Director, Housing Voucher Management and Operations Division

2577-AC89 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2577 Office of Public and Indian Housing PIH 2500 Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD Revisions to the Consortia of Public Housing Agencies

This rule would revise HUD's public housing agency (PHA) consortium regulations. These regulations provide the procedures by which PHAs may choose to administer their public housing and Section 8 programs. The changes are intended to increase administrative efficiencies associated with forming a consortium, and to help ensure maximum family choice in locating suitable housing. The proposed rule focuses mainly on establishing a new category of consortia for administration of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program. This type of consortium would be comprised of multiple PHAs that would become a single PHA, with a single jurisdiction and a single set of reporting and audit requirements, for purposes of administering the Section 8 HCV program. The rule would also revise the categories of Section 8 programs eligible to be administered under a consortium. HUD would also establish new requirements regarding the timeframes for the establishment and dissolution of a consortium. Further, HUD has taken the opportunity afforded by this rule to design several technical, non-substantive changes to improve the clarity and organization of the consortia regulations.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 24 CFR 943 42 USC 1437k 42 USC 3535(d) No NPRM 07/11/2014 79 FR 40019 Public Comment Period End 09/09/2014 Final Action 04/00/2015 Includes Retrospective Review under Executive Order 13563. No No None No No No Becky Primeaux L. Director, Housing Voucher Management and Operations Division 2577 Office of Public and Indian Housing PIH 202 402-6050 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 4216, Washington DC 20410