Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance Program

2506-AC32 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2506 Office of Community Planning and Development CPD 2500 Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Homeless Management Information System (FR-5475)

This rule provides for the establishment of regulations for Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS), as required by the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act), enacted into law on May 20, 2009. The HEARTH Act consolidates three of the existing homeless assistance programs administered by HUD under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act into a single grant program and creates the new Emergency Solutions Grant Program and the Rural Housing Stability Program. The HEARTH Act also codifies in law the Continuum of Care planning process, as well as certain data collection requirements integral to HMIS, which is the current information technology system that HUD and its grantees use for the existing homeless assistance programs. While HMIS has been in use for several years, this rule establishes the regulatory framework for administration and collection of data under HMIS, as provided by the HEARTH Act.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 24 CFR 580 42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq. 42 U.S.C. 3535(d) No NPRM 12/09/2011 76 FR 7834 NPRM Comment Period End 02/07/2012 Final Action 05/00/2017 No No Local State No No No No Norman Suchar Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance Program 2506 Office of Community Planning and Development CPD 202 402-5015 451 7th Street SW, Washington DC 20410