Department of Housing and Urban Development February 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is correcting a final rule entitled ``Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016: Implementation of Sections 102, 103, and 104'' that published on February 14, 2023.

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 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.

In accordance with the Build America, Buy America Act (``BABA'' or ``the Act'') this notice advises that HUD is proposing a public interest waiver of the Buy America Domestic Content Procurement Preference (``Buy America Preference,'' or ``BAP'') for recipients of Federal Financial Assistance (``FFA'') provided by HUD. When final, the waiver will provide an updated implementation schedule for application of the BAP to HUD FFA. HUD is also announcing its proposed BAP implementation schedule for all HUD FFA used to purchase iron or steel products in infrastructure projects in HUD programs other than the CDBG formula grants addressed in the November 23, 2022, waiver. HUD is also announcing its proposed BAP implementation schedule for the purchase of manufactured products and specified construction materials including: (1) non-ferrous metals; (2) lumber; (3) composite building materials; and (4) plastic and polymer-based pipe and tube (herein after referred to as ``specified construction materials'').

This rule provides for 2023 inflation adjustments of civil monetary penalty amounts required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act). This rule also revises HUD's policy and applies annually adjusted penalty amounts to the date the penalty is assessed after the effective date of the rule (if the violation occurred after the enactment of the 2015 Act).

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 posted CPD-21-136, titled, Departmental Policy for Addressing Radon in the Environmental Review Process, on its website. HUD invites public comments from interested individuals, entities, and other parties on that Notice's proposed clarification that radon as a radioactive substance must be considered in the environmental review of proposed HUD-assisted projects.

Through this rulemaking, HUD proposes to implement the obligation to affirmatively further the purposes and policies of the Fair Housing Act, which is title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, with respect to certain recipients of HUD funds. The Fair Housing Act not only prohibits discrimination, but also directs HUD to ensure that the agency and its program participants will proactively take meaningful actions to overcome patterns of segregation, promote fair housing choice, eliminate disparities in housing-related opportunities, and foster inclusive communities that are free from discrimination. This proposed rule builds on the steps previously taken in HUD's 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) final rule to implement the AFFH obligation and ensure that Federal funding is used in a systematic way to further the policies and goals of the Fair Housing Act. This rule proposes to retain much of the 2015 AFFH Rule's core planning process, with certain improvements such as a more robust community engagement requirement, a streamlined required analysis, greater transparency, and an increased emphasis on goal setting and measuring progress. It also includes mechanisms to hold program participants accountable for achieving positive fair housing outcomes and complying with their obligation to affirmatively further fair housing, modeled after those processes under other Federal civil rights statutes that apply to recipients of Federal financial assistance.

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.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, gives notice of a proposed revision of an existing Privacy Act system of records. The system of records is being updated in support of a follow-up information collection with the participants of the Homeless Families Impact Study (now called the Family Options Study). The overall goal of the Family Options Study is to determine which housing and service intervention works best to promote housing stability, family preservation, and family well-being, and self-sufficiency for homeless families with children. The new information collected will be added to the existing Homeless Families Impact Study Data Files. The Department proposes to expand the data collected under the previous study to capture additional data to determine the effects that housing and service interventions has had on the young children who are part of the sample. Refer to the ``Categories of Records'' section to identify new record types. Additionally, this Notice updates the routine uses of the data collected. This notice supersedes the previously published notice (February 26, 2014).

Under the provision of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH), Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC), is modifying system of records, The Quality Assurance/ Quality Control Administrative Files of the Real Estate Assessment Center,'' to name change to Physical Assessment Sub-System (PASS). The modification makes updates to the system of records name, location and system manager, authority, purpose, categories of individuals, categories of records in the system, record source categories, routine uses, policies and practices for storage, retrieval, retention and disposal, safeguards, and access, contesting and notification procedures. The updates are explained in the ``Supplementary Section'' of this notice. The existing scope, objectives, business processes, and uses being made of the data by the HUD remains unchanged.

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 gives notice of a Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC) meeting and sets forth the proposed agenda. The HCFAC meeting will be held on Thursday, March 15, 2023. The meeting is open to the public and is accessible to individuals with disabilities.