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BILLING CODE 3410-XV-C DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Housing Service Notice of Funding Availability
(NOFA)for the Section 515 Rural Rental Housing Program for Fiscal Year 2005 AGENCY: Rural Housing Service (RHS), USDA. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This NOFA announces the timeframe to submit applications for section 515 Rural Rental Housing
(RRH)loan funds, including applications for the nonprofit set-aside for eligible nonprofit entities, the set-aside for the most Underserved Counties and Colonias (Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act), and the set-aside for Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities (EZ/ECs) and Rural Economic Area Partnership
(REAP)zones. This document describes the methodology that will be used to distribute funds, the application process, submission requirements, and areas of special emphasis or consideration. DATES: The deadline for receipt of all applications in response to this NOFA is 5 p.m., local time for each Rural Development State Office on May 13, 2005. The application closing deadline is firm as to date and hour. The Agency will not consider any application that is received after the closing deadline. Applicants intending to mail 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 applications will not be accepted. ADDRESSES: Applicants wishing to apply for assistance must contact the Rural Development State office serving the place in which they desire to submit an application for rural rental housing to receive further information and copies of the application package. Rural Development will date and time stamp incoming applications to evidence timely receipt, and, upon request, will provide the applicant with a written acknowledgment of receipt. A listing of Rural Development State offices, their addresses, telephone numbers, and person to contact follows: Note: Telephone numbers listed are not toll-free. Alabama State Office Suite 601, Sterling Centre 4121 Carmichael Road Montgomery, AL 36106-3683
(334)279-3455 TDD
(334)279-3495 James B. Harris Alaska State Office 800 West Evergreen, Suite 201 Palmer, AK 99645
(907)761-7740 TDD
(907)761-8905 Debbie Andrys Arizona State Office Phoenix Courthouse and Federal Building 230 North First Ave., Suite 206 Phoenix, AZ 85003-1706
(602)280-8765 TDD
(602)280-8706 Johnna Vargas Arkansas State Office 700 W. Capitol Ave., Room 3416 Little Rock, AR 72201-3225
(501)301-3250 TDD
(501)301-3063 Greg Kemper California State Office 430 G Street, #4169 Davis, CA 95616-4169
(530)792-5830 TDD
(530)792-5848 Jeff Deiss Colorado State Office 655 Parfet Street, Room E100 Lakewood, CO 80215
(720)544-2923 TDD
(800)659-2656 Mary Summerfield Connecticut Served by Massachusetts State Office Delaware and Maryland State Office 4607 South Dupont Highway PO Box 400 Camden, DE 19934-9998
(302)697-4353 TDD
(302)697-4303 Pat Baker Florida & Virgin Islands State Office 4440 N.W. 25th Place Gainesville, FL 32606-6563
(352)338-3465 TDD
(352)338-3499 Elizabeth M. Whitaker Georgia State Office Stephens Federal Building 355 E. Hancock Avenue Athens, GA 30601-2768
(706)546-2164 TDD
(706)546-2034 Wayne Rogers Hawaii State Office (Services all Hawaii, American Samoa Guam, and Western Pacific) Room 311, Federal Building 154 Waianuenue Avenue Hilo, HI 96720
(808)933-8305 TDD
(808)933-8321 Jack Mahan Idaho State Office Suite A1 9173 West Barnes Dr. Boise, ID 83709
(208)378-5630 TDD
(208)378-5644 LaDonn McElligott Illinois State Office 2118 West Park Court, Suite A Champaign, IL 61821-2986
(217)403-6222 TDD
(217)403-6240 Barry L. Ramsey Indiana State Office 5975 Lakeside Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46278
(317)290-3100 (ext. 423) TDD
(317)290-3343 John Young Iowa State Office 210 Walnut Street Room 873 Des Moines, IA 50309
(515)284-4666 TDD
(515)284-4858 Sue Wilhite Kansas State Office 1303 SW First American Place, Suite 100 Topeka, KS 66604-4040
(785)271-2721 TDD
(785)271-2767 Virginia M. Hammersmith Kentucky State Office 771 Corporate Drive, Suite 200 Lexington, KY 40503
(859)224-7325 TDD
(859)224-7422 Paul Higgins Louisiana State Office 3727 Government Street Alexandria, LA 71302
(318)473-7962 TDD
(318)473-7655 Yvonne R. Emerson Maine State Office 967 Illinois Ave., Suite 4 PO Box 405 Bangor, ME 04402-0405
(207)990-9110 TDD
(207)942-7331 Bob Nadeau Maryland Served by Delaware State Office Massachusetts, Connecticut, & Rhode Island State Office 451 West Street Amherst, MA 01002
(413)253-4333 TDD
(413)253-4590 Donald Colburn Michigan State Office 3001 Coolidge Road, Suite 200 East Lansing, MI 48823
(517)324-5192 TDD
(517)337-6795 Ghulam R. Simbal Minnesota State Office 375 Jackson Street Building, Suite 410 St. Paul, MN 55101-1853
(651)602-7782 TDD
(651)602-7830 Peter Lundquist Mississippi State Office Federal Building, Suite 831 100 W. Capitol Street Jackson, MS 39269
(601)965-4325 TDD
(601)965-5850 Darnella Smith-Murray Missouri State Office 601 Business Loop 70 West Parkade Center, Suite 235 Columbia, MO 65203
(573)876-0990 TDD
(573)876-9480 Colleen James Montana State Office 900 Technology Blvd. Suite B Bozeman, MT 59715
(406)585-2565 TDD
(406)585-2562 Deborah Chorlton Nebraska State Office Federal Building, Room 152 100 Centennial Mall N Lincoln, NE 68508
(402)437-5594 TDD
(402)437-5093 Phil Willnerd Nevada State Office 1390 South Curry Street Carson City, NV 89703-9910
(775)887-1222 (ext. 25) TDD
(775)885-0633 Angilla Denton New Hampshire State Office Concord Center Suite 218, Box 317 10 Ferry Street Concord, NH 03301-5004
(603)223-6046 TDD
(603)229-0536 Jim Fowler New Jersey State Office 5th Floor North Suite 500 8000 Midlantic Dr. Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
(856)787-7740 TDD
(856)787-7784 George Hyatt, Jr. New Mexico State Office 6200 Jefferson St., NE, Room 255 Albuquerque, NM 87109
(505)761-4944 TDD
(505)761-4938 Carmen N. Lopez New York State Office The Galleries of Syracuse 441 S. Salina Street, Suite 357 5th Floor Syracuse, NY 13202
(315)477-6419 TDD
(315)477-6447 George N. Von Pless North Carolina State Office 4405 Bland Road, Suite 260 Raleigh, NC 27609
(919)873-2066 TDD
(919)873-2003 Terry Strole North Dakota State Office Federal Building, Room 208 220 East Rosser PO Box 1737 Bismarck, ND 58502
(701)530-2049 TDD
(701)530-2113 Kathy Lake Ohio State Office Federal Building, Room 507 200 North High Street Columbus, OH 43215-2477
(614)255-2418 TDD
(614)255-2554 Melodie Taylor-Ward Oklahoma State Office 100 USDA, Suite 108 Stillwater, OK 74074-2654
(405)742-1070 TDD
(405)742-1007 Ivan S. Graves Oregon State Office 101 SW Main, Suite 1410 Portland, OR 97204-3222
(503)414-3352 TDD
(503)414-3387 Margo Donelin Pennsylvania State Office One Credit Union Place, Suite 330 Harrisburg, PA 17110-2996
(717)237-2281 TDD
(717)237-2261 Martha Eberhart Puerto Rico State Office 654 Munoz Rivera Avenue IBM Plaza, Suite 601 Hato Rey, PR 00918
(787)766-5095 (ext. 249) TDD
(787)766-5332 Lourdes Colon Rhode Island Served by Massachusetts State Office South Carolina State Office Strom Thurmond Federal Building 1835 Assembly Street, Room 1007 Columbia, SC 29201
(803)253-3432 TDD
(803)765-5697 Larry D. Floyd South Dakota State Office Federal Building, Room 210 200 Fourth Street, SW Huron, SD 57350
(605)352-1132 TDD
(605)352-1147 Roger Hazuka or Pam Reilly Tennessee State Office Suite 300 3322 West End Avenue Nashvile, TN 37203-1084
(615)783-1375 TDD
(615)783-1397 Housing Program Director Texas State Office Federal Building, Suite 102 101 South Main Temple, TX 76501
(254)742-9758 TDD
(254)742-9712 Julie Hayes Utah State Office Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building 125 S. State Street, Room 4311 Salt Lake City, UT 84147-0350
(801)524-4325 TDD
(801)524-3309 Janice Kocher Vermont State Office City Center, 3rd Floor 89 Main Street Montpelier, VT 05602
(802)828-6021 TDD
(802)223-6365 Heidi Setien Virgin Islands Served by Florida State Office Virginia State Office Culpeper Building, Suite 238 1606 Santa Rosa Road Richmond, VA 23229
(804)287-1596 TDD
(804)287-1753 CJ Michels Washington State Office 1835 Black Lake Blvd., Suite B Olympia, WA 98512
(360)704-7730 TDD
(360)704-7760 Robert Lund Western Pacific Territories Served by Hawaii State Office West Virginia State Office Federal Building 75 High Street, Room 320 Morgantown, WV 26505-7500
(304)284-4889 TDD
(304)284-4836 Craig St. Clair Wisconsin State Office 4949 Kirschling Court Stevens Point, WI 54481
(715)345-7615 (ext. 151) TDD
(715)345-7614 Peter Kohnen Wyoming State Office PO Box 11005 Casper, WY 82602
(307)233-6715 TDD
(307)233-6733 Jack Hyde FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information, applicants may contact Barbara Chism, Senior Loan Officer, Multi-Family Housing Processing Division, Rural Housing Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Stop 0781, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, 20250, telephone
(202)690-1436 (voice) (this is not a toll free number) or
(800)877-8339 (TDD-Federal Information Relay Service). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Programs Affected The Rural Rental Housing program is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance under Number 10.415, Rural Rental Housing Loans. Rental Assistance is listed in the Catalog under Number 10.427, Rural Rental Assistance Payments. Discussion of Notice I. Authority and Distribution Methodology A. Authority Section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485) provides RHS with the authority to make loans to any individual, corporation, association, trust, Indian tribe, public or private nonprofit organization, consumer cooperative, or partnership to provide rental or cooperative housing and related facilities in rural areas for very-low, low, or moderate income persons or families, including elderly persons and persons with disabilities. Rental assistance
(RA)is a tenant subsidy for very-low and low-income families residing in rural rental housing facilities with RHS financing and, when available, may be requested with applications for such facilities. B. Distribution Methodology The total amount available for Fiscal Year
(FY)2005 for section 515 is $99,200,000, of which $25,792,000 is available for new construction as follows: Section 515 new construction funds $5,904,000 Set-aside for nonprofits 8,928,000 Set-aside for Underserved Counties and Colonias 4,960,000 Set-aside for EZ, EC, and REAP Zones 5,000,000 State Rental Assistance
(RA)Designated reserve 1,000,000 C. Section 515 New Construction Funds For FY 2005, the Administrator has determined that it would not be practical to allocate funds to States because of funding limitations; therefore, section 515 new construction funds will be distributed to States based on a National competition, as follows: 1. States will accept, review, score, and rank requests in accordance with 7 CFR 3560.56. The scoring factors are:
(a)The presence and extent of leveraged assistance for the units that will serve RHS income-eligible tenants at basic rents comparable to those if RHS provided full financing, computed as a percentage of the RHS total development cost (TDC). Loan proposals that include secondary funds from other sources that have been requested but have not yet been committed will be processed as follows: the proposal will be scored based on the requested funds, provided
(1)the applicant includes evidence of a filed application for the funds; and
(2)the funding date of the requested funds will permit processing of the loan request in the current funding cycle, or, if the applicant does not receive the requested funds, will permit processing of the next highest ranked proposal in the current year. Points will be awarded in accordance with the following table. (0 to 20 points) Percentage of leveraging Points 75 or more 20 70-74 19 65-69 18 60-64 17 55-59 16 50-54 15 45-49 14 40-44 13 35-39 12 30-34 11 25-29 10 20-24 9 15-19 8 10-14 7 5-9 6 0-4 0
(b)The units to be developed are in a colonia, tribal land, EZ, EC, or REAP zone, or in a place identified in the State Consolidated Plan or State Needs Assessment as a high need community for multifamily housing. (20 points)
(c)In states where RHS has an on-going formal working relationship, agreement, or Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU)with the State to provide State resources (State funds, State RA, HOME funds, Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG)funds, or Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC)) for RHS proposals; or where the State provides preference or points to RHS proposals in awarding such State resources, 20 points will be provided to loan requests that include such State resources in an amount equal to at least 5 percent of the TDC. Native American Housing and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA) funds may be considered a State Resource if the Tribal Plan for NAHASDA funds contains provisions for partnering with RHS for multifamily housing. (National Office initiative)
(d)The loan request includes donated land meeting the provisions of 7 CFR 3560.56(c)(1)(iv). (5 points) 2. The National Office will rank all requests nationwide and distribute funds to States in rank order, within funding limits. If insufficient funds remain for the next ranked proposal, the Agency will select the next ranked proposal that falls within the remaining levels. Point score ties will be handled in accordance with 7 CFR 3560.56(c)(2). D. Applications That Do Not Require New Construction RA For FY 2005, new construction RA will be available in limited amounts. Therefore, the Agency is inviting applications to develop units in markets that do not require RA. The market study for proposals must clearly demonstrate a need and demand for the units by prospective tenants at income levels that can support the proposed rents without tenant subsidies. The proposed units must offer amenities that are typical for the market area at rents that are comparable to conventional rents in the market for similar units. E. Set-Asides Loan requests will be accepted for the following set-asides: 1. Nonprofit set-aside. An amount of $8,928,000 has been set aside for nonprofit applicants. All loan proposals must be in designated places in accordance with 7 CFR 3560.57. A State or jurisdiction may receive one proposal from this set-aside, which cannot exceed $1 million. A State could get additional funds from this set-aside if any funds remain after funding one proposal from each participating State. If there are insufficient funds to fund one loan request from each participating State, selection will be made by point score. If there are any funds remaining, they will be handled in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 1485(w)(3). Funds from this set-aside will be available only to nonprofit entities, which may include a partnership that has as its general partner a nonprofit entity or the nonprofit entity's for-profit subsidiary which will be receiving low-income housing tax credits authorized under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. To be eligible for this set-aside, the nonprofit entity must be an organization that:
(a)Will own an interest in the project to be financed and will materially participate in the development and the operations of the project;
(b)Is a private organization that has nonprofit, tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) or section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
(c)Has among its purposes the planning, development, or management of low-income housing or community development projects; and
(d)Is not affiliated with or controlled by a for-profit organization. 2. Underserved counties and colonias set-aside. An amount of $4,960,000 has been set aside for loan requests to develop units in the 100 most needy underserved counties or colonias as defined in section 509(f) of the Housing Act of 1949. 3. EZ, EC, and REAP set-aside. An amount of $5,000,000 has been set aside to develop units in EZ, EC, or REAP zone. Loan requests that are eligible for this set-aside are also eligible for regular section 515 funds. If requests for this set-aside exceed available funds, selection will be made in accordance with 7 CFR 3560.56(c). II. Funding Limits A. Individual loan requests may not exceed $1 million. This applies to regular section 515 funds and set-aside funds. The Administrator may make an exception to this limit in cases where a State's average total development costs exceed the National average by 50 percent or more. B. No State may receive more than $2.5 million, including set-aside funds. III. Rental Assistance
(RA)In addition to the State Matching RA program as described in Section VI. E. of this Notice and subject to its availability, new construction RA will be held in the National Office for use with section 515 Rural Rental Housing loans. Because the amount of RA available for new construction is minimal, RA will be granted to projects which best meet the scoring and ranking criteria at 7 CFR 3560.56(c). In addition, preferential consideration for RA will be given to projects:
(1)where a subsidy for rent is provided from within the state jurisdiction; and
(2)where the least amount of RA is needed to make the project feasible, calculated as a percentage. New construction RA may not be used in conjunction with a transfer or subsequent loan for repairs or rehabilitation, preservation purposes or for inventory property sales. IV. Application Process All applications for section 515 new construction funds must be filed with the appropriate Rural Development State office and must meet the requirements of 7 CFR 3560.56 and Section V. of this Notice. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed and will be returned to the applicant. No application will be accepted after 5 p.m., local time, on the application deadline previously mentioned unless that date and time is extended by a Notice published in the **Federal Register** . V. Application Submission Requirements A. Each application shall include all of the information, materials, forms and exhibits required by 7 CFR 3560, subpart B as well as comply with the provisions of this Notice. Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to include a checklist and to have their applications indexed and tabbed to facilitate the review process. The Rural Development State Office will base its determination of completeness of the application and the eligibility of each applicant on the information provided in the application. B. Applicants are advised to contact the Rural Development State Office serving the place in which they desire to submit an application for the following: 1. Application information; and 2. List of designated places for which applications for new section 515 facilities may be submitted. VI. Areas of Special Emphasis or Consideration A. The RHS encourages the use of funding from other sources in conjunction with Agency loans. This year there will be a National Office Initiative pursuant to 7 CFR 3560.56(c)(1)(iii), whereby preference points will be awarded to loan requests that meet the selection criteria as follows: In states where RHS has an on-going formal working relationship, agreement, or MOU with the State to provide State resources (State funds, State RA, HOME funds, CDBG funds, or LIHTC) for RHS proposals; or where the State provides preference or points to RHS proposals in awarding these State Resources, 20 points will be provided to loan requests that include such State resources in an amount equal to at least 5 percent of the TDC. NAHASDA funds may be considered a State Resource if the Tribal Plan for NAHASDA funds contains provisions for partnering with RHS for multifamily housing. B. $8,928,000 is available nationwide in a set-aside for eligible nonprofit organizations as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1485(w). C. $4,960,000 is available nationwide in a set-aside for the 100 most Underserved Counties and Colonias. D. $5,000,000 is available nationwide in a set-aside for EZ, EC, and REAP zone. E. $1,000,000 is available nationwide in a reserve for States with viable State RA programs. In order to participate, States are to submit specific written information about the State RA program, *i.e.* , a memorandum of understanding, documentation from the provider, etc., to the National Office. Dated: March 3, 2005. Russell T. Davis, Administrator, Rural Housing Service. [FR Doc. 05-4773 Filed 3-11-05; 8:45 am]
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- 7 CFR 3560
- 7 CFR 3560.56(c)(1)(iii)
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