View Rule

View EO 12866 Meetings

Printer-Friendly Version Download RIN Data in XML

HUD/OH

RIN: 2502-AI94

Publication ID: 2012

Title: Housing Counseling: New Certification Requirements
Abstract: HUD's housing counseling program provides, through HUD-approved counseling agencies and state housing finance agencies, including their affiliates and branches, counseling to individuals seeking information about financing, maintaining, renting, or owning a home. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act amended the Housing Counseling statute to improve the effectiveness of the program by, among other things, requiring that the entities and individuals be certified by HUD as competent to provide such services, and prohibiting distribution of grant funds to agencies found in violation of federal election laws or who have employees found in violation of federal election laws, and requiring the reimbursement of grant funds for misuse of funds. This proposed rule would revise HUD's housing counseling program regulations to adopt the new requirements applicable to counseling agencies and individual counselors, and the use of grant funds.
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 24 CFR 214
Legal Authority: 12 USC 1701x 42 USC 3535(d)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	05/00/2013

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Ruth Roman Office of Housing Counseling, Office of Housing Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Housing 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410-0001 Phone:202 708-0317