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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 125 / Friday, July 2, 2021 / Notices Nature of Requirement: Grantees must establish rent standards for their rental assistance programs based on FMR Fair Market Rent or the HUD-approved community-wide exception rent for unit size. Generally, the rental assistance payment may not exceed the difference between the rent standard and 30
percent of the familys adjusted income.
Granted By: James A. Jemison, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
Date Granted: March 31, 2021.
Reason Waived: HUD originally waived the FMR rent standard requirement for tenant-based rental assistance for one year on March 31, 2020. On May 22, 2020 HUD waived this requirement for one year for all rental assistance types. Grantees and project sponsors continue to report COVID19 related health and financial hardships for HOPWA-eligible households. Extending this waiver of the FMR rent standard limit, while still requiring that the unit be rent reasonable in accordance with 574.320a3, will assist grantees and project sponsors in expediting efforts to identify suitable housing units for rent to eligible households experiencing the ongoing health and financial impacts of the COVID19 pandemic and economic crisis.
Applicability: The FMR requirement continues to be waived until June 30, 2021. Grantees and project sponsors must still ensure the reasonableness of rent charged for a unit in accordance with 574.320a3.
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 574.330a1.
Project/Activity: This waiver of the time limits for HOPWA Short-Term Supported Housing 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: A short-term supported housing facility may not provide residence to any individual for more than 60 days during any six-month period. Short-Term Rent, Mortgage, and Utility STRMU payments to prevent the homelessness of the tenant or mortgagor of a dwelling may not be provided for costs accruing over a period of more than 21 weeks in any 52week period.

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Granted By: James A. Jemison, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
Date Granted: March 31, 2021.
Reason Waived: HUD originally waived this requirement on May 22, 2020 to prevent homelessness or discharge to unstable housing situations for households residing in short-term housing facilities or units assisted with STRMU if permanent housing could not be achieved within the time limits specified in the regulation. Extending this waiver is necessary because grantees and project sponsors continue to report that households require longer periods of assistance due to financial and health-related hardships stemming from the COVID19 pandemic.
Applicability: This waiver is made available for all HOPWA grants except those funded under the CARES Act or for the portion of a grantees FY 2020
formula funds that have been approved under its Annual Action Plan AAP for allowable activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID19
pandemic as described in section V. of Notice CPD2005. On an individual household basis, grantees or project sponsors may assist eligible households for a period that exceeds the time limits specified in the regulations. A shortterm supported housing facility may provide residence to any individual for a period of up to 120 days in a sixmonth period. STRMU payments to prevent the homelessness of the tenant or mortgagor of a dwelling may be provided for costs accruing up to 52
weeks in a 52-week period. 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 documents that a good faith effort has been made on an individual household basis to assist the household to achieve permanent housing within the time limits specified in the regulations but that financial needs and/or health and safety concerns have prevented the household from doing so; and b. The grantee or project sponsor has written policies and procedures outlining efforts to regularly reassess the needs of assisted households as well as processes for granting extensions based on documented financial needs and/or health and safety concerns.
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 576.2, definition of homeless, liii.

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Project/Activity: An individual may qualify as homeless under paragraph 1iii the homeless definition in 24
CFR 576.2 so long as he or she is exiting an institution where they resided for 120 days or less and resided in an emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation immediately before entering that institution. This waiver is in effect until June 30, 2021.
Nature of Requirement: An individual who is exiting an institution where he or she resided for 90 days or less and who resided in an emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation immediately before entering that institution are considered homeless per 24 CFR 576.2, definition of homeless.
Granted By: James A. Jemison, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
Date Granted: March 31, 2021.
Reason Waived: HUD originally waived this requirement on September 30, 2020 to keep housing options open for individuals who otherwise would have been homeless but were reporting longer stays in institutions as a result of COVID19 e.g., longer time in jail due to a postponed court dates due to courts closings or courts operating at reduced capacity and longer hospital stays when infected with COVID19. Allowing someone who was residing in an emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation prior to entering the institution to maintain their homeless status while residing in an institution for longer than 90 days is necessary to prevent the spread of and respond to COVID19 by expanding housing options for people who were experiencing homelessness and institutionalized for longer than traditionally required due to COVID19.
Recipients continue to report potential program participants are staying in institutions for longer periods of time due to COVID19; therefore, HUD is extending this waiver to allow someone who was residing in an emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation prior to entering the institution to maintain their homeless status while residing in an institution for longer than 90 days.
Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number 202 7084300.
Regulation: 24 CFR 576.106e.
Project/Activity: HUD granted a waiver of 24 CFR 576.106e to the City of Tulsa, to allow its subrecipient, the Mental Health Association Oklahoma
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