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The proposed rule is withdrawn. The Federal Home Loan Bank Act requires that each Federal Home Loan Bank establish an Affordable Housing Program (AHP) to subsidize the purchase, rehabilitation and construction of affordable rental and owner-occupied housing. 12 U.S.C. 1430(j).  The proposed rule would have amended several AHP program requirements, including a proposal to modify a calculation in the implementing AHP regulation that identifies the portion of the AHP subsidy that owners of owner-occupied units that were purchased with AHP subsidy must repay if they sell or refinance the unit during the five-year retention period.  The proposed rule would have also considered a change to the 5-year retention agreement requirement for owner-occupied units purchased with AHP subsidy on Tribal and sovereign land.  In addition, the proposed rule would hav addressed applications for additional AHP subsidy for previously approved AHP projects.