Department of Housing and Urban Development October 19, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This interim rule provides authority for Indian tribes to receive a minimum grant amount under the need component of the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Formula for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007. The minimum funding provision currently in effect in HUD's regulations limited authority for receipt of a minimum grant amount to FY2006. HUD and Indian tribes, through negotiated rulemaking procedures, developed and published a proposed rule to address ways to improve and clarify the IHBG Formula regulations, including the minimum funding provisions. The reinstatement of the authority for minimum grant amounts in FY2007 will avoid hardship to the affected tribes until the revised minimum funding provisions contained in the negotiated rule are issued as a final rule and become effective.