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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 125 / Friday, July 2, 2021 / Notices
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 578.33c.
Project/Activity: The requirement that the renewal grant amount be based on the budget line items in the final year of the grant being renewed is further waived for all projects that amend their grant agreement between March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021 to move funds between budget line items in a project in response to the COVID19 pandemic.
Recipients may then apply in the next FY CoC Program funding cycle based on the budget line items in the grants before they were amended.
Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR
578.33c requires that budget line item amounts a recipient is awarded for renewal in the CoC Program Competition will be based on the amounts in the final year of the prior funding period of the project.
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 for grant agreement amendments signed between March 31, 2020 and October 1, 2020 to allow recipients to move funds between budget line items in a project in response to the COVID19 pandemic and still apply for renewal in the next FY CoC Program funding cycle based on the budget line items in the grants before they were amended. HUD again waived this requirement for all grant agreements signed from October 1, 2020
until December 31, 2020. HUD again waived this requirement for all grants signed between December 30, 2020 and March 31, 2021. Recipients continue to report needing to shift budget line items to respond to the COVID19 pandemic e.g., providing different supportive service necessitated by the pandemic or serving fewer people because the layout of the housing does not meet local social distancing recommendations without changing the original design of the project when it is not operating in a public health crisis and can resume normal operations.
Contact: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance
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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
578.37a1iiF.
Project/Activity: The requirement in 24 CFR 578.37a1iiF that projects require program participants to meet with case managers not less than once per month is waived for all permanent housing-rapid re-housing projects until June 30, 2021.
Nature of Requirement: Recipients must require program participants of permanent housing-rapid re-housing projects to meet with a case manager at least monthly.
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 for 2-months on March 31, 2020. On May 22, 2020
HUD again waived this requirement for an additional 3 months and on September 30, 2020 HUD once again waived this requirement until December 31, 2020. Recipients are continuing to report limited staff capacity as staff members are home for a variety of reasons related to COVID19 e.g., quarantining, children home from school, working elsewhere in the community to manage the COVID19
response. In addition, not all program participants have capacity to meet via phone or internet. Waiving the monthly case management requirement will allow recipients to provide case management on an as needed basis and reduce the possible spread and harm of COVID19.
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 578.49b2.
Project/Activity: The Fair Market Rent restriction continues to be waived for any lease executed by a recipient or subrecipient to provide transitional or permanent supportive housing until June 30, 2021. The affected recipient or subrecipient must still ensure that rent paid for individual units that are leased with leasing dollars meet the rent reasonableness standard in 24 CFR
578.49b2.
Nature of Requirement: Rent payments for individual units with
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leasing dollars may not exceed Fair Market Rent.
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 for 6-months on March 31, 2020. On September 30, 2020 HUD again waived this requirement until December 31, 2020.
Extending this waiver of the limit on using grant leasing funds to pay above FMR for individual units, but not greater than reasonable rent, will assist recipients in locating additional units to house individuals and families experiencing homelessness and reduce the spread and harm of COVID19.
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
578.53e8iiB and 578.53d.
Project/Activity: The limitation on eligible housing search and counseling activities is waived so that CoC Program funds may be used for up to 6 months of a program participants utility arrears and up to 6 months of a program participants rent arrears, when those arrears make it difficult to obtain housing. This waiver is in effect until June 30, 2021.
Nature of Requirement: 24 CFR
578.53e8 allows recipients and subrecipients to use CoC funds to pay for housing search and counseling services to help eligible program participants locate, obtain, and retain suitable housing. For program participants whose debt problems make it difficult to obtain housing, 24 CFR
578.53e8iiB makes eligible the costs of credit counseling, accessing a free personal credit report, and resolving personal credit issues.
However, payment of rental or utility arrears is not included as an eligible cost. 24 CFR 578.53d limits eligible supportive service costs to those explicitly listed in 24 CFR 578.53e, which is a more limited list than is eligible under the McKinney-Vento Act.
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 for 1-year on March 31, 2020 to allow recipients and subrecipients to pay up to 6 months of rental arrears and 6 months of utility
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