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HUD/PIH RIN: 2577-AC02 Publication ID: Fall 1999 
Title: Voluntary Conversion of Public Housing to Vouchers (Tenant-Based Assistance) (FR-4476) 
Abstract: This rule implements a recent revision to the statute authorizing the public housing and Section 8 housing assistance programs to allow a Public Housing Agency (PHA) to convert any public housing project it owns to tenant-based assistance where the conversion would satisfy statutory objectives. If, after conducting a conversion assessment, the PHA determines that the following conditions are met, it may convert the project: Conversion will not be more expensive than continued operation of the project conversion will benefit residents and the community; and conversion will not adversely affect the availability of affordable housing in the community. The statute requires every PHA to conduct and submit to HUD a conversion assessment for its projects no later than October 1, 2001. However, HUD has the authority to exclude developments from the assessment requirement, or to streamline the conversion assessment requirements, and this rule does include streamlining for specified categories of developments. 
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 24 CFR 972   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1437t    42 USC 1437z-5    42 USC 3535(d)   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory    10/01/1999 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  07/23/1999  64 FR 40240   
End NPRM Comment Period  09/21/1999    
Final Action  02/00/2000    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Rod Solomon
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Program and Legislative Initiatives
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Public and Indian Housing
Phone:202 708-0713