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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 22-1255

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Draft HOME-ARP Allocation Plan and Amendment to the 2019 Annual Action Plan; Public Hearing

[52 Pa.B. 5148]
[Saturday, August 20, 2022]

Public Hearing for the HOME-American Rescue Plan (ARP) Program

 ARP provides $5 billion to assist households who are homeless, at risk of homelessness and other vulnerable populations by providing housing, rental assistance, supportive services and noncongregate shelter, to reduce homelessness, and increase housing stability. Funds were appropriated under Title II of Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1990—HOME Program Statute and allocated by means of HOME Program formula to jurisdictions that qualified for a HOME allocation in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021. As a participating jurisdiction, the Department of Community and Economic Development (Department) received $73,094,403 in HOME-ARP funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

 HOME-ARP funds can be used for the following eligible activities:

 1. Acquire, rehabilitate or construct affordable rental housing.

 2. Tenant-based rental assistance.

 3. Supportive services.

 4. Acquisition and development of noncongregate shelter.

 5. Nonprofit operating and capacity building assistance.

 6. Administration and planning.

 Under the program requirements, an allocation plan must be developed and submitted to HUD for approval. The Commonwealth's draft allocation plan may be viewed at https://dced.pa.gov/housing-and-development/consolidated-plan-annual-plans-reports/. Public comment will be accepted from August 20, 2022, through September 6, 2022. Comments may be sent to David Grey, Chief of Compliance and Technical Services, at dgrey@pa.gov.

 The public hearing for the Commonwealth's allocation plan will be held on Thursday, September 1, 2022, at 10 a.m. by means of Microsoft Teams. The phone number to join the public hearing is (267) 332-8737, with a conference ID/passcode of 564 188 310#.

 Persons with a disability or limited English proficiency who wish to participate in the public hearing should contact Megan L. Sieber at (717) 787-5327 or TDD at (717) 346-0308 to discuss how the Department can accommodate their requests.

 The hearing will be shortened if there is no one to testify or there is minimal response.

Notice of Amendment to FY 2019 Annual Action Plan

 On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) (Pub.L. No. 116-136) was signed into law to respond to the growing effects of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) public health crisis.

 The CARES Act provided special allocations to the Commonwealth under the Community Development Block Grant, Emergency Solutions Grant and Housing Opportunities for People with Aids Grant programs to be used to prevent, prepare for and respond to COVID-19. Under the ESG-CV program, the purpose of these funds was to assist homeless providers and communities to prepare for, prevent the spread of and respond to COVID-19.

 Under HUD Notice CPD-22-06: Waivers and Alternative Requirements for the Emergency Solutions Grants Program under the CARES Act (ESG-CV); Amendments and Clarifications, HUD may recapture up to the difference between 50% of the total amount the recipient received in HUD's first and second allocations of ESG-CV funds, adjusted by any recaptured amounts, if applicable, and the amount of ESG-CV funds a recipient has drawn from the Integrated Disbursement and Information System (IDIS) by June 16, 2022.

 HUD determined compliance with this requirement based on IDIS draw data, crediting recipients for draws that were initiated by June 16, 2022, and approved as of June 23, 2022, to account for any processing delays beyond the recipient's control. Based on this review, HUD recaptured $251,269.76 from the Commonwealth's ESG-CV grant.

 Notice is hereby given that the Federal FY 2019 Annual Action Plan will be amended to reduce by $251,269.76 to account for the recapture. The updated plan will be posted on the Department's web site at https://dced.pa.gov/download/final-2019-2023-consolidated-plan-2019-annual-action-plan/?wpdmdl=113684 and will be available for review on August 20, 2022.

NEIL WEAVER, 
Acting Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 22-1255. Filed for public inspection August 19, 2022, 9:00 a.m.]


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