Allocations, Common Application, Waivers, and Alternative Requirements for Disaster Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Grantees
Notice.
Citation: "85 FR 4681"
Document Number: "Docket No. FR-6182-N-01"
Page Number: "4681"
"Notices"
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SUMMARY: This notice allocates a total of
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Table of Contents
I. Allocations
II. Use of Funds
III. Overview of Grant Process
IV. Applicable Rules, Statutes, Waivers, and Alternative Requirements
V. Duration of Funding
VI. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
VII. Finding of No Significant Impact
Appendix A: Allocation Methodology
I. Allocations Two public laws have been enacted that provide supplemental CDBG-DR appropriations. The Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2018 (Pub. L. 115-254, approved
When additional data becomes available for other disasters occurring in 2019, the remaining
In accordance with the 2018 and 2019 Appropriations Acts,
The 2018 and 2019 Appropriations Acts provide that grants shall be awarded directly to a State, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe at the discretion of the Secretary. Unless noted otherwise, the term "grantee" refers to the entity receiving a grant from HUD under this notice. To comply with statutory requirements that funds be used for disaster-related expenses in the most impacted and distressed areas, HUD allocates funds using the best available data that covers all the eligible affected areas.
Grantees receiving an allocation of funds under this notice are subject to the requirements of the Prior Notices, as amended by this notice or by subsequent notices. Pursuant to the Prior Notices, each grantee receiving an allocation for a 2018 or 2019 disaster is required to primarily consider and address its unmet housing recovery needs. These grantees may, however, propose the use of funds for unmet economic revitalization and infrastructure needs unrelated to the grantee's unmet housing needs if the grantee demonstrates in its needs assessment that there is no remaining unmet housing need or that the remaining unmet housing need will be addressed by other sources of funds. Grantees receiving funds under this notice for an additional allocation for unmet infrastructure needs arising from a 2017 disaster must use those funds for unmet infrastructure needs.
Table 1 (below) shows the major disasters that grants under this notice may address and the minimum amount of funds from the combined allocations under the 2018 and 2019 Appropriations Acts that must be expended in the HUD-identified most impacted and distressed areas. The information in this table is based on HUD's review of the impacts from the qualifying disasters and estimates of unmet need.
Table 1-Allocations Under Public Laws 115-254 and 116-20 Disaster year Disaster No. Grantee Unmet needs Unmet needs Total allocation for unmet Minimum amount that must be allocation allocation needs (Pub. L. 115-254 and expended for recovery in under Public under Public Pub. L. 116-20) the HUD-identified "most Law 115-254 Law 116-20 impacted and distressed" areas 2017 Disasters (Additional 4344 & 4353State of California $ 0 $ 38,057,527 $ 38,057,527 (No less than$ 30,446,000 ) Unmet Infrastructure Needs) Sonoma and Ventura counties: 93108, 94558, 95422, 95470, and 95901 Zip Codes. 4337 & 4341 State of Florida 0 38,637,745 38,637,745 (No less than$ 30,910,000 ) Brevard, Broward, Clay, Collier, Duval, Hillsborough, Lee, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Polk, St. Lucie, and Volusia counties; 32084, 32091, 32136, 32145, 33440, 33523, 33825, 33870, 33935, and 34266 Zip Codes. 4294, 4297, & 4338 State of Georgia 0 13,015,596 13,015,596 (No less than$ 10,412,000 ) 31520, 31548, and 31705 Zip Codes. 4317 State of Missouri 0 9,847,018 9,847,018 (No less than$ 7,878,000 ) 63935, 63965, 64850, 65616, and 65775 Zip Codes. 4336 & 4339 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0 277,853,230 277,853,230 ($ 277,853,230 ) All Components of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 4335 U.S. Virgin Islands 0 53,588,884 53,588,884 ($ 53,588,884 ) All components of the U.S. Virgin Islands. 2018 Disasters 4413 State of Alaska 0 35,856,000 35,856,000 (No less than$ 28,685,000 ) Anchorage Borough. 4357 American Samoa 16,539,000 6,500,000 23,039,000 ($ 23,039,000 ) All components of American Samoa. 4407 & 4382 State of California 491,816,000 525,583,000 1,017,399,000 (No less than$ 813,919,000 ) Butte Lake, Los Angeles, and Shasta Counties. 4399 State of Florida 448,023,000 287,530,000 735,553,000 (No less than$ 588,442,000 ) Bay, Calhoun, Gulf and Jackson Counties; 32321 (Liberty), 32327 (Wakulla), 32328 (Franklin), 32346 (Wakulla and Franklin), 32351 (Gadsden), and 32428 (Washington) Zip Codes. 4400 State of Georgia 34,884,000 6,953,000 41,837,000 (No less than$ 33,470,000 ) 39845 (Seminole) Zip Code. 4366 Hawaii County, HI 66,890,000 16,951,000 83,841,000 ($ 83,841,000 ) Hawaii County. 4365 Kauai County, HI 0 9,176,000 9,176,000 (No less than$ 7,341,000 ) 96714 (Kauai) Zip Code. 4393 State of North Carolina 336,521,000 206,123,000 542,644,000 (No less than$ 434,115,000 ) Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Duplin, Jones, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, and Robeson Counties; 28352 (Scotland), 28390 (Cumberland), 28433 (Bladen), and 28571 (Pamlico) Zip Codes. 4396 & 4404 The Commonwealth of the 188,652,000 55,294,000 243,946,000 (No less than Northern Mariana Islands$ 195,157,000 ) Saipan and Tinian Municipalities. 4394 State of South Carolina 47,775,000 24,300,000 72,075,000 (No less than$ 57,660,000 ) Horry and Marion counties; 29536 (Dillon) Zip Code. 4377 State of Texas 46,400,000 26,513,000 72,913,000 (No less than$ 58,330,000 ) Hidalgo County. 4402 State of Wisconsin 0 14,355,000 13,355,000 (No less than$ 12,284,000 ) 53560 (Dane) Zip Code. 2019 Disasters 4441 State of Arkansas 0 8,940,000 8,940,000 (No less than$ 7152,000 ) 71602 (Jefferson) and 72016 (Perry) Zip Codes. 4421 State of Iowa 0 96,741,000 96,741,000 (No less tan$ 77,393,000 ) Mills County; 51640 (Fremont) Zip Code. 4451 State of Missouri 0 30,776,000 30,776,000 (No less than$ 24,621,000 ) St. Charles County; 64437 (Holt) and 65101 (Cole) Zip Codes. 4420 State of Nebraska 0 108,938,000 108,938,000 (No less than$ 87,150,000 ) Sarpy County; 68025 (Dodge), 68064 (Douglas) and 68069 (Douglas) Zip Codes. 4447 State of Ohio 0 12,305,000 12,305,000 (No less than$ 9,844,000 ) 45426 (Montgomery) Zip Code. 4438 State of Oklahoma 0 36,353,000 36,353,000 (No less than$ 29,082,000 ) Muskogee and Tulsa Counties; 74946 (Sequoyah) Zip Code. 4454 & 4466 State of Texas 0 212,741,000 212,741,000 (No less than$ 170,193,000 ) Cameron, Chambers, Harris, Jefferson, Liberty, Montgomery, and Orange Counties; 78570 (Hildalgo) Zip Code. Total 1,677,500,000 2,153,928,000 3,831,428,000
Pursuant to the 2018 and 2019 Appropriations Acts, HUD has identified the most impacted and distressed areas based on the best available data for all eligible affected areas. A detailed explanation of HUD's allocation methodology is provided in Appendix A of this notice.
In some instances, HUD identified the entire jurisdiction of a grantee as the most impacted and distressed area. For all other grantees, at least 80 percent of the total funds provided to a grantee under this notice must address unmet disaster needs within the HUD-identified most impacted and distressed areas, as identified in the last column in Table 1. Note that if HUD designates a ZIP Code for 2018 and 2019 disasters as a most impacted and distressed area for purposes of allocating funds, the grantee may expand program operations to the whole county (county is indicated in parentheses next to the ZIP Code as a most impacted and distressed area. The grantee should indicate the decision to expand eligibility to the whole county in its action plan.
A grantee may determine where to use the remaining 20 percent of the allocation, but that portion of the allocation may only be used to address unmet disaster needs in those areas that the grantee determines are "most impacted and distressed" and received a presidential major disaster declaration pursuant to the disaster numbers listed in Table 1. A grantee may use up to 5 percent of the total grant award for grant administration and no more than 15 percent of the total grant award for planning activities. Therefore, HUD will include 80 percent of a grantee's expenditures for grant administration in its determination that 80 percent of the total award has been expended in the most impacted and distressed areas identified in Table 1. Additionally, expenditures for planning activities may be counted towards a grantee's 80 percent expenditure requirement, provided that the grantee describes in its action plan how those planning activities benefit the HUD-identified most impacted and distressed areas.
II. Use of Funds
Funds allocated under this notice are subject to the requirements of the Prior Notices, as amended by this notice or subsequent notices. This notice outlines additional requirements imposed by the 2018 and 2019 Appropriations Acts that apply to funds allocated under this notice.
The 2018 and 2019 Appropriations Acts require that prior to the obligation of CDBG-DR funds a grantee shall submit a plan detailing the proposed use of all funds. The plan must include criteria for eligibility, and how the use of these funds will address long-term recovery and restoration of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the most impacted and distressed areas. Therefore, the action plan submitted in response to this notice must describe uses and activities that: (1) Are authorized under title I of the HCDA or allowed by a waiver or alternative requirement; and (2) respond to a disaster-related impact to infrastructure, housing, or economic revitalization in the most impacted and distressed areas, and if the grantee chooses to do so, how mitigation will be incorporated into recovery activities. To inform the plan, each grantee must conduct an assessment of community impacts and unmet needs and guide the development and prioritization of planned recovery activities, pursuant to section VI.A.2.a. of the
While CDBG-DR funding is a valuable resource for long-term recovery and mitigation in the wake of major disasters, HUD expects that grantees will take steps to set in place substantial State and local governmental policies to enhance the impact of HUD-funded investments and limit damage from future disasters.
Grantees should note that a subsequent notice published on
Additionally, HUD published a notice on
Finally, the
III. Overview of Grant Process
Each grantee must submit an action plan for disaster recovery pursuant the requirements of section VI.A.2 of the
In the Prior Notices, the Department included its intention to establish special grant conditions for individual CDBG-DR grants based upon the risks posed by the grantee, including risks related to the grantee's capacity to carry out the specific programs and projects proposed in its action plan. As described in the Prior Notices, these conditions will be designed to provide additional assurances that programs are implemented in a manner to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse and the Department has established specific criteria and conditions for each grant award as provided for at 2 CFR 200.205 and 200.207(a), respectively, to mitigate the risks of the grant.
To begin expending CDBG-DR funds, the grantee must follow the process outlined in the
* Within 60 days of the applicability date of this notice (or when the grantee submits its action plan, whichever is earlier), submit documentation for the certification of financial controls and procurement processes and adequate procedures for grant management, as amended in section IV.B.1 of this notice. A grantee that received a certification of its financial controls and procurement processes pursuant to a 2016 or 2017 disaster may request that HUD rely on that certification for purposes of this allocation, provided, however, that grantees shall be required to provide updates to reflect any material changes in the submissions.
* Within 60 days of the applicability date of this notice (or when the grantee submits its action plan, whichever is earlier), submit documentation for the implementation plan and capacity assessment.
* Additionally, all funds must be expended within 6 years of the date of obligation as described in section V of this notice.
III.A. Funds for Unmet Infrastructure Needs for Grantees That Received Allocations for 2017 Disasters
Each grantee that received an allocation pursuant to Public Law 115-56 or Public Law 115-123 for 2017 disasters and an additional allocation in this notice for unmet infrastructure needs is required to submit a substantial amendment to its current action plan required by the Prior Notices. The substantial amendment must be submitted no later than 90 days after the applicability date of this notice. The substantial amendment must include the additional allocation of funds and address the requirements of the Prior Notices, as amended by this notice. Each grantee must follow the applicable substantial amendment process pursuant to section III.B of the
IV. Applicable Rules, Statutes, Waivers, and Alternative Requirements
This section of the notice describes rules, statutes, waivers, and alternative requirements that apply to each grantee receiving an allocation under this notice. The Secretary has determined that good cause exists to apply each waiver and alternative requirement established in the Prior Notices to grantees receiving funds under this notice and that such waivers and alternative requirements are not inconsistent with the overall purpose of title I of the HCDA. The Secretary's determination of good cause extends to each waiver or alternative requirement as amended by this notice. Grantees are reminded that all fair housing and nondiscrimination requirements, as well as environmental and labor requirements, continue to apply. The following requirements apply only to the CDBG-DR funds appropriated under the 2018 and 2019 Appropriations Acts (unless otherwise noted) and not to funds provided under the annual formula State or Entitlement CDBG programs, the Indian Community Development Block Grant program, or those provided under any other component of the CDBG program, such as the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program, or any previous CDBG-DR appropriations, unless otherwise noted.
A grantee may request additional waivers and alternative requirements from the Department as needed to address specific needs related to its recovery activities, accompanied by data to support the request. Grantees should work with the assigned Community Planning and Development representatives to request any additional waivers or alternative requirements from HUD. Except where noted, the waivers and alternative requirements described below apply to all grantees under this notice. Pursuant to the requirements of the 2018 and 2019 Appropriations Acts, waivers and alternative requirements are effective 5 days after they are published in the
Except as described in this notice or the Prior Notices, statutory and regulatory provisions governing the State CDBG program shall apply to State grantees receiving a CDBG-DR grant. Except as described in this notice or the Prior Notices, statutory and regulatory provisions governing the entitlement CDBG program shall apply to any local government receiving a CDBG-DR grant. Based on the Prior Notices' treatment of grantees in the CDBG Insular areas program, all references to states and State grantees shall include the Commonwealth of the
IV.A. Incorporation of Waivers and Alternative Requirements for Local Governments
This notice extends the waivers and alternative requirements in the Prior Notices to states and local governments receiving grants under the 2018 and 2019 Appropriations Acts. Because the Prior Notices only govern grants to states, this notice amends the Prior Notices by adding regulations that apply to units of general local government the waivers previously granted by the Secretary (except in cases such as the timely distribution of funds, the consolidated plan waiver, or reimbursement where the Prior Notices already waive entitlement CDBG program regulations). Where requirements are different for units of general local government than the requirements applicable to states, this notice amends the Prior Notices to add the local government requirement.
IV.A.1. The Secretary amends the following sections of the
IV.A.2. Procurement. This notice amends the sections of the
Paragraph V.A.1.a.(2) is modified after the sentence that begins "A State grantee (including the
Paragraph VI.A.26 of the
IV.B.
IV.B.1. Certification of financial controls and procurement processes, and adequate procedures for proper grant management. The 2018 and 2019 Appropriations Acts require that the Secretary certify, in advance of signing a grant agreement, that the grantee has in place proficient financial controls and procurement processes and has established adequate procedures to prevent any duplication of benefits as defined by section 312 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), 42 U.S.C. 5155, to ensure timely expenditure of funds, maintain a comprehensive website regarding all activities assisted with these funds, and detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds. To enable the Secretary to make this certification, each grantee must submit to HUD the Financial Management and Grant Compliance certification submission pursuant to section VI.A.1.a of the
A grantee that received a certification of its financial controls and procurement processes pursuant to a 2016 or 2017 disaster may request that HUD rely on that certification for purposes of this grant, provided, however, that grantees shall be required to provide updates to reflect any material changes in the submissions. This information must be submitted within 60 days of the applicability date of this notice. The grant agreement will not be executed until HUD has approved the grantee's certifications. The grantee must implement the CDBG-DR grant consistent with the controls, processes, and procedures as certified by HUD. HUD is requiring each grantee to submit (or update and resubmit, as applicable) all policies and procedures pertaining to its duplication of benefits procedures as outlined below:
(1) Duplication of benefits procedures. A grantee has adequate procedures to prevent the duplication of benefits if the grantee submits uniform processes that reflect the requirements of the
Policies and procedures of the grantee submitted to support the certification must provide that prior to the award of assistance, the grantee will use the best, most recent available data from
IV.B.2. Procurement. Grantees must comply with procurement requirements for states or for local governments, as applicable, in the Prior Notices (as amended).
IV.B.3. Use of administrative funds across multiple grants. The 2019 Appropriations Act authorizes special treatment of grant administrative funds for grantees that received awards under certain CDBG-DR grants. Grantees that received awards under Public Laws 114-113, 114-223, 114-254, 115-31, 115-56, 115-123, and 115-254, or any future act may use eligible administrative funds (up to 5 percent of each grant award plus up to 5 percent of program income generated by the grant) appropriated by these acts for the cost of administering any of these grants without regard to the particular disaster appropriation from which such funds originated. If the grantee chooses to exercise this authority, the grantee must ensure that it has appropriate financial controls to ensure that the amount of grant administration expenditures for each of the aforementioned grants will not exceed 5 percent of the total grant award for each grant (plus 5 percent of program income), review and modify its financial management policies and procedures regarding the tracking and accounting of administration costs, as necessary, and address the adoption of this treatment of administrative costs in the applicable portions of its Financial Management and Grant Compliance submissions as referenced in section VI.A.1 of the
IV.B.4. Use of funds in response to Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Florence (
Grantees are reminded that expanding the eligible beneficiaries of their Hurricane Matthew activities or programs to include those impacted by Hurricane Florence requires the submission of a substantial action plan amendment in accordance with section VI.A.2.g of the
IV.B.5.
HUD is authorizing grantees under Public Laws 114-113, 114-223, 114-254, and 115-31 that also received a CDBG-DR grant under Public Law 115-254 or 116-20 to either: (a) continue to follow
IV.B.6. Duplication of benefits. The Prior Notices described duplication of benefits (DOB) requirements in Section 312 of the Stafford Act and subjected grantees to the requirements of a notice published in the
HUD subsequently published the 2019 DOB Notice, which revised the DOB requirements that apply to CDBG-DR grants for disasters declared between
Accordingly, grantees must comply with the requirements of the Prior Notices, including amendments in the Implementation Notice. Because the applicability date of this notice is after
IV.B.7. The waiver and alternative requirement in section VI.A.6. of the
IV.C. Clarifications and Amendments for Grants Under Public Law 115-56, 115-123, 115-254, and 116-20
IV.C.1. Clarification on Affordability Periods and Amended Alternative Requirement.
"10. Affordability Period for CDBG-DR funded Homeownership Programs. Grantees receiving funds under this notice are required to implement a minimum 5-year affordability period on all newly constructed single-family housing made available for low- and moderate-income homeownership through a CDBG-DR funded homeownership program. This notice requires any grantee implementing a CDBG-DR funded homeownership program to develop and impose affordability (i.e., resale or recapture) restrictions and to enforce those restrictions through recorded deed restrictions, covenants, or other similar mechanisms, for a period not less than 5 years. Grantees shall establish resale or recapture requirements for housing funded pursuant to this paragraph and shall describe those requirements in the action plan or substantial amendment in which the activity is proposed. The resale or recapture provisions must clearly describe the terms of the resale or recapture, the specific circumstances under which these provisions will be used, and how the provisions will be enforced. This affordability period does not apply to housing units newly constructed or reconstructed for an owner-occupant to replace an owner-occupied home that was damaged by the disaster."
IV.C.2. Clarification and Amendment on Section 414 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
"2. Waiver of Section 414 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). Section 414 of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5181) provides that "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person otherwise eligible for any kind of replacement housing payment under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91-646) [42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.] ["URA"] shall be denied such eligibility as a result of his being unable, because of a major disaster as determined by the President, to meet the occupancy requirements set by [the URA]." Accordingly, homeowner occupants and tenants displaced from their homes as a result of the identified disaster and who would have otherwise been displaced, as a direct result of any acquisition, rehabilitation, or demolition of real property for a federally funded program or project, may become eligible for a replacement housing payment, notwithstanding their inability to meet occupancy requirements prescribed in the URA.
Grantees that received a CDBG-DR grant for a major disaster in 2015, 2016, or 2017 under Public Laws 114-113, 114-223, 114-254, or 115-31, and a CDBG-DR grant for a 2017, 2018, or 2019 major disaster under Public Laws 115-56, 115-123, 115-254, or 116-20 are subject to different alternative requirements with respect to protections afforded to tenants and homeowners under Section 414 of the Stafford Act.
To avoid the administrative burden of implementing two different URA alternative requirements, HUD is authorizing grantees under Public Laws 114-113, 114-223, 114-254, and 115-31 that also received a CDBG-DR grant under Public Law 115-56, 115-123, 115-254, or 116-20 to either: (a) Continue to follow Section 414 of the Stafford Act (or any grantee-specific alternative requirement previously authorized by HUD) for its Public Laws 114-113, 114-223, 114-254, and 115-31 CDBG-DR grants; or (b) follow the waiver and alternative requirement described in the following paragraph for its Public Laws 114-113, 114-223, 114-254, and 115-31 CDBG-DR grants. The grantee's programs under the most recent Public Laws (Pub. L. 115-56, 115-123, 115-254, or 116-20) are already required to follow the waiver and alternative requirement defined below. If a grantee chooses to follow option (b) above then it must identify this approach in its policies and procedures related to that particular activity, and consistently apply that option for all displaced persons affected by that activity.
The waiver and alternative requirement is as follows: Section 414 of the Stafford Act (including its implementing regulation at 49 CFR 24.403(d)(1)), is waived to the extent that it would apply to real property acquisition, rehabilitation, or demolition of real property for a CDBG-DR funded project, undertaken by the grantee or subrecipient, commencing more than one (1) year after the Presidentially declared disaster, provided that the project was not planned, approved, or otherwise underway prior to the disaster. For purposes of this paragraph, a CDBG-DR funded project shall be determined to have commenced on the earliest of: (1) The date of an approved Release for Request of Funds (RROF) and certification, or (2) the date of completion of the site-specific review when a program utilizes tiered environmental reviews, or (3) the date of sign-off by the approving official when a project converts to exempt under 24 CFR 58.34(a)(12). The Secretary has the authority to waive provisions of the Stafford Act and its implementing regulations that the Secretary administers in connection with the obligation of CDBG-DR funds covered under this waiver and alternative requirement, or the grantees' use of these funds. The Department has determined that good cause exists for a waiver and that such waiver is not inconsistent with the overall purposes of title I of the HCDA. The waiver will simplify the administration of the disaster recovery process and reduce the administrative burden associated with the implementation of Stafford Act Section 414 requirements for projects commencing more than one (1) year after the date of the Presidentially declared disaster, considering the majority of such persons displaced by the disaster will have returned to their dwellings or found another place of permanent residence. This waiver does not apply with respect to persons that meet the occupancy requirements to receive a replacement housing payment under the URA nor does it apply to persons displaced or relocated temporarily by other HUD-funded programs or projects. Such persons' eligibility for relocation assistance and payments under the URA is not impacted by this waiver."
IV.C.3 Clarification on Procurement and Use of Subrecipients for State grantees only.
IV.C.4. Clarification on Acquisition of real property, flood, and other buyouts to include Wildfire-Impacted Grantees.
"37. Clarification of "Buyout" and "Real Property Acquisition" activities." Wildland fire risk areas may also be identified by the grantee as Disaster Risk Reduction areas eligible for a buyout to reduce risk from future wildfires. Grantees are encouraged to carry out property acquisitions as a means of acquiring contiguous parcels of land for uses compatible with wildland-urban interface management practices. Grantees are also encouraged to take actions to promote an increase in hazard insurance coverage in the wildland fire risk areas."
V. Duration of Funding
The 2018 and 2019 Appropriations Acts make the funds available for obligation by HUD until expended. This notice requires each grantee to expend 100 percent of its CDBG-DR grant on eligible activities within 6 years of HUD's obligation of funds under Public Laws 115-254 and 116-20 pursuant to an executed grant agreement. Furthermore, consistent with 31 U.S.C. 1555 and OMB Circular A-11, if the Secretary or the President determines that the purposes for which the appropriation has been made have been carried out and no disbursements have been made against the appropriation for two consecutive fiscal years, any remaining balance will be made unavailable for obligation or expenditure. In such case, the funds shall not be available for obligation or expenditure for any purpose after the account is closed.
VI. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance numbers for the disaster recovery grants under this notice are as follows: 14.228 for State CDBG grantees and 14.218 for Entitlement CDBG Grantees.
VII. Finding of No Significant Impact
A Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) with respect to the environment has been made in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 50, which implement section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). The FONSI is available for public inspection
Dated:
Secretary.
Appendix A--Detailed Methodology
Allocation of CDBG-DR Funds to Most Impacted and Distressed Areas Due to 2018 and 2019 Federally Declared Disasters
Background
The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-254) enacted on
"For an additional amount for "
Public Law 116-20 appropriated
"For an additional amount for "
"Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, up to
Most Impacted and Distressed Areas
As with prior CDBG-DR appropriations, HUD is not obligated to allocate funds for all major disasters occurring in the statutory timeframes. HUD is directed to use the funds "in the most impacted and distressed areas." HUD has implemented this directive by limiting CDBG-DR formula allocations to grantees with major disasters that meet three standards:
(1) Individual Assistance/Individual and Households Program (IHP) designation. HUD has limited allocations to those disasters where
(2) Concentrated damage. HUD has limited its estimate of serious unmet housing needs to counties and ZIP Codes with high levels of damage, collectively referred to as "most impacted areas." For this allocation, HUD is defining most impacted areas as either most impacted counties--counties exceeding
(3) Disasters meeting the most impacted threshold. Only 2018 and 2019 disasters that meet this requirement for most impacted damage are funded if one or more county or ZIP Code meets the thresholds above. Note that this allocation only includes disasters declared as of
For disasters that meet the most impacted threshold described above, the unmet need allocations are based on the following factors summed together:
(1) Repair estimates for seriously damaged owner-occupied units without insurance (with some exceptions) in most impacted areas after
(2) Repair estimates for seriously damaged rental units occupied by very low-income renters in most impacted areas;
(3) Repair and content loss estimates for small businesses with serious damage denied by SBA; and
(4) The estimated local cost share for Public Assistance Category C to G projects.
Methods for Estimating Serious Unmet Needs for Housing
The data HUD uses to calculate unmet needs for 2018 qualifying disasters come from the FEMA Individual Assistance program data on housing-unit damage as of
The core data on housing damage for both the unmet housing needs calculation and the concentrated damage are based on home inspection data for
Each of the
* Minor-Low: Less than
* Minor-High:
* Major-Low:
* Major-High:
* Severe: Greater than
When owner-occupied properties also have a personal property inspection or only have a personal property inspection, HUD reviews the personal property damage amounts such that if the personal property damage places the home into a higher need category over the real property assessment, the personal property amount is used as follows::
* Minor-Low: Less than
* Minor-High:
* Major-Low:
* Major-High:
* Severe: Greater than
To meet the statutory requirement of "most impacted" in this legislative language, homes are determined to have a high level of damage if they have damage of "major-low" or higher. That is, they have a
Furthermore, a homeowner with flooding outside the 1 percent risk flood hazard area is determined to have unmet needs if they reported damage and no flood insurance to cover that damage. For homeowners inside the 1 percent risk flood hazard area, homeowners without flood insurance with flood damage below the greater of national median or 120 percent of Area Median Income are determined to have unmet needs. For non-flood damage, homeowners without hazard insurance with incomes below the greater of national median or 120 percent of Area Median Income are included as having unmet needs.
* Minor-Low: Less than
* Minor-High:
* Major-Low:
* Major-High:
* Severe: Greater than
To meet the statutory requirement of "most impacted" for rental properties, homes are determined to have a high level of damage if they have damage of "major-low" or higher. That is, they have a
Furthermore, landlords are presumed to have adequate insurance coverage unless the unit is occupied by a renter with income less than the greater of the Federal poverty level or 50 percent of median income. Units occupied by a tenant with income less than the greater of the poverty level or 50 percent of median income are used to calculate likely unmet needs for affordable rental housing.
The average cost to fully repair a home for a specific disaster to code within each of the damage categories noted above is calculated using the median real property damage repair costs determined by the SBA for its disaster loan program for the subset of homes inspected by both SBA and
Minimum multipliers are not less than the 1st quarter median for all Individual Assistance (IA) eligible disasters combined in each disaster year at the time of the allocation calculation, and maximum multipliers are not more than the 4th quarter median for all IA eligible disasters combined in each disaster year with data available as of the allocation. Because SBA is inspecting for full repair costs, their estimate is presumed to reflect the full cost to repair the home, which is generally more than the
For each household determined to have unmet housing needs (as described above), their estimated average unmet housing need is equal to the average cost to fully repair a home to code less assistance from
Methods for Estimating Serious Unmet Economic Revitalization Needs
Based on SBA disaster loans to businesses using data for 2018 disasters from as of date
* Category 1: Real estate + content loss = below
* Category 2: Real estate + content loss =
* Category 3: Real estate + content loss =
* Category 4: Real estate + content loss =
* Category 5: Real estate + content loss =
For properties with real estate and content loss of
Methods for Estimating Unmet Infrastructure Needs
To calculate 2018 and 2019 unmet needs for infrastructure projects, HUD obtained
To calculate additional infrastructure unmet needs for 2017 disasters, HUD compares the change in FEMA Category C to G local match cost estimates between
Allocation Calculation
Once eligible entities are identified using the above criteria, the allocation to individual grantees represents their proportional share of the estimated unmet needs. For the formula allocation, HUD calculates total unmet recovery needs for eligible 2018 and 2019 disasters as the aggregate of:
* Serious unmet housing needs in most impacted counties;
* Serious unmet business needs; and
* Unmet infrastructure need.
Two jurisdictions have their unmet needs calculations adjusted due to unusual circumstances not covered in the standard methodology. First,
[FR Doc. 2020-01204 Filed 1-24-20;
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