Department of Housing and Urban Development November 8, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

HUD has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The public housing program provides Operating Funds and Capital Funds to public housing projects owned and operated by public housing agencies (PHAs), subject to the terms and conditions contained in the federal award, HUD-53012. HUD has revised the federal award based on current applicable statutes and regulations as well as in response to public comments received during the public comment period provided for by the 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection. These revisions are more thoroughly described below. One notable revision is that HUD has revised the title of the public housing federal award; previously entitled Public Housing Annual Contributions Contract for Capital and Operating Grant Funds, the award will now be entitled Annual Contributions Terms and Conditions for the Public Housing Program. For clarity and consistency, the award will continue to be referred to as ``ACC.'' Additionally, mixed-finance provisions in the proposed ACC have been removed from the revised ACC and will instead be included in an ACC amendment; a model mixed-finance ACC amendment is published herewith. This publication is to provide notice to PHAs of the revisions and to give PHAs the opportunity to comment on such revisions. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment. Please note that the 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection for the Moving to Work Amendment to Consolidated Annual Contributions Contract is published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.