2502-AJ27 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 Federal Housing Administration (FHA): Updating Regulations Governing the Financing of the Purchase and Installation of Fire Safety Equipment in FHA-Insured Healthcare Facilities and HUD Fees (FR-5632)

FHA insures mortgage loans to facilitate the construction substantial rehabilitation purchase and refinancing of multifamily housing under the National Housing Act and nursing homes intermediate care facilities board and care homes and assisted-living facilities (collectively residential healthcare facilities) under section 232 of the National Housing Act (the Section 232 program). Through this rule HUD proposes to update HUD fees for multifamily housing and residential healthcare facilities and to update and streamline the Section 232 program regulations that govern the financing of the purchase and installation of fire safety equipment in the insured healthcare facilities which have not been substantially updated in over 20 years. The proposed changes would give HUD flexibility in raising or lowering fees and for residential healthcare facilities streamline the loan application process by eliminating unnecessary requirements conforming needed requirements to current industry practices and allowing for HUD to centralize the loan application process.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 24 CFR 200 24 CFR 232 12 USC 1715b 12 USC 1715w 42 USC 3535(d) No NPRM 12/00/2014 No No None No No No No Dan Sullivan Deputy Director, Office of Multifamily Housing Development 2502 Office of Housing OH 202 708-1142 451 7th Street SW., Washington DC 20410