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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
I. Public Participation
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II. Background
[Docket No. FR–6501–N–01]
Manufactured Housing Consensus
Committee (MHCC): Notice Inviting
Nominations of Individuals To Serve
on the Committee
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of request for
nominations to serve on the
Manufactured Housing Consensus
Committee.
AGENCY:
The Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD or the
Department) invites the public to
nominate individuals for appointment,
with the approval of the Secretary, to
the Manufactured Housing Consensus
Committee (MHCC), a Federal advisory
SUMMARY:
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committee established by the National
Manufactured Housing Construction
and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as
amended by the Manufactured Housing
Improvement Act of 2000. HUD will
make appointments from nominations
submitted in response to this Notice.
Also, individuals that applied earlier
this calendar year do not need to
reapply; pursuant to this notice those
applications are on file and may be
considered for future appointments.
Current MHCC members whose first
term ends on December 31, 2024, are
eligible for reappointment, but will need
to submit their nomination to be
considered.
DATES: The Department will accept
nominations until January 2, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Nominations must be
submitted through the following
website: https://mhcc.homeinnovation.
com/Application.aspx. Submitted
nominations must be addressed to:
Teresa B. Payne, Deputy Assistant
Secretary—Administrator, Office of
Manufactured Housing Programs,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, c/o Home Innovation
Research Labs; Attention: Kevin
Kauffman, 400 Prince Georges Blvd.,
Upper Marlboro, MD 20774.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Teresa B. Payne, Deputy Assistant
Secretary—Administrator, Office of
Manufactured Housing Programs,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room
9166, Washington, DC 20410; telephone
202–402–2698 (this is not a toll-free
number), email mhcc@hud.gov.
Individuals can dial 7–1–1 to access the
Telecommunications Relay Service
(TRS), which permits users to make
text-based calls, including Text
Telephone (TTY) and Speech to Speech
(STS) calls. Individuals who require an
alternative aid or service to
communicate effectively with HUD
should email the point of contact listed
above and provide a brief description of
their preferred method of
communication.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 604 of the Manufactured
Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (Pub.
L. 106–569) amended the National
Manufactured Housing Construction
and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 5401–5426) (the Act) to require
the establishment of the Manufactured
Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC),
a Federal advisory committee, to: (1)
provide periodic recommendations to
the Secretary to adopt, revise, and
interpret the manufactured housing
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construction and safety standards; and
(2) provide periodic recommendations
to the Secretary to adopt, revise, and
interpret the procedural and
enforcement manufactured housing
regulations. The Act authorizes the
Secretary to appoint a total of twentytwo members to the MHCC. Twenty-one
members have voting rights; the twentysecond member represents the Secretary
and is a non-voting position. Service on
the MHCC is voluntary. Travel and per
diem for meetings is provided in
accordance with Federal travel policy
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5703.
HUD encourages nominations from
highly qualified and motivated
individuals of diverse backgrounds,
interests, and experience, who meet the
requirements set forth in the Act to
serve as voting members of the MHCC
for up to two terms of three years each.
The MHCC expects to meet at least one
to two times annually. Meetings may
take place by conference call, virtually,
or in person. Members of the MHCC
undertake additional work
commitments on subcommittees and
task forces regarding issues under
deliberation.
Nominee Selection and Appointment
Members of the MHCC are appointed
to serve in one of three member
categories. Nominees will be appointed
to fill voting member vacancies in the
following categories:
1. Producers—Seven individuals from
producers or retailers of manufactured
housing.
2. Users—Seven individuals
representing consumer interests, such as
consumer organizations, recognized
consumer leaders, and owners who are
residents of manufactured homes.
3. General Interest and Public
Officials—Seven general interest and
public official members.
The Act provides that the Secretary
shall ensure that all interests directly
and materially affected by the work of
the MHCC have the opportunity for fair
and equitable participation without
dominance by any single interest. The
Secretary may reject the appointment of
any one or more individuals to ensure
that there is not dominance by any
single interest. For purposes of this
determination, dominance is defined as
a position or exercise of dominant
authority, leadership, or influence by
reason of superior leverage, strength, or
representation.
Additional requirements governing
appointment and member service
include:
(1) Nominees appointed to the User
category and three of the individuals
appointed to the General Interest and
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Public Official category shall not have a
significant financial interest in any
segment of the manufactured housing
industry or a significant relationship to
any person engaged in the manufactured
housing industry.
(2) Each member serving in the User
category shall be subject to a ban
disallowing compensation from the
manufactured housing industry during
the period of, and during the one year
following, his or her membership on the
MHCC.
(3) Nominees selected for
appointment to the MHCC shall be
required to provide disclosures and
certifications regarding conflict-ofinterest and eligibility for membership
prior to finalizing an appointment.
All selected nominees will be
required to submit certifications of
eligibility under the foregoing criteria,
as a prerequisite to final appointment.
Consensus Committee—Advisory Role
The MHCC’s role is solely to advise
the Secretary on the subject matter
described above.
Federal Advisory Committee Act
The MHCC is subject to the
requirements of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. ch. 10), 41 CFR
part 102–3 (the FACA Final Rule), and
to the Presidential Memorandum, dated
June 18, 2010, directing all heads of
executive departments and agencies not
to make any new appointments or
reappointments of federally registered
lobbyists to advisory committees and
other boards and commissions. The June
18, 2010, Presidential Memorandum
authorized the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to issue
guidance to implement this policy. On
August 13, 2014, OMB issued guidance
(79 FR 47482) regarding the prohibition
against appointing or re-appointing
federally registered lobbyists to clarify
that the ban applies to persons serving
on advisory committees, boards, and
commissions in their individual
capacity and does not apply if they are
specifically appointed to represent the
interests of a nongovernmental entity, a
recognizable group of persons or
nongovernmental entities (an industry
sector, labor unions, environmental
groups, etc.), or state or local
governments (79 FR 47482).
Term of Office
MHCC members serve at the
discretion of the Secretary or for a threeyear term, up to two terms.
Nominee Information
Individuals seeking nomination to the
MHCC should submit detailed
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information documenting their
qualifications as addressed in the Act
and this notice. In furtherance of
Executive Order 14035, Executive Order
on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and
Accessibility in the Federal Workforce
(E.O. 14035, 86 FR 34593), HUD seeks
for the MHCC to reflect the diversity of
stakeholders in the housing market. The
nomination website listed above,
therefore, contains questions to elicit
demographic information. Nominees
may briefly summarize why they want
to be a member of the MHCC and
include unique skills, knowledge, and
experiences that they would bring to
inform the work of the committee.
Individuals may nominate themselves.
HUD recommends that the application
for nomination be accompanied by a
resume.
Additional Information
The Department will make
appointments and reappointments from
nominations submitted in response to
this Notice. Also, individuals that
applied earlier this calendar year do not
need to reapply; pursuant to this notice
those applications are on file and may
be considered for future appointments.
Current MHCC members whose first
term ends on December 31, 2024, are
eligible for reappointment, but will need
to submit their nomination to be
considered.
To be considered for appointment to
a position of an MHCC member whose
term will expire in December of 2024 or
to fill any MHCC vacancy that currently
exists, the application must be
submitted by January 2, 2025.
Appointments will be made at the
discretion of the Secretary.
Julia R. Gordon,
Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal
Housing Commissioner.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–6493–N–01]
Section 8 Housing Assistance
Payments Program—Annual
Adjustment Factors, Fiscal Year 2025
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of fiscal year (FY) 2025
Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs).
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AGENCY:
The United States Housing
Act of 1937 requires that certain
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assistance contracts signed by owners
participating in the Department’s
Section 8 housing assistance payment
programs provide annual adjustments to
monthly rentals for units covered by the
contracts. For owners subject to a
Reserve for Replacement deposit
requirement, HUD also requires that the
amount of the required deposit be
adjusted each year by the AAF. This
notice announces FY 2025 AAFs for
adjustment of contract rents on the
anniversary of those assistance
contracts. The factors are based on a
formula using residential rent and
utility cost changes from the most recent
annual Bureau of Labor Statistics
Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey and
market rents from a total of six possible
private sector rent data sources. AAFs
continue to be based on the shelter and
gross rent inflation factors methodology
used in HUD’s Fair Market Rent
calculation that was adopted in FY
2024.
DATES: The FY 2025 AAFs are effective
December 3, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ryan Jones, Director, Management and
Operations Division, Office of Housing
Voucher Programs, Office of Public and
Indian Housing, 202–708–1380, for
questions relating to the Moderate
Rehabilitation programs (not the Single
Room Occupancy program); Norman A.
Suchar, Director, Office of Special
Needs Assistance Programs, Office of
Community Planning and Development,
202–402–5015, for questions regarding
the Single Room Occupancy (SRO)
Moderate Rehabilitation program;
Jennifer Larson, Director, Office of Asset
Management, Office of Multifamily
Housing, 202–402–7769, for questions
relating to all other Section 8 programs;
and Adam Bibler, Director, Program
Parameters and Research Division,
Office of Policy Development and
Research, 202–402–6057, for technical
information regarding the development
of the schedules for specific areas or the
methods used for calculating the AAFs.
The mailing address for these
individuals is: Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410. HUD
welcomes and is prepared to receive
calls from individuals who are deaf or
hard of hearing, as well as individuals
with speech or communication
disabilities. To learn more about how to
make an accessible telephone call,
please visit https://www.fcc.gov/
consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The AAFs
are applied at the anniversary of
Housing Assistance Payment (HAP)
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contracts for which rents are to be
adjusted using the AAF for those
calendar months commencing after the
effective date of this notice. The amount
that an owner is required to deposit to
the Reserve for Replacement account is
also adjusted annually by the most
recently published AAF, at the HAP
contract anniversary. AAFs are distinct
from, and do not apply to the same
properties as, Operating Cost
Adjustment Factors (OCAFs). OCAFs
are annual factors used to adjust rents
for project-based rental assistance
contracts issued under Section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 and
renewed under section 515 or section
524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing
Reform and Affordability Act of 1997
(MAHRA). HUD has published OCAFs
for 2024 in the Federal Register at 88 FR
83571. The AAFs are also distinct from
Renewal Funding Inflation Factors
which help determine renewal funding
for public housing agencies operating
the Housing Choice Voucher program. A
separate Federal Register notice, to be
published following the passage of FY
2025 HUD appropriations, will contain
the 2025 Renewal Funding Inflation
Factors.
Tables showing AAFs will be
available electronically from the HUD
data information page at https://
www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/
aaf.html.
I. Applying AAFs to Various Section 8
Programs
AAFs established by this notice are
used to adjust contract rents for units
assisted in certain Section 8 housing
assistance payment programs during the
initial (i.e., pre-renewal) term of the
HAP contract. There are two categories
of Section 8 programs that use the
AAFs:
Category 1: The Section 8 New
Construction, Substantial
Rehabilitation, and Moderate
Rehabilitation programs; and
Category 2: The Section 8 Loan
Management Set-Aside (LMSA) and
Property Disposition (PD) programs.
Each Section 8 program category uses
the AAFs differently. The specific
application of the AAFs is determined
by the law, the HAP contract, and
appropriate program regulations or
requirements.
AAFs are not used in the following
cases:
Renewal Rents. AAFs are not used to
determine renewal rents after expiration
of the original Section 8 HAP contract.
In general, renewal rents are established
in accordance with the statutory
provision in MAHRA, as amended,
under which the HAP is renewed. After
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-6501-N-01]
Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC): Notice Inviting
Nominations of Individuals To Serve on the Committee
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of request for nominations to serve on the Manufactured
Housing Consensus Committee.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD or the
Department) invites the public to nominate individuals for appointment,
with the approval of the Secretary, to the Manufactured Housing
Consensus Committee (MHCC), a Federal advisory
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committee established by the National Manufactured Housing Construction
and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended by the Manufactured
Housing Improvement Act of 2000. HUD will make appointments from
nominations submitted in response to this Notice. Also, individuals
that applied earlier this calendar year do not need to reapply;
pursuant to this notice those applications are on file and may be
considered for future appointments. Current MHCC members whose first
term ends on December 31, 2024, are eligible for reappointment, but
will need to submit their nomination to be considered.
DATES: The Department will accept nominations until January 2, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Nominations must be submitted through the following website:
https://mhcc.homeinnovation.com/Application.aspx. Submitted nominations
must be addressed to: Teresa B. Payne, Deputy Assistant Secretary--
Administrator, Office of Manufactured Housing Programs, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, c/o Home Innovation Research Labs;
Attention: Kevin Kauffman, 400 Prince Georges Blvd., Upper Marlboro, MD
20774.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teresa B. Payne, Deputy Assistant
Secretary--Administrator, Office of Manufactured Housing Programs,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room
9166, Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202-402-2698 (this is not a toll-
free number), email [email protected]. Individuals can dial 7-1-1 to access
the Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS), which permits users to make
text-based calls, including Text Telephone (TTY) and Speech to Speech
(STS) calls. Individuals who require an alternative aid or service to
communicate effectively with HUD should email the point of contact
listed above and provide a brief description of their preferred method
of communication.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 604 of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000
(Pub. L. 106-569) amended the National Manufactured Housing
Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401-5426)
(the Act) to require the establishment of the Manufactured Housing
Consensus Committee (MHCC), a Federal advisory committee, to: (1)
provide periodic recommendations to the Secretary to adopt, revise, and
interpret the manufactured housing construction and safety standards;
and (2) provide periodic recommendations to the Secretary to adopt,
revise, and interpret the procedural and enforcement manufactured
housing regulations. The Act authorizes the Secretary to appoint a
total of twenty-two members to the MHCC. Twenty-one members have voting
rights; the twenty-second member represents the Secretary and is a non-
voting position. Service on the MHCC is voluntary. Travel and per diem
for meetings is provided in accordance with Federal travel policy
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5703.
HUD encourages nominations from highly qualified and motivated
individuals of diverse backgrounds, interests, and experience, who meet
the requirements set forth in the Act to serve as voting members of the
MHCC for up to two terms of three years each. The MHCC expects to meet
at least one to two times annually. Meetings may take place by
conference call, virtually, or in person. Members of the MHCC undertake
additional work commitments on subcommittees and task forces regarding
issues under deliberation.
Nominee Selection and Appointment
Members of the MHCC are appointed to serve in one of three member
categories. Nominees will be appointed to fill voting member vacancies
in the following categories:
1. Producers--Seven individuals from producers or retailers of
manufactured housing.
2. Users--Seven individuals representing consumer interests, such
as consumer organizations, recognized consumer leaders, and owners who
are residents of manufactured homes.
3. General Interest and Public Officials--Seven general interest
and public official members.
The Act provides that the Secretary shall ensure that all interests
directly and materially affected by the work of the MHCC have the
opportunity for fair and equitable participation without dominance by
any single interest. The Secretary may reject the appointment of any
one or more individuals to ensure that there is not dominance by any
single interest. For purposes of this determination, dominance is
defined as a position or exercise of dominant authority, leadership, or
influence by reason of superior leverage, strength, or representation.
Additional requirements governing appointment and member service
include:
(1) Nominees appointed to the User category and three of the
individuals appointed to the General Interest and Public Official
category shall not have a significant financial interest in any segment
of the manufactured housing industry or a significant relationship to
any person engaged in the manufactured housing industry.
(2) Each member serving in the User category shall be subject to a
ban disallowing compensation from the manufactured housing industry
during the period of, and during the one year following, his or her
membership on the MHCC.
(3) Nominees selected for appointment to the MHCC shall be required
to provide disclosures and certifications regarding conflict-of-
interest and eligibility for membership prior to finalizing an
appointment.
All selected nominees will be required to submit certifications of
eligibility under the foregoing criteria, as a prerequisite to final
appointment.
Consensus Committee--Advisory Role
The MHCC's role is solely to advise the Secretary on the subject
matter described above.
Federal Advisory Committee Act
The MHCC is subject to the requirements of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. ch. 10), 41 CFR part 102-3 (the FACA Final
Rule), and to the Presidential Memorandum, dated June 18, 2010,
directing all heads of executive departments and agencies not to make
any new appointments or reappointments of federally registered
lobbyists to advisory committees and other boards and commissions. The
June 18, 2010, Presidential Memorandum authorized the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidance to implement
this policy. On August 13, 2014, OMB issued guidance (79 FR 47482)
regarding the prohibition against appointing or re-appointing federally
registered lobbyists to clarify that the ban applies to persons serving
on advisory committees, boards, and commissions in their individual
capacity and does not apply if they are specifically appointed to
represent the interests of a nongovernmental entity, a recognizable
group of persons or nongovernmental entities (an industry sector, labor
unions, environmental groups, etc.), or state or local governments (79
FR 47482).
Term of Office
MHCC members serve at the discretion of the Secretary or for a
three-year term, up to two terms.
Nominee Information
Individuals seeking nomination to the MHCC should submit detailed
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information documenting their qualifications as addressed in the Act
and this notice. In furtherance of Executive Order 14035, Executive
Order on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Accessibility in the
Federal Workforce (E.O. 14035, 86 FR 34593), HUD seeks for the MHCC to
reflect the diversity of stakeholders in the housing market. The
nomination website listed above, therefore, contains questions to
elicit demographic information. Nominees may briefly summarize why they
want to be a member of the MHCC and include unique skills, knowledge,
and experiences that they would bring to inform the work of the
committee. Individuals may nominate themselves. HUD recommends that the
application for nomination be accompanied by a resume.
Additional Information
The Department will make appointments and reappointments from
nominations submitted in response to this Notice. Also, individuals
that applied earlier this calendar year do not need to reapply;
pursuant to this notice those applications are on file and may be
considered for future appointments. Current MHCC members whose first
term ends on December 31, 2024, are eligible for reappointment, but
will need to submit their nomination to be considered.
To be considered for appointment to a position of an MHCC member
whose term will expire in December of 2024 or to fill any MHCC vacancy
that currently exists, the application must be submitted by January 2,
2025. Appointments will be made at the discretion of the Secretary.
Julia R. Gordon,
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.
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