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HUD/CPD | RIN: 2506-AC41 | Publication ID: Spring 2016 |
Title: Modernizing HUD's Consolidated Planning Process to Narrow the Digital Divide and Increase Disaster Resilence (FR-5891) | |
Abstract:
HUD’s Consolidated Plan is a planning mechanism designed to help States and local governments to assess their affordable housing and community development needs and to make data-driven, place-based investment decisions. The consolidated planning process serves as the framework for a community-wide dialogue to identify housing and community development priorities that align and focus funding from HUD’s formula block grant programs. This proposed rule would amend HUD’s Consolidated Plan regulations to require that jurisdictions consider two additional concepts in their planning efforts. The first concept is how to address the need of broadband access for low-income residents in the communities they serve. Broadband is the common term used to refer to a very fast connection to the Internet. Such connection is also referred to as high-speed broadband or high-speed Internet. Specifically, the rule would require that States and localities that submit a consolidated plan describe the broadband needs of housing occupied by low- and moderate-income households. If low-income residents in the communities do not have such access, States and jurisdictions must consider providing broadband access to these residents in their decisions on how to invest HUD funds. The second concept to be added to the Consolidated Plan process would require jurisdictions to consider incorporating disaster resilience and climate change needs into development of the Plan in order to begin addressing impacts of climate change on low-and moderate-income residents. |
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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 91 | |
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d) 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619 42 U.S.C. 5301-5315 42 U.S.C. 11331-11388 42 U.S.C.12701-12711 42 U.S.C.12741-12756 42 U.S.C. 12901-12912 |
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Stanley Gimont Director, Office of Block Grant Assistance, Office of Community Planning and Development Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of the Secretary 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 7286, Washington, DC 20410 Phone:202 708-3587 |