Streamlining Inspection Requirements for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Single-Family Mortgage Insurance: Removal of the FHA Inspector Roster

by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 07/03/2018.

This final rule streamlines the inspection requirements for FHA single-family mortgage insurance by removing the regulations for the FHA Inspector Roster (Roster). The Roster is a list of inspectors approved by FHA as eligible to determine if the construction quality of a one- to four-unit property is acceptable as security for an FHA- insured...

Housing Counseling: New Certification Requirements; Correction

by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 01/31/2017.

On December 14, 2016, HUD published a final rule implementing changes to HUD's housing counseling statute to improve the effectiveness of housing counseling in HUD programs by, among other things: Establishing the Office of Housing Counseling and giving this office the authority over the establishment, coordination, and administration of all...

Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects

by the Homeland Security Department, the Agriculture Department, the Energy Department, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Commerce Department, the Social Security Administration, the Agency for International Development, the Housing and Urban Development Department, the Labor Department, the Defense Department, the Education Department, the Veterans Affairs Department, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Health and Human Services Department, the National Science Foundation, and the Transportation Department on 01/19/2017.

The departments and agencies listed in this document announce revisions to modernize, strengthen, and make more effective the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects that was originally promulgated as a Common Rule in 1991. This final rule is intended to better protect human subjects involved in research, while facilitating valuable...

Federal Housing Administration: Strengthening the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Program

by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 01/19/2017.

This final rule codifies several significant changes to FHA's Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program that were previously issued under the authority granted to HUD in the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 and the Reverse Mortgage Stabilization Act of 2013, and makes additional regulatory changes. The HECM program is FHA's reverse...

Requirements for Notification, Evaluation and Reduction of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Federally Owned Residential Property and Housing Receiving Federal Assistance; Response to Elevated Blood Lead Levels

by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 01/13/2017.

This final rule amends HUD's lead-based paint regulations to reduce blood lead levels in children under age six (6) who reside in federally-owned or -assisted pre-1978 housing, formally adopting a revised definition of ``elevated blood lead level'' (EBLL) in children under the age of six (6), in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and...

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Rural Capacity Building

by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 12/03/2018.

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 Reporting NSP2

by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 11/26/2018.

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 30 days of public comment.

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Multifamily Financial Management Template

by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 11/26/2018.

HUD submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 30 days of public comment.

The Performance Review Board

by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 11/26/2018.

On October 18, 2018, the Department of Housing and Urban Development published a notice announcing the establishment of two Performance Review Boards to make recommendations to the appointing authority on the performance of its senior executives. The notice inadvertently omitted a member included in the Deputy Secretary's September 24, 2018,...

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Manufactured Housing Survey

by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 11/26/2018.

The 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 comments from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to...

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Legal Instructions Concerning Applications for Full Insurance Benefits-Assignment of Multifamily Mortgages to the Secretary

by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 11/26/2018.

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.

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Housing Trust Fund (HTF) Program

by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 11/26/2018.

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 30 days of public comment.

Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2019

by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 11/23/2018.

This notice establishes operating cost adjustment factors (OCAFs) for project-based assistance contracts issued under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and renewed under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (MAHRA) for eligible multifamily housing projects having an anniversary date on or after...

Manufactured Home Procedural and Enforcement Regulations; Clarifying the Exemption for Manufacture of Recreational Vehicles

by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 11/16/2018.

This rulemaking revises the exemption for the manufacture of recreational vehicles to clarify which recreational vehicles qualify for an exemption from HUD's Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards and Manufactured Home Procedural and Enforcement regulations. HUD is adopting a recommendation of the Manufactured Housing Consensus...

Family Self-Sufficiency Performance Measurement System (“Composite Score”)

by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 11/15/2018.

This notice describes and responds to comments on a performance measurement system that HUD plans to implement for Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) that receive HUD Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program coordinator grants. The desired effect of this notice is to notify the public regarding the criteria for evaluating FSS programs.