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A TRUE COPY CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE J . R . SMITH , CLERK (3) Decision. HUD will notify the applicant(s) of its decision on the appeal within 60 days of the date of HUD's receipt of the written appeal. HUD will reverse a decision only upon a showing by the applicant that HUD error caused the denial . (e) Consolidated plan certification. ( 1 ) In general. An applicant may appeal to HUD a jurisdiction 's refusal to provide a certification of consistency with the Consolidated Plan. (2) Procedure. The applicant must submit a written appeal with its application to HUD and send a copy of the appeal to the jurisdiction that denied the certification of consistency. The appeal must include, at a minimum: (i) A copy of the applicant's request to the jurisdiction for the certification of consistency with the Consolidated Plan ; (ii) A copy of the jurisdiction's response stating the reasons for denial, including the reasons the proposed project is not consistent with the jurisdiction's Consolidated Plan in accordance with 24 CFR 91 .500(c) ; and (iii) A statement of the reasons why the applicant believes its project is consistent with the jurisdiction's Consolidated Plan. (3) Jurisdiction response. The jurisdiction that refused to provide the certification of consistency with the jurisdiction's Consolidated Plan shall have 10 days after receipt of a copy of the appeal to submit a written explanation of the reasons originally given for refusing to provide the certification and a written rebuttal to any claims made by the applicant in the appeal . (4) HUD review. (i) HUD will issue its decision within 45 days of the date of HUD's receipt of the jurisdiction 's response. As part of its review, HUD will consider: (A) Whether the applicant submitted the request to the appropriate political jurisdiction; and (B ) The reasonableness of the jurisdiction's refusal to provide the certificate. (ii) If the jurisdiction did not provide written reasons for refusal, including the reasons why the project is not consistent with the jurisdiction's Consolidated Plan in its initial response to the applicant's request for a certification, HUD will find for the applicant without further inquiry or response from the political jurisdiction. Subpart D—Program Components and Eligible Costs § 578 .37 Program components and uses of assistance. (a) Continuum of Care funds may be used to pay for the eligible costs listed in §578 . 39 through §578 . 63 when used to establish and operate projects under five program components: permanent housing; transitional housing; supportive services only ; HMIS ; and, in some cases, homelessness prevention. Although grant funds may be used by recipients and subrecipients in all components for the eligible costs of contributing data to the HMIS designated by the Continuum of Care, only HMIS Leads may use grant funds for an HMIS component. Administrative costs are eligible for all components . All components are subject to the restrictions on combining funds for certain eligible activities in a single project found in §578 .87 (c) . The eligible program components are: ( 1 ) Permanent housing (PH). Permanent housing is community-based housing, the purpose of which is to provide housing without a designated length of stay. Grant funds may be used for acquisition, rehabilitation, new . construction, leasing, rental assistance, operating costs, and supportive services. PH includes :