Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance Program

2506-AC33 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 Rural Housing Stability Program (FR-5573)

This rule provides for the regulations for Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program, 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. This new program provides assistance to persons who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, and in worst case housing in rural areas.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 24 CFR 579 42 U.S.C. 3535 (d) 42 U.S.C. 11408 et seq. No NPRM 03/27/2013 78 FR 18725 NPRM Comment Period Extended 05/07/2013 78 FR 26559 NPRM Comment Period Extended End 07/01/2013 Final Rule 02/00/2017 No No Local 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