Notice2022-26413
Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests Granted for the Second Quarter of Calendar Year 2022
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December 5, 2022
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Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
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, 2022 and ending on June 30, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 232 (Monday, December 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26413]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-6325-N-02]
Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests Granted for the Second
Quarter of Calendar Year 2022
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, 2022 and ending on June 30, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information about this
notice, contact Aaron Santa Anna, Associate General Counsel for
Legislation and Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 10282, Washington, DC 20410-0500,
telephone 202-708-5300 (this is not a toll-free number). HUD welcomes
and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard
of hearing, as well as individuals with speech and communication
disabilities.
To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone call,
please visit <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs">https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs</a>.
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 2022.
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
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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, 2022 through June 30, 2022. 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 2021) before the next report is published (the third
quarter of calendar year 2022), 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.
Damon Y. Smith,
General Counsel.
Appendix
Listing of Waivers of Regulatory Requirements Granted by Offices of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development April 1, 2022 Through June
30, 2022
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 Housing.
III. 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.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1) Utility Allowance
Requirements.
Project/Activity: The cities of El Monte, California and
Pasadena, California requested a waiver of 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1) to
allow use of the utility allowance established by the local public
housing agency (PHA) for Baldwin Rose and Centennial Place, two
HOME-assisted projects.
Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1)
requires participating jurisdictions to establish maximum monthly
allowances for utilities and services (excluding telephone) and
update the allowances annually. However, participating jurisdictions
are not permitted to use the utility allowance established by the
local public housing authority for HOME-assisted rental projects for
which HOME funds were committed on or after August 23, 2013.
Granted By: James Arthur Jemison II, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
Date Granted: April 29, 2022.
Reason Waived: The HOME requirements for establishing a utility
allowances conflict with Project Based Voucher program requirements.
It is not possible to use two different utility allowances to set
the rent for a single unit and it is administratively burdensome to
require a project owner establish and implement different utility
allowances for HOME-assisted units and non-HOME assisted units in a
project.
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 7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone: (202) 708-2684.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1) Utility Allowance
Requirements.
Project/Activity: San Mateo County, California requested a
waiver of 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1) to allow use of the utility allowance
established by the local public housing agency (PHA) for the Arroyo
Green Apartments, a HOME-assisted project.
Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1)
requires participating jurisdictions to establish maximum monthly
allowances for utilities and services (excluding telephone) and
update the allowances annually. However, participating jurisdictions
are not permitted to use the utility allowance established by the
local public housing authority for HOME-assisted rental projects for
which HOME funds were committed on or after August 23, 2013.
Granted By: Jemine A. Bryon, Acting General Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
Date Granted: May 26, 2022.
Reason Waived: The HOME requirements for establishing a utility
allowances conflict with Project Based Voucher program requirements.
It is not possible to use two different utility allowances to set
the rent for a single unit and it is administratively burdensome to
require a project owner establish and implement different utility
allowances for HOME-assisted units and non-HOME assisted units in a
project.
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 7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone: (202) 708-2684.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1) Utility Allowance
Requirements.
Project/Activity: San Mateo County, California requested a
waiver of 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1) to allow use of the utility allowance
established by the local public housing agency (PHA) for Kiku
Crossing, a HOME-assisted project.
Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 92.252(d)(1)
requires participating jurisdictions to establish maximum monthly
allowances for utilities and services (excluding telephone) and
update the allowances annually. However, participating jurisdictions
are not permitted to use the utility allowance established by the
local public housing authority for HOME-assisted rental projects for
which HOME funds were committed on or after August 23, 2013.
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Granted By: Jemine A. Bryon, Acting General Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
Date Granted: June 29, 2022.
Reason Waived: The HOME requirements for establishing a utility
allowances conflict with Project Based Voucher program requirements.
It is not possible to use two different utility allowances to set
the rent for a single unit and it is administratively burdensome to
require a project owner establish and implement different utility
allowances for HOME-assisted units and non-HOME assisted units in a
project.
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 7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone: (202) 708-2684.
II. 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.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 200.54(b).
Project/Activity: Projects insured under National Housing Act
Section 213 and Section 221(d)(4).
Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 200.54(b) requires that an
agreement acceptable to the Commissioner shall require that funds
provided by the mortgagor under requirements of this section must be
disbursed in full for project work, material, and incidental
charges, and expenses before disbursement of any mortgage proceeds.
Granted by: Julia Gordon, Assistant Secretary for the Office of
Housing--FHA Commissioner.
Date Granted: June 30, 2022.
Reason Waived: The partial waiver will allow mortgage proceeds
resulting from the initial issuance of a mortgage-backed security
guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association to be
disbursed immediately upon receipt but limited to no more than one
half percent (0.5%) of the initially endorsed loan amount for
projects insured under National Housing Act Section 213 and Section
221(d)(4) only when the required Borrower equity exceeds the amount
of the initial construction draw at closing.
Contact: Willie Fobbs III, Director, Office of Multifamily
Production, HTD, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410,
telephone: (202) 402-6257.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 200.73(c).
Project/Activity: Historic South End Apartments, Project No.
023-11684, Boston, Massachusetts.
Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 200.73(c). The regulation requires
that a site contain at least five rental dwelling units [of an FHA
insured multifamily housing project] shall be on one site and it is
part of other contiguous sites comprised of one marketable
manageable real estate entity. Chapter 3 Section 3.1.30 of the MAP
Guide permits a project with two or more contiguous parcels of land
when the parcels comprise one marketable, manageable real estate
entity. The regulation requires that a site contain at least 5
rental dwelling units and reads as follows:
(c) The improvements shall constitute a single project. Not less
than five rental dwelling units or personal care units, 20 medical
care beds, or 50 manufactured home pads, shall be on one site,
except that such limitations do not apply to group practice
facilities.
Historic South End Apartments project is a 223(f) refinance to
consolidate debt on numerous Brownstone 4-story construction
buildings into one loan with FHA mortgage insurance. They are
situated around Tremont Street, Shawmut Avenue, and Columbus Avenue
in Boston. The 27 sites on 29 land parcels contain 146 apartment
units owned by Historic South End Limited Partnership, and located
in Boston, Massachusetts. The Lender included in the waiver request
a roster of each building's address, parcel, total site count,
bedroom count, and configuration. The proposed FHA-insured mortgage
amount is $42,000,000, which is $287,671 per unit of exposure. The
Historic South End Apartments project is already a participant in
the 542 (c) risk share portfolio, under HAP contracts, and a Tax
Credit Regulatory Agreement. The owner completed $20 million in
repairs and improvements to the property.
Granted by: Lopa P. Kolluri, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary Office of Housing-Federal Housing Administration.
Date Granted: May 13, 2022.
Reason Waived: The sponsors acquired the most recent addition to
Historic South End Apartments in 2013, covering all 146 of the
project's units. At or prior to closing, Ownership will consolidate
its eleven existing Section 8 HAP Contracts into one HAP Contract
and renew that Contract into a new long-term Section 8 Contract. The
new Contract will be in effect for 20 years and will include a
Preservation Tail that will have an additional 11+ years on it,
resulting in an effective term of 31+ years of receiving Project-
Based Section 8 subsidies. The HAP Contract will carry an income
eligibility requirement, requiring the Owner to rent to households
earning no more than 50% of AMI. The HAP renewal request will be
submitted to Mass Housing. The Historic South End Apartments
preserves much needed affordable housing options for low-income
residents in the South End neighborhood and is consistent with the
Secretary's goal of maintaining affordable housing for low-income
persons.
Contact: Thomas A. Bernaciak, Acting Director, Office of
Multifamily Production, HTD, Office of Housing, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC
20410, telephone: (202) 402-3242.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 219.220(b)(1995).
Project/Activity: Vineville Christian Towers, Macon, GA.
Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 219.220(b)(1995) requires a
Flexible Subsidy Operating Assistance Loan to be repaid in full upon
the prepayment/refinance of a Section 236 insured mortgage loan.
Granted by: Vance T. Morris, Associate General Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Housing
Date Granted: April 21, 2022.
Reason Waived: Christian Church Homes sold the subject property
to Vineville Housing Associates Limited Partnership. The new owner
submitted is completing substantial rehabilitation of over $61,000
per unit for 196 units, using new debt financing and Low Income
Housing Tax Credits. Given the financing needed to support the
rehabilitation, the project owner is unable to pay the remaining
balance of the flexible subsidy loan. Instead, as a condition of
this waiver, the project owner has extended the project's
affordability an additional 20 years from the date of the closing.
The Proposed Owner will repay the Flex Sub Loans in the amount of
15% of the cash (non-deferred) developer fee of 470,098. The
remaining balance of the Flex Sub Loans will be secured by a Surplus
Cash Note. The Proposed Owner will allocate up to 75% of surplus
cash on an annual basis to pay down the loan.
Contact: John Ardovini, Transaction Division Director, Office of
Recapitalization, Multifamily, Office of Housing, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 6222,
Washington, DC 20410, telephone: (202) 402-3001.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 880.205(c).
Project/Activity: Ike Sims Village, Contract Number IL060054010,
Chicago, IL
Nature of Requirement: For the purpose of determining the
allowable distribution, an owner's equity investment in a project is
deemed to be 10 percent of the replacement cost of the part of the
project attributable to dwelling use accepted by HUD at cost
certification unless the owner justifies a higher equity
contribution by cost certification documentation in accordance with
HUD mortgage insurance procedures.
Granted by: Lopa P. Kolluri, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary--Federal Housing Commissioner.
Date Granted: April 28, 2022.
Reason Waived: The project's rental units are in need of
modernization. To accomplish the proposed scope of work, the owner
will need to defer part of the total developer fee to cover
rehabilitation costs. The Illinois Housing and Development Authority
requires the deferred developer fee to be repaid within the 15-year
LIHTC compliance period. Absent the waiver, the owner would be
limited to paying the deferred developer fee from the current
permitted surplus cash, which would require a reduction in the scope
of rehabilitation work. This waiver will make possible the
recapitalization of the project and is consistent with the
Secretary's goal of maintaining affordable housing for low-income
persons.
Contact: Tobias Halliday, Director, Office of Asset Management
and Portfolio Oversight, Office of Multifamily Housing Programs,
Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street SW, Room 6162, Washington, DC 20410, telephone: (202)
402-2059.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 3282.14(b).
Alternative construction of manufactured homes, 1/16/84.
Project/Activity: Regulatory Waiver for Industry-Wide
Alternative Construction
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Letter for Swinging Exterior Passage Doors (21-IW1-AC).
Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 3282.14(b), Request for
Alternative Construction, requires manufactured housing
manufacturers to submit a request for Alternative Construction
consideration for the use of construction designs or techniques that
do not conform with HUD Standards, to receive permission from HUD to
utilize such designs or techniques in the manufacturing process for
manufactured homes.
Granted by: Julia R. Gordon, Assistant Secretary for Housing -
Federal Housing Commissioner.
Date Granted: June 30, 2022.
Reason Waived: Many manufactured home manufacturers are
currently facing shortages in the supply of swinging exterior
passage doors that are listed or specifically certified for use in
manufactured homes due to COVID-19 pandemic impacts. The major
supply line of certified swinging exterior passage doors cannot meet
the current and near term future demands of the manufactured housing
industry, yet alternative door options are available that provide
performance equivalent or superior to that required by the Standards
yet cannot be utilized without an Alternative Construction approval.
To resolve this matter for the whole industry in an expedient manner
while protecting the health and safety of consumers and maintaining
durability of the homes, this regulatory waiver was previously
granted in May 2021 and renewed December 2021 in order to allow the
Office of Manufactured Housing Programs to provide an industry-wide
Alternative Construction approval letter that could be used by any
manufacturer experiencing supply chain issues for swinging exterior
passage doors. The regulatory waiver is good through June 30, 2023.
Contact: Teresa B. Payne, Administrator, Office of Manufactured
Housing Programs, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 9168, Washington, DC 20410,
telephone: (202) 402-5365, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#653100170016044b294b35041c0b00250d10014b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2e6d7c0d7c1d39cfe9ce2d3cbdcd7f2dac7d69cd5ddc4">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 3282.14(b).
Project/Activity: Regulatory Waiver for Industry-Wide
Alternative Construction Letter for Window Standard.
Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 3282.14(b), Request for
Alternative Construction, requires manufactured housing
manufacturers to submit a request for Alternative Construction
consideration for the use of construction designs or techniques that
do not conform with HUD Standards, to receive permission from HUD to
utilize such designs or techniques in the manufacturing process for
manufactured homes.
Granted by: Julia R. Gordon, Assistant Secretary for Housing -
Federal Housing Commissioner Federal Housing Administration.
Date Granted: June 30, 2022.
Reason Waived: Due to ongoing materials shortages affecting the
manufactured home industry, it was necessary to extend the
Regulatory Waiver initially approved in April 2020 and renewed in
December 2020, to allow an alternative window standard to be used
for the construction of HUD Code-compliant manufactured homes. This
regulatory waiver was granted to allow the Office of Manufactured
Housing Programs to provide an industry-wide Alternative
Construction approval letter that could be used by any manufacturer
experiencing supply chain issues for windows. The regulatory waiver
is good through June 30, 2023.
Contact: Teresa B. Payne, Administrator, Office of Manufactured
Housing Programs, Office of Housing, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room
9168, Washington, DC 20410, telephone: (202) 402-5365,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#154170677066743b593b45746c7b70557d60713b727a63"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f1b2a3d2a3c2e6103611f2e36212a0f273a2b61282039">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet<ls-thn-eq> Regulation: 24 CFR 3282.14(b), Alternative
construction of manufactured homes, 1/16/84.
Project/Activity: Regulatory Waiver for Industry-Wide
Alternative Construction Letter for Electrical Circuit Breakers for
Water Heater Installations.
Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 3282.14(b), Request for
Alternative Construction, requires manufactured housing
manufacturers to submit a request for Alternative Construction
consideration for the use of construction designs or techniques that
do not conform with HUD Standards, to receive permission from HUD to
utilize such designs or techniques in the manufacturing process for
manufactured homes.
Granted by: Julia R. Gordon, Assistant Secretary for Housing--
Federal Housing Commissioner.
Date Granted: June 30, 2022.
Reason Waived: Many manufactured home manufacturers are
currently facing shortages in the supply of 25-ampere (amp), double-
pole circuit breaks that are necessary for Rheem brand 4,500-watt,
240-volt water heater installations to conform to HUD's circuit
break sizing standards. Alternative circuit breaker options are
available that provide performance equivalent or superior to that
required by the Standards yet cannot be utilized without an
Alternative Construction approval. To resolve this matter for the
whole industry in an expedient manner while protecting the health
and safety of consumers and maintaining durability of the homes,
this regulatory waiver was granted to allow the Office of
Manufactured Housing Programs to provide an industry-wide
Alternative Construction approval letter that could be used by any
manufacturer experiencing supply chain issues for 25-amp circuit
breakers to use an alternative electrical circuit breaker size to be
used for the construction of HUD Code-compliant manufactured homes
through June 30, 2023.
Contact: Teresa B. Payne, Administrator, Office of Manufactured
Housing Programs, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 9168, Washington, DC 20410,
telephone: (202) 402-5365, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#affbcaddcadcce81e381ffced6c1caefc7dacb81c8c0d9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="510534233422307f1d7f0130283f34113924357f363e27">[email protected]</span></a>.
III. 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.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.161(a).
Project/Activity: Wyoming County Housing and Redevelopment
Authorities.
Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 982.161(a) states, in part, that
any employee, or any contractor, subcontractor, or agent of the
public housing agency (PHA), who formulates policy or influences
decisions with respect to the program, may not have any direct or
indirect interest in the Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contract
or in any benefits or payments under the contract during tenure or
one year thereafter.
Granted by: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Public and Indian Housing.
Date Granted: April 7, 2022.
Reason Waived: The request explained that Richard Wilbur is
currently a Wyoming County Commissioner and one of his duties is to
vote for the appointment of Board Members at WCHRA. Mr. Wilber
currently owns an apartment complex where tenant Yvonne Suzette
O'Neill has resided for the past seven years. Ms. O'Neill is a
permanently disabled tenant, extremely low-income, and she is having
a difficult time paying rent. Ms. O'Neill has been issued a voucher
but unable to use it at her current residence because of the
conflict-of-interest provision. Mr. Wilbur wanted to assist Ms.
O'Neill to maintain her current residence by getting authorization
to become an HCV landlord, allowing him to enter a HAP contract with
WCHRA. As Commissioner Wilber holds a position as a public official
(although not as part of the PHA), if the regulation were not to be
waived, this would cause Ms. O'Neill to vacate her long-held
residence or forgo the voucher and continue to be rent burdened.
Given Ms. O'Neill's difficulty paying rent, she is at risk of
eviction. This would present a hardship to the family, but also in
consideration of the costs associated with moving, and the
uncertainty of finding a unit and of potentially losing the housing
assistance. Based on the circumstances of this request, HUD finds
there is good cause to waive the requirement.
Contact: Kristen Arnold, Housing Program Specialist, Office of
Public Housing and Voucher Programs, Public and Indian Housing,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW
Washington, DC 20140, telephone: (971) 222-2667.
<bullet<ls-thn-eq> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.303(b)(1).
Nature of Requirement: Notice PIH 2021-34 Expedited Waivers for
the Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher (including Mainstream
and Mod Rehab) Program(s), 24 CFR 982.303(b)(1) allows PHAs to grant
a family one or more extensions of the initial voucher term
regardless of the policy described in the Administrative Plan. PHAs
should ensure consistency with these requests and remain in
compliance with the PHA's informally adopted interim standard.
Reason Waived: PHAs were granted the opportunity to apply for
certain regulatory waivers that were originally offered as part of
the CARES Act waivers in Notice PIH 2021-14 to provide continued
flexibility during the
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pandemic and pandemic recovery. HUD expeditiously responded to these
waiver requests in accordance with Section 106 of the Department and
Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Public and Indian Housing.
Date Granted: April 1-June 30, 2022.
Project/Activity: Santa Rosa Housing Authority; Housing
Authority of the County of Stanislaus; Suisun City Housing
Authority; Ocala Housing Authority; Winnebago County Housing
Authority; Jeffersonville Housing Authority; Saginaw Housing
Commission; Public Housing Agency of the City of St. Paul; Rochester
Housing Authority; Ithaca Housing Authority; Allen Metropolitan
Housing Authority; Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh;
Municipality Of Naguabo; South Carolina State Housing Finance and
Development Authority, Virginia Beach Housing and Neighborhood
Preservation; Benicia Housing Authority; Compton Housing Authority;
Hartford Housing Authority; Naugatuck Housing Authority; Collier
County Housing Authority; Terre Haute Housing Authority; Cambridge
Housing Authority; Benton Harbor Housing Commission; High Point
Housing Authority; Greensboro Housing Authority; Durham Housing
Authority; Southeastern Community & Family Services; Miami
Metropolitan Housing Authority; Columbia County Housing Authority;
Municipality Of Gurabo; Hendry County Housing Authority; Springfield
Housing Authority; Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority;
Municipality Of Mayaguez; Terrell Housing Department; Fort Walton
Beach Housing Authority; Maryland Department of Housing and
Community Development; Bremerton Housing Authority; Sauk County
Housing Authority; St. Francis County Housing Authority; Housing
Authority of the City of Glendale; Cocoa Housing Authority; Milford
Housing Authority; Independence Housing Authority; Harrison Housing
Authority; South Tucson Housing Authority; Housing Authority of the
City of Long Beach; Housing Authority of the City of Madera; Burbank
Housing Authority; Open Housing Authority of the City of National
City; Middletown Housing Authority; Pompano Beach Housing Authority;
Housing Authority of St. Mary's County, Maryland; Old Town Housing
Authority; St. Clair Shores Housing Commission; Chatham County
Housing Authority; Franklin-Vance-Warren Opportunity; Omaha Housing
Authority; Northern Regional Housing Authority; Kingston Housing
Authority; Knox Metropolitan Housing Authority; Morrow Metropolitan
Housing Authority; Newport Housing Authority; Municipality Of
Anasco; Lake City Housing Authority; Housing Authority of
Hartsville; Meade County Housing Authority; Lawrence County Housing
and Redevelopment Commission; Butte County Housing Authority;
Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment; San Antonio Housing Authority;
Denton Housing Authority; Tarrant County Housing Assistance Office;
Springfield Housing Authority; Madison Housing Authority; Housing
Authority of the County of Merced; Andover Housing Authority;
Bristol Housing Authority (RI); Morristown Housing Authority;
Muskegon Housing Commission; Rhode Island Housing; Hingham Housing
Authority.
Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Program Specialist, Office of Public
and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh St SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone: (202) 402-7026.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.503(a)(3).
Project/Activity: Rochester Housing Authority.
Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 982.503(a)(3) which provides that
the Public Housing Agency (PHA) voucher payment standard schedule
shall establish a single payment standard amount for each unit size,
and that for each unit size, the PHA may establish a single payment
standard amount for the whole Fair Market Rent (FMR) area or may
establish a separate payment standard amount for each designated
part of the FMR area.
Granted by: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Public and Indian Housing.
Date Granted: May 3, 2022.
Reason Waived: In its request, RHA noted that providing
different payment standards for demonstration participants will
allow RHA to ensure adequate payment standards in opportunity areas
while maintaining enough funding to support its other vouchers. On
April 30, 2021, HUD notified RHA of its admission to the mobility
demonstration award of funds. Since its admission to the
demonstration, RHA has engaged with HUD in the demonstration program
planning and design stage. Through this process, on March 3, 2022,
RHA notified HUD via email of its intent to adopt Small Area Fair
Market Rents (SAFMRs) for various Zip Codes within its jurisdiction
that overlap with its opportunity areas for the demonstration. RHA
anticipates applying SAFMRs within the basic range for a designated
part of the FMR area, in accordance with 24 CFR 982.503(b)(ii).
However, to most effectively allocate its funding and maintain a
higher number of vouchers in circulation, RHA requests to only apply
the SAFMR payment standards to demonstration participants and
confirms its need for this waiver.
Contact: Brendan Goodwin, Senior Housing Program Specialist,
Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, Office of Public and
Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street SW Washington, DC 20140, telephone: (202) 708-0614.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.503(b).
Nature of Requirement: Notice PIH 2021-34 Expedited Waivers for
the Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher (including Mainstream
and Mod Rehab) Program(s), 24 CFR 982.503(b) allows PHAs to
establish payment standards up to 120 percent of the fair market
rent.
Reason Waived: PHAs were granted the opportunity to apply for
certain regulatory waivers that were originally offered as part of
the CARES Act waivers in Notice PIH 2021-14 to provide continued
flexibility during the pandemic and pandemic recovery. HUD
expeditiously responded to these waiver requests in accordance with
Section 106 of the Department and Urban Development Reform Act of
1989.
Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Public and Indian Housing.
Date Granted: April 1-June 30, 2022.
Project/Activity: Housing Authority of Foley; Flagstaff Housing
Authority; Suisun City Housing Authority; Ocala Housing Authority;
Saginaw Housing Commission; Ithaca Housing Authority; New York City
Department of Housing Preservation and Development; Allen
Metropolitan Housing Authority; Roosevelt City Housing Authority;
Benicia Housing Authority; Hartford Housing Authority; Collier
County Housing Authority; Terre Haute Housing Authority; Benton
Harbor Housing Commission; Southeastern Community & Family Services,
Inc.; Columbia County Housing Authority; Municipality Of Gurabo;
Scott County Redevelopment and Housing Authority; Portsmouth Housing
Authority; Hendry County Housing Authority; City and County of
Honolulu Housing Authority; Delaware County Housing Authority;
Springfield Housing Authority; Wadesboro Housing Authority; Bergen
County Housing Authority; Watertown Housing and Redevelopment
Commission; Terrell Housing Department; Barron County Housing
Authority; Winslow Housing Authority; Punta Gorda Housing Authority;
Housing Authority of Somerset; New Orleans Housing Authority;
Hagerstown Housing Authority; Maryland Department of Housing and
Community Development; Union County Housing Authority; Herkimer
Housing Authority; The City of New Rochelle Public Housing
Authority; Rock Hill Housing Authority; Anderson County Housing
Authority; Bremerton Housing Authority; Opelika Housing Authority;
Troy Housing Authority; Placer County Housing Authority; Boca Raton
Housing Authority; Waukegan Housing Authority; Warsaw Housing
Authority; Atchison Housing Authority; Milford Housing Authority;
Independence Housing Authority; Mesilla Valley Housing Authority;
Town of Southampton Housing Authority; Housing Authority of Lubbock;
Burnet Housing Authority; Utah County Housing Authority; Logan City
Housing Authority; Bear River Regional Housing Authority; Jasper
Housing Authority; Tallassee Housing Authority; Harrison Housing
Authority; South Tucson Housing Authority; Oakland Housing
Authority; Burbank Housing Authority; Middletown Housing Authority;
Ansonia Housing Authority; Vernon Housing Authority; Pompano Beach
Housing Authority; Lafayette Housing Authority; Old Town Housing
Authority; Kandiyohi County Housing and Redevelopment Authority;
McLeod County Housing and Redevelopment Authority; Wilmington
Housing Authority; Rocky Mount Housing Authority; Roanoke-Chowan
Regional Housing Authority; Omaha Housing Authority; Northern
Regional Housing Authority; Kingston Housing Authority; Harrietstown
Housing Authority; Peekskill Housing Authority; Logan County
Metropolitan Housing Authority; Housing
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Authority of the City of Broken Bow; Newport Housing Authority; West
Warwick Housing Authority; Coventry Housing Authority; East
Greenwich Housing Authority; Municipality Of Anasco; Meade County
Housing Authority; Lawrence County Housing and Redevelopment
Commission; Butte County Housing Authority; Kingsport Housing and
Redevelopment; LaFollette Housing Authority; Brownsville Housing
Authority; Housing Authority of Anthony; Central Texas Council of
Governments; Cedar City Housing Authority; Grays Harbor Housing
Authority; Walla Walla Housing Authority; Madison Housing Authority;
Kenosha Housing Authority; Northwest Regional Housing Authority;
Plant City Housing Authority; Morristown Housing Authority; Dayton
Housing Authority; Bristol Housing Authority (TN); Brenham Housing
Authority; New London Housing Authority; Carlsbad Housing Agency;
Zanesville Metropolitan Housing Authority; Rhode Island Housing;
Richmond Housing Authority.
Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Program Specialist, Office of Public
and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh St SW, Room 3180, Washington, DC 20410, telephone: (202)
402-7026.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(c)(4).
Nature of Requirement: Notice PIH 2021-34 Expedited Waivers for
the Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher (including Mainstream
and Mod Rehab) Program(s), 24 CFR 982.505(c)(4) allows PHAs to
increase the payment standard during the Housing Assistance Payment
term.
Reason Waived: PHAs were granted the opportunity to apply for
certain regulatory waivers that were originally offered as part of
the CARES Act waivers in Notice PIH 2021-14 to provide continued
flexibility during the pandemic and pandemic recovery. HUD
expeditiously responded to these waiver requests in accordance with
Section 106 of the Department and Urban Development Reform Act of
1989.
Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Public and Indian Housing.
Date Granted: April 1-June 30, 2022.
Project/Activity: Housing Authority of Foley; Housing Authority
of the County of Stanislaus; Ocala Housing Authority; Winnebago
County Housing Authority; Jeffersonville Housing Authority; Saginaw
Housing Commission; Rochester Housing Authority; Wausau Housing
Authority; Hartford Housing Authority; Naugatuck Housing Authority;
Collier County Housing Authority; Terre Haute Housing Authority;
Benton Harbor Housing Commission; East Spencer Housing Authority;
Southeastern Community & Family Services; Miami Metropolitan Housing
Authority; Municipality of Gurabo; Portsmouth Housing Authority;
City and County of Honolulu Housing Authority; City and County of
Honolulu Housing Authority; Delaware County Housing Authority;
Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development;
Bergen County Housing Authority; Springfield Metropolitan Housing
Authority; Terrell Housing Department; Barron County Housing
Authority; Winslow Housing Authority; City of Norwalk Housing
Authority; Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development;
Biloxi Housing Authority; Beatrice Housing Authority; Coshocton
Metropolitan Housing Authority; Bremerton Housing Authority; Opelika
Housing Authority; St. Francis County Housing Authority; Cocoa
Housing Authority; Mesilla Valley Housing Authority; Town of
Southampton Housing Authority; Utah County Housing Authority; Jasper
Housing Authority; Tallassee Housing Authority; South Tucson Housing
Authority; Middletown Housing Authority; Southwestern Idaho
Cooperative Housing Authority; Southwestern Idaho Cooperative
Housing Authority; Tell City Housing Authority; Lafayette Housing
Authority; St. Clair Shores Housing Commission; Chatham County
Housing Authority; Franklin-Vance-Warren Opportunity; Omaha Housing
Authority; Kingston Housing Authority; Newport Housing Authority;
West Warwick Housing Authority; Municipality Of Anasco; Meade County
Housing Authority; Lawrence County Housing and Redevelopment
Commission; Butte County Housing Authority; Johnson City Housing
Authority; Chattanooga Housing Authority; Kingsport Housing and
Redevelopment; LaFollette Housing Authority; Brownsville Housing
Authority; Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency; Central Texas
Council of Governments; Springfield Housing Authority; Grays Harbor
Housing Authority; Madison Housing Authority; Clarksburg/Harrison
Housing Authority; Housing Authority of the County of Merced; Plant
City Housing Authority; Bristol Housing Authority (RI); Morristown
Housing Authority; Bristol Housing Authority (TN); Housing Authority
of Edgewood; Mobile Housing Authority; Opp Housing Authority;
Carlsbad Housing Agency; Zanesville Metropolitan Housing Authority;
Columbiana Metropolitan Housing Authority; Waco Housing Authority;
Hingham Housing Authority.
Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Program Specialist, Office of Public
and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh St SW, Room 3180, Washington, DC 20410, telephone: (202)
402-7026.
<bullet<ls-thn-eq> Regulation: 24 CFR 982.634(a).
Nature of Requirement: Notice PIH 2021-34 Expedited Waivers for
the Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher (including Mainstream
and Mod Rehab) Program(s), 24 CFR 982.634(a) allows PHAs to extend
homeownership assistance for one additional year.
Reason Waived: PHAs were granted the opportunity to apply for
certain regulatory waivers that were originally offered as part of
the CARES Act waivers in Notice PIH 2021-14 to provide continued
flexibility during the pandemic and pandemic recovery. HUD
expeditiously responded to these waiver requests in accordance with
Section 106 of the Department and Urban Development Reform Act of
1989.
Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Public and Indian Housing.
Date Granted: April 1-June 30, 2022.
Project/Activity: Rochester Housing Authority; New York City
Department of Housing Preservation and Development; High Point
Housing Authority; Greensboro Housing Authority; Southeastern
Community & Family Services; Charleston County Housing Authority;
Omaha Housing Authority; Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority;
Madison Housing Authority.
Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Program Specialist, Office of Public
and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh St SW, Room 3180, Washington, DC 20410, telephone: (202)
402-7026.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 983.53(c), 24 CFR 5.216(b)(2), 24
CFR 5.216(h)(1), 24 CFR 5.218(a), and 24 CFR 5.218(c)(1).
Project/Activity: Vancouver Housing Authority.
Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 983.53(c) requires that a person
may not be admitted to RAD project-based voucher (PBV) project if
his/her income would result in a Total Tenant Payment (TTP) greater
than the rent for the unit. 24 CFR 5.216(b)(2), 24 CFR 5.216(h)(1),
24 CFR 5.218(a), and 24 CFR 5.218(c)(1) specify that assistance
applicants must provide verifying documentation of Social Security
number for all members of their household before they may be
admitted as participants, and that processing entities must deny the
eligibility of applicants who have not yet met the documentation
requirements.
Granted by: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Public and Indian Housing.
Date Granted: May 17, 2022.
Reason Waived: Vancouver Housing Authority (VHA) turns away many
applicants who are otherwise income eligible because their
calculated TTP exceeds the below market RAD rents and as a result,
both the VHA and applicants find it cumbersome that families are
determined eligible based on income limits and then later turned
away once the TTP is known. VHA also provided supplemental evidence
to support the waiver. Pursuant to the waiver authority provided at
24 CFR 5.100 and in light of the good cause presented, 24 CFR
983.53(c) is waived so that VHA may admit income-qualified families
to RAD PBV-assisted units at the VHA Apartment Homes even if such
families require zero assistance at admission. HUD also waives the
requirement that applicants present documentation to verify SSNs of
each household member prior to admission at Tenny Creek pursuant to
a homeless preference. This requirement will be waived for 12 months
or until the waiting list is closed, whichever is sooner. However,
VHA must comply with the following alternative requirements: (1)
Prior to admission, each Tenny Creek resident admitted pursuant to a
homeless preference must submit to VHA the complete and accurate SSN
assigned to each resident. (2) Within 90 days of admission, each
Tenny Creek resident admitted pursuant to a homeless preference must
submit to VHA the documentation referred to in 24 CFR 5.216(g)(1) to
verify each such SSN. (3) VHA must deny assistance to a Tenny Creek
resident admitted pursuant to a homeless
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preference if the resident does not meet the applicable SSN
documentation and verification requirements as specified in 24 CFR
5.216, as waived by and consistent with the waiver approval letter,
within 90 days of admission. (4) VHA must terminate the assistance
or terminate the tenancy, or both, of a Tenny Creek resident
admitted pursuant to a homeless preference if the resident does not
meet the applicable SSN documentation and verification requirements
specified in 24 CFR 5.216, as waived by and consistent with the
waiver approval letter, within 90 days of admission.
Contact: Daniel Threet, Housing Program Specialist, Office of
Public Housing and Voucher Programs, Office of Public and Indian
Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street SW, Room 4208, Washington, DC 20140, telephone: (202) 708-
0164.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 983.302(e); 24 CFR 983.302(a)(1).
Project/Activity: Tacoma Housing Authority.
Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 983.302(e) requires the initial
contract year be calculated from the first day of the first calendar
month of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract term and 24
CFR 983.302(a)(1) requires the public housing agency (PHA) to
redetermine the rent to owner upon the owner's request.
Granted by: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Public and Indian Housing.
Date Granted: June 10, 2022.
Reason Waived: Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) has not increased
contract rents in its PBV program since 2019, and for its RAD PBVs
it plans to apply the 2020, 2021, and 2022 OCAF adjustments
September 1, 2022, which is after the most recent anniversary date
of February 11, 2022. This ensures that each of the 22 properties
will not receive a rent increase less than one year from the current
annual anniversary of the HAP contract in accordance with 24 CFR
983.302(b)(2). Revising the anniversary dates will only impact rent
determinations and there will not be any impact to the current HAP
contract terms or expiration dates.
Contact: Kristen Arnold, Housing Program Specialist, 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 20140, telephone: (971) 222-
2667.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 983.301(f)(2)(ii); 24 CFR 982.517.
Project/Activity: Bucks County Housing Authority.
Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 983.301(f)(2)(ii) requires that
the PHA not establish or apply different utility allowance amounts
for the PBV program and requires that same PHA utility allowance
schedule applies to both the tenant-based and PBV programs. 24 CFR
982.517 requires the public housing agency (PHA) to maintain a
utility allowance schedule.
Granted by: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Public and Indian Housing.
Date Granted: June 10, 2022.
Reason Waived: Bucks County Housing Authority (BCHA) has
demonstrated that the utility allowance provided under the HCV
program would discourage conservation and ultimately lead to
inefficient use of HAP funds at the Sellersville Senior Residences.
Contact: Nathaniel Johnson, Senior Housing Program Specialist,
Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, Office of Public and
Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20140, telephone: (202) 402-5156.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 984.303(d).
Project/Activity: Virgin Islands Housing Authority.
Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 984.303(d) requires that the PHA
shall, in writing, extend the term of the contract of participation
for a period not to exceed two years for any FSS family that
requests, in writing, an extension of the contract, provided that
the PHA finds that good cause exists for granting the extension. The
family's written request for an extension must include a description
of the need for the extension.
Granted by: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Public and Indian Housing.
Date Granted: April 22, 2022.
Reason Waived: Virginia Islands Housing Authority has a
participant who passed the end date of their two-year extension on
November 30, 2020 and was not eligible to graduate at that time
because they were not working. This was due to the impact of COVID
on the participant's ability to receive medical attention for an
injury sustained while on the job. The PHA's FSS Coordinator was on
leave from January-July 2021 due to family circumstances and this
participant's situation was not addressed. Upon the Coordinator's
return, there was confusion regarding to whom the waiver should be
submitted, resulting in a delay to a request to HUD.
Contact: Jayme Brown, Director, Community and Supportive
Services Division, Office of Public Housing Investments, Office of
Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 5151, Washington, DC 20140,
telephone (202) 402-3624.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 984.303(d).
Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the City of Napa.
Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 984.303(d) requires that the PHA
shall, in writing, extend the term of the contract of participation
for a period not to exceed two years for any FSS family that
requests, in writing, an extension of the contract, provided that
the PHA finds that good cause exists for granting the extension. The
family's written request for an extension must include a description
of the need for the extension.
Granted by: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Public and Indian Housing.
Date Granted: April 22, 2022.
Reason Waived: The Housing Authority of the City of Napa (HACN)
has six participants whose original contract extension has ended or
is nearing the end. HACN contends that these six participants would
have successfully graduated from the FSS program; however, the
COVID-19 pandemic prevented them from completing the remaining goals
on their Contract of Participation.
Contact: Jayme Brown, Director, Community and Supportive
Services Division, Office of Public Housing Investments, Office of
Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 5151, Washington, DC 20140,
telephone: (202) 402-3624.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 985.3(h).
Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the County of Chester.
Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR 985.3(h) governs the
deconcentration bonus, with regards to the performance indicators
that are used to assess PHA Section 8 management.
Granted by: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Public and Indian Housing.
Date Granted: May 11, 2022.
Reason Waived: In Federal Register Notice FR-6191-N-01, HUD
waived this requirement for demonstration sites. HUD's letter to
Chester Housing Authority was to confirm they would be adopting the
waiver described in the Federal Register Notice through its
authority at 24 CFR 5.110.
Contact: Brendan Goodwin, Senior Housing Program Specialist,
Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, Public and Indian
Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street SW, Room 4218, Washington, DC 20140, telephone: (202) 708-
0164.
<bullet> Regulation: 24 CFR 985.105, 24 CFR 985.101.
Nature of Requirement: Notice PIH 2021-34 Expedited Waivers for
the Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher (including Mainstream
and Mod Rehab) Program(s), 24 CFR 985.105, 24 CFR 985.101 whereas
PHAs with a fiscal year end 3/31/22, 6/30/22, or 9/30/22 may request
to waive Section Eight Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) if an
indicator declines as a result of operational disruptions and from
its adoption of one or more CARES Act waivers.
Reason Waived: PHAs were granted the opportunity to apply for
certain regulatory waivers that were originally offered as part of
the CARES Act waivers in Notice PIH 2021-14 to provide continued
flexibility during the pandemic and pandemic recovery. HUD
expeditiously responded to these waiver requests in accordance with
Section 106 of the Department and Urban Development Reform Act of
1989.
Granted By: Dominique Blom, General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Public and Indian Housing.
Date Granted: April 1-June 30, 2022.
Project/Activity: Arizona Department of Housing; Santa Rosa
Housing Authority; Housing Authority of the County of Stanislaus;
Ocala Housing Authority; Central Iowa Regional Housing Authority;
Winnebago County Housing Authority; Jeffersonville Housing
Authority; Campbellsville Housing Authority; Saginaw Housing
Commission; Public Housing Agency of the City of St. Paul; Rochester
Housing Authority; New York City
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Department of Housing Preservation and Development; Youngstown
Metropolitan Housing Authority; Allen Metropolitan Housing
Authority; Adams Metropolitan Housing Authority; Municipality Of
Naguabo; Columbia Housing Authority; South Carolina State Housing
Finance and Development; Benicia Housing Authority; Compton Housing
Authority; Collier County Housing Authority; Iowa Northland Regional
Housing Authority; Housing Authority of Covington; Benton Harbor
Housing Commission; Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Virginia
Minnesota; East Spencer Housing Authority; Southeastern Community &
Family Services; Utica Housing Authority; Belmont Metropolitan
Housing Authority; Berks County Housing Authority; Municipality Of
Trujillo Alto; Municipality Of Gurabo; Housing Authority of Myrtle
Beach; Scott County Regional Housing Authority; South Metro Housing
Options; Burbank Housing Authority; Hendry County Housing Authority;
Joliet Housing Authority; Springfield Housing Authority; Dowagiac
Housing Commission; Coastal Community Action; Atlantic City Housing
Authority; Bergen County Housing Authority; Springfield Metropolitan
Housing Authority; Cumberland County Housing Authority; Municipality
Of Mayaguez; Housing Authority of Slaton; Bristol Regional Housing
Authority; Huntington Housing Authority; Bluefield Housing
Authority; Housing Authority of the City of Santa Paula; Paragould
Housing Authority; Fort Walton Beach Housing Authority; Muscatine
Municipal Housing Agency; Maryland Department of Housing and
Community Development; Weston Housing Authority; Penns Grove Housing
Authority, Butler Metropolitan Housing Authority; Municipality of
Morovis; Municipality of Adjuntas; Bremerton Housing Authority; Sauk
County Housing Authority; Opelika Housing Authority; Tuscaloosa
Housing Authority; St. Francis County Housing Authority; Housing
Authority of the City of Glendale; Milford Housing Authority; Placer
County Housing Authority; Jacksonville Housing Authority;
Appalachian Foothills Housing Agency Inc.; Independence Housing
Authority; New Jersey Department of Community Affairs; Mesilla
Valley Housing Authority; Hornell Housing Authority; Charleston
County Housing Authority; Logan City Housing Authority; Bear River
Regional Housing Authority; Tallassee Housing Authority; Hot Springs
Housing Authority; City of Tempe Housing Authority; Housing
Authority of the County of Yolo; Housing Authority of the City of
Long Beach; Housing Authority of the City of Madera; Middletown
Housing Authority; Oskaloosa Municipal Housing Agency; Albia Housing
Agency; Southwestern Idaho Cooperative Housing Authority; Greenville
Housing Authority; Orange County Housing Authority; Roanoke Chowan
Regional Housing Authority; Chatham County Housing Authority;
Franklin-Vance-Warren Opportunity; Northern Regional Housing
Authority; Kingston Housing Authority; Portsmouth Metropolitan
Housing Authority; Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority; Ironton
Metropolitan Housing Authority; Knox Metropolitan Housing Authority;
Morrow Metropolitan Housing Authority; Housing Authority of the City
of Broken Bow; Housing Authority of the City of Stillwater; Housing
Authority of Malheur and Harney Counties; Providence Housing
Authority; Newport Housing Authority; Municipality of Carolina;
Municipality of Maricao; Municipality of Vega Baja; Lake City
Housing Authority; Housing Authority of Hartsville; Meade County
Housing Authority; Lawrence County Housing and Redevelopment
Commission; Butte County Housing Authority; Denton Housing
Authority; Tarrant County Housing Assistance Office; Loudoun County
Office of Housing; Springfield Housing Authority; Marinette County
Housing Authority; Clarksburg/Harrison Housing Authority; Housing
Authority of the City of Statesboro; Springfield Housing Authority;
Frederick Housing Authority; Hocking Metropolitan Housing Authority;
Bristol Housing Authority (RI); Dayton Housing Authority; Brenham
Housing Authority; Housing Authority of the City of San
Buenaventura; Carlsbad Housing Agency; Muskegon Housing Commission;
Saratoga Springs Housing Authority; Greene Metropolitan Housing
Authority; Northeast Oregon Housing Authority; Rhode Island Housing;
Idaho Housing and Finance Association; Hingham Housing Authority.
Contact: Tesia Anyanaso, Program Specialist, Office of Field
Operations, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh St. SW, Room 3180,
Washington, DC 20410, telephone: (202) 402-7026.
[FR Doc. 2022-26413 Filed 12-2-22; 8:45 am]
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