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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 125 / Friday, July 2, 2021 / Notices
homes, including beneficiaries of various CPD programs, and families eligible to receive CPD program assistance. Some individuals and families continued to live in homes with habitability deficits, particularly related to potable water. The President issued a disaster declaration under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for the Texas severe winter weather on February 19, 2021 FEMADR4586, and further amended it through February 25, 2021.
The waiver is required to allow grantees to expedite recovery efforts for lowand moderate-income residents affected by the property loss and destruction resulting from this event.
Contact: Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable Housing Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 202 7082684.
Regulation: 24 CFR 92.252d1
Utility Allowance Requirements.
Project/Activity: Santa Clara County and Contra Costa County requested a waiver of 24 CFR 92.252d1 to allow use of the utility allowance established by the local public housing agency PHA for three HOME-assisted projectsMet South Apartments, The Veranda, and Veterans Square.
Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 92.252d1
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, D.
Date Granted: March 8, 2021.
Reason Waived: The HOME
requirements for establishing a utility allowances conflict with Project BasedVoucher 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, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7160, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 202 7082684.

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Regulation: 24 CFR 574.310b2.
Project/Activity: This waiver of the Property Standards in 24 CFR part 574
was provided with respect to the use of Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS HOPWA funds to address the housing needs of eligible families following the severe winter weather in Texas, for which a disaster declaration was made in February 2021.
Nature of Requirement: Section 574.310b2 of the HOPWA regulations provides minimum housing quality standards that apply to housing for which HOPWA funds are used for acquisition, rehabilitation, conversion, lease, or repair; new construction of single room occupancy dwellings and community residences; project or tenant-based rental assistance; or operating costs under 24 CFR 574.300b 3, 4, 5, or 8.
Granted By: James A. Jemison, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
Date Granted: February 26, 2021.
Reason Waived: HUD determined that this waiver was necessary to enable grantees and project sponsors to expeditiously meet the critical housing needs of the many eligible families in the area covered by the major disaster declared under title IV of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act Stafford Act, DR4586
TX, dated February 19, 2021, as amended.
Applicability: The property standard requirements in 24 CFR 574.310b2
are waived for units in the declareddisaster areas that are or will be occupied by HOPWA-eligible households, provided that the units are free of life-threatening conditions as defined in Notice PIH 201720 HA.
Grantees must ensure that these units meet HOPWA HQS within 60 days of the date of this memorandum.
Contact: Amy Palilonis, Office of HIV/
AIDS Housing, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7248, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 202
4025916. amy.l.palilonis@hud.gov.
Regulation: 24 CFR 574.310b.
Project/Activity: This waiver of the HOPWA Property Standards was provided with respect to the use HOPWA funds to address the housing needs of eligible families under the unique circumstances of the COVID19
pandemic and the resulting economic upheaval in affected communities.
Nature of Requirement: This section of the HOPWA regulations provides that all housing assisted with acquisition, rehabilitation, conversion, lease, or
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repair; new construction of single room occupancy dwellings and community residences; project or tenant-based rental assistance; or operating costs must meet the applicable housing quality standards outlined in the regulations.
Granted By: James A. Jemison, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
Date Granted: March 31, 2021.
Reason Waived: On March 31, 2020
HUD waived the physical inspection requirement for tenant-based rental assistance at 24 CFR 574.310b for one year. On May 22, 2020 HUD waived the physical inspection requirement for acquisition, rehabilitation, conversion, lease, or repair; new construction of single room occupancy dwellings and community residences; projector tenantbased rental assistance; or operating costs for one year. Grantees and project sponsors continue to report difficulty in conducting the initial inspection of units due to social distancing guidelines. Extending these waivers until June 30, 2021 will allow grantees and project sponsors to quickly move households into housing, which enables social distancing, and helps prevent the spread of COVID19. Additionally, grantees and project sponsors will need time when social distancing guidelines are no longer in effect to prepare staff to physically re-inspect units for HQS.
Applicability: This waiver is in effect until June 30, 2021 for grantees and project sponsors that can meet the following criteria:
a. The grantee or project sponsor is able to visually inspect the unit using technology, such as video streaming, to ensure the unit meets HQS before any assistance is provided; and b. The grantee or project sponsor has written policies to physically reinspect the unit within 3 months after the health officials determine special measures to prevent the spread of COVID19 are no longer necessary.
Contact: Amy Palilonis, Office of HIV/
AIDS Housing, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7248, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 202
4025916. amy.l.palilonis@hud.gov.
Regulation: 24 CFR 574.320a2.
Project/Activity: This waiver of the FMR Rent Standard for HOPWA Rental Assistance was provided with respect to the use HOPWA funds to address the housing needs of eligible families under the unique circumstances of the COVID19 pandemic and the resulting economic upheaval in affected communities.

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