RIN Data

HUD/HUDSEC RIN: 2501-AD60 Publication ID: Spring 2014 
Title: Pet Ownership for the Elderly or Persons With Disabilities in Multifamily Rental Housing; Accumulation of Deposits for Costs Attributable to Pets (FR-5586)  
Abstract: HUD regulations governing multifamily rental housing for the elderly or persons with disabilities allow for the residents of such housing to own common household pets, subject to the residents paying a refundable pet deposit. Currently, the regulations require that owners of HUD-assisted multifamily rental housing for the elderly or persons with disability collect the deposit and any increases in the deposit from the pet owner only through gradual accumulation; that is, an initial payment followed by subsequent monthly payments. This requirement does not exist for public housing agencies (PHAs) and owners of other HUD-assisted multifamily rental housing. Rather, HUD regulations provide PHAs and owners of other HUD-assisted multifamily rental housing discretion to determine whether to gradually accumulate a pet deposit and any increases to the pet deposit. This rule would provide owners of HUD-assisted multifamily rental housing for the elderly or persons with disability, now subject to the gradual-accumulation pet deposit requirement, with the same flexibility, thereby bringing consistency to the pet deposit requirements for HUD programs and better enabling owners of such housing to handle the costs associated with pet ownership by tenants. This rule would only apply to policies for pets and not to service or assistance animals for persons with disabilities. 
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda   Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 24 CFR 5.318   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1437a    42 USC 1437c    42 USC 1437d    42 USC 1437f    42 USC 1437n    42 USC 3535(d)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/24/2013  78 FR 31451   
Public Comment Deadline  07/23/2013 
Withdrawn  04/02/2014 
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:
Benjamin T. Metcalf
Senior Advisor, Office of Multifamily Housing Programs
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of the Secretary
451 7th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20410
Phone:202 708-2495