Department of Housing and Urban Development 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice informs the public of members appointed or reappointed to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC) on October 16, 2024. Members are professionals from the mortgage and real estate industry, including HUD-approved housing counseling agencies, and consumers.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (the Agencies) administer the Title V program, which makes suitable Federal real properties categorized as underutilized, unutilized, excess, or surplus available to States, local government agencies, and 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organizations for use to assist the homeless. This final rule incorporates required statutory changes and current practices; updates references and terminology that are now outdated; and revises procedures for more efficient program administration in the Agencies' regulations.

This notice announces the list of Committee Members of HUD's Tribal Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (TIAC) starting in January 2025. The committee will perform several advisory functions while it considers HUD policies that affect Indian Country. HUD will publish a subsequent notice with details of any scheduled TIAC meeting.

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.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), proposes a new Privacy Act System of Records titled, Customer Relationship Management, to include all "Customer Relationship Management" systems in use by HUD. This notice incorporates the One Stop Customer Service, HUD Central, and Microsoft Dynamics systems. HUD's Customer Relation Management systems are designed to track, organize, rout, and respond to HUD's customer, which includes members of the public, individuals or organizations doing business with HUD, and other stakeholders who have an interest in how HUD operates.

This notice announces HUD's intention to competitively offer approximately 1,180 home equity conversion mortgages (HECM, or reverse mortgage loans) secured by occupied properties with a loan balance of approximately $500 million. The sale will consist of due and payable Secretary-held reverse mortgage loans. The mortgage loans consist of first liens secured by real property that is occupied, where the borrower and co-borrowing spouse are deceased, and heirs have not come forward in the time elapsed. The Secretary will prioritize up to 50 percent of the offered assets for award to nonprofit organizations or governmental entity bidders with a documented housing mission. This notice also generally describes the bidding process for the sale and certain entities who are ineligible to bid. This is the first sale offering of its type and will be held on December 11, 2024.

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 an additional 30 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.

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.

Section 106 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (the HUD Reform Act) requires HUD to publish quarterly Federal Register notices of all regulatory waivers that HUD has approved. Each notice covers the quarterly period since the previous Federal Register notice. The purpose of this notice is to comply with the requirements of section 106 of the HUD Reform Act. This notice contains a list of regulatory waivers granted by HUD during the period beginning on January 1, 2024 and ending on March 31, 2024.

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 competitions for funding under the Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) and Notices for the following programs: Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 NOFO Healthy Homes and Weatherization Cooperation Demonstration (HHWCD) Grant Program, FY23 Lead and Healthy Homes Technical Studies (LHHTS) Grant Program, and FY23 NOFO Housing Counseling Training Grant Program.

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 an additional 30 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 an additional 30 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.

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 an additional 30 days of public comment.

This final rule amends the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards (MHCSS or the Construction and Safety Standards) by adopting most of the fourth and fifth groups of recommendations made to HUD by the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC). This rule also amends the Manufactured Home Procedural and Enforcement Regulations, the Model Manufactured Home Installation Standards, and the Manufactured Home Installation Program regulations. The MHCC prepared and submitted to HUD its fourth and fifth groups of recommendations to improve various aspects of the MHCSS. HUD reviewed those proposals and drafted a number of proposed revisions to the MHCSS and associated regulations. On July 19, 2022, HUD published a proposed rule detailing these revisions to provide the public an opportunity to comment. The comment period closed on September 19, 2022. This final rule adopts HUD's proposed revisions based upon the MHCC's fourth and fifth groups of recommendations with some minor revisions made in response to the public comments.

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 competitions for funding under the Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) and Notices for the following program (s): Procedural Guidance for Fiscal Year 2023 HOPWA Permanent Supportive Housing Renewal and Replacement Grant Application, FY 2022 Family Unification Program (FUP), FY 2023 Housing Mobility-Related Services, FY 2023 HUD VASH PIH Notice 2023-22, FY 2023 HUD VASH PIH Notice 2023-09, FY 2023 Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants, FY 2023 Emergencies and Non- Presidentially Declared Disaster Fund PIH Notice 2012-48(HA), FY 2023 HOPE VI Main Street Grant Program, FY22 and FY23 Distressed Cities Technical Assistance (DCTA) Program, FY22 HUDRDHispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) Research Center of Excellence, FY2022 Authority to Accept Unsolicited Proposals for Research Partnerships, FY2023 HUDRD- Closing the Homeownership Gap and Preserving Homeownership During Economic Decline, FY23 HUDRD Grants for University-Nonprofit Partnerships Supporting Community-Engaged Research Designed to Address Homelessness Program, FY2023 and FY2024 Radon Testing and Mitigation Demonstration for Public Housing and Healthy Homes Production Grant Program.

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 an additional 30 days of public comment.

This document designates "Difficult Development Areas" (DDAs) and "Qualified Census Tracts" (QCTs) for purposes of the Low- Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 42. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) makes new DDA and QCT designations annually.

This proposed rule would adopt the 2020 Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) standards as determined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Metropolitan Areas Protection and Standardization Act of 2021 (MAPS Act) requires agencies that propagate OMB's CBSA Standards for non-statistical use to seek public comment before determining that the propagation supports the purposes of the agency's programs and is in the public interest. This proposed rule describes HUD's use of CBSAs, how CBSA standards support relevant programs, and how HUD believes the adoption of updated standards ensures accuracy of data and program administration.

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.