Assessment of the Reasonable Revitalization Potential of Certain Public Housing Required by Law; Amendment to Timeframes

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On September 26, 1996, the Department published a notice which implements section 202 of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996. Section 202 requires PHAs to identify certain distressed public housing developments that will be required to be replaced with tenant-based assistance if they cannot be revitalized by any reasonable means. In that eventuality, households in occupancy would be offered tenant-based or project-based assistance and would be relocated--if sufficient housing will not be maintained, rehabilitated, or replaced on the current site--to other decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing which is, to the maximum extent practicable, housing of their choice. This notice amends the timeframes that the Department set in the September 26, 1996 notice for accomplishing the standards necessary for compliance with section 202. The timeframes are being amended because comments on the September 26, 1996 notice were due by November 25, 1996, and the Department wishes to (1) adequately respond to all comments and (2) give PHAs sufficient time to comply with the Section 202 requirements, including any revisions. PHAs should position themselves to re