Delegations of Authority for the Office of Housing-Federal Housing Administration (FHA); Redelegations of Authority Regarding Multifamily Housing Programs, 76091-76100 [2020-26224]

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 229 (Friday, November 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76091-76100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26224]


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HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No FR-6178-D-02]]


Delegations of Authority for the Office of Housing--Federal 
Housing Administration (FHA); Redelegations of Authority Regarding 
Multifamily Housing Programs

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of revocation and redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: On June 20, 2012, the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal 
Housing Commissioner published comprehensive redelegations of authority 
for the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs. Today's notice of 
redelegations of authority updates and amends the notice that was 
published on June 20, 2012. This notice reflects changes that have been 
made to the redelegations of authority regarding multifamily housing 
programs since the June 2012 Delegations. In general, these changes 
reflect the Multifamily for Tomorrow (MFT) Transformation, which has: 
Transitioned existing Multifamily Hubs and Program Centers into five 
(5) Multifamily Regional Centers and seven (7) Multifamily Satellite 
Offices. In addition, the MFT Transformation reorganized HUD 
Headquarters offices to expand the Office of Affordable Housing 
Preservation and rename it as the Office of Recapitalization; rename 
the Office of Multifamily Development as the Office of Multifamily 
Production; create a new Office of Field Support and Operations; and 
expand the Office of Asset Management to incorporate the Office of 
Housing Assistance and Grants Administration and the Office of Housing 
Assistance Contract Administration Oversight, and rename the expanded 
office the Office of Asset Management and Portfolio Oversight.

DATES: November 23, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey D. Little, Associate Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Office of Multifamily Housing Programs, Office 
of Housing, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW, Room 6112, Washington, DC 20410-8000, telephone 202-
402-5647. (This is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or 
speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the 
Federal Relay Service number at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Section I. Multifamily Housing Programs: Office of Housing Organization

A. Office of Multifamily Housing Programs--Headquarters

    In general, all Headquarters and field managers and staff of the 
Office of Multifamily Housing Programs report to the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Multifamily Housing Programs. In Headquarters, there are 
now four (4) major Multifamily Housing program offices. These offices 
and a general description of each appear below.
1. Office of Multifamily Production
    The Office of Multifamily Production develops and implements 
policies and guidelines for the loan origination aspects of Federal 
Housing Administration (FHA) multifamily housing mortgage insurance 
programs from pre-application to final endorsement of the mortgage 
note. The Office is responsible for Traditional Application Processing 
(TAP), Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP), and Section 542 Risk-
Sharing mortgage insurance policies and procedures. The Office of 
Multifamily Production staff provides technical guidance to the HUD/FHA 
multifamily housing field staff, the industry, and other Headquarters 
offices. The Office is headed by a Director and a Deputy Director.
2. Office of Asset Management and Portfolio Oversight
    The Office of Asset Management and Portfolio Oversight (OAMPO), 
which was formed from the merger of the Office of Asset Management, the 
Office of Housing Assistance and Grant Administration, and the Office 
of Housing Assistance Contract Administration Oversight, is primarily 
responsible for strategic planning, guidance, lender approval, and 
lender monitoring, and oversight of HUD's multifamily housing portfolio 
of project assets after final endorsement of the mortgage note and upon 
occupancy. The Office is headed by a Director and a Deputy Director.
a. Asset Management Functions
    OAMPO develops policy for, and oversees, field office asset 
management operations. OAMPO is responsible for oversight of regulated 
property ownership and management, routine mortgage servicing, default 
servicing, partial payment of claims, acquisition and/or disposition of 
loans and properties, lender approval and monitoring, the Flexible 
Subsidy Program, and management of properties where the Secretary is 
the owner (as a result of default and foreclosure) or mortgagee-in-
possession. OAMPO serves as Multifamily Housing's liaison with the Real 
Estate Assessment Center (REAC) and the Departmental Enforcement Center 
(DEC). In addition, OAMPO oversees field office and lender servicing 
activities for HUD-assisted and HUD-insured properties. By means of the 
Property Disposition Division in Fort Worth, OAMPO oversees and 
implements HUD's property disposition efforts through the foreclosure 
sale process, property management, relocation of tenants, and sale of 
HUD-owned properties. With respect to the disposition of properties 
under the originating authorities of the Office of Healthcare Programs, 
the Property Disposition Division will follow policies and procedures 
as may be established in guidance developed by the Office of Housing 
describing specific actions between the Office of Healthcare Programs 
and the Office of Multifamily Housing. The two offices must work 
together to decide which office is responsible for a particular 
function associated with such dispositions.
b. Housing Assistance and Grant Administration Functions
    Additionally, OAMPO is responsible for directing and overseeing 
housing assistance programs and housing production and development 
functions administered by the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs. 
OAMPO's programs include post-award implementation of project-based 
Section 8 housing assistance, Section 202 and Section 811 programs, the 
Emergency Capital Repair Grants program, Service Coordinators in 
Multifamily Housing Programs, the Assisted Living Conversion program, 
and Congregate Housing Services programs. OAMPO is also involved with 
other project-based assistance programs, including Rent Supplement, 
Rental Assistance Payments, Section 236 Rental Assistance Payments, 
Project Rental Assistance Contracts, and Senior Preservation Rental 
Assistance Contracts. In addition, the Office provides occupancy policy 
guidance and supports the Rental Housing Integrity Improvement 
Initiative and Enterprise Income Verification in connection with HUD 
efforts to reduce improper payments. With respect to competitive grant 
programs, OAMPO is solely responsible for Section 811 programs, the 
Emergency Capital Repair Grants program, Service Coordinators in 
Multifamily Housing Programs, with the exception of grants under 
Section 514, the Assisted Living Conversion program, and Congregate 
Housing Services programs. OAMPO is jointly responsible for competitive 
grant programs with respect to Section 202 and Section 514 programs, as 
such activities may be allocated among offices by the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary.
c. Housing Assistance Contract Administration Oversight Functions
    Furthermore, OAMPO is responsible for policies, procedures, 
guidelines, performance assessment, and technical and general 
compliance under the terms of the respective Annual Contributions 
Contracts for Section 8 Contract Administrators (CAs). This Section 8 
contract administration oversight ensures that properties continue to 
meet the Department's standards for providing decent, safe, and 
sanitary housing to low-income families. Additionally, OAMPO is 
responsible for assuring that the Department meets its financial 
obligations to owners, as specified in the various subsidy contracts, 
by ensuring availability of subsidy payments and overseeing ongoing 
funding of project-based assistance contracts.
3. Office of Recapitalization
    The Office of Recapitalization was originally established within 
the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs as the Office of Affordable 
Housing Preservation (OAHP), which primarily administered the Mark-to-
Market Program. OAHP was renamed the Office of Recapitalization (Recap) 
and expanded as part of the MFT Transformation to process financial 
transactions that recapitalize and preserve federally-assisted 
affordable housing units and thus ensure long-term physical and 
financial viability. Recap is responsible for developing policies and 
procedures and providing oversight for the programs administered by 
Recap. Recap is involved with project-based assistance programs, 
including converting Public Housing projects to the Section 8 platform 
via the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), Section 8 Project Based 
Rental Assistance, Rent Supplement, Rental Assistance Payments, Section 
236 Rental Assistance Payments, Project Rental Assistance Contracts, 
and Senior Preservation Rental Assistance Contracts. Recap is jointly 
responsible for competitive grant programs with respect to Section 202 
and Section 514 programs, as such activities may be allocated among the 
offices by the Deputy Assistant Secretary. The programs administered by 
Recap are described in Section II.D,

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Recapitalization, below. The Office is headed by a Director and a 
Deputy Director. Other leadership of the Office includes the Director 
of the Affordable Housing Transaction Division, the Director of the 
Closing and Post-Closing Division, the Director of the Recapitalization 
Program Administration Office (Division), and subordinate branch 
chiefs.
    Redelegations of authority to the Director and Deputy Director of 
the Office of Recapitalization and other Office of Recapitalization 
officials are set forth in Section IV of this notice.
4. Office of Field Support and Operations
    The Office of Field Support and Operations (OFSO) is a new office 
created from the MFT Transformation. OFSO is responsible for the field 
management and operations of multifamily programs in the five Regional 
Centers (Atlanta, Chicago, Fort Worth, New York, and San Francisco), 
and seven Satellite Offices (collectively ``the field''). The office 
provides oversight and direction at the field level in the execution of 
Multifamily goals as well as other departmental goals and initiatives.

B. Office of Multifamily Housing Programs--Field Office Structure

    The new field office organization now consists of twelve (12) 
offices, including five (5) Regional Centers and seven (7) Satellite 
Offices.
    The highest-ranking official in a Regional Center is the Regional 
Director. The immediate deputies of the Regional Director are the 
Production Division Director, Asset Management Division Directors, and 
the Operations Officer in the Regional Center and in the region's 
Satellite Office(s), the Satellite Office Asset Management Division 
Director/Satellite Office Coordinator. The Satellite Office Asset 
Management Division Director/Satellite Office Coordinator is both an 
Asset Management Division Director and the head of that Satellite 
Office. The chart below identifies each Regional Center, the Satellite 
Office(s) that report to it, and the geographic area served by the 
Regional Center and its respective Satellite Office(s). The MFT 
Transformation also includes initiatives that require Multifamily 
Housing Programs staff to perform duties outside their geographic 
jurisdictions identified in the chart below (``Workload Sharing'').

                                 MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROGRAMS REGIONAL STRUCTURE
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         Regional center                  Satellite office(s)                  Geographic area serviced
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Atlanta..........................  Jacksonville.....................  HUD Region IV: Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
                                                                       Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina,
                                                                       Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee,
                                                                       Virgin Islands.
Chicago..........................  Detroit, Minneapolis.............  HUD Region V: Ohio, Illinois, Indiana,
                                                                       Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin.
Fort Worth.......................  Kansas City......................  HUD Regions VI and VII: Arkansas, Iowa,
                                                                       Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska,
                                                                       New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas.
New York City....................  Boston, Baltimore................  HUD Regions I, II, and III: Connecticut,
                                                                       Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine,
                                                                       Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
                                                                       New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
                                                                       Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia.
San Francisco....................  Denver...........................  HUD Regions VIII, IX, and X: Alaska,
                                                                       Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii,
                                                                       Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota,
                                                                       Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington,
                                                                       Wyoming.
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    In summary, certain Multifamily Housing Programs officials in 
Regional Centers, Satellite Offices, and Headquarters, acting within 
the scope of their redelegated authorities and applicable law, have 
independent authority, through the delegation process, to make binding 
decisions on behalf of the Department. Production Division Directors, 
Asset Management Division Directors, and Satellite Office Asset 
Management Division Directors/Satellite Office Coordinators report to 
Regional Directors.

Section II. Multifamily Housing Programs--Functions

    The Office of Multifamily Housing Programs is charged with carrying 
out duties on behalf of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal 
Housing Commissioner, Chief of Staff for Housing, General Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Housing, and Associate General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing as they relate to multifamily programs set forth 
in HUD's governing legislation, as described in the Consolidated 
Delegation of Authority for the Office of Housing--Federal Housing 
Administration (FHA). This broad range of programs enables HUD, in 
concert with the private and public sectors, to provide safe, decent, 
and affordable multifamily housing to millions of American families. 
The programs include mortgage insurance, rental assistance programs, 
and programs to improve and preserve affordable housing. Under this 
delegation, the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, Chief of Staff for Housing, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing, and Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Housing redelegate broad program authority to the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Multifamily Housing Programs and to particular 
Multifamily Housing Programs officials in Headquarters and the field.
    Characterizing the authority that is being redelegated in broad or 
general terms in this Section II will enable the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Multifamily Housing Programs, Associate Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Multifamily Housing Programs, and Multifamily Housing 
Program Office Directors to perform all functions necessary to 
accomplish Multifamily Housing Programs tasks and objectives.
    Section II of this delegation sets forth functions in general 
terms, while the preamble provides insights into the nature of the work 
performed by officials with delegated authority under each category. 
The basic multifamily housing functions and a brief description of each 
are as follows:

A. General Authority

    This authority allows certain officials in the Office of 
Multifamily Housing Programs, designated in this notice, to sign any 
and all documents necessary to carry out business within their program 
and geographic jurisdictions, except for any authorities retained 
exclusively by the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, Chief of Staff for Housing, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing, and Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Housing, as described in the Consolidated Delegation of Authority 
for the Office of Housing--Federal Housing Administration (FHA). 
Designated field officials and their staffs are authorized to engage in 
Workload Sharing across regional lines when their

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staffs are performing production and/or asset management/portfolio 
oversight functions that are otherwise consistent with limitations 
established in these redelegations. In addition, this authority allows 
such officials, when considering a proposal, to waive, for good cause 
and with written justification, any directives that are not mandated by 
statute or regulation or reserved to Headquarters.

B. Multifamily Production

    This authority allows an official with delegated authority to make 
all necessary determinations that relate to the FHA-insured mortgage 
underwriting process and the risk-sharing programs, except as may be 
limited by internal controls. Essentially, this category of authority 
begins with a pre-application or application for mortgage insurance and 
ends with the Department's endorsement of an insured mortgage and 
related documentation. For all mortgage insurance programs, it 
includes, but is not limited to, such activities as determining the 
acceptability of project sites; issuing firm commitments for FHA 
insurance; issuing initial or final endorsements for FHA insurance; 
executing regulatory agreements; requiring corrective actions and 
escrow accounts as needed; and wherever applicable, overseeing the 
actions of HUD's program participants in connection with a project's 
development (e.g., authorizing a housing finance agency to process risk 
sharing loans or to conduct a subsidy layering review).

C. Asset Management and Portfolio Oversight

    Functions carried out under this category involve HUD's continuing 
relationship with a multifamily project after it has been added to the 
HUD portfolio through either FHA mortgage insurance, co-insurance, or 
risk-sharing programs; direct loan; capital advance or grant programs; 
other subsidy programs; and combinations thereof. Under this category, 
ongoing decision-making relates to an insured or subsidized project's 
occupancy, operations, and physical and financial condition from the 
time of occupancy through final disposition, including, but not limited 
to, prepayment, repayment of the loan or end of the subsidy contract, 
foreclosure, and/or termination of the subsidy contract. In addition, 
functions involve the renewal of Section 8 contracts and other project-
based assistance, and imposing sanctions upon project owners that, for 
example, violate the terms of their regulatory agreement and/or Section 
8 Housing Assistance Payments contract. Further, functions involve the 
oversight of use agreements and contractual restrictions, including 
consents to liens, approval of changes in ownership, amendment or 
release (in part or in full) of use agreements or contracts, and 
granting of other consent rights held by HUD. To the extent that these 
functions overlap authority delegated herein to Recap (for example, 
with respect to the RAD and Mark-to-Market (M2M) programs), the two 
offices must work together to decide which office is responsible for a 
particular function. Included in this category is oversight over 
housing assistance and competitive grant programs administered by the 
Office of Multifamily Housing Programs, except for the authority to 
issue a final Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) or to make grant 
awards. Competitive grant programs within the Office of Multifamily 
Housing typically include those for the Section 202 Supportive Housing 
for the Elderly Program, Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Program, 
Section 514 program, and the Multifamily Housing Service Coordinator 
Program. To the extent that functions with respect to the Section 202 
Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program and Section 514 program 
overlap authority delegated herein to Recap, the two offices must work 
together to decide which office is responsible for a particular 
function. In any given year, Congress may authorize additional or 
alternative programs. Office functions include developing the criteria 
for applications, rating and ranking applications, and executing grant 
agreements. Once a grant is awarded, functions include monitoring 
compliance with the grant agreement, terminating a grant for 
noncompliance, modifying a grant, and closing out a grant.
    Also included are contract administration and oversight. Functions 
in this area of contract administration and oversight involve 
activities related to the award of the Contract Administration 
Contracts (Annual Contribution Contracts), assessment and assignment of 
Section 8 contracts to Performance-Based Contract Administrators 
(PBCAs), evaluation of PBCA performance, provision of technical 
assistance to PBCAs, and prescription of any remedial actions needed to 
improve PBCA performance. Key functions also involve developing 
policies and procedures for field offices and coordinating efforts 
between the PBCAs and the local Multifamily Housing Programs field 
office staff; monitoring, evaluating, and providing technical guidance 
relative to field activities; assuring that PBCAs provide data needed 
to evaluate their performance and the status of contracts they 
administer; and coordinating audit activities associated with Section 8 
Contract Administration. Funding activities involve budget and funding 
responsibilities associated with various rental assistance programs, 
including both HUD and third-party administered contracts. Activities 
also include creating and approving administrative commitments for 
active contracts; determining funding levels; reserving the subsidy 
based on funding availability; and monitoring allotments versus annual 
appropriations, funding assignments versus allotments, reservations 
versus fund assignments, and actual reservations versus estimated 
activity. Additional functions include monitoring the timely payment of 
Section 8 housing assistance to PBCAs and project owners in 
collaboration with the accounting staff in the Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer. The funding area also works with the Department's 
budget and accounting organizations to generate budget authority 
estimates for the above-referenced subsidy programs, to develop 
procedures for funding and payment processes, and to integrate systems 
to support the data.
    Property disposition is also included in this category. Property 
disposition functions consist of foreclosure sales, post sales 
transaction oversight, tenant relocations, and property management. 
These functions include notifying an owner; hearing and deciding an 
owner's appeal to the foreclosure determination; deciding the terms of 
and directing a foreclosure sale; accepting a deed-in-lieu of 
foreclosure; managing HUD-owned and HUD-held properties; authorizing 
any work and related terms required by a project in advance of a sale; 
advertising a project for sale; approving disposition plans, sales 
documents, and purchasers; executing rental assistance contracts; and 
relocating residents as may be necessary.

D. Recapitalization

    Functions carried out under this category involve HUD efforts to 
preserve and recapitalize project-based affordable housing and HUD 
approvals informed by underwriting of refinancing transactions often 
involving a variety of public and private sector leverage and other 
financing sources. Functions primarily involve preservation of 
affordable housing through two main programs, the Mark-to-Market 
Program and the Rental Assistance Demonstration.

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    The Mark-to-Market Program preserves long-term affordability and 
availability of low-income rental multifamily housing properties by 
restructuring FHA-insured or formerly insured HUD-held mortgages for 
eligible multifamily housing projects. The Multifamily Assisted Housing 
Reform and Affordability Act of 1997, as amended (MAHRA) (42 U.S.C. 
1437f note) authorized a Mark-to-Market program designed to preserve 
low-income rental housing affordability while reducing the long-term 
costs of Federal rental assistance, including project-based assistance 
from HUD, for certain multifamily rental projects. The projects 
involved are projects with (1) HUD-insured or formerly insured HUD-held 
mortgages; and (2) contracts for project-based rental assistance from 
HUD, primarily through the Section 8 program, for which the average 
rents for assisted units exceed the market rents. The program 
objectives are to (1) preserve housing affordability while reducing the 
costs of project-based assistance, often by reducing project-based 
rents to market levels; (2) restructure the HUD-insured or formerly 
insured HUD-held mortgages so that the monthly payments on the 
resulting new (or modified) first mortgage can be supported by the 
adjusted rents; (3) reduce the costs of insurance claims; (4) ensure 
competent management of the project; and (5) ensure that projects are 
adequately capitalized to meet future capital improvement needs. The 
restructured project is subject to long-term use and affordability 
restrictions. The M2M program's predecessor program was the Portfolio 
Reengineering Demonstration Project (Demo) originally authorized in 
1996 and most recently in 1998 under title V of the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Pub. L. 105-65).
    Related to the M2M program and the Demo program functions are 
certain post-transaction reviews (Post M2M), which address the 
processing of an owner's request to extend the maturity date of a HUD-
held mortgage on, or to refinance or sell, or to sever excess land 
from, a property that previously received the benefits of a debt 
restructuring under the M2M program or the Demo program. Post M2M 
transactions may also include applications for debt assumption, 
modification, or forgiveness of M2M debt for a non-profit qualified by 
HUD as being eligible to receive such benefit. In addition, under the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), OAHP was 
charged with providing grants and loans (Green Retrofit Program Loans 
or GRP Loans) for energy retrofit and green investments in assisted 
housing projects (Green Retrofit Program or GRP) through the policies, 
procedures, contracts, and transactional infrastructure authorized for 
M2M. Functions include the administration of GRP Loans, including an 
owner's request to extend the maturity date or otherwise modify a GRP 
Loan, or when a property encumbered by a GRP Loan is being sold or 
refinanced.
    The Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) allows properties to be 
converted from their original regulatory platform to the Section 8 
project-based voucher program or the Section 8 project-based rental 
assistance program, which in turn allows a variety of financing tools 
to be applied to at-risk public and assisted housing in order to 
preserve the Nation's stock of deeply affordable rental housing, 
promote efficiency within and among HUD programs, and build strong, 
stable communities. RAD allows public housing agencies to leverage 
public and private debt and equity in order to reinvest in the public 
housing stock, and gives owners of multifamily housing properties with 
Rent Supplement (Rent Supp) project-based rental assistance contracts, 
Section 236 Rental Assistance Payments (RAP) project-based rental 
assistance contracts, Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation (Mod Rehab) 
project-based rental assistance contracts, Section 8 Moderate 
Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy (Mod Rehab SRO) project-based 
rental assistance contracts, and Section 202 project rental assistance 
contracts (Section 202 PRACs) the opportunity to enter into long-term 
project-based rental assistance contracts.
    Functions related to the RAD, M2M, and Post M2M activities also 
involve the oversight of RAD and M2M use agreements and contractual 
restrictions, including consents to additional liens, approval of 
changes in ownership, amendment or release of use agreements or 
contracts, and granting of other consent rights held by HUD.
    In addition to these two main programs, functions under this 
heading include the following additional programs: (1) The Section 236 
program, under which Recap processes Section 236 preservation 
transactions in order to recapitalize and/or maintain the affordability 
of Section 236 projects through refinancing, tax credits, or other 
forms of assistance; (2) the Senior Preservation Rental Assistance 
Contract (SPRAC) program, under which new 20-year project-based rental 
assistance contracts are entered into that prevent displacement of 
income-eligible elderly residents who reside in Section 202 Direct Loan 
projects with original interest rates of six (6) percent or less in the 
case of refinancing or recapitalization of the project; (3) pre-1974 
Section 202 Housing for the Elderly preservation activities, which 
coordinate the issuance of Section 8 tenant protection vouchers upon 
prepayment or maturity of the Section 202 Direct Loan and the project-
basing of such Section 8 rental assistance, either alone or in 
conjunction with a SPRAC in order to prevent displacement of income-
eligible elderly residents who reside in Section 202 Direct Loan 
projects; and (4) oversight of the Section 202 Supportive Housing for 
the Elderly and the Section 514 competitive grant programs administered 
by the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs.

E. Program Demonstrations

    Periodically, Congress will enact legislation that authorizes HUD 
to conduct a multifamily housing program on a demonstration basis. The 
purpose of a demonstration is essentially to test the viability of a 
new program on a limited basis, for example, by geography, case volume, 
or time. Functions related to demonstration programs include developing 
program criteria, implementing the program, monitoring activities and 
results, preparing any required reports to Congress, and closing out 
the program.

F. Coinsurance

    In 1990, HUD stopped accepting new applications for multifamily 
housing coinsurance. However, HUD still carries out multifamily housing 
coinsurance program functions related to the existing inventory, which 
include any and all actions necessary to carry out the program 
authorized under 12 U.S.C. 1715z-9. Functions also include authorizing 
second mortgage documents in partial payment-of-claims cases, as well 
as approving requests for the conversion of coinsurance to full 
mortgage insurance.

G. Portfolio Reengineering

    Although all cases under the Portfolio Reengineering Demonstration 
Project (Demo) program have been closed, there are ongoing asset 
management functions related to this portfolio of projects.

H. Limited Denials of Participation and Other Available Remedies

    A participant, contractor, or affiliate, other than a mortgagee, 
who fails to

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comply with HUD program regulations, rules, and/or procedures can be 
denied the right to participate in a HUD program or programs. 
Procedures governing the nature and scope of proceedings for the 
issuance of a limited denial of participation are set forth in 2 CFR 
part 2424, subpart J. Only certain officials may issue such limited 
denials of participation pursuant to the process in the regulations. 
The issuance of a limited denial of participation does not preclude HUD 
from initiating additional administrative action (see, e.g., 31 U.S.C. 
3081 et seq.; 2 CFR part 180, 2 CFR 2424.10 et seq., 24 CFR part 25, 24 
CFR part 30, 24 CFR part 200, subpart Y) or referring a matter to the 
U.S. Department of Justice for civil or criminal enforcement.

Section III. Multifamily Housing Programs--Authority Redelegated

    As provided in this Section III, the Assistant Secretary for 
Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner, Chief of Staff for Housing, 
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing, and Associate General 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing retain and redelegate the power 
and authority (1) to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily 
Housing Programs; (2) through the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Multifamily Housing Programs to the Headquarters Multifamily Program 
Office Directors listed below; and (3) through the Headquarters 
Multifamily Program Office Directors to the Headquarters and field 
Office officials listed below, the following power and authority, as 
derived from Consolidated Delegation of Authority for the Office of 
Housing--Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

A. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily Housing Programs

    Authority is redelegated, on a nationwide basis, to take all 
actions necessary to conduct all multifamily housing programs, 
including, but not limited to, the exercise of the following functions:
    (1) The general power to modify and sign any documents necessary to 
perform enumerated functions and to waive any directive that is not 
mandated by a statute or regulation;
    (2) All production functions related to mortgage insurance, grants, 
risk-sharing, or other multifamily programs;
    (3) All recapitalization and asset management and portfolio 
oversight functions related to mortgage insurance, loans, capital 
advances, or grants, or other programs, including, but not limited to, 
functions related to Section 8 contract administration and funding, and 
the renewal of Section 8 contracts and other project-based assistance;
    (4) All functions necessary to carry out a competitive grant 
program;
    (5) All functions necessary to carry out a program conducted on a 
demonstration basis;
    (6) All functions necessary to carry out the Rental Assistance 
Demonstration, Mark-to-Market Program, Green Retrofit Program, and 
Portfolio Reengineering Demonstration Program;
    (7) All property disposition functions;
    (8) All functions necessary to the conduct of the Multifamily 
coinsurance program;
    (9) All functions necessary to the conduct of Section 8 contract 
administration oversight/funding;
    (10) All functions necessary to carry out the Self-Help Housing 
Property Disposition Program;
    (11) Authority to issue limited denials of participation; and,
    (12) All source selection official functions.

B. Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily Housing 
Programs

    All authority delegated to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Multifamily Housing Programs under this notice is redelegated to the 
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily Housing Programs 
in the absence or unavailability of the Deputy Assistant Secretary. 
Further, all authority delegated to the Deputy Assistant Secretary is 
redelegated to the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary in those 
instances where managers and staff of the Office of Multifamily Housing 
Programs are designated by the Deputy Assistant Secretary to report 
through the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary. The authority being 
redelegated in this subsection is a broad and general authority to take 
all actions and to perform all functions necessary to conduct all 
multifamily housing programs on a nationwide basis, including, without 
limitation, to facilitate Workload Sharing when field staff is required 
to perform duties outside their geographic jurisdiction, and further, 
including, without limitation, the authority to redelegate, or withdraw 
from, any authority delegated under this notice.

C. Director and Deputy Director, Office of Multifamily Production

    Authority is redelegated, on a nationwide basis, to take all 
actions necessary to conduct all multifamily housing programs in 
relation to the following functions:
    (1) The general power to sign any documents necessary to perform 
enumerated functions and to waive any directive that is not mandated by 
a statute or regulation;
    (2) All production functions related to mortgage insurance or risk-
sharing programs; and
    (3) All functions necessary to carry out a program conducted on a 
demonstration basis.
    D. Director and Deputy Director, Office of Asset Management and 
Portfolio Oversight
    Authority is redelegated, on a nationwide basis, to take all 
actions necessary to conduct all multifamily housing programs in 
relation to the following functions:
    (1) The general power to sign any documents necessary to perform 
enumerated functions and to waive any directive that is not mandated by 
a statute or regulation;
    (2) All asset management and portfolio oversight functions related 
to mortgage insurance, loans, capital advances, or grants or other 
programs, including, but not limited to, functions related to Section 8 
contract administration and funding, the renewal of Section 8 contracts 
and other project-based assistance, the transfer of Section 8 budget 
authority and/or use agreements from one site to another (e.g., 
pursuant to Section 8bb), and all matters related to Flexible Subsidy 
Loans;
    (3) All functions necessary to carry out competitive grant 
programs;
    (4) All functions necessary to carry out a program conducted on a 
demonstration basis;
    (5) All property disposition functions;
    (6) All functions necessary to conduct the multifamily coinsurance 
program; and
    (7) Authority to issue limited denials of participation.
    The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily Housing Programs, 
through the Director of the Office of Asset Management and Portfolio 
Oversight further redelegate to the Director of the Field Asset 
Management and Program Administration Division all powers and 
authorities to execute any documents necessary to perform enumerated 
functions related to the modification or release (in part or in full) 
of regulatory agreement(s) and use agreement(s) for multifamily housing 
projects and programs.

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E. All Regional Directors, Operations Officers, Production Division 
Directors, Asset Management Division Directors, and Satellite Office 
Asset Management Division Directors/Satellite Office Coordinators

    The authority redelegated authorizes these officials to take all 
actions necessary to the conduct of all multifamily housing programs, 
not including the property disposition program, coinsurance program, 
and M2M, Demo, and Green Retrofit programs. With respect to the M2M, 
Demo, and Green Retrofit programs, the authority redelegated authorizes 
these officials to take all actions with respect to an M2M, Demo, or 
Green Retrofit Program use agreement, loan, or mortgage modification, 
partial release of security or HUD consent required pursuant to an M2M, 
Demo, or Green Retrofit transaction document provided that such 
authority is delegated to such officials by administrative guidance 
issued from time to time by the Deputy Assistant Secretary or which is 
consistent with a memorandum issued by the Office of Recapitalization. 
The authority is further limited in that it may be exercised only 
within each official's authorized geographic jurisdiction. Accordingly, 
the Regional Directors, Operations Officers, Production Division 
Directors, Asset Management Division Directors, and Satellite Office 
Asset Management Division Directors/Satellite Office Coordinators may 
exercise the functions enumerated herein with the full geographic 
jurisdiction of their respective Regional Center, which include all 
Satellite Office areas under their respective jurisdictions. Designated 
officials and their staffs are also authorized to engage in Workload 
Sharing with other jurisdictions when their staffs are performing 
production and/or asset management/portfolio oversight functions that 
are otherwise consistent with limitations established in these 
redelegations. The authority redelegated permits the exercise of the 
following functions:
    (1) Except as specifically stated otherwise in this notice or 
administrative guidance, the general power to modify and sign any 
documents necessary to perform functions enumerated herein and to waive 
any directive that is not mandated by statute or regulation or reserved 
to Headquarters;
    (2) All production functions related to mortgage insurance, grants, 
or other multifamily housing insurance programs, except as follows:
    (a) Operations Officers cannot issue a conditional or firm 
commitment or endorse FHA notes for insurance;
    (b) Production Division Directors, Asset Management Division 
Directors and Satellite Office Asset Management Division Directors/
Satellite Office Coordinators (each a ``Field Division Director'') 
cannot issue a conditional or firm commitment for mortgage insurance 
where the principal amount of the mortgage is in excess of $15 million. 
The Regional Director can issue a firm commitment for mortgage 
insurance without any limitation related to the principal amount of the 
mortgage, but such loans may be subject to departmental controls or 
other required approval(s) before either an application invitation 
letter or a firm commitment can be issued, depending on program type, 
project size, loan size, and real estate risk.
    (3) The Regional Director may redelegate (and subsequently 
withdraw), for good cause and with written justification, any authority 
that may be delegated to a Field Division Director to any Branch Chief 
within his or her geographic jurisdiction, except that the authority to 
issue or reissue FHA firm mortgage insurance commitments is limited to 
no greater than $5 million, and authority to sign firm commitment 
amendments for commitments greater than $5 million is limited to 
amendments that do not increase the mortgage amount. Redelegations 
granted for a limited time period must state either (1) the specific 
dates or (2) the length of time the redelegated authority will be in 
effect. Redelegations granted on a case-by-case basis must identify the 
project, activity, or undertaking involved;
    (4) All asset management functions related to mortgage insurance, 
loans, grants, or other programs, except as follows:
    (a) Regional Directors, Operations Officers, Production Division 
Directors, Asset Management Division Directors and Satellite Office 
Asset Management Division Directors/Satellite Office Coordinators 
cannot perform the following functions: (i) authorize the acceleration 
of the principal debt of a mortgage; (ii) terminate a rent supplement 
contract or rental assistance contract; (iii) declare a default under 
an interest reduction payment contract; (iv) authorize a partial 
payment of claim; (v) authorize a loan or mortgage modification, except 
a loan or mortgage modification (1) under M2M, Demo, or with respect to 
a GRP Loan, including a partial release of security under those 
programs, which is consistent with a memorandum to be issued by the 
Office of Recapitalization, or in a manner determined by administrative 
guidance issued from time to time by the Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
(2)to process an interest rate reduction in accordance with existing or 
subsequent guidance, or (3) that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Multifamily Housing Programs may authorize from time to time through 
the issuance of administrative guidance; (vi) authorize the override of 
a mortgage lockout provision; or (vii) authorize a prepayment of a HUD-
insured or HUD-held mortgage, or voluntary termination of mortgage 
insurance; except as provided in (v) above or unless specifically 
authorized to do so by an express redelegation of authority from the 
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner, the 
Chief of Staff for Housing, General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Housing, or Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing 
setting forth any affected programs and terms and conditions applicable 
thereto.
    (b) Operations Officers and Production Division Directors cannot 
issue (i) a notice of violation under the terms of a regulatory 
agreement; (ii) a notice of default under the terms of a Section 8 
housing assistance payments contract; (iii) an approval of a partial 
release of security; or (iv) an approval of a release from a residual 
receipts account.
    (5) All functions necessary to carry out competitive capital 
advance programs;
    (6) All functions necessary to carry out a program conducted on a 
demonstration basis;
    (7) Authority to issue limited denials of participation; and
    (8) Regional Directors and Satellite Office Asset Management 
Division Directors/Satellite Office Coordinators are authorized to 
carry out all source selection official functions for field office-
based procurements, provided that the contract amount is less than $10 
million.

F. Director of OAMPO Property Disposition Division Only

    Authority is redelegated to the Director of Property Disposition 
Division, on a nationwide basis, to take all actions and perform all 
functions, including signing any documents in furtherance thereof and 
issuing waivers of directives not mandated by statute or regulation, 
necessary to conduct the multifamily and healthcare property 
disposition program. For the healthcare property program, this 
authority must be exercised in accordance with guidance established 
between the Office

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of Healthcare Programs and the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs.

Section IV. Office of Recapitalization--Authority Redelegated

    A. The Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, Chief of Staff for Housing, General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing, and Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Housing redelegate to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Multifamily Housing Programs and the Director and Deputy Director of 
the Office of Recapitalization the following authority:
    (1) All authority necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
Mark-to-Market Program under MAHRA, the Demo Program, the Green 
Retrofit Program, and Post M2M activities, including shared authority 
with OAMPO for the sale or disposition of M2M loans, Demo loans, and 
GRP Loans, and for the full or partial release or amendment of use 
restrictions associated with M2M, Demo and GRP Loans. The two offices 
must work together to decide which office is responsible for a 
particular function associated with such sales, dispositions, or use 
agreement modifications. The foregoing authorities do not include the 
authority to issue and/or waive regulations and to sue and be sued.
    (2) All asset management functions associated with (i) Section 236 
preservation transactions; (ii) the deferral and subordination of the 
repayment of Operating Assistance Flexible Subsidy Loans and prepayment 
of Section 236 mortgages (including FHA-insured, non-insured, and HUD-
held mortgages), and (iii) other HUD approvals related to Section 236 
preservation transactions, including, but not limited to, the following 
powers and authorities: To process and sign any documents necessary to 
fulfill the functions associated with Section 236 preservation 
transactions, including, but not limited to, the following: 
Prepayments; Interest Reduction Payment (IRP) decouplings and re-
decouplings; excess income requirements; modifications to Emergency 
Low-Income Housing Preservation Act (ELIHPA) and Low-Income Housing 
Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act (LIHPRHA) use 
agreements(s); Rent Supplement and Section 236 Rental Assistance 
Payment contract extensions; unit conversion requests; allowance of 
nonprofit sales proceeds and distributions; and other related approvals 
or denials.
    (3) To administer all aspects of the Rental Assistance 
Demonstration (RAD), including, but not limited to, the review of 
Financing Plans and Conversion Plans, issuance of and amendments to RAD 
Conversion Commitments (RCCs) and conditional approval letters, 
amendments to or reissuances of Commitments to enter into Housing 
Assistance Payments Contracts (CHAPs), multi-phase awards or portfolio 
awards, execution of RAD conversion transaction documents, and 
implementation of closings and post-closing activities, with the 
exception of releases of public housing related Declarations of Trust 
or Declarations of Restrictive Covenants, which are retained by the 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing and as redelegated 
under Public Housing delegations of authority, and with the exception 
of waivers of public housing, Section 8 Project-Based Voucher and/or 
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance regulations, which are 
retained by the Assistant Secretary for Housing and/or the Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, as applicable.
    To carry out all functions related to RAD use agreements and 
contractual restrictions, including consents to liens, approval of 
changes in ownership, amendment or release of use agreements or 
contracts, and granting of other consent rights held by HUD. To the 
extent that these RAD functions overlap authority delegated to OAMPO, 
the two offices must work together to decide which office is 
responsible for a particular function.
    (4) To execute new project-based rental assistance (PBRA) HAP 
contracts associated with RAD conversions, including for public housing 
properties converting under RAD Component 1 and for Rent Supp/RAP, Mod 
Rehab, Mod Rehab SRO and Section 202 Capital Advance developments with 
Project Rental Assistance Contracts (202 PRACs), converting under 
Component 2, and any forthcoming legacy programs for which Congress may 
create a RAD conversion option. To the extent that these RAD functions 
overlap authority delegated to OAMPO, the two offices must work 
together to decide which office is responsible for a particular 
function.
    (5) To release documents related to Section 202 Capital Advance 
developments with Project Rental Assistance Contracts (202 PRACs), 
including capital advances and use agreements, to facilitate the 
execution of new agreements and covenants required for 202 PRAC 
conversions to RAD.
    (6) To administer all aspects of the Senior Preservation Rental 
Assistance Contract (SPRAC) program, including, but not limited to, the 
review of submissions requesting SPRAC rental assistance, issuance of 
conditional and final approval letters, execution of SPRAC transaction 
documents, and implementation of closings and post-closing activities.
    (7) To administer preservation activities with respect to Pre-1974 
Section 202 Housing for the Elderly properties, including, but not 
limited to, review of submissions related to prepayment of the Section 
202 Direct Loan, coordination with the Office of Public and Indian 
Housing regarding the issuance of Section 8 tenant protection vouchers 
upon prepayment or maturity of the Section 202 Direct Loan and the 
project-basing of such Section 8 rental assistance, execution of 
transaction documents, and implementation of closing and post-closing 
activities.
    (8) All functions necessary to carry out competitive grant programs 
pursuant to the Section 202 Capital Advance program and the Section 514 
Tenant Organizing and Education program (including developing the 
criteria for applications, rating and ranking applications, executing 
grant agreements, and executing associated project rental assistance 
contracts), except for the authority to issue a final NOFA or to make 
grant awards. To the extent the implementation and oversight of the 
Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly and the Section 514 
functions overlap authority delegated herein to the Office of Asset 
Management and Portfolio Oversight, the two offices must work together 
to decide which office is responsible for a particular function.
    (9) All functions necessary to carry out a program conducted on a 
demonstration basis.
    B. The foregoing redelegations to the Director and Deputy Director 
of the Office of Recapitalization include, without limitation, the 
following authority:
    (1) To modify and sign any documents necessary to perform 
enumerated functions and to waive any directive that is not mandated by 
a statute or regulation.
    (2) To administer all provisions of MAHRA, including, but not 
limited to, the following:
    (a) To make eligibility determinations under sections 512 and 516 
of MAHRA;
    (b) To enter into, modify, and/or extend agreements with 
participating administrative entities under section 513 of MAHRA;
    (c) In connection with a restructuring transaction, to make rent 
and/or mortgage restructuring determinations under sections 514, 515, 
517, and 524 of MAHRA; and

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    (d) To terminate, modify, or affirm any decision on appeal under 
MAHRA.
    (3) In connection with a restructuring transaction, to modify the 
principal balance, payments, interest rate, and amortization period and 
other terms of existing FHA-insured and HUD-held mortgages, including 
any HUD or Secretary-held subordinate debt encumbering or otherwise 
related to a project; and to issue restructuring commitments and 
closing documents relating to such debt.
    (4) To issue HUD forms 92264 and 92264A upon approval of a 
restructuring plan.
    (5) In connection with a restructuring transaction, to approve 
transfers of physical assets.
    (6) In connection with a transaction, to approve environmental 
assessment and compliance findings for related laws report, HUD form 
4128 or through the HUD Environmental Review Online System (HEROS).
    (7) To issue a commitment to insure and endorse for insurance a 
mortgage note given to refinance a HUD-insured or HUD-held mortgage, 
pursuant to sections 223(a)(7) or 223(f) of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715n), in accordance with protocol(s) established between 
the Office of Recapitalization and the Office of Multifamily 
Production.
    (8) For qualified nonprofit entities acquiring projects that are 
the subject of a restructuring transaction, to modify, assign, or 
forgive debt created in the restructuring.
    (9) To administer escrow accounts and modify the agreement 
established under the restructuring transaction for the purpose of 
addressing immediate and near-term rehabilitation needs of a project.
    (10) To perform all functions of a source selection official in 
relation to a procurement under the subject matter jurisdiction of the 
Office of Recapitalization, subject to laws, regulations, and HUD 
policies and procedures governing the procurement process.
    (11) To administer grant programs, other than selecting a grantee.
    (12) To extend the maturity date of and otherwise modify mortgage 
restructuring notes, contingent repayment notes, Demo notes, and notes 
evidencing GRP Loans, and approve, in connection with a project's sale 
or mortgage refinancing, the assumption, modification, and/or 
subordination of mortgage restructuring notes, contingent repayment 
notes or Demo notes, previously created during a debt restructuring 
transaction, and notes evidencing GRP Loans.
    (13) To administer all Section 236 prepayments and all processing 
pursuant to prepayments.
    (14) To administer all Rental Assistance Demonstration transactions 
processed by the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs.
    (15) To designate an official to review any appeal, conduct the 
conference, and issue the written decision in accordance with 24 CFR 
401.651.
    C. To the Affordable Housing Transaction Division Director and each 
Affordable Housing Transaction Branch Chief, through the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Multifamily Housing Programs and the Director 
and Deputy Director of the Office of Recapitalization, the following 
authority is delegated
    (1) To modify and sign any documents necessary to perform 
enumerated functions and to waive any directive issued by the Office of 
Recapitalization that is not mandated by a statute or regulation.
    (2) To administer the following provisions of MAHRA;
    (a) To make eligibility determinations under sections 512 and 516 
of MAHRA;
    (b) In connection with a restructuring transaction, to make rent 
and/or mortgage restructuring determinations under sections 514, 515, 
517, and 524; and
    (c) To reject or hear and decide any appeal made to the transaction 
branch responsible for M2M under and in accordance with 24 CFR 401.645 
or another permissible procedure.
    (3) In connection with a restructuring transaction, to modify the 
principal balance, payments, interest rate, and amortization period and 
other terms of existing FHA-insured and HUD-held mortgages, including 
any HUD or Secretary-held subordinate debt encumbering or otherwise 
related to a project; and to issue restructuring commitments and 
closing documents relating to such debt.
    (4) To issue HUD forms 92264 and 92264A upon approval of a 
restructuring plan.
    (5) In connection with a restructuring transaction, to approve 
transfers of physical assets.
    (6) In connection with a transaction, to approve environmental 
assessment and compliance findings for related laws report, HUD form 
4128 or through the HUD Environmental Review Online System (HEROS).
    (7) To issue a commitment to insure and endorse for insurance a 
mortgage note given to refinance a HUD-insured or HUD-held mortgage, 
pursuant to sections 223(a)(7) or 223(f) of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715n), in accordance with protocol(s) established between 
the Office of Recapitalization and the Office of Multifamily 
Production.
    (8) To modify and sign any documents necessary to perform 
enumerated functions related to the rehabilitation needs of a project 
that was the subject of a restructuring transaction.
    (9) To administer escrow accounts and modify the agreement 
established under the restructuring transaction, for the purpose of 
addressing immediate and near-term rehabilitation needs of a project.
    D. Authority to Redelegate within the Office of Recapitalization. 
The Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Recapitalization may 
further redelegate, or withdraw from, any authority delegated to them 
in this notice to any other Office of Recapitalization official.

Section V. Authority Excepted

    The authority redelegated in this notice does not include the 
authority to issue or to waive HUD regulations. The authority 
redelegated in this notice does not include the authority to sue or be 
sued.

Section VI. Further Redelegations

    Except as otherwise specified in this notice, the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary may redelegate, or withdraw from, any authority delegated to 
the Deputy Assistant Secretary under this notice to any Multifamily 
Housing Programs official. The Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Multifamily Housing Programs is authorized to redelegate authority to 
Regional Directors outside their geographic jurisdiction, as necessary, 
to facilitate Workload Sharing when field staff is required to perform 
duties outside their geographic jurisdiction, but otherwise consistent 
with the limitations established in this notice. The authority 
specified in Section III. A, item (10) (the Self-Help Housing Property 
Disposition Program) may not be further redelegated by the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Multifamily Housing Programs to other 
officials.
    A Regional Director may redelegate to, or withdraw from any 
official within his or her geographic jurisdiction and expanded 
geographic jurisdiction as authorized by the Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Multifamily Housing Programs, any authority delegated to the 
Regional Director under this notice except:
    (a) A Regional Director has limited authority to redelegate the 
authority to issue FHA conditional or firm mortgage insurance 
commitments, as set forth in

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Section III(D)(3) of these redelegations; and
    (b) a Regional Director may not further redelegate the authority 
which is delegated to Regional Directors, Asset Management Division 
Directors, and Satellite Office Asset Management Division Directors/
Satellite Office Coordinators to issue: (i) A notice of violation under 
the terms of a regulatory agreement; (ii) a notice of default under the 
terms of a Section 8 housing assistance payments contract; (iii) an 
approval of a partial release of security; or (iv) an approval of a 
release from a residual receipts account.
    Except as stated otherwise herein, the authority redelegated to 
Operations Officers, Production Division Directors, Asset Management 
Division Directors, and Satellite Office Asset Management Division 
Directors/Satellite Office Coordinators may not be further redelegated 
by those officials.

Section VII. Revocation of Delegations

    All prior redelegations of authority to the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary and other staff in the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs 
are hereby superseded. The Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal 
Housing Commissioner, Chief of Staff for Housing, General Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Housing, and Associate General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Housing may, at any time, revoke any of the authority 
redelegated in this notice. Notice of any revocation will be published 
in the Federal Register.

Section VIII. Ratification

    All actions previously taken before publication of this notice by 
the specified HUD officials consistent with the authorities described 
herein are ratified.

    Authority: Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).

Dana T. Wade,
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 2020-26224 Filed 11-25-20; 8:45 am]
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