Department of Housing and Urban Development 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. To secure a marketable title and title insurance for their property, multifamily projects submit a land survey and related information. HUD is requesting an extension of the currently approved collection.

On March 31, 2005, HUD published the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing HOPE VI Revitalization Grants for Fiscal Year 2005. This notice announces several corrections to the NOFA.

The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) may request approval for demolition or disposition of public housing property. Once approved, the PHAs report when the action is complete or if there are any delays.

The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.

On March 21, 2005, HUD published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Policy Requirements and General Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs. This document announces a grace period for applicants submitting electronic applications through Grants.gov for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Program, the Early Doctoral Student Research Grant Program, the Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program, the Community Development Work Study Program, the Fair Housing Initiative Programs, the Healthy Homes Technical Studies Program, the Lead Technical Studies Program, the Operation Lead Elimination Action Program, the Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program Coordinators Program, the Homeownership Supportive Services Program, the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program, and the Housing for People who are Homeless and Addicted to Alcohol Program.

The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. Application for displacement/relocation assistance for person (families, individuals, businesses, nonprofit organization and farms) displaced by certain HUD programs. Periodically, HUD reviews a random sample of the Agency files to assure that persons did receive the relocation payments to which they are entitled. This information collection incorporates revised, government-wide regulations.

This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.

The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, as amended, (Pub. L. 100-503), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching Programs (54 FR 25818; June 19, 1989), and OMB Bulletin 89-22, ``Instructions on Reporting Computer Matching Programs to the Office of Management (OMB), Congress and the Public,'' HUD is issuing a public notice of its intent to conduct a recurring computer matching program with the USDA to utilize a computer information system of HUD, the Credit Alert Interactive Voice Response System (CAIVRS), with USDA's debtor files. In addition to HUD's data, the CAIVRS database includes delinquent debt information from the Departments of Education, Veterans Affairs, Justice and the Small Business Administration. This match will allow prescreening of applicants for debts owed or loans guaranteed by the Federal government to ascertain if the applicant is delinquent in paying a debt owed to or insured by the Federal government for HUD or USDA direct or guaranteed loans. Before granting a loan, the lending agency and/or the authorized lending institution will be able to interrogate the CAIVRS debtor file which contains the Social Security Numbers (SSNs) of HUD's delinquent debtors and defaulters and defaulted debtor records of the USDA and verify that the loan applicant is not in default or delinquent on direct or guaranteed loans of participating Federal programs of either agency. As a result of the information produced by this match, the authorized users may not deny, terminate, or make a final decision of any loan assistance to an applicant or take other adverse action against such applicant, until an officer or employee of such agency has independently verified such information.

This proposed rule revises and updates HUD's regulation implementing section 810(f) of the federal Fair Housing Act. This regulation establishes the criteria for certification and decertification of state and local fair housing laws that are substantially equivalent to the federal Fair Housing Act. This regulation also revises the funding criteria for agencies participating in the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP).

The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.

On March 21, 2005, HUD published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), Policy Requirements and General Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs. This guidance concerns the program NOFAs in the SuperNOFA that require electronic application submission via Grants.gov, but does not affect the application packages on Grants.gov. This notice also provides guidance to applicants experiencing difficulty using Form HUD 96010, Logic Model in the form fillable, savable version on Grants.gov, and voluntary SF 424 Supplement, Survey on Ensuring Equal Opportunity for Applicants.

On March 21, 2005 HUD published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), Policy Requirements and General Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs. This document makes a correction to the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program.

The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. The national FHA Inspector Roster is a listing of FHA approved inspectors. FHA approved mortgagees select inspectors from the roster. The information collection is essential to the Department's efforts to ensure that compliance Inspectors possess the prerequisite knowledge and skills to assess the quality of construction of homes before the homes can be accepted as security for FHA insured loans.

This proposed rule would amend HUD's regulations to establish a time limit for filing supplemental multifamily mortgage insurance claims. The time limit established will provide an incentive for mortgagees to complete all mortgage insurance claims in a timely manner.

This notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.

The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. Facsimile transmittal information is necessary for submission of third-party documentation as part of an application for funding competitions.

The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

In accordance with Section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in a Super Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) competition for funding of HUD-approved counseling agencies to provide counseling services. This announcement contains the names and addresses of the agencies selected for funding and the award amounts. Additionally, this announcement provides notice of an award given for Housing Counseling Training through a competition announced in a May 12, 2004, NOFA.

This notice advises the public of additional waivers of regulations and statutory provisions granted to CDBG disaster recovery grantees for the purpose of assisting in the recovery from the federally declared disasters that occurred between August 31, 2003, and October 1, 2004. As described in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice, HUD is authorized by statute to waive statutory and regulatory requirements and specify alternative requirements for this purpose. This notice describes additional waivers requested by the State of Maryland to allow it to administer disaster recovery grant funds directly rather than by distributing funds to units of general local government or Indian tribes.

This final rule amends HUD's civil money penalty regulations to reflect HUD's authorization to impose treble damages on a mortgagee for any mortgage for which the mortgagee had a duty but failed to engage in appropriate loss mitigation actions. The final rule follows publication of a proposed rule, takes into consideration the public comments received on the proposed rule, but makes no changes at this final rule stage.