2502-AJ22 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2502 Office of Housing OH 2500 Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD Streamlining Management and Occupancy Reviews for Section 8 Housing Assistance Programs and Amending Vacancy Payments for Section 8 and Section 162 HAP (FR-5654)

This proposed rule would amend existing project-based Section 8 regulations related to Management and Occupancy Reviews (MORs) and Vacancy Payments for the following programs: the Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) Programs for New Construction, Substantial Rehabilitation, and State Housing Agencies, New Construction financed under Section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, the Loan Management Set-Aside Program, the HAP Program for the Disposition of HUD-Owned Projects, and the Section 202/8 Program. This rule would also amend the existing Section 162 regulations related to Vacancy Payments for the Section 202 Projects. Under this rule, MORs would be conducted in accordance with a schedule published in the Federal Register and subject to public comment. HUD plans to publish the first such schedule for comment concurrently with this proposed rule. HUD is proposing this change in order to reduce the frequency of unnecessary MORs, thereby minimizing interruptions in property operations created by onsite reviews, preserving staff time, and reducing costs. In addition, this proposed rule would reduce the vacancy payments made to the owner by HUD for a vacant assisted unit.

]]> Other Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 24 CFR 880 and 881 24 CFR 883 and 884 24 CFR 886 24 CFR 891 Not Yet Determined No NPRM 12/00/2014 No No None No No No No Lauryn Alleva K. Program Administration Office, Office of Multifamily Housing Programs 2502 Office of Housing OH 202 402-2609 Washington DC 20410