HUD Programmatic Part 50 Environmental Review for Indian Housing Block Grant, Indian Community Development Block Grant, Title VI Loan Guarantee Program, Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant, and Tribal HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing for soft costs (including administration, operations, maintenance, and planning), tenant based rental assistance, public and support services, and certain activities to assist homebuyers
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This HUD notice creates a programmatic Part 50 environmental review determination covering soft costs, tenant based rental assistance, public and supportive services, and homebuyer assistance activities for several Indian housing programs. Tribes and TDHEs can rely on this notice to document environmental compliance for the activities listed in Appendix A without requesting a separate HUD Part 58 environmental review. This reduces the administrative burden of environmental review for routine administrative, operations, maintenance, and planning activities. Activities not listed in Appendix A, or those involving physical impacts like rehabilitation or new construction, still require a separate environmental review.
Key Quotes
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“Tribes and TDHEs may rely upon this Notice to document compliance with environmental requirements and do not need to complete a HUD Part 58 environmental review.”
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“HUD is determining under Part 50 that these activities are not subject to further environmental review because they do not alter the physical environment”
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“Tribes and TDHEs must ensure that an environmental review is complete by HUD under Part 50, or the Tribe under Part 58, for any HUD funded activities not included in Appendix A.”
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