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Title 24-Housing and Urban Development

on the results to be achieved when considering the amounts of funds sought, the persons to be benefitted, the degree and nature of the benefit, additional actions that may be necessary to fully resolve the need, previous actions the applicant may have taken to address that need, environmental considerations, and where appropriate, site selection standards.

(1) Program design criteria. (i) Supports comprehensive neighborhood stabilization and/or revitalization in low- and moderate-income areas, or conserves the housing supply for lowand moderate-income persons;

(ii) Provides housing opportunities for low- and moderate-income families and minorities on a regional basis; or implements a HUD-approved Housing Opportunity Plan;

(iii) Provides opportunities for spatial deconcentration within the locality of low- and moderate-income families and minorities;

(iv) Supports the expansion of housing for low- and moderate-income persons;

(v) Addresses a serious deficiency in a community's public facilities for the principal benefit of low- and moderateincome persons;

(iv) Provides for expanded economic opportunities for persons of low- and moderate-income in the form of permanent employment;

(vii) Benefits low- and moderateincome persons by removing slums or blighted conditions;

(viii) Implements a State growth or resource coordination plan;

(ix) Enhances a community's position as a regional center, economic development center, or growth center;

(x) Resolves a serious threat to the health or safety of low- and moderateincome persons;

(xi) Deals with the impact caused by other Federal actions or policies particularly on low- and moderate-income persons, and/or supports other Federal programs being undertaken in the community.

(2) Rating and ranking methods. This factor requires a two-step rating process. First, the potential of the proposed program of activities to achieve the results intended by each selected

criterion when considered in relation to other communities addressing the same criterion will be assessed and a numerical value assigned, based on the following:

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The results would have no impact........... The results would have minimal impact. The results would have a moderate impact.. The results would have a significant impact After each of the four criteria selected by an applicant has been rated and values assigned, the total is added (Program Impact Score Maximum is 32). Then, the actual points are determined by dividing each applicant's Program Impact Score by the highest Program Impact Score achieved by any applicant and multiplying the result by 400.

(f) Benefit to low- and moderateincome persons (200 points). All applicants will be ranked in terms of the percent of funds which will benefit low- and moderate-income persons. Individual scores will be obtained by dividing each applicant's percentage by the highest percentage achieved by any applicant and multiplying the results by 200. Costs of planning, management and administration will not be included in this computation. The appropriate median income amounts for low- and moderate-income will be supplied by HUD.

(g) Performance in housing and equal opportunity (150 points total)— (1) Housing efforts. Twenty points for each of the following criterion will be awarded to each applicant that can demonstrate outstanding performance

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(i) Providing housing for low- and moderate-income families located in a which provides choices for areas outside of minority housing and low-income concentrations;

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(ii) Dispersal, by race, in occupancy of its existing assisted housing;

(iii) Meeting its large family housing assistance needs in relation to that proportion of need;

(iv) Carrying out housing assistance goals from previous HAP(s);

(v) Enforcement of a Fair Housing Ordinance.

(2) Local equal employment and entrepreneurial efforts (50 points). (i) Twenty-five points will be awarded to

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§ 570.426 Applications for Comprehensive
Grants.

(a) Application requirements. The
application requirements contained in
§§ 570.303, 570.304, 570.305, 570.306
(excluding paragraph (a)(4)(i)), and
570.307 of Subpart D of this Part,
shall apply to applicants for Compre-
hensive Grants.

(b) Coordination with applications for CDBG Entitlement Grants. Where possible, HUD will use information submitted with a hold-harmless entitlement application, such as a Housing Assistance Plan which was prepared for a grant in the same fiscal year in which the Small Cities Grant is being sought. Communities that anticipate applying for a Small Cities Comprehensive Grant in addition to their hold-harmless entitlement, are encouraged to develop an overall strategy and comprehensive program that anticipates some additional funding, but which would lend itself to be segmented if the Small Cities request is not funded. Additional steps which could be taken to save time and effort would be to:

(1) Include the possibility of additional funding in the planning phase in such a manner that citizen participation requirements would have been met if and when a preapplication for a Small Cities Comprehensive Grant is submitted;

(2) Submit such proposals through a A-95 clearinghouse process with the annual hold-harmless entitlement application to eliminate the necessity of resubmitting such information if and when an application for a Small Cities Comprehensive Grant is submitted.

(c) Title VI compliance. All applicants, except those currently receiving a hold-harmless grant, will be required to submit, on a form prescribed by HUD, evidence of compliance with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The purpose of the evidence is to enable HUD to determine whether the benefits to be provided will be on a nondiscriminatory achieve the purposes of the program basis and will

for all persons, regardless of race, color, or national origin.

§ 570.427 Single purpose program general requirements.

(a) General. The Single Purpose Program will provide funds for one or more projects consisting of an activity or a set of activities designed to meet a specific community development need. Funds will be made available to address serious problems with housing needs or economic conditions which principally affect persons of low- and moderate-income or public facilities which affect the public health and safety.

(b) Projects. Applicants may seek funds within a single preapplication for more than one project, as long as the total grant request is within any grant ceilings and individual grant amounts that have been established. Each project will be rated separately. Grants requested, either by themselves or in combination with other stated funding sources, must be sufficient to complete the program.

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(c) Performance requirements. Communities which are currently carrying out or have carried out a metropolitan nonmetropolitan discretionary grant program must satisfy the performance criteria described in Section 570.423(c) before they may apply for another grant. Performance determinations will be made as of the date the preapplication is submitted to the Area Office.

§ 570.428 Selection system for Single Purpose Grants.

Preapplications will be rated and scored against each of the following eight factors. All points for each factor will be rounded to the nearest whole number. The maximum score possible is 875 points.

(a) Need-absolute number of poverty

persons.......

(b) Need-percent of poverty persons .....
(c) Need-absolute number of substan-
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(d) Need-percent of substandard hous-
ing units..

(e) Program factor:

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Preapplications from counties behalf of themselves, States in behalf of themselves or in behalf of counties, or joint preapplications in which a county is participating, will be scored separately with respect to the needs factors of § 570.428(a)–(d).

(a) Need-absolute number of poverty persons (100 points). All applicants will be ranked in terms of the absolute number of poverty persons below the poverty level according to the latest data from the Bureau of the Census. Individual scores will be obtained by dividing each applicant's absolute number of poverty persons by the greatest number of poverty persons of any applicant and multiplying the result by 100.

(b) Need-percent of poverty persons (50 points). All applicants will be ranked in terms of the percentage of their population below the poverty level according to the latest data from the Bureau of the Census. Individual scores will be obtained by dividing each applicant's percentage of poverty persons by the highest percentage of poverty persons of any applicant and multiplying the results by 50.

(c) Need-absolute housing need (30 points). All applicants will be ranked in terms of their absolute housing need, as identified in the latest data available from the Bureau of the Census. Need will be measured by the number of units which lack plumbing or are overcrowded. Individual scores will be obtained by dividing each applicant's absolute number of housing units which lack plumbing or are overcrowded by the highest amount of such housing units of any applicant and multiplying the results by 30.

(d) Need-percent of housing need (20 points). All applicants will be ranked in terms of their percent of housing need, as identified in the latest data available from the Bureau of the Census. Within nonmetropolitan areas, need will be measured by

the percent of units which lack plumbing or are overcrowded. Individual scores will be obtained by dividing each applicant's percentage of housing need by the highest percentage of housing need of any applicant and multiplying the results by 20.

(e) Program factor-impact of the proposed program (200 points). All applicants will be rated based on the impact of the proposed project will have on the need identified. The intent of this factor is to select among the projects which are proposed to address a similar problem area, those projects which will have the most significant impact. In assessing impact, consideration will be given to the amount of funds requested by the applicant, the results to be achieved, the extent and nature of benefit to lowand moderate-income persons, any additional actions that may be required, previous actions taken by the applicant, environmental concerns, site selection standards where appropriate, and the nature of the activity.

(1) Problem areas. The problem areas cited in the preapplication for which funds are being requested must be in one of the following three categories:

(i) Housing.

(ii) Deficiencies in public facilities which affect the public health and safety.

(iii) Economic conditions.

The applicant must explain how the project being proposed impacts on the problem area selected, and the needs of low- and moderate-income persons. Specific measurable terms should be used in this explanation.

(2) Rating method. All projects addressing the same problem area will be compared in terms of impact on the identified problem area, as follows:

The project would have no impact
The project would have minimal impact.
The project would have moderate
impact

The project would have substantial
impact

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(f) Benefit to low- and moderateincome persons (200 points). This factor will measure the benefit to lowand moderate-income persons. All applicants will be ranked in terms of the

percent of funds benefitting low- and moderate-income persons. Individual scores will be obtained by dividing each applicant's percentage by the highest percentage achieved by any applicant and multiplying the results by 200.

(g) Performance in housing and equal opportunity (150 points)—(1) Housing efforts (100 points). Twenty points for each of the following criterion will be awarded to each applicant that demonstrates outstanding performance in:

(i) Providing housing for low- and moderate-income families located in a manner which provides housing choices outside of areas of minority and low-income concentrations;

(ii) Dispersal, by race, in occupancy of its existing assisted housing;

(iii) Meeting its large family housing assistance needs in relation to that proportion of need;

(iv) Carrying out housing assistance goals from previous HAP(s);

(v) Enforcement of a Fair Housing Ordinance.

(2) Local equal employment and entrepreneurial efforts (50 points). (i) Twenty-five points will be awarded to any applicant that can demonstrate that the percentage of its contracts, based on dollar value, awarded within the past two years to minority owned, controlled, or managed businesses, is greater than the percentage of minorities residing within the county for nonmetropolitan applicants, or within the SMSA for metropolitan applicants.

(ii) Twenty-five points will be awarded to any applicant that can demonstrate that its percentage of minority employees is greater than the percentage of minorities within the county for nonmetropolitan applicants, or within the SMSA for metropolitan applicants.

(h) Other (125 points). (1) Twentyfive points will be awarded for each of the following criteria effectively addressed by a proposed program which:

(i) Enhances the community's position as a regional center, economic development center, or growth center;

(ii) Is consistent with and implements a State growth or resource coordination plan;

(iii) Deals with the impact of other Federal programs or policies on the community and/or supports another Federal program being undertaken in the community.

(2) Fifty points will be awarded if the applicant is a participating jurisdiction in a HUD-approved Housing Opportunity Plan (50 points). (i) Final ranking. The points received by each applicant on the eight rating factors will be totalled, and the preapplications ranked according to the final point totals. Invitations for full applications will be made based on this final ranking to the extent funds are available. HUD may invite additional applications on a standby basis in the event one of the applications from the higher-ranked applicant is not approved or additional funds become available.

§ 570.429 Preapplications for Single Purpose Grants.

(a) Submission requirements. Preapplications shall be submitted on HUD forms to the appropriate HUD Area Office and shall consist of the following:

(1) Standard Form 424, as prescribed by OMB Circular A-102.

(2) A program narrative statement which consists of the following:

(i) A brief description of the applicant's community development problems/needs to be served by the proposed activity(ies) and an identification of which of the three possible problem areas (housing, public facilities which affect the health or safety, or economic conditions) that the activity will address;

(ii) A description of the activity(ies) to be carried out with assistance under this Subpart and an estimate of the cost;

(iii) A statement describing the impact the activity will have on the identified problem;

(iv) A statement on the percent of funds requested that will benefit lowand moderate-income persons. The statement should indicate the total number of persons to be served and

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