Amendments to the Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA) for Supportive Housing for the Elderly

On February 2, 1994, HUD published at 59 FR 5038, a Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA) announcing the availability of $499,361,500 to fund 7,745 units under the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program. The funds were allocated to field offices for applications in metropolitan and/or nonmetropolitan areas. Because the allocations to some field offices were not sufficient to develop feasible projects in both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, the funds were allocated to only one of the geographical areas. Field Offices that had an allocation for only one area could not accept applications for the other area. In order for these applications to also compete, HUD has decided that these Field Offices can accept applications for projects in areas where they do not have funds allocated. However, these applications can only be funded after all other approvable applications submitted in response to the advertised allocation area have been funded. Field Offices must still follow the outstanding procedures for recommending projects for selection from the field office allocation. Pursuant to 24 CFR 889.300(f), unused funds remaining in the field office allocation can then be used to fund projects in another field office but within the same State. Thereafter, unused funds can be used to fund other projects within the region in either allocation area. All remaining approvable applications including those submitted to offices which did not have funds allocated for the particular allocation area would then compete in rank order for the remaining unused funds. In this way, the Department believes fairness is provided to sponsors whose applications were responsive to the February 2, 1994 NOFA as well as to those sponsors who would not have had a chance to compete. To accommodate this change in submission eligibility, HUD is extending the application deadline date by one week. All applications for Section 202 capital advances must be received by HUD at the appropriate address by 4 p.m. local time on May 10, 1994. Except as previously noted, this NOFA will follow the same guidance regarding eligibility, submission requirements, available amounts, selection criteria and application processing as previously published in the February 2, 1994 NOFA (59 FR 5038). Application Package: The application package can be obtained from the appropriate Field Office identified in appendix A. and the Multifamily Housing Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6424, Rockville, MD 20850; telephone 1-800-955-2232. A checklist of steps and exhibits involved in the application process is included in the application package.