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HOME Waiver Log: 2007


	Information by State Print version

The below summaries provide information on the following: 1) the date the HOME waiver was granted or denied; 2) the State of the local HUD Field Office making the request; 3) the situation which gave rise to the need for a program waiver; and, 4) the regulatory citation. To obtain a copy of a specific HOME waiver, contact HUD's Office of Affordable Housing Programs at (202) 708-2470. Hearing impaired users may call the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

Date Signed	State F.O.	Summary	Reg. Citation
1/04/07	OK	Waiver request granted for the City of Oklahoma City: waives the HOME property standards.	24 CFR 92.251(a)(1)
1/04/07	MS	Waiver request granted for the State of Mississippi: waives the definition of Homeownership.	24 CFR 92.2(h)
1/04/07	SD	Waiver request granted for the State of South Dakota: waives HOME prohibited activities such as adding more HOME dollars to a project after the first year of affordability.	24 CFR 92.214(a)(6)
3/05/07	LA	Waiver request granted for the City of New Orleans, a declared disaster area under Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: waives the FY 2002 HOME expenditure requirement.	24 CFR 92.500(d)(1)(C)
3/30/07	MS	Waiver request and suspension of the NAHA Act granted for the Gulfport Consortium, a declared disaster area under Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: waives the 2004 CHDO reservation requirement.	24 CFR 92.500(d)(1)(B)
5/14/07	WA	Waiver request granted for the City of Yakima to allow the PJ to provide CHDO set-aside funds to Next Step Housing, which will in turn provide funds to a LLC as owners of the Pear Tree Place apartments. The PJ, CHDO, and the LLC have agreed that Next Step Housing will be the sole managing member of the Pear Tree Place and will have effective project control over its operations.	24 CFR 92.300(a)(1)
9/10/07	TX	Waiver request granted for the City of El Paso, Texas to add additional funds to previously-assisted homebuyer units in order to bring them into compliance with the applicable property standards.	24 CFR 92.214(a)(6)
9/14/07	LA	Waiver request granted for the Jefferson Parish Consortium, a declared disaster area under Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: suspends the FY 2005 HOME commitment requirement and FY 2002 HOME expenditure requirement.	24 CFR 92.500(d)(1)(B) and 24 CFR 92.500(d)(1)(C)
9/19/07	IL	Waiver request to reduce the twenty year HOME affordability period for the Liberty Estates LIHTC new construction rental project denied for Will County.	24 CFR 92.252(e)
9/19/07	LA	Waiver request to invest additional HOME funds in previously-assisted HOME properties denied for the City of New Orleans, a declared disaster area under Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In order to ensure that HUD has sufficient information on which to base a waiver, HUD requests that the City complete a conditions survey of its HOME-assisted properties and resubmit project-specific waiver requests.	24 CFR 92.214(6)
11/02/07	LA	Waiver request and suspension of the NAHA Act granted for the City of Lake Charles, a declared disaster area under Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: waives the FY 2005 HOME commitment requirements; denies a waiver of the FY 2006 HOME commitment requirement as it is premature; requests the City to submit a strategy for attracting contractors to work the HOME program, and for addressing its existing HOME inventory.	24 CFR 92.500(d)(1);{section 218(g) of the Act](6)
11/23/07	VA	Waiver request denied for the State of Virginia and City of Richmond which would have waived the repayment of $215,805 in HOME funds that were used to complete an 8 unit project that is no longer being used for its intended purposes.	24 CFR 92.503(b)(2)
12/04/07	OR	Waiver requested for Clackamas County granted; waives period of affordability for the remaining years of the 20 year affordability requirement due natural forces rendering the buildings uninhabitable.	24 CFR 92.252(e)
12/04/07	TX	Waiver request granted for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) of the HOME regulations regarding housing being the principal residence at time of commitment. TDHCA requested this waiver in response to damage caused by Hurricane Rita to permit homes no longer standing on standing on site at the time of project commitment and whose principal residence, at the time of project commitment, is a unit other than the unit receiving HOME assistance.	24 CFR 92.2 24 CFR 92.254(b)(2)
12/10/07	MN	Waiver request denied for Hennepin County Consortium, Minnesota which would have permitted the construction of a 12 unit project that would not meet the definition of Single Room Occupancy (SRO) housing.	24 CFR 92.2

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