82 FR 3348 - Announcement of Funding Awards; Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Program; Fiscal Year (FY) 2016

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 7 (January 11, 2017)

Page Range		3348-3348
FR Document		2017-00432

In accordance with Section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the FY 2016 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Program. This announcement contains the names and addresses of the award recipients under said NOFA.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-6000-FA-08]


Announcement of Funding Awards; Rural Capacity Building for 
Community Development and Affordable Housing Program; Fiscal Year (FY) 
2016

AGENCY: Office of the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of funding awards.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement 
notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in a 
competition for funding under the FY 2016 Notice of Funding 
Availability (NOFA) for the Rural Capacity Building for Community 
Development and Affordable Housing Program. This announcement contains 
the names and addresses of the award recipients under said NOFA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven K. Washington, Director, Office 
of Policy Development and Coordination, Office of Community Planning 
and Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
7th Street SW., Room 7140, Washington, DC 20410, or email 
[email protected]. Telephone number (202) 402-4142 (this is not 
a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may 
access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay 
Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As authorized by the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. 114-113, approved December 18, 2015, 
the purpose of the Rural Capacity Building for Community Development 
and Affordable Housing program is to fund capacity building activities 
performed by national rural housing organizations. Through this 
program, grants are made to eligible organizations to then provide 
training, education, support and advice to enhance the technical and 
administrative capabilities of rural housing development organizations, 
Community Development Corporations (CDCs), Community Housing 
Development Organizations (CHDOs), local governments and Indian tribes. 
Eligible organizations are defined in the NOFA as a national, non-
profit entity or consortium that has on-going experience in rural 
housing in five or more HUD regions.
    Grants may be used by eligible organizations (grantees) to assist 
rural organizations to improve their capacity to participate in local, 
regional and State planning processes such as those for the 
Consolidated Plan, fair housing plan and the Continuum of Care for 
homeless assistance. Grantees will also help rural community 
organizations to build their capacity to evaluate performance, work 
broadly with the community, cooperatively plan for the use of available 
resources, and to link plans with neighboring communities in order to 
foster regional planning. Eligible activities to accomplish these 
purposes include making loans, pass-through grants, development 
assistance, predevelopment assistance, or other financial assistance to 
rural housing organizations, CDCs, CHDOs, local governments, and Indian 
tribes. Community development and affordable housing activities must 
benefit low-income and low- and moderate-income families and persons, 
for both housing and economic development activities. Finally, other 
activities as determined by the grantees in consultation with the HUD 
Secretary or his or her designee, may be allowed.
    The FY 2016 awards announced in this Notice were selected for 
funding in a NOFA competition posted on the http://www.grants.gov Web 
site on July 15, 2016 for $5,000,000. Applications were received by the 
deadline from twelve organizations and eight of those applications 
passed the initial threshold review. Those eight applications were 
reviewed using criteria identified in the FY2016 NOFA, with a minimum 
score of 75 required for funding consideration. Six of the eight 
applications exceeded the minimum score and were selected for funding 
as outlined in Appendix A.

    Dated: January 4, 2017.
Harriet Tregoning,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.

Appendix A



 FY2016 Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable
                             Housing Awards
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         Applicant name                  Contact           Award amount
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Rural Community Assistance Corp  Stanley Keasling, Chief      $1,174,365
                                  Executive Director,
                                  3120 Freeboard Drive,
                                  Suite 201, Sacramento,
                                  CA 95691-5010.
National Association for Latino  Noel Poyo, Executive          1,000,000
 Community Asset Builders.        Director, 5404
                                  Wurzbach Road, San
                                  Antonio, TX 78238.
Minnesota Housing Partnership..  Rosemary Fagrelius,             978,791
                                  Housing Development
                                  Director, 2446
                                  University Avenue
                                  West, Suite 140, Saint
                                  Paul, MN 55114.
Housing Assistance Council.....  Moises Loza, Executive          778,923
                                  Director,1025 Vermont
                                  Ave. NW., Washington,
                                  DC 20005.
Collaborative Solutions, Inc...  Russell Bennett,                567,921
                                  Executive Director,
                                  P.O. Box 130159,
                                  Birmingham, AL 35213-
                                  0159.
Economic Consultants for         Linda Brockway,                 500,000
 Housing Opportunities, Inc.      President, 6810 S.
                                  Cedar St., Suite #15,
                                  Lansing, MI 48911-6909.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND number via TTY by calling the toll-free to foster regional planning. Eligible
URBAN DEVELOPMENT Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. activities to accomplish these purposes
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As include making loans, pass-through
[Docket No. FR–6000–FA–08]
authorized by the Consolidated grants, development assistance,
Announcement of Funding Awards; Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. 114– predevelopment assistance, or other
Rural Capacity Building for Community 113, approved December 18, 2015, the financial assistance to rural housing
Development and Affordable Housing purpose of the Rural Capacity Building organizations, CDCs, CHDOs, local
Program; Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 for Community Development and governments, and Indian tribes.
Affordable Housing program is to fund Community development and affordable
AGENCY: Office of the Principal Deputy housing activities must benefit low-
Assistant Secretary for Community capacity building activities performed
by national rural housing organizations. income and low- and moderate-income
Planning and Development, HUD. families and persons, for both housing
Through this program, grants are made
ACTION: Announcement of funding and economic development activities.
to eligible organizations to then provide
awards. Finally, other activities as determined
training, education, support and advice
to enhance the technical and by the grantees in consultation with the
SUMMARY: In accordance with Section
administrative capabilities of rural HUD Secretary or his or her designee,
102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of
housing development organizations, may be allowed.
Housing and Urban Development
Reform Act of 1989, this announcement Community Development Corporations The FY 2016 awards announced in
notifies the public of funding decisions (CDCs), Community Housing this Notice were selected for funding in
made by the Department in a Development Organizations (CHDOs), a NOFA competition posted on the
competition for funding under the FY local governments and Indian tribes. http://www.grants.gov Web site on July
2016 Notice of Funding Availability Eligible organizations are defined in the 15, 2016 for $5,000,000. Applications
(NOFA) for the Rural Capacity Building NOFA as a national, non-profit entity or were received by the deadline from
for Community Development and consortium that has on-going experience twelve organizations and eight of those
Affordable Housing Program. This in rural housing in five or more HUD applications passed the initial threshold
announcement contains the names and regions. review. Those eight applications were
addresses of the award recipients under Grants may be used by eligible reviewed using criteria identified in the
said NOFA. organizations (grantees) to assist rural FY2016 NOFA, with a minimum score
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: organizations to improve their capacity of 75 required for funding
Steven K. Washington, Director, Office to participate in local, regional and State consideration. Six of the eight
of Policy Development and planning processes such as those for the applications exceeded the minimum
Coordination, Office of Community Consolidated Plan, fair housing plan score and were selected for funding as
Planning and Development, U.S. and the Continuum of Care for homeless outlined in Appendix A.
Department of Housing and Urban assistance. Grantees will also help rural Dated: January 4, 2017.
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room community organizations to build their Harriet Tregoning,
7140, Washington, DC 20410, or email capacity to evaluate performance, work Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
capacitybuilding@hud.gov. Telephone broadly with the community, Community Planning and Development.
number (202) 402–4142 (this is not a cooperatively plan for the use of
toll-free number). Persons with hearing available resources, and to link plans Appendix A
or speech impairments may access this with neighboring communities in order

FY2016 RURAL CAPACITY BUILDING FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AWARDS
Applicant name Contact Award amount

Rural Community Assistance Corp ........... Stanley Keasling, Chief Executive Director, 3120 Freeboard Drive, Suite 201, Sac- $1,174,365
ramento, CA 95691–5010.
National Association for Latino Commu- Noel Poyo, Executive Director, 5404 Wurzbach Road, San Antonio, TX 78238 ........ 1,000,000
nity Asset Builders.
Minnesota Housing Partnership ............... Rosemary Fagrelius, Housing Development Director, 2446 University Avenue West, 978,791
Suite 140, Saint Paul, MN 55114.
Housing Assistance Council ..................... Moises Loza, Executive Director,1025 Vermont Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20005 778,923
Collaborative Solutions, Inc ...................... Russell Bennett, Executive Director, P.O. Box 130159, Birmingham, AL 35213– 567,921
0159.
Economic Consultants for Housing Op- Linda Brockway, President, 6810 S. Cedar St., Suite #15, Lansing, MI 48911–6909 500,000
portunities, Inc.

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Contact		Steven K. Washington, Director, Office of Policy Development and Coordination, Office of Community Planning and Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 7140, Washington, DC 20410, or email [email protected] Telephone number (202) 402-4142 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
FR Citation		82 FR 3348