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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 104 / Wednesday, June 2, 2021 / Notices Sign Language, etc. should contact the responsible Agency or USDA TARGET
Center at 202 7202600 voice and TTY or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at 800 8778339.
Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD
3027, found online at https
www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-aprogram-discrimination-complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call 866 6329992.
Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by mail to: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400
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usda.gov.
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Richard Flournoy, Acting Administrator, Risk Management Agency.
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The closing deadline for receipt of all paper pre-applications in response to this Notice is 5:00 p.m., local time for each Rural Development State Office on July 7, 2021. If submitting the preapplication in electronic format, the closing deadline for receipt is 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time on July 19, 2021.
Rural Development State Office locations can be found at: http
www.rd.usda.gov/contact-us/stateoffices. RHS will not consider any preapplication that is received after the closing deadline. Applicants intending to mail pre-applications must provide sufficient time to permit delivery on or before the closing deadline date and time. Acceptance by the United States Postal Service or private mailer does not constitute delivery. Facsimile FAX and postage due pre-applications will not be accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information, applicants may contact Bonnie Edwards-Jackson, Finance and Loan Analyst, MultiFamily Housing Production and Preservation Division, telephone 202
6900759 voice this is not a toll-free number or 800 8778339 TDDFederal Information Relay Service or via email at bonnie.edwards@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:

Overview DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service Docket No. RHS21MFH0008

Notice of Solicitation of Applications for the Section 533 Housing Preservation Grants for Fiscal Year 2021
Rural Housing Service, USDA.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Rural Housing Service RHS, a Rural Development agency Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture USDA, announces that it is soliciting competitive applications under its Housing Preservation Grant HPG
program. This action is taken to comply with Agency regulations which requires the Agency to announce the opening and closing dates for receipt of preapplications for HPG funds from eligible applicants. The Agency will publish the amount of funding on its website at:
https www.rd.usda.gov/programsservices/housing-preservation-grants.
Expenses incurred in developing preapplications will be at the applicants risk.

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Federal Agency Name: Rural Housing Service, USDA.
Funding Opportunity Title: Housing Preservation Grants.
Announcement Type: Notice.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 10.433.
A. Program Description The HPG program is a grant program, authorized under 42 U.S.C. 1490m and implemented at 7 CFR part 1944, subpart N, which provides qualified public agencies, private non-profit organizations including, but not limited to, Faith-Based and neighborhood partnerships, and other eligible entities;
grant funds to assist lowand very lowincome homeowners in repairing and rehabilitating their homes in rural areas.
In addition, the HPG program assists cooperative housing complexes and rental property owners in rural areas in repairing and rehabilitating their units if they agree to make such units available to very lowand low-income persons.
Rental property owners can include Section 515 rental properties if the eligibility requirements for the HPG
program are met. In accordance with 7
CFR 1944.663, rental property owners must agree to make the units repaired or rehabilitated available for occupancy to
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very lowor low-income persons for a period of not less than five years. The minimum five-year restriction to rent the very lowand low-income tenants will only apply to the units that are repaired with the HPG funding. Any units within the property that were not repaired with HPG funding will not be subject to the five-year restriction.
B. Federal Award Information The funding instrument for the HPG
program will be a grant agreement. The term of the grant can vary from one to two years, depending on available funds and demand. No maximum or minimum grant levels have been established at the National level. In accordance with 7
CFR 1944.652, coordination and leveraging of funding for repair and rehabilitation activities with housing and community development organizations or activities operating in the same geographic area are expected, but not required. Applicants should contact the Rural Development State Office to determine the allocation for their state.
The amount of funding available for the HPG program may be found at the following link: http www.rd.usda.gov/
programs-services/housingpreservation-grants. In addition, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
Pub. L. 116260 established a set-aside for grants located in Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones REAP Zones.
The State Office will indicate on the list submitted to the National Office if the pre-application is eligible for the REAP
Zones set-aside. The National Office will then compile a national list, rank the REAP Zones applicants based on the point allocations set forth in this Federal Register Notice, and distribute the HPG REAP Zones set-aside starting with the highest scoring eligible HPG
REAP Zones applicants. Other funds will be distributed under a formula allocation to States pursuant to 7 CFR
part 1940, subpart L, Methodology and Formulas for Allocation of Loan and Grant Program Funds. Decisions on funding will be based on preapplication scores. Anyone interested in submitting a pre-application for funding under this program is encouraged to consult the Rural Development website, http www.rd.usda.gov/programsservices/housing-preservation-grants, periodically for updated information regarding the status of funding authorized for this program.
The commitment of program dollars will be made to selected applicants that have fulfilled the necessary requirements for obligation.

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