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Recent Housing-Related Regulations and Notices
The following are significant affordable housing-related regulations and notices that HUD, USDA, IRS or the Federal Housing Finance Board have recently issued. For the most part, the summaries are taken directly from the summary of the regulation in the Federal Register or each Notice’s introductory paragraphs.
Copies of the cited documents may be secured from various sources, including [1] the Government Printing Office’s website on the World Wide Web (1), [2] bound volumes of the Federal Register, [3] HUD Clips (2), [4] HUD (3), and [5] USDA’s/ Rural Development web page (4). Citations are included with each document to help you secure copies.
Federal Housing Finance Board Regulation
Amendment of Affordable Housing Program Regulation; Final Rule
65 Fed. Reg. 203-204 (Jan. 4, 2000)
Summary: Makes final, with no revisions, certain technical revisions to regulations governing operation of the Affordable Housing Program that were proposed as an interim final rule on May 5, 1999.
Effective Date: January 4, 2000.
HUD Regulations
Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) Amendments; Final Rule
65 Fed Reg. 1,711-1,754 (January 11, 2000)
Summary: Amends PHAS regulation at 24 C.F.R. part 902 to provide additional information and revise certain procedures and establish others for the assessment of the physical condition, financial health, management operations and resident services and satisfaction with PHA services in public housing, including the technical review of physical inspection results and
resident survey results, and appeals of PHAS scores. Also implements certain recently enacted statutory amendments.
Effective Date: February 10, 2000.
Requirements for Notification, Evaluation and Reduction of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing Receiving Federal Assistance and Federally Owned Residential Property Being Sold; Correction
65 Fed. Reg. 3,386-3,387 (January 21, 2000)
Summary: Makes several minor technical corrections to HUD's September 15, 1999 final rule implementing Sections 1012 and 1013 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992.
Effective Date: January 21, 2000
HUD Federal Register Notice
Announcement of Funding Awards for the Youthbuild Program, Fiscal
Year 1999; Notice
65 Fed. Reg. 4,617-4,619 (Jan. 31, 2000)
Summary: Notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in a
competition for funding under the Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for the Youthbuild Program. This announcement contains the names of the awardees and the amounts of the awards made available by HUD.
HUD Notices
Exclusion of Earned Income as Census Takers
Notice PIH 00-1 (January 3, 2000)
Summary: Informs Housing Agencies (HAs), Tribes, Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) and residents of low-income housing that income earned as temporary census takers can be excluded from eligibility determinations.
Customer Survey of Section 8 Tenant-Based Program Participants
PIH 00-02 (Jan. 4, 2000)
Summary: Informs public housing agencies (PHAs) and HUD field staff of the January 2000 commencement of a customer survey to assess the quality of housing leased under the
Section 8 tenant-based program. The customer survey is intended to provide feedback to HUD and PHAs concerning participants' satisfaction with their housing units and neighborhoods.
Rural Housing Service Regulation
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Section 515 Rural Rental Housing Program for Fiscal Year 2000; Correction
65 Fed. Reg. 4,560 (January 28, 2000)
Summary: Corrects scoring in notice published December 21, 1999 (64 Fed. Reg. 71,604).
Effective Date: January 28, 2000.
Rural Housing Service Notice
Maintaining Acceptable MFH Project Management
AN 3511 (1930-C) (Jan. 20, 2000)
Summary: This Administrative Notice (AN) is issued to provide examples of requirements for determining acceptable management and implement streamlined servicing guidelines in individual Multi-Family Housing (MFH) projects. This AN replaces FmHA AN No. 3265 (1930-C) issued July 19, 1996.
Internal Revenue Service Regulation
Compliance Monitoring and Miscellaneous Issues Relating to the Low-Income Housing Credit; Final Rule
65 Fed. Reg. 2,323-2,329 (January 14, 2000)
Summary: Procedures for compliance monitoring by state and local housing agencies (Agencies) with the requirements of the low-income housing credit; the requirements for making carryover allocations; the rules for Agencies' correction of administrative errors or omissions; and the independent verification of information on sources and uses of funds submitted by taxpayers to Agencies.
Effective Dates: These regulations are effective January 1, 2001, except that the amendments made to Sections 1.42-5(c)(5) and (e)(3)(i), and 1.42-13 are effective January 14, 2000, and the amendment made to Section 1.42-6(d)(4)(ii) is effective January 1, 2000.
Notes-
(1) At http://www.access.gpo.gov / su_docs.
(2) At http://www.hudclips.org/cgi/index.cgi.
(3) To order Notices and Handbooks from HUD, call (800) 767-7468 or fax (202) 708-2313.
(4) At http://www.rdinit.usda.gov/regs/.
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