2016-04901: Streamlining Administrative Regulations for Public Housing, Housing Choice Voucher, Multifamily Housing, and Community Planning and Development Programs

Summary

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2014 (2014 Appropriations Act), made several changes to the United States Housing Act of 1937 (1937 Act). Section 243 of the 2014 Appropriations Act authorized HUD to implement these changes through notice, followed by notice-and-comment rulemaking. Notices implementing the changes were published on May 19, 2014, and June 25, 2014. HUD issued a proposed rule on January 6, 2015, to codify these changes in regulation. In addition, the January 2015 rule proposed changes to streamline regulatory requirements pertaining to certain elements of the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Public Housing (PH), and various multifamily housing (MFH) rental assistance programs; to reduce the administrative burden on public housing agencies (PHAs) and MFH owners; and to align, where feasible, requirements across programs, including the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), which are administered by HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD). HUD also issued an interim rule on September 8, 2015, implementing changes to flat rents in the Public Housing program made by the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2015 (2015 Appropriations Act). This final rule makes changes to the regulatory text as presented in the January 2015 proposed rule, including additional changes in response to public comment as well as further consideration by HUD of changes proposed in January 2015, and finalizes the regulatory changes contained in the September 2015 interim rule.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 11 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 24 CFR 5 General HUD Program Requirements; Waivers
• 24 CFR 880 Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program for New Construction
• 24 CFR 884 Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program, New Construction Set-Aside for Section 515 Rural Rental Housing Projects
• 24 CFR 886 Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program—Special Allocations
• 24 CFR 891 Supportive Housing for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities
• 24 CFR 903 Public Housing Agency Plans
• 24 CFR 960 Admission to, and Occupancy of, Public Housing
• 24 CFR 966 Public Housing Lease and Grievance Procedure
• 24 CFR 982 Section 8 Tenant-Based Assistance: Housing Choice Voucher Program
• 24 CFR 983 Project-Based Voucher (PBV) Program
• 24 CFR 990 The Public Housing Operating Fund Program