Department of Housing and Urban Development June 20, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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.

Elsewhere in today's Federal Register, HUD is publishing a delegation of authority by the Secretary of HUD to the Assistant Secretary for HousingFederal Housing Commissioner, the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for HousingDeputy Federal Housing Commissioner, and the Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing. This notice redelegates certain authority delegated to the Assistant Secretary for HousingFederal Housing Commissioner (and to the other officials noted above), to: the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Risk Management and Regulatory Affairs, the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Risk Management and Regulatory Affairs, the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Risk Management and Assessment, and the Administrator of the Office of Manufactured Housing Programs.

On October 12, 2006, the Assistant Secretary for Housing Federal Housing Commissioner published comprehensive redelegations of authority for the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs and the Office of Insured Health Care Facilities (OIHCF). Today's notice of redelegations of authority updates and amends the notice that was published on October 12, 2006. The notice reflects changes that have been made to the redelegations of authority regarding multifamily housing programs since October 12, 2006. In general, these changes reflect (1) the inclusion of the Office of Affordable Housing Preservation and its functions in the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs and (2) the deletion of certain redelegations for healthcare facility programs and functions, which now are contained in a separate Office of Healthcare Programs and are subject to their own redelegations to be published in a separate notice.

On September 15, 2006, the Assistant Secretary for Housing Federal Housing Commissioner and the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for HousingDeputy Federal Housing Commissioner issued a comprehensive redelegation of authority to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Finance and Budget. This redelegation of authority was published on October 12, 2006. Today's notice, with minor edits, updates and republishes in its entirety the redelegation of authority to Office of Finance and Budget.

Section 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Act, as amended, authorizes the Secretary to delegate functions, powers, and duties as the Secretary deems necessary. In this delegation of authority, the Secretary delegates authority to the Assistant Secretary for HousingFederal Housing Commissioner, the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for HousingDeputy Federal Housing Commissioner, and the Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing, for the administration of certain Office of Housing programs. This delegation revokes and supersedes all prior delegations of authority, including the delegation published on October 12, 2006.