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RIN: 2577-AB91

Publication ID: Spring 1999

Title: ●Section 8 Tenant Based Assistance: Statutory Merger (FR-4428)
Abstract: This rule will effect a complete merger of the Section 8 Certificate and Voucher programs, creating a single Section 8 tenant-based assistance program, effective on October 21, 1999. This rule will include changes made by sections 545, 549(b), and 553 of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-276, 112 Stat. 246, approved October 21, 1998). The rule will implement statutory requirements for the merged Voucher program, including provisions governing calculation of subsidy, family eligibility and income targeting, disapproval of owners, PHA screening of applicants, lease and tenant requirements, housing quality standards and unit inspections, PHA administrative fees, portability, and conversion from certificate to voucher assistance. The rule also will implement requirements for project-based voucher assistance.
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 24 CFR 982
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1437f(o) 42 USC 1437f(c)(a) 42 USC 1437f(r) 42 USC 3535(d)

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory		10/21/1999

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Interim Final Rule	04/00/1999

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Carl Jurison Director, Housing Voucher Management and Operations Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Public and Indian Housing Phone:202 708-0477