUD by Contestants registering or 
filling out the submission form through huduser.gov is protected by the 
Privacy Act, and is used to respond to Contestants in matters regarding 
their submission, announcements of entrants, finalists, and winners of 
the Contest. Winners are permitted to cite that they won this contest.

General Conditions

    HUD reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the 
Competition, or any part of it, for any reason, at HUD's sole 
discretion.
    Participation in this competition constitutes a contestant's and 
team's full and unconditional agreement to abide by the competition's 
official rules found at http://www.huduser.gov/challenge.

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719

    Dated: January 5, 2016.
Katherine O'Regan,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2016-00520 Filed 1-12-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4210-67-P

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 8 / Wednesday, January 13, 2016 / Notices 1637 matter of public record. In this Dated: January 7, 2016. neighborhood planning, and financial document, CBP is soliciting comments Tracey Denning, plans. concerning the following information Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Eligibility Rules for Participating in the collection: Border Protection. Competition Title: Certificate of Registration. [FR Doc. 2016–00495 Filed 1–12–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9111–14–P The competition is open to any OMB Number: 1651–0010. contestant, defined as a team of U.S. Form Number: CBP Forms 4455 and citizens or permanent residents of the 4457. United States who are currently DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND Abstract: Travelers who do not have enrolled in a graduate level program at URBAN DEVELOPMENT proof of prior possession in the United a university in the United States. The [Docket No. FR–5924–N–01] team members must represent at least States of foreign made articles and who do not want to be assessed duty on these three related academic disciplines and Announcement of Requirements and will be supported by a faculty advisor. items can register them prior to Registration for ‘‘Innovation in departing on travel. In order to register Individuals may not participate in more Affordable Housing Student Design than one team. these articles, the traveler completes and Planning Competition’’ CBP Form 4457, Certificate of To be eligible to win a prize under Registration for Personal Effects Taken AGENCY: Office of the Assistant this challenge (Challenge), an individual Abroad, and presents it at the port at the Secretary for Policy Development and or entity— Research, HUD. (1) Shall have registered to participate time of export. This form must be signed in the competition under the rules in the presence of a CBP official after ACTION: Notice. promulgated by HUD; verification of the description of the SUMMARY: This notice announces the (2) Shall have complied with all the articles is completed. CBP Form 4457 is third year of the Innovation in requirements under this section; accessible at: http://www.cbp.gov/ (3) In the case of a private entity, shall newsroom/publications/ Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition. The competition be incorporated in and maintain a forms?title=4457&=Apply. primary place of business in the United requires teams of graduate students from CBP Form 4455, Certificate of multiple disciplines to submit plans in States, and in the case of an individual, Registration, is used primarily for the response to a real life affordable housing whether participating singly or in a registration, examination, and design issue. The goals of this group, shall be a citizen or permanent supervised lading of commercial competition are: To encourage research resident of the United States in order to shipments of articles exported for and innovation in quality affordable receive prize money; repair, alteration, or processing, which housing design that strengthens the (4) May not be a Federal entity or will subsequently be returned to the social and physical fabric of low and Federal employee acting within the United States either duty free or at a moderate-income communities and scope of their employment; reduced duty rate. CBP Form 4455 is neighborhoods, to raise practitioner and (5) Shall not be a HUD employee accessible at: http://www.cbp.gov/ future practitioner capacity to produce working on their applications or newsroom/publications/ more livable and sustainable housing for submissions during assigned duty forms?title=4455&=Apply. low and moderate-income people hours; CBP Forms 4455 and 4457 are (6) May not be a judge of the through disseminating best practices, provided for by 19 CFR 10.8, 10.9, competition, or any other party involved and to foster cross-cutting team-work 10.68, 148.1, 148.8, 148.32 and 148.37. with the design, production, execution, within the design and community or distribution of the Challenge or their Action: CBP proposes to extend the development process. immediate family (spouse, parents or expiration date of this information DATES: February 8, 2016. The real life step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, collection with no change to the burden affordable housing design issue was and children and step-children); hours or to the information collected on released on December 11, 2015. The (7) Federal grantees may not use CBP Forms 4455 and 4457. deadline for phase one of the Federal funds to develop challenge Type of Review: Extension (with no competition will be February 8, 2016. applications under the America change). Finalists will be announced on February COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2011 19, 2016, and will have until April 19, (COMPETES Act) unless consistent with Affected Public: Businesses. 2016, to prepare their presentations. the purpose of their grant award; CBP Form 4455 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (8) Federal contractors may not use Rachelle Levitt, Research Utilization Federal funds from a contract to develop Estimated Number of Respondents: Division, Office of Policy Development COMPETES Act challenge applications 60,000. and Research, Department of Housing or to fund efforts in support of a Estimated Time per Response: 10 and Urban Development, 451 7th Street COMPETES Act challenge submission. minutes. SW., Room 8110, Washington, DC An individual or entity shall not be Estimated Total Annual Burden 20410, telephone 202–402–5867. Email: ineligible because the individual or Hours: 9,960. Rachelle.L.Levitt@hud.gov. entity used Federal facilities or consulted with Federal employees asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP Form 4457 during a competition if the facilities and Subject of Challenge Competition employees are made available to all Estimated Number of Respondents: 140,000. Entrants in the Innovation in individuals and entities participating in Affordable Housing Design are the competition on an equitable basis. Estimated Time per Response: 3 requested to present their plans for a By participating in this Challenge, minutes. site owned by a public housing contestants agree to assume any and all Estimated Total Annual Burden authority (PHA). This presentation will risks and waive claims against the Hours: 7,000. include architectural designs, Federal Government and its related VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:59 Jan 12, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1

1638 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 8 / Wednesday, January 13, 2016 / Notices entities, except in the case of willful copyright or other rights of any third the Ohkay Owingeh leasing regulations misconduct, for any injury, death, party of which the team is aware. under the HEARTH Act. With this damage, or loss of property, revenue, or Submission Rights: By participating in approval, the Tribe is authorized to profits, whether direct, indirect, or this Challenge, each Team grants to enter into the following type of leases consequential, arising from HUD an irrevocable, paid-up, royalty- without BIA approval: Business; participation in this prize contest, free, non-exclusive license to post, link residential; agricultural wind and solar whether the injury, death, damage, or to, share, and display publicly on the resource; public; religious; educational; loss arises through negligence or Web. The Public Housing Authority cultural; and other authorized purposes. otherwise. By participating in this may use ideas from submissions in their FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Challenge, contestants agree to future efforts to address the affordable Sharlene Round Face, Bureau of Indian indemnify the Federal Government housing design issue. Affairs, Division of Real Estate Services, against third party claims for damages MS–4642–MIB, 1849 C Street NW., Compliance With Rules and Contacting arising from or related to Challenge Washington, DC 20240, at (202) 208– Contest Winners activities. 3615. Finalists and the Contest Winners Registration Process for Participants must comply with all terms and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All Contestants could register on the conditions of these Official Rules, and I. Summary of the HEARTH Act competition Web site, http:// winning is contingent upon fulfilling all The HEARTH (Helping Expedite and www.huduser.ogov/challenge . requirements herein. The initial finalists Advance Responsible Tribal Interested parties can also read all will be notified by email after the date Homeownership) Act of 2012 (the Act) official rules and sign up to receive of the judging. makes a voluntary, alternative land more information and competition Privacy leasing process available to Tribes, by updates on this site. amending the Indian Long-Term Leasing Submission Period Begins: 12:01 a.m., Personal information provided to HUD by Contestants registering or filling Act of 1955, 25 U.S.C. 415. The Act EDT, December 11, 2015. authorizes Tribes to negotiate and enter Submission Period Ends: 11:59 p.m., out the submission form through huduser.gov is protected by the Privacy into agricultural and business leases of EDT, February 8, 2016. Tribal trust lands with a primary term Act, and is used to respond to Amount of the Prize Contestants in matters regarding their of 25 years, and up to two renewal terms submission, announcements of entrants, of 25 years each, without the approval The winning team of the competition of the Secretary of the Interior. The Act will be awarded $20,000. The runner-up finalists, and winners of the Contest. Winners are permitted to cite that they also authorizes Tribes to enter into team will be awarded $10,000. Prizes leases for residential, recreational, awarded under this competition may be won this contest. religious, or educational purposes for a subject to Federal income taxes. HUD General Conditions primary term of up to 75 years without will comply with the Internal Revenue the approval of the Secretary. Service withholding and reporting HUD reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the Participating Tribes develop Tribal requirements, where applicable. leasing regulations, including an Competition, or any part of it, for any Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be reason, at HUD’s sole discretion. environmental review process, and then Selected Participation in this competition must obtain the Secretary’s approval of constitutes a contestant’s and team’s full those regulations prior to entering into Submissions to the competition will leases. The Act requires the Secretary to be assessed by an informed jury of and unconditional agreement to abide by the competition’s official rules found approve Tribal regulations if the Tribal approximately five practitioners and regulations are consistent with the experts in the fields of architecture, at http://www.huduser.gov/challenge. Department’s leasing regulations at 25 urban planning, affordable housing, and Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719 CFR part 162 and provide for an other relevant areas, in compliance with Dated: January 5, 2016. environmental review process that the requirements of the COMPETES Act. Katherine O’Regan, meets requirements set forth in the Act. Jury members will be named after the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development This notice announces that the commencement of the competition. and Research. Secretary, through the Assistant The jury will make decisions based on [FR Doc. 2016–00520 Filed 1–12–16; 8:45 am] Secretary—Indian Affairs, has approved the following criteria: Completeness of BILLING CODE 4210–67–P the Tribal regulations for the Ohkay design, applicability, financial and Owingeh. economic viability, planning criterion, and innovation and creativity. II. Federal Preemption of State and DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Local Taxes Additional Information Bureau of Indian Affairs The Department’s regulations The finalists will be invited to a site governing the surface leasing of trust visit of the PHA in early March, with [167A2100DD/AAKC001030/ and restricted Indian lands specify that, expenses paid for two team members. A0A501010.999900] subject to applicable Federal law, All rules and competition information permanent improvements on leased asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES HEARTH Act Approval of Ohkay and updates can be found at land, leasehold or possessory interests, Owingeh Regulations www.huduser.gov/challenge. and activities under the lease are not Copyright and Intellectual Property: AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, subject to State and local taxation and Upon submission, each team warrants Interior. may be subject to taxation by the Indian that the team members are the sole ACTION: Notice. Tribe with jurisdiction. See 25 CFR owners of the submission, and that the 162.017. As explained further in the submission is wholly original to the SUMMARY: On January 4, 2016, the preamble to the final regulations, the team and does not infringe on any Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) approved Federal government has a strong interest VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:59 Jan 12, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1


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ActionNotice.
DatesFebruary 8, 2016. The real life affordable housing design issue was released on December 11, 2015. The deadline for phase one of the competition will be February 8, 2016. Finalists will be announced on February 19, 2016, and will have until April 19, 2016, to prepare their presentations.
ContactRachelle Levitt, Research Utilization Division, Office of Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 8110, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 202-402-5867. Email: Rachelle.L[email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 1637 
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