Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4235-N-21]

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and

surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible

use to assist the homeless.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Johnston, room 7256, Department

of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC

20410; telephone (202) 708-1226; TDD number for the hearing- and

speech-impaired (202) 708-2565 (these telephone numbers are not toll-

free), or call the toll-free Title V information line at 1-800-927-

7588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and

section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42

U.S.C. 11411), as amended, HUD is publishing this notice to identify

Federal buildings

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and other real property that HUD has reviewed for suitability for use

to assist the homeless. The properties were reviewed using information

provided to HUD by Federal landholding agencies regarding unutilized

and underutilized buildings and real property controlled by such

agencies or by GSA regarding its inventory of excess or surplus Federal

property. This notice is also published in order to comply with the

December 12, 1988 Court Order in National Coalition for the Homeless v.

Veterans Administration, No. 88-2503-OG (D.D.C.).

Properties reviewed are listed in this Notice according to the

following categories: Suitable/available, suitable/unavailable,

suitable/to be excess, and unsuitable. The properties listed in the

three suitable categories have been reviewed by the landholding

agencies, and each agency has transmitted to HUD: (1) Its intention to

make the property available for use to assist the homeless, (2) its

intention to declare the property excess to the agency's needs, or (3)

a statement of the reasons that the property cannot be declared excess

or made available for use as facilities to assist the homeless.

Properties listed as suitable/available will be available

exclusively for homeless use for a period of 60 days from the date of

this Notice. Homeless assistance providers interested in any such

property should send a written expression of interest to HHS, addressed

to Brian Rooney, Division of Property Management, Program Support

Center, HHS, room 5B-41, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857; (301)

443-2265. (This is not a toll-free number.) HHS will mail to the

interested provider an application packet, which will include

instructions for completing the application. In order to maximize the

opportunity to utilize a suitable property, providers should submit

their written expressions of interest as soon as possible. For complete

details concerning the processing of applications, the reader is

encouraged to refer to the interim rule governing this program, 24 CFR

part 581.

For properties listed as suitable/to be excess, that property may,

if subsequently accepted as excess by GSA, be made available for use by

the homeless in accordance with applicable law, subject to screening

for other Federal use. At the appropriate time, HUD will publish the

property in a Notice showing it as either suitable/available or

suitable/unavailable.

For properties listed as suitable/unavailable, the landholding

agency has decided that the property cannot be declared excess or made

available for use to assist the homeless, and the property will not be

available.

Properties listed as unsuitable will not be made available for any

other purpose for 20 days from the date of this Notice. Homeless

assistance providers interested in a review by HUD of the determination

of unsuitability should call the toll free information line at 1-800-

927-7588 for detailed instructions or write a letter to Mark Johnston

at the address listed at the beginning of this notice. Included in the

request for review should be the property address (including zip code),

the date of publication in the Federal Register, the landholding

agency, and the property number.

For more information regarding particular properties identified in

this Notice (i.e., acreage, floor plan, existing sanitary facilities,

exact street address), providers should contact the appropriate

landholding agencies at the following addresses: GSA: Mr. Brian K.

Polly, Assistant Commissioner, General Services Administration, Office

of Property Disposal, 18th and F Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20405;

(202) 501-2059; NAVY: Mr. Charles C. Cocks, Department of the Navy,

Director, Real Estate Policy Division, Naval Facilities Engineering

Command, Code 241A, 200 Stovall Street, Alexandria, VA 22332-2300;

(703) 325-7342. (These are not toll-free numbers.)

Dated: September 11, 1997.

Fred Karnas, Jr.,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development.

TITLE V, FEDERAL SURPLUS PROPERTY PROGRAM FEDERAL REGISTER REPORT 09/

19/97

Suitable/Available Properties

Buildings (by State)

Virginia

Bldg. E26, Naval Base Norfolk

Norfolk VA

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779730042

Status: Excess

Comment: 21,654 sq. ft., 2-story, off-site use only

Bldg. X379, Naval Base Norfolk

Norfolk VA

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779730043

Status: Excess

Comment: 1138 sq. ft., most recent use--recycling facility, off-site

use only

Bldg. N27

Naval Base Norfolk

Norfolk VA

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779730046

Status: Excess

Comment: 5166 sq ft., most recent use--indoor playing courts, poor

condition, off-site use only

Bldg. 89

Naval Base Norfolk

Norfolk VA

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779730047

Status: Excess

Comment: 16,077 sq. ft., most recent use--office, poor condition,

off-site use only

Bldg. 138

Naval Base Norfolk

St. Juliens Creek Annex

Portsmouth , VA 23702-

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779730048

Status: Excess

Comment: 192 sq. ft., most recent use--storage, poor condition, off-

site use only

Bldg. 215

Naval Base Norfolk

St. Juliens Creek Annex

Portsmouth , VA 23702-

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779730049

Status: Excess

Comment: 1600 sq. ft., most recent use--storage, poor condition,

off-site use only

Bldg. 234

Naval Base Norfolk

St. Juliens Creek Annex

Portsmouth , VA 23702-

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779730050

Status: Excess

Comment: 1161 sq. ft., most recent use--office, poor condition, off-

site use only

Bldg. 248

Naval Base Norfolk

St. Juliens Creek Annex

Portsmouth , VA 23702-

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779730051

Status: Excess

Comment: 4858 sq. ft., most recent use--office, poor condition, off-

site use only

Bldg. 276

Naval Base Norfolk

St. Juliens Creek Annex

Portsmouth , VA 23702-

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779730052

Status: Excess

Comment: 81 sq. ft., most recent use--storage, poor condition, off-

site use only

Bldg. 194

Naval Base Norfolk

St. Juliens Creek Annex

Portsmouth , VA 23702-

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779730053

Status: Excess

Comment: 1580 sq. ft., most recent use--office, poor condition, off-

site use only

Suitable/Unavailable Properties

Buildings (by State)

Oregon

Gus Solomon U.S. Courthouse

620 SW Main Street

Portland Co: Multonomah OR 97205-

Landholding Agency: GSA

Property Number: 549730023

Status: Underutilized

Comment: 15,775 sq. ft., 7-story, does not meet Federal seismic

requirements,

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National Register of Historic Places, pending lease

GSA Number: 7-G-OR-724

[FR Doc. 97-24699 Filed 9-18-97; 8:45 am]

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