rently certified workable program for community improvement, and (2) the locality must make a showing that there is a feasible method for the temporary relocation of the individuals and families displaced due to activities under an interim assistance program and must assure the Secretary that there are, or are being provided, sufficient units of decent, safe, and sanitary relocation housing in comparable areas at reasonable rents.

$ 500.8 Community renewal programs.

(a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants not exceeding two-thirds of the total cost of preparing a community renewal program including: (1) Identification of blighted or deteriorating areas in the community, (2) measurement of the nature and degree of blight and blighting factors in the areas, (3) determination of the financial, relocation and other resources needed to renew the areas, (4) identification of potential project areas and types of urban renewal action contemplated, and (5) scheduling of urban renewal activities.

(b) Application for financial assistance under this program may be made by a local public body authorized to perform the necessary planning work on Form HUD-6400, Application for Community Renewal Program Grant. The policies and procedures applicable to community renewal programs are set forth in the Community Renewal Program Handbook, RHA 7230.

§ 500.9 Applications; information.

(a) A local public agency (or a city, other municipality, or county in the case of a code enforcement, demolition grant, or interim assistance program) applying for financial assistance should submit its application and all related documents to the Regional Administrator in the appropriate HUD Regional Office. Application forms and other forms, procedures, policy statements, and materials issued by HUD for the use or guidance of local public agencies may be obtained through such offices.

(b) The Urban Renewal Handbook, which sets out policies and requirements for local public agencies, may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, U.8. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 and is available

(a) Purpose. This part sets forth criteria and procedures to be used in preliminary evaluation of applications for Federal loan and grant assistance to local public bodies and agencies for Neighborhood Development Programs, which are urban renewal undertakings and activities, in one or more urban renewal areas, that are planned and carried out on the basis of annual increments.

(b) Procedures. Submissions will first be reviewed against six prerequisites. If any of these prerequisites are not met, the application will be rejected. If the application appears to meet the prerequisites. it will be evaluated against the

point rated criteria and assigned a point rating. Then, depending upon the relative rating of the application among other such applications pending in the area office, the applicant may be asked to submit further application material, with supporting documentation so that a final decision on the grant may be reached. Such application material is subject to reviews to determine compliance of the application with basic eligibility and technical requirements. If an application does not receive a high enough point rating to qualify for funding as compared to other pending applications, or if the application cannot meet basic eligibility or technical requirements, the application and any supporting documents will be returned to the applicant with advice as to the areas of deficiency. Remedial action regarding the deficiencies must be undertaken before the proposal may be reconsidered. The provisions of these regulations do not apply to projects involving New Communities, or such other critical or innovative projects as the Assistant Secretary for Community Development may determine. The Department reserves the right to negotiate the modification of the scope of the proposed undertaking and/or the amount of financial assistance requested.

As used in the regulations in this part: (a) "Applicant" means a local public agency as defined under sec. 110(h) of the Housing Act of 1949; 63 Stat. 413, 421; 42 U.S.C. 1460 (h), which is applying for Federal Assistance under the Neighborhood Development Program.

(b) "City Demonstration Agency" means that agency which was required to be established under title I of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, 80 Stat. 1255, 42 U.S.C. 3301, to carry out a Model Cities program at the local level.

(c) "Locality" means the political jurisdiction or jurisdictions having general purpose government powers upon whose behalf the application for Federal assistance has been submitted.

(d) "Low and moderate income" means an income level which is less than the maximum income eligibility level for a family of four under either of the subsidized housing programs authorized by section 235 or 236 of the National Hous

ing Act, as amended, 82 Stat. 476, 477, 498, 12 U.S.C. 1715Z, 1715Z-1.

(e) "Low- and moderate-income housing" refers to housing with a fair market value that is equal to or less than the resultant of multiplying the section 235236 maximum income for a family of four, as established by the Secretary for the county in which the project is located, by a factor of 3. "Low- and moderateincome housing" also refers to housing with an annual rental equal to or less than one-third of such section 235-236 maximum income.

(f) "Model neighborhood" means that geographical area in which funds are being spent under a program authorized by title I of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, 80 Stat. 1255, 42 U.S.C. 3301.

(g) "NDP area" means the area or areas in which urban renewal project activities are taking place or are to take place under a neighborhood development program.

(h) "Renewal experience" means those renewal efforts and related relocation activities carried out under one or more urban renewal projects under sec. 110(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, 63 Stat. 413, 414; 42 U.S.C. 1450; or a Neighborhood Development Program as described in sections 131-134 of said Housing Act.

§ 511.4 Program prerequisites.

For the Neighborhood Development Program there are the following six prerequisites:

(a) Workable program. The presence of a certified or certifiable Workable Program pursuant to section 101(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, Public Law 81-171, 63 Stat. 413; U.S.C. 1451c. By "certifiable workable program" is meant a reasonable probability of certification or recertification based upon submitted materials and local progress towards meeting certification standards and conditions as indicated in HUD's Handbook for the Workable Program, RHA 7100.

(b) Local general plan. The presence of a local general plan, and conformance of the project thereto. A "local general plan" is defined as an official document or documents containing a land use plan, thoroughfare plan, community facilities plan, public improvement program, zoning ordinance and map, and subdivision regulations so interrelated that taken

together they serve as a comprehensive guide for the physical development of the locality as a whole. The plan must have been endorsed or adopted by the local governing body of the locality in which the NDP is proposed.

(c) Civil rights. Submission of acceptable assurances of compliance with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 88-352, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d and HUD title VI regulations 24 CFR Part I, 29 F.R. 16280 and with affirmative action plan requirements pursuant to Executive Order 11246, as amended, 30 F.R. 12319, and HUD regulations 24 CFR Part 130, 36 F.R. 20688.

(d) Relocation requirements (if applicable). (1) Submission of acceptable assurance of compliance with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, 84 Stat. 1894, 42 U.S.C. 4601, and;

(2) Absence of any known impediment to the applicant's ability to meet HUD relocation requirements and the applicant's and/or locality's ability to fulfill requirements for replacement housing. "Known impediment" refers to a practical inability to provide adequate relocation assistance and replacement housing, or a legal inability to comply with relocation-related provisions of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, 63 Stat. 413, 414; 42 U.S.C. 1450, et seq.

(e) A-95 coordination. Evidence that A-95 coordination is in process. The phrase "A-95 coordination" refers to the procedure involving review of applications by the appropriate agency designated under OMB Circular A-95.

(f) Housing component. Absence of any known barrier to an adequate or better rating on the Housing Production and Mortgage Credit Project Selection System (37 F.R. 203–9, January 7, 1972) for any subsidized housing required to meet the housing component for the program.

§ 511.6 Criteria for evaluating applications.

Criteria for evaluating applications are divided into the following major categories:

(a) Local effort and coordination; (b) Impact of area selected; (c) Program management capacity; (d) Local equal employment and entrepreneurial effort;

(e) Local need;

(f) Commitment of local, county, State, and Federal entities to project or program;

(g) Expansion of housing for low- and moderate-income families;

(h) Community development. The elements considered in each category are described in the following sections, and the method of assigning rating points to each element or category is set forth. Polnts are awarded to each element or category in the following manner unless otherwise specifically indicated: If a statement under a particular element or category applies specifically to the project application under consideration, the application is awarded the number of points assigned to that statement. If no statement applies, no points are awarded to the application for that element.

§ 511.8 Local effort and coordination. (The value of this category is the sum of the values of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.)

(a) Budget and capital improvement plan. All necessary project related public improvements, facilities, and services are identified in the appropriate local budgets and/or capital improvements plan, except those included in project costs

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(b) Model cities. The NDP area is in whole or in part a Model Neighborhood, and there exists a statement by the City Demonstration Agency Director that the activities for which funding is requested are consistent with the goals and objectives of the Model Neighborhood plan

Impact of area selected.

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§ 511.10 (The value of this category is the sum of the values of paragraphs (a) to (d) of this section.)

(a) Rehabilitation or addition of housing. Seventy-five percent of the existing substandard residential units in the NDP area will be rehabilitated, and 75 percent of the total units will be retained, or the project will add to the housing stock without displacement-7 "Substandard residential units" refer to those residential units which are out of compliance with the appropriate local housing and building codes.

(b) Redevelopment areas. The NDP area is in a designated redevelopment